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30th July, 2010
Mineral water maker under scrutiny
Retailers are clearing their shelves of bottles of Visegrádi mineral water after consumer magazine Interpress found that they contain high amounts of fluoride, which could be dangerous to children under seven.
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30th July, 2010
Couple set out to circumnavigate globe
Viktória and Gábor Rakonczai were waved off from outside the National Theatre on Thursday as they began their mission to sail around the world in their own boat in one year.
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29th July, 2010
PPP investment projects to be scrapped
The cabinet will no longer employ public-private partnership (PPP) investment projects as they act as a cover for injurious contracts, National Development Ministry state secretary Sára Nemes-Hegmann told Inforádió on Wednesday.
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29th July, 2010
Herzog heirs sue Hungary, museums
Descendents of Baron Lipót Mór Herzog this week filed a lawsuit against the Hungarian state and several museums in the US District Court in Washington, The New York Times reports.
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28th July, 2010
Fewer junior doctors to leave Hungary
Of the 700 medical students graduating from universities this summer, 80% will start their residency in Hungary while 11% have opted to study for a doctorate, Hungarian Residents Association chairman Magor Papp said.
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28th July, 2010
Ferihegy failed security audit – Márton
Ferihegy airport has been downgraded to the “unclear” category after objects that should have been screened passed through security checks in an undercover EU audit, air traffic ministerial commissioner Attila Márton said at a government press conference yesterday.
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27th July, 2010
Roma encouraged to become police
The Interior Ministry and a Roma non-profit society are sponsoring a camp with the aim of recruiting as many young Roma as possible for law-enforcement bodies.
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27th July, 2010
Airport thieves caught
Police at Ferihegy have caught three members of airport staff suspected of stealing cash and jewels from baggage.
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26th July, 2010
OTP passes EU stress test
OTP was found to be Europe’s second most sound bank in stress tests conducted by the European banking supervisory CEBS, it was announced on Friday. Spain’s Banca March topped the list of 91 banks examined for their ability to survive a new credit crisis.
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26th July, 2010
Várpalota cancels contract with motorcycle maker
The town of Várpalota has cancelled its contract with Magyar Motorkerékpár, which aims to revive the old Pannónia brand motorcycle.
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23rd July, 2010
Jail terms possible for petty crimes
Parliament passed amendments yesterday introducing harsher penalties for misdemeanours, that would make it possible to jail minors for committing misdemeanours.
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23rd July, 2010
Koeman gets the axe
National football team manager Erwin Koeman is leaving, after the Football Association severed his contract in favour of employing Sándor Egervári, Nemzeti Sport reported on Thursday. An official announcement is expected today.
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22nd July, 2010
Police capture suspected killers
Bács-Kiskun police on Monday captured three of four men suspected of killing three people in March, 2008. The fourth is still at large and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
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22nd July, 2010
Plane returns to Ferihegy airport
A passenger plane bound for Warsaw returned to Ferihegy airport Wednesday evening after instruments indicated smoke in the hold, Budapest Airport spokesman Károly Szilágyi told MTI.
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21st July, 2010
Flat income tax might be cancelled
The government may not be able to introduce the flat 16% income tax rate without additional austerity measures, analyst Eszter Gárgyán of Citigroup has warned.
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21st July, 2010
Népszabadság hopeful of a turnaround
Népszabadság recorded a Ft 1 billion loss last year, but could generate a profit in the fourth quarter of this year, recently appointed chairman and CEO Attila Mihók told Napi Gazdaság in an interview.
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20th July, 2010
Washington Post says Orbán may not be welcome
Viktor Orbán will “once again” be a pariah in Western capitals if he uses his overwhelming parliamentary majority to weaken democratic institutions, the Washington Post wrote in a Monday editorial.
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20th July, 2010
Ministry stops Volánbusz tender
The National Development Ministry will cancel the bus purchase tender announced by state coach company Volánbusz, because the conditions exclude many potential bidders, the ministry announced yesterday.
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19th July, 2010
New local election regulations
Hungarians will elect 10,000 fewer local council members than the present 26,000-27,000 at the October 3 local elections, as several regulations will change.
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19th July, 2010
Hand grenade in the Fourth District
Two explosions occurred in the Fourth District of Budapest between 4:00 and 4.30 a.m. early Friday morning. One of them was probably caused by a hand grenade thrown by an unidentified person at a stairway. No one was injured in the incidents, but buildings and parked cars were damaged.
