The Hungarian Prime Minister’s personal economic consultant, Gyorgy Szapary, told portal fn.hu on Tuesday that the Government will seek to renew the loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund, after the current one expires in 2010. Szapary said the Government has no plans to borrow, but will seeks to restore investor confidence by running a [...]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) claim that a British journalist Simon Wright (44) was allegedly arrested for being the master-mind behind the recent attempt to portray blemished World Cup stadium security in South Africa after the England-Algeria match at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, during their group stage match of the 2010 FIFA [...]
The world of professional and international rugby has already embraced television-refereeing as a standard when there is a disputed try. The governing body of the international football federation, FIFA, has announced that it would be “Nonsense not to reopen the file on goal-line technologies” as an increasing number of fans are disgusted by the fact [...]
On the heels of dire news from the small Northeastern town, media reports from Felsozsolca once again shocked public opinion as a complete lack of solidarity was displayed by the small town’s authorities. Citizens who were vacated from their homes by the flood reported receiving notices from the mayor’s office to demolish homes deemed “dangerous,” [...]
The ‘bank tax’ to be levied by the Orban cabinet’s first economic ‘action plan’ caused international uproar and could depress the Hungarian economy even further, according to a Friday report by Bloomberg. The financial wire claims to have obtained a letter signed by International Banking Federation (IBF) President Alessandro Profumo, which calls for “profound modification” [...]
The Czechs secured victory at the recent European Athletics Team Championships (First League) in Budapest. Participants included Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden and Turkey. The event was the last major competition before the upcoming European Championships in Barcelona.
It was red-carpet night as Twilight series actors Kristen Stewart (20), Robert Pattinson (24) and Taylor Lautner (18) paraded onto the North American premier of Eclipse, the third of the series in the vampire movie saga Twilight. The screening was at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of fans were cordoned off and [...]
Hungary commemorated the 1st anniversary of the death of the king of pop, Michael Jackson. Magyar fans have dubbed Michael, “Budapest’s black son,” as he was instantly adopted by the Hungarian capital during his filming of the album History in 1994. The game black jack in Hungary has also sometimes referred to by young Michael-lovers [...]
A Budapest conference organized by the Joint Venture Alliance (JVSz) and ITD Hungary on Wednesday sought break-out strategies from the prolonged effects of the economic crisis by focusing on the untapped potential of Far-eastern markets for Hungarian SMEs. State Secretary of the Economic Ministry Zsolt Becsey suggested that export should be directed towards China, Russia [...]
It’s the end of the Italian dream and the start of a Slovakian fairytale. Slovakia was not even a nation some 20 years ago, and now every country in the world knows their name as they have felled the reigning world cup champions – Italy. Paraguay and New Zealand could not stop Italy, but Slovakia [...]
The national football squad of the tiny Central European nation of Slovenia was able to defy the big bad bear (Russia) to qualify for the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup and became one of the most celebrated participants in the host nation, South Africa. However their goal-less loss against England (which scored the only goal [...]
Rhodesian-born celebrity and international swimmer Charlene Lynette Wittstock (32) has agreed to marry the frog crown prince of the mini state of Monaco. The lucky guy is Crown Prince Albert II (52) of Monaco and the pair have officially announced their engagement on Wednesday (June 23, 2010). The couple say they have been seriously dating [...]
All the world‘s a stage, all men and women on it merely its prayers. As You Like It (or not) The new arguments against ideological Isms in Hungary are troublesome, and translate to far more than a “play on words” or recasting a textual reality. They have started to eek blood. People here express rage, [...]
The recent release of the documentary Bun es buntetlenseg (‘Guilt and Impunity’) about the life of Bela Biszku (former communist minister responsible for retribution after the ’56 Revolution) sparked controversy in Hungary, as the Biszku family attempted to ban its screening but gave in after pressure from several directions including the Parliamentary Committee for Culture [...]
French President Nicholas Sarkozy (of Hungarian descent) has expressed his fury over the imcompetence of his national team, slagging French squad coach Raymond Domenech for his unorthodox conduct and slacking to be a deserving ambassador to France when he declined to shake hands with South African coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, after the host nation of [...]
