The Hungarian government fired the head of the national weather service and her deputy, two days after a fireworks display to celebrate Hungary’s national holiday was delayed for fear of storms. | AFP
Online newspaper Origo said the agency had given “misleading information about the extent of the bad weather, which misled the operation team responsible for security.”In a reaction broadcast on the social network Facebook, liberal Andras Fekete-Gyor joked: “They couldn’t produce the desired weather, they were fired.
“No, it’s not a dictatorship in Central Asia, it’s the Hungary of Fidesz”, he said, referring to the country’s ruling party. The fireworks display — billed as “the biggest in Europe” to celebrate “Hungary’s millennial state” — has been rescheduled for later this week. The opposition had earlier called for its cancellation, denouncing it as “a useless waste of money” at a time when the country’s economy is struggling.
In 2006, the annual festivities were hit by a violent storm that killed five people and injured several hundred, causing widespread panic among more than a million people who had gathered to watch on the banks of the Danube.
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