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16th July, 2010
New entrant in mobile internet market
Business Telecom Távközlési (Btel) has started mobile internet services under its own brand but in co-operation with Vodafone, which will provide network services. The companies signed a two-year agreement.
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16th July, 2010
23,000 see Munkácsy trilogy in Pécs
Some 23,000 visitors have seen 19th-century painter Mihály Munkácsy’s crucifixion trilogy on display in the Art Gallery of Pécs since the end of April.
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15th July, 2010
Cabinet rejects ECB warning over MNB pay cuts
The cabinet decided yesterday to proceed with plans to reduce the salary of National Bank (MNB) governor András Simor, along with those of other public officials, despite a warning from the European Central Bank (ECB) that such a move would jeopardise the MNB’s independence.
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15th July, 2010
MFB ousts ITD Hungary management
The entire management of investment promotion agency ITD Hungary was dismissed without warning yesterday.
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14th July, 2010
Red Bull air race scrapped
The Red Bull Air Race held annually on August 20 has been cancelled, as the National Transport Authority has deemed it too risky and refused to issue a temporary permit for the use of air space over the Danube.
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14th July, 2010
ECB warns gov’t against cutting MNB salaries
The European Central Bank (ECB) has told the Hungarian government that draft legislation on the salaries of senior National Bank (MNB) officials “should be amended to comply with the principle of central bank independence” and that the MNB should be involved in the drafting process.
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13th July, 2010
Hotels argue for lower taxes
The Hungarian hotel association has sent a seven-point suggestion to the government to induce growth in their industry.
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13th July, 2010
World Cup a big boost for MTV
One in four Hungarians watched some or all of the football World Cup final on Sunday night, state broadcaster MTV announced.
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12th July, 2010
Budget halved for August 20 events
The government will spend nearly Ft 150 million, half of the usual sum, on staging the August 20 ceremonies, Public Administration and Justice Ministry spokesman Zoltán Kovács announced on Friday.
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12th July, 2010
Bodies of drowned youths found
The US Coast Guard on Friday found the bodies of 16-year-old Dóra Schwendtner and 20-year-old Szabolcs Prem, both from Mosonmagyaróvár, who drowned in the Delaware River in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
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12th July, 2010
Dire conditions in illegal nursing homes
The authorities have found appalling conditions at three illegally operating nursing homes in Vecsés.
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9th July, 2010
Workers, not cash for flood demolitions
The government will provide community workers to tear down flood-damaged houses rather than allow local authorities to handle funds for the project, government spokeswoman Anna Nagy said Thursday.
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9th July, 2010
Hungarian youths in US river accident
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry has announced that a 16-year-old girl and a 20-year-old boy from Mosonmagyaróvár, west Hungary, are missing after an amphibious sightseeing bus sank into the Delaware river, Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
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8th July, 2010
Fewer mosquitoes by end of the month
The number of mosquitoes in Budapest should drop noticeably by the end of July, Central Hungarian state medical office biologist László Tajti told Inforádió on Wednesday.
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8th July, 2010
Demszky no longer a Free Democrat
Budapest mayor Gábor Demszky is no longer a member of the Free Democrats, he told reporters on Wednesday.
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7th July, 2010
Csányi voted football association chief
OTP chairman-CEO Sándor Csányi was elected Hungarian Football Association president at a meeting held at the body’s Telki training centre Tuesday. Of the association’s 107 delegates, 89 attended and all 82 of those who voted backed the entrepreneur.
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6th July, 2010
MPs tease national co-operation paper
The government’s request that its national co-operation statement be hung in public offices was the subject of mockery from opposition parties in Parliament yesterday.
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6th July, 2010
Skinheads attack Gay Pride participants
Youths wearing far-right badges attacked a guest at the opening of the Gay Pride festival in Budapest Sunday evening.
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5th July, 2010
MFB squads raid infrastructural firms
The government ousted eight CEOs of state-owned companies overseen by the state development bank MFB with simultaneous “commando raids” on three infrastructural companies on Friday, index.hu reported.