Ex-US president Bill Clinton will be among the spectators of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C football match between the United States and Algeria on Wednesday (23 June, 2010) at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. It can not be confirmed yet, but FIFA has also invited Monika Lewinsky alongside the other [...]
Bad sport disgraced France coach Raymond Domenech (58, pictured right) declined to shake hands (it’s tradition) with South Africa’s celebrated coach from Brazil, Carlos Alberto Parreira (67, pictured left) after the host nation of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup beat France 2-1 (2-0) in their Group A challenge. But still both national teams said [...]
Two gorgeous Dutch models, accused of ambush marketing at a recent FIFA football event were released on Tuesday (June 22, 2010) after FIFA allegedly received millions of Euros in an out of court settlement, reports suggested. Two blond bombshells arrested for so-called ‘ambush marketing’ during a 2010 FIFA Football World Cup match have now been [...]
The host nation of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup has said an early goodbye after they were unable to gain a 4-goal difference in their group to advance into the next round. Bafana, Bafana as the South African team is commonly known, was unable to take advantage of the one-man advantage after France had [...]
Jozsef Debreczeni, writer and failed candidate of the MDF party in the 2010 elections, was acquitted of defamation on Tuesday after a Budapest court declared that his statements concerning security company UD Zrt. fall under the right to free speech and should be constitutionally protected. Debreczeni had made the statements in September 2008, in an [...]
Vegetable shops were closed in Cape Town as local Portuguese shopkeepers were among the 64, 644 spectators watching the match between Portugal and North Korea at Greenpoint Stadium in the mothor city of the host nation of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup. We can’t wait for the next game against Brazil after the Portugal [...]
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis on June 21 opened trading at the Budapest Stock Exchange (BET) with a symbolic ringing of the bell (replica of the bell indicating the start of trading at the New York Stock Exchange), marking the 5001st day of trading at the institution. In her opening address, Tsakopoulos Kounalakis [...]
Nigerian midfielder Sani Kaita (24), was given the red card in the 33rd minute of match in which Greece defeated Nigeria 2-1 in Group B on Thursday (June 17, 2010). Because of this he has received multiple e-mails with the death threat “This man must die.” The Nigerian Government and football federation have taken the [...]
Chelsea’s French striker Nicholas Anelka (31) has been banished from the French national squad by his coach Raymond Domanech, for foul language and calling his mother a “whore.” Domanech had allegedly heavily criticized Anelka’s competence as a striker in their team’s recently discouraging 2-0 defeat by Mexico. The French Football Federation made the announcement in [...]
FIFA officials are taking none of the Dutch government’s abuse following the so-called ambush-marketing stunt at a World Cup match between Denmark and The Netherlands, where 36 lightly dressed models showed more than a Dutch beverage. South African police (for whatever reason) have apparently also apprehended and questioned two women on suspicion of what they [...]
It was a freezing cold quiet night in Pretoria, the capital of the host nation of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup as Bafana, Bafana, the national squad of the Republic of South Africa, was white-washed in a 3-0 victory by Uruguay. It was a crying game as hundreds of home fans left the stadium [...]
Millions of football fans worldwide could hear a pin drop as thousands of South African die-hard fans at Pretoria’s Loftus Versveld Stadium on Wednesday (June 16, 2010) failed to blow their noisy plastic instruments known as the vuvuzelas. The so-called 12th man of the South African squad was silenced by the spectacular 15 yard shot [...]
By adapting the scientific understanding of teenagers, how they think, learn, and are moved to action, a successful program of history teaching, called Facing History and Ourselves, has gained prominence internationally. Adaptable to all regions, a basis for this method is to draw on the parallels with clearest modern tragedy from Holocaust Education. The focus [...]
On June 15, 2010 Brazil played perhaps one of its toughest matches as the top ranked against Communist Korea as the lowest ranked (105th position), experts said. During the match Brazil shot 26 tries at goal of which 10 were on target compared to Korea’s 11 shot attempts on goal of which only three were [...]
John Travolta (56) and wife Kelly Preston (47) have arrived to the host nation of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup to promote Quantas, Australia and the Socceroos and last, but not last – her pregnant tummy. Everywhere they travel in the Republic of South