Fourth Metro Line Now Operational in Budapest

On Friday, Budapest's UNESCO World Heritage Site underground transit system finally got a fourth line. This came about after an eight-year construction period marked by rows between Hungary's warring political parties. Budapest's right-wing mayor Istvan Tarlos refused to invite his left-liberal predecessor Gabor Demszky to the opening, also attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, despite the project starting life under Demszky. Tarlos, a member of Orban's ...