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5th July, 2010
Budapest Pride festival kicks off
The 15th Budapest Pride lesbian, gay, bisexual and transvestite film and cultural festival began at Művész cinema on Teréz körút in Budapest’s Sixth District under heavy police security arrangements Sunday evening.
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2nd July, 2010
Red Bull taps mobile market
Energy drink maker Red Bull will launch its mobile phone network in Hungary with the co-operation of Norwegian mobile operator Telenor.
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2nd July, 2010
Misuse of funds suspected at Duna TV
The suspicion of misuse of funds has arisen in connection with two production contracts concluded by Duna TV, the supervisory body of Hungária Television Public Foundation, which oversees state-run television, announced on Thursday.
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1st July, 2010
Stocks bruised in the second quarter
The Budapest Stock Exchange was among the worst performing bourses in the world in the second quarter, losing more than 13.1% of its value, or 3,000 points.
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1st July, 2010
Gay pride festival consults with police
The 15th Budapest Pride gay festival will be staged in the capital next week.
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30th June, 2010
Jászai to reposition Zsolnay
City-owned Pécs Holding yesterday signed a sales contract for a 49% stake in city-owned porcelain manufacture Zsolnay Porcelán Manufaktúra to Manufaktúra-Befektető (M-B).
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30th June, 2010
Olympian to president – Schmitt factfile
Born on May 13, 1942, Pál Schmitt was Olympic champion in team épée in 1968 and 1972.
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30th June, 2010
Schmitt elected president by landslide
Fidesz-Christian Democrat candidate Pál Schmitt was elected president by 263 MPs in the first round of a secret House ballot on Tuesday afternoon. Schmitt will succeed incumbent László Sólyom on August 6.
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29th June, 2010
MPs elect Schmitt president today
Fidesz presidential candidate Pál Schmitt met with the Socialist caucus on Monday, ahead of today’s parliamentary vote on a new head of state.
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29th June, 2010
Fidesz MP to head Audit Office
Parliament elected Fidesz MP László Domokos president of the State Audit Office effective July 5 with 266 affirmative votes and 88 dissensions yesterday. The House elected Székesfehérvár mayor Tihamér Warvasovszky vice president with 258 affirmative votes and 95 dissensions. Both of them took the oath of office. Their mandates are for 12 years.
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29th June, 2010
Most back redirecting fireworks fund
A Medián poll suggests that two-thirds of Hungarians favour cancelling the August 20 fireworks show and using the money saved to help those recently hit by floods.
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28th June, 2010
Four Jobbik MPs fail security test
A total of four Jobbik MPs have been removed from House committees after being deemed national security risks, the Defence of the Constitution Office announced Friday.
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28th June, 2010
Beer drinking drops with weather
Beer consumption fell 9% in Hungary last year, market researcher Nielsen found.
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25th June, 2010
OSCE slams gov’t media plans
OSCE freedom of the press representative Dunja Mijatovic yesterday urged the halting of the government media package scheduled for a vote in Parliament next week.
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24th June, 2010
Orbán proposes Schmitt for president
Prime Minister and Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán has proposed Speaker Pál Schmitt for the post of president, his spokesman Péter Szijjártó announced in Parliament yesterday.
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24th June, 2010
Facebook drive gathers momentum
Eszter Dóczi-Tóth, the owner of a restaurant in Budapest’s 12th District, has launched a Facebook group suggesting that “we should forego the August 20 fireworks display for the benefit of flood victims.”
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23rd June, 2010
Mgyosz questions early retirement trend
Working over 60 should not be exceptional, Mgyosz chairman Ferenc Rolek told a conference organised by the employers association.
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23rd June, 2010
19 people smugglers caught in Hungary
French, German and Hungarian police have captured a 58-member people smuggling gang, French Immigration Minister Eric Besson announced on Tuesday. In Hungary 19 people were arrested.
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23rd June, 2010
Internet set to overtake TV – PwC
The crisis will also end in the media market, Péter Sere of PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) said during his presentation of the company’s media industry study of Hungary in 2010-14.
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22nd June, 2010
GDP per capita still 63% of EU average
Hungary’s GDP per capita was 63% of the EU average in 2009, the same level as in the previous year, Eurostat announced.
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22nd June, 2010
Professional pálinka makers upset
The bill legalising home pálinka manufacturing will regulate distillation not as alcohol production but in the same category as honey, jam, pickles and similar homemade products, Népszabadság writes.
