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Employers of Hungary’s catering industry have explained the devastation the coronavirus pandemic has caused on their businesses. The Hungarian Gastronomic Association has offered solutions. The protests at Heroes’ Square calling for the reopening of catering businesses have been effective in bringing attention to the issue, but now people are looking for legal solutions. The main issue catering businesses have is that they cannot function well enough to stay in business due to coronavirus r...

Anti-Restriction Demonstrations Fail to Cause Mass Reopening in Hungary The mass reopening of stores movement is having little success in achieving its goal of mobilizing restaurants, cafés, and pubs around Hungary to reopen despite restrictions. While a few hundred people have been actively protesting coronavirus restrictions, catering businesses seem to remain silent. Whether it was due to the harshened restrictions the government put in place or the sudden payment of wage subsidies, restaur...

Hundreds of people gathered at Budapest’s Heroes’ Square on Sunday to protest coronavirus restrictions affecting small businesses. Police quickly responded. Protesters gathered at Heroes’ Square Sunday at noon to call for the easing of coronavirus restrictions, which have been extended until March. The current restrictions severely hamper the ability of catering businesses to survive. Since the restrictions do not allow for people to gather in large groups anywhere, participants were simp...

The Catering Rebellion: Businesses in Hungary to Protest Restrictions Multiple pubs, restaurants and cafés around Hungary have declared that they will be open for business in protest of coronavirus restrictions. The libertarian Down With 75% of Taxes party is organizing a country-wide reopening for February 1, during which many different catering businesses will once again be open for customers who wish to dine-in. The goal for these businesses is to open and allow customers to sit down to eat...

Oscars Obliterate Old Record With 238 Qualifying Documentaries A final batch of 25 films pushed the total well past the old record of 170Steve Pond | January 16, 2021 @ 9:18 PM Last Updated: January 28, 2021 @ 11:26 AM AWARDS BEAT "He Dreams of Giants" / Screen Media NOTE: This story was originally published on Jan. 16, after a final batch of documentary features was made available to Oscar voters. After it was published, the Academy determined that two films that had been sent to...

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Múinteoir Emers jazzy Jingle Bells Updated / Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020 08:03 We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences Its always great to mix things up around this time of year and have some fun. So check out this jazzy version of Jingle Bells from Múinteoir Emer. Its an online only bonus track...

Oscars Documentary Race Tops 200 Entries to Shatter Old Record (Exclusive) A huge group of 93 films was added to the list of contenders just before ChristmasSteve Pond | December 22, 2020 @ 3:13 PM Last Updated: December 22, 2020 @ 3:17 PM AWARDS BEAT "Gunda" / Neon The Academy has added 93 more films to the members-only screening room devoted to entries in the Best Documentary Feature category, bringing the total number of eligible contenders to a record-shattering 215. The previ...

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