Nabucco conference in Budapest (traffic problems)

Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány will have ministers from more than 20 countries visiting Hungary today and tomorrow, and therefore big areas in the fifth district will be closed today and tomorrow, and sometime the area around the Castle and the funicular will be closed as well. Parking will not be allowed in this area either (around the Parliament, Roosevelt Ter and in this area)! Only during arrival and departure of the representatives will the main road leading to and from the airport be closed.

Nabucco conference
The goal of the Nabucco conference is to discuss the possibility to build a gaspipe from Russia which will pass through Ukraine, which has become even more important considering the gas problems experienced not long ago. They will also discuss if other nations could help transport gas to Europe, so representatives will come from Iraq, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

Budapest news

Terminal 1 running again

Since Sunday Ferihegy terminal 1 is up and running again. There were some discussion if the Budapest Airport Zrt. wanted to open it again as long as the parts are negotiating, but now they opened it! Hopefully some seriousity will come into the situation now and therefore we will not see any more strikes at the Budapest airports in the close future! I guess that is a risky wish, at least considering how many times the workers have been striking the last year, but the hope is the last thing to die…