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21st June, 2010
Bank of the poor ready for test run
Using the model of Grameen Bank devised by Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, three Hungarian businessmen: CEO of Raiffeisen Bank Péter Felcsuti, András Ujlaki and András Polgár have set up non-profit company Kiútprogram (The Way Out Programme) to offer similar services in Hungary.
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21st June, 2010
Metro drill reaches Baross tér
The southern tunnel of metro line number four was completed on Friday. The less than half a kilometre distance between Népszínház utca and Baross tér was covered in five weeks.
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18th June, 2010
Socialists accuse Fidesz of state media takeover
The media package “to be rushed through Parliament” will spell the end of independent public-service media, Socialist MP László Mandur warned yesterday after Parliament‘s cultural and media committee met to discuss the changes.
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18th June, 2010
Volcanic ash a boon to bus traffic
Inter-city bus companies reported a marked increase in passenger traffic in the first four months, due to April’s grounding of European flights by the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud.
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17th June, 2010
Budapest low in cost of living survey
The cost of living is lower in Budapest than in Prague or Bratislava, according to a survey by international consultants EAC
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17th June, 2010
Woman dies fleeing house fire
A 35-year-old woman died after jumping out of the window of a burning fourth-storey flat on Honvéd utca in the Fifth District Wednesday evening.
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16th June, 2010
Clinton honours Hungarian official
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has named former Social Affairs and Labour Ministry official Irén Dunai Ádám a Hero in the fight against modern-day slavery. Ádám, one of six recipients of the honour worldwide, was instrumental in setting up the first Hungarian home for victims of sex trafficking in 2005.
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16th June, 2010
Four Hungarians in international gang
Four Hungarian nationals are part of a Spanish-led international gang whose 178 members were captured in 12 countries on Tuesday.
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15th June, 2010
House committee convened over film
Chairman László L. Simon of Parliament’s cultural and media committee has convened a special meeting for Tuesday afternoon in order to facilitate a public screening of a film on post-1956 interior minister Béla Biszku.
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15th June, 2010
Energy prices regulated again
MPs voted on Monday to have gas and electricity prices for retail and small-scale consumers set by a cabinet minister in the future, restoring the pre-2007 system.
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15th June, 2010
Newspapers offer flood aid
Blikk, Magyar Nemzet, Nemzeti Sport and Népszabadság are contributing a total of Ft 2 million to the hospital and kindergarten in the flood-stricken town of Szikszó, Borsod county.
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14th June, 2010
Fellegi to reopen post offices, rail lines
The government plans to reopen post offices and passenger rail lines closed by the previous government before the end of the year, Development Minister Tamás Fellegi confirmed on the weekend.
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14th June, 2010
Drug lab uncovered in Szarvas
Miskolc detectives have hit upon an illegal drug laboratory in Szarvas, Békés county, police announced on Sunday.
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14th June, 2010
Man nabbed for disturbing pilots
Airport Police have caught red-handed and detained a man who was directing the light from a laser pen into the cockpit of planes as they landed at Ferihegy airport.
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11th June, 2010
Ministry summons Slovak ambassador
Slovak ambassador Peter Weiss was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Thursday, one day after Slovakia accused the Hungarian government and Parliament of revisionist aspirations.
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11th June, 2010
Film on diehard communist goes ahead
The daughter of diehard communist Béla Biszku has threatened to take legal action if a documentary about her father, a former interior minister, is shown at the Uránia cinema.
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10th June, 2010
Seven killed in minibus crash
Seven people died and ten others were injured when a minibus collided head-on with a bus carrying policemen on Wednesday afternoon.
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10th June, 2010
EU orders MOL to repay state aid
The European Commission has ordered MOL to pay back Ft 30 billion to the state after ruling that the energy company was a beneficiary of illegal state aid.
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9th June, 2010
Criminal code changes approved
Parliament passed a “three strikes” law on Tuesday as one of several changes to the criminal code.
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9th June, 2010
Only one bid for Zsolnay stake
Only one bid was received in the latest effort to find an investor for Pécs ceramic concern Zsolnay by the June 7 deadline. A 49% stake in the famous city-owned company was on offer.
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8th June, 2010
Tourist numbers start to revive
The number of tourists staying at commercial accommodation in Hungary in the first four months was up 2%, while the number of guest nights increased 3% year-on-year, the Central Statistics Office reports.
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8th June, 2010
Analysts see opportunity amid chaos
UniCredit is advising its clients to buy forints, be-cause the bank expects the exchange rate to re-turn to Ft 280 per euro when the market recovers from the weekend crisis sparked by government politicians.
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7th June, 2010
Vast majority agrees with red tape cuts
Some 86% of Hungarians mostly agree with government plans to reduce bureaucracy and the number of MPs, according to a poll conducted by the Századvég Foundation last week.
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7th June, 2010
Czechs object to dual citizenship law
Czech President Vaclav Klaus and Prime Minister Ján Fischer released a joint statement on Friday expressing concern over the passage by the Hungarian Parliament of the law on dual citizenship. They said the law ignores the Treaty of Trianon, and declared it unacceptable.
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4th June, 2010
Népszava unable to pay printing costs
Publisher Magyar Közlönykiadó has initiated winding up proceedings against Népszava for an over Ft 20 million debt. The two parties signed a contract for printing work on March 1, 2009, but Népszava has been unable to pay the bills.
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4th June, 2010
Navracsics: Cabinet to fight corruption
Hungary’s institutions and laws must be applied better in order to curb corruption, deputy prime minister Tibor Navracsics told a conference in Budapest on the subject yesterday.
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3rd June, 2010
Shoppers search for bargains
Hungarian consumers have become more price conscious in the wake of the economic crisis, according to a survey of market researcher GfK Hungária.
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3rd June, 2010
Borsod floods critical, Danube less so
The government imposed a state of flood danger in Borsod county, north-east Hungary on Wednesday.
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2nd June, 2010
Pintér sends police to Borsod villages
Police officers have been posted to every vil-lage in Borsod county, Interior Minister Sán-dor Pintér told reporters in Budapest on Tuesday. Borsod county has the highest crime rate in Hungary.
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2nd June, 2010
More white collar crime in 2009
The total number of business crimes detected in Hungary increased for the fifth successive year, to 16,752, in 2009, Prosecutor General Tamás Kovács said at a plenary session of Parliament on Tuesday.
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2nd June, 2010
Combined 211 years for Diósd mafia
Pest county court meted out a total of 211 years in prison terms – some suspended – to 41 defendants in the so-called Diósd mafia case on Tuesday. The defendants stole oil from MOL’s Százhalombatta refinery in the early 2000s, committed murders, ran extortion rackets and raided numerous security vans and bank
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1st June, 2010
MOL, MTelekom in Handelsblatt top 500
MOL was Europe’s 129th largest company in terms of revenue last year, according to the top 500 list of German financial paper Handelsblatt. Magyar Telekom was ranked 475th.
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1st June, 2010
Teenage killer gets 11 years
Bács-Kiskun county court sentenced a 17-year-old boy who killed his 16-year-old classmate in a fit of jealousy in Kecskemét on May 11, 2009 to an 11-year prison term in a juvenile institution yesterday. The defendant also stabbed the de-ceased’s girlfriend 45 times, Judge István Feleky said.
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31st May, 2010
New citizens can purchase land
The new amendments to the Citizenship Act will ease the obtaining of Hungarian citizen-ship from abroad, entitling non-residents to buy arable land in Hungary, as this is re-stricted to citizens, Népszabadság points out.
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31st May, 2010
Music Academy invites bids for revamp
The Music Academy has announced a call for bids to be the main contractor of the renova-tion of its main building and the covering of its courtyard with a glass roof. The estimated cost is Ft 4 billion net.
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31st May, 2010
BA strike affects flights to London
Another five-day strike of British Airways air hostesses will affect half of the Budapest-London flights. Only two of the four daily flights will take off from Monday until the end of the strike, the airline’s spokesman in Hun-gary Vilmos Náray told Inforádió on Sunday.
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27th May, 2010
1,500 year-old burial ground uncovered
Archaeologists have stumbled upon out-standing Avar age relics at the intersection of route 8 and 72 between Veszprém and Litér.
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27th May, 2010
Balázs: 6 out of 7 accept citizenship bill
Acting Foreign Minister Péter Balázs said “citizenship obtained through ancestry cannot be taken away” in an interview with Inforádió on Wednesday.
