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Two pilots die in E Hungary military aircraft crash
Hungary’s Defence Minister Imre Szekeres expressed regret over the death of the two pilots whose L39 Albatros fighter trainer jet crashed near Fehergyarmat on Friday. Speaking to journalists at the...
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Not much more than words
Fodor tries to talk new life into deeply divided & unpopular SZDSZ The new leader of the SZDSZ party tested the water by meeting both the leaders of the main opposition party Fidesz and the...
View ArticleHungarians charged with prostitution, pimping in U.S.
U.S. law enforcement authorities have arrested two Hungarian women on prostitution-related charges. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement authority (ICE) said one of the women is suspected of...
View ArticlePoland demands more concessions from US
Poland and the US last week failed to reach agreement on the deployment of American missiles on Polish territory. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the latest US offer was unsatisfactory and...
View ArticleJournalist wins against police
A journalist last week successfully sued Budapest police for his arrest while covering an illegal demonstration last November. Zoltán Bogád, who writes for the index.hu news website, was taken into...
View ArticleBelieving all you read ill advised
The National Alliance of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ) has complained about the lack of freedom of the press in regional media in Hungary. Although the national media has been judged to be broadly...
View ArticleWelfare may get less attractive
The government is planning to amend the Social Security Law this autumn, Employment Minister Erika Szűcs said last week. The issue rose to the top of the political agenda last month after the mayor...
View ArticleHungary June inflation eases to 6.7 pc from 7.0 pc in May
June inflation rose just 0.1 percent compared to May, partly owing to a drop in food prices of 0.4 percent as well as a 0.2 percent fall in the price of consumer goods. Fuel prices rose 2.2...
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PM proposes Nabucco summit in Budapest
Gyurcsány discusses gas supply options with Turkmen president Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány met his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow in Turkmenistan last week to discuss issues...
View ArticleFighting the flood of inflation
At times of floods the image is always the same: politicians put on Wellington boots, exchange their pin-striped suits for jeans and a T-shirt and take hold of sandbags and shovels. Or they simply...
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