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2nd September, 2010
Chinese man suspected in hostel murder
A Chinese man who studies in Budapest is suspected by police of murdering Pernilla Marie Thronsen, the Norwegian woman whose body was found at a youth hostel on Sunday evening.
The 26-year-old, Zhao Fei, who was the woman’s boyfriend, has reportedly left Hungary for an unknown destination.
The tabloid Bors reported on Wednesday that the body was found a few hours after the killer wrote a message “tantamount to a confession” on Facebook. Bors quoted the message as saying “I did not want to hurt you . . . If I die, I hope we shall meet and be together again”.
Police will shortly issue an international arrest warrant. Oslo newspapers said the 21-year-old woman had spent the summer in London after breaking up with her boyfriend and returned to Budapest a short time ago.
A police source said the man was also in Hungary as a student and lived in the City Hostel Flora, where the woman’s body was found.
She was to meet a friend to see a concert in Gyor but never arrived for the meeting.
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2nd September, 2010
Two struck with West Nile Virus
Two Hungarians are being treated in hospital after contracting the West Nile Virus, epidemic specialist Katalin Krisztalovics announced on Wednesday.
She said the disease spread by some types of mosquito has appeared in Hungary every year since 2003 in areas where migratory birds congregate. The virus is not contagious among human beings.
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2nd September, 2010
Italians caught shooting protected birds
Five Italian guest hunters were caught shooting protected species of waterfowl at the Kengyel fishponds, Hortobagy National Park official Akos Monoki reported on Wednesday.
Monoki caught the hunters red-handed as they destroyed the birds. The five were detained and criminal proceedings have been launched against them.
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2nd September, 2010
Hungary bids to host 2015 world swimming championships
The Hungarian Swimming Federation has submitted a bid to FINA, the international swimming authority, to host the 2015 world swimming championships.
The Hungarian federation hosted the European swimming championships in 2006 and 2010, the European short-course tournament in 2007 in Debrecen and the European youths championships in 2005.
The cabinet would support the idea of hosting the world swimming championships in 2017 rather than 2015, Swimming Association general secretary Jozsef Ruza said Wednesday.
He said state secretary for sports Attila Czene indicated in a letter to the Association that hosting the 2017 tournament would be more appropriate under the financial circumstances.
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2nd September, 2010
Zsolnay collection returns home
What may be the world's most valuable collection of Zsolnay porcelain has arrived back in Pecs, where it was made, from the US.
The city bought the 600-piece collection from an American-Hungarian for €2.5 million.
President Pal Schmitt, mayor Zsolt Pava and state secretary Geza Szocs attended the opening of the Golden Era of Zsolnay exhibition in Pecs Wednesday evening.
Two surviving members of the Zsolnay family, Zsofia Mattyasovszky and Antonia Sikorski, also attended.
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