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26th May, 2010
Police to investigate Malev privatisation
Budapest Police have ordered an inquiry into the privatisation of the airline Malev. A misuse of funds inquiry will be conducted on an unidentified person, Budapest Police stated on their website yesterday.
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26th May, 2010
Palankai receives Jean Monnet Prize
Corvinus University economics professor Tibor Palankai has been awarded the Jean Monnet Prize, EU Cultural Commissioner Andrulla Vasiliu announced in Brussels on Tuesday.
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17th May, 2010
Germans rescued from Basilica lift
A group of nine tourists from Konstanz, south Germany were rescued by fire-fighters after being trapped in the lift of Saint Stephen’s Basilica on Saturday evening.
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17th May, 2010
Rain wreaks nationwide havoc
Environment Minister Imre Szabó yesterday told reporters that a state of alert will probably be ordered on Monday in response to the weekend’s torrential rainfall.
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14th May, 2010
Suspended terms for Slovak hooligans
Encs Municipal Court has handed down eight-month prison terms to nine football hooligans and six-month terms to two Slovak football hooligans, all suspended for three years, Borsod county court spokesman Jozsef Szabo announced yesterday.
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14th May, 2010
Angry subcontractors continue protest
Unpaid subcontractors of construction company Szeviep have begun to refill land with gravel on the M43 motorway near Szeged.
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13th May, 2010
Clinton congratulates Bajnai
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated outgoing Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai by phone on Wednesday on his cabinet’s achievements in responding to the economic crisis, government spokesman Domokos Szollar announced.
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13th May, 2010
Huge hail hits southeast Hungary
Hailstones the size of walnuts fell on parts of Csongrad and Bekes counties on Wednesday, Ferenc Gyuris of the National Meteorological Service, told MTI. Some of the stones were four centimetres wide, he said.
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11th May, 2010
Metro drill starts out on last stretch
The machine drilling the southern tunnel of the fourth metro line started out from what will be the Népszínház utca station on Monday towards the future terminus of Keleti station.
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11th May, 2010
Three pharmacies attacked
Three Budapest pharmacies not far from one another were robbed within an hour on Monday night, police announced
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10th May, 2010
100 protest for legalising soft drugs
Some 100 people took part in the Global Marijuana March on Margaret Island on Sunday, pressing for the legalisation of soft drugs.
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10th May, 2010
Protest against waste incinerator
Protesters appeared as mounted hussars in Szentgotthárd on Saturday to demonstrate against construction of a planned waste incinerator across the border in Heiligenkreuz, Austria.
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8th May, 2010
Top golfer slain by husband
Two-time Hungarian women’s golf champion Krisztina Fodor, 36, has been murdered by her 50-year-old husband.
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8th May, 2010
Munkacsy biopic in the works
Preparatory work on a movie biography of 19th-century painter Mihaly Munkacsy is under way.
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6th May, 2010
Hankook building housing for workers
South Korean tyre maker Hankook will construct apartment buildings to provide accommodation for 500 of its workers in Dunaújváros for Ft 2 billion.
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5th May, 2010
Malév cancels two flights to Greece
Malév airlines has cancelled flights to Athens and Thessaloniki scheduled for early this afternoon, due to the general strike that began in Greece last night, spokesman Ádám Hegedűs announced.
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5th May, 2010
OTP warns against virus e-mail
An English-language e-mail message with the subject line “otpbank.hu account notification” sent to hundreds of addresses contains a virus, the bank has warned.
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4th May, 2010
Shopping more serious, less fun
Hungarians are doing less leisure shopping and instead focus on getting desired products, market researcher GfK Hungária found.
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4th May, 2010
Explosion cuts electricity in Csepel
Hundreds of families were left without electricity on Csepel Island, Budapest’s 21st District, Monday evening, after a “cable head” blew up in a house on Zrínyi utca.
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3rd May, 2010
Billions lost in sale of Moscow building
The Hungarian state lost at least Ft 10 billion because of the sale of the commercial representation building in Moscow, secret services and Foreign Ministry documents obtained by Magyar Nemzet reveal.
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3rd May, 2010
Vodafone signs Sziget sponsor deal
Vodafone signed a new type of sponsorship contract with festival organiser Sziget, the head of the Hungarian subsidiary, György Beck, announced on Friday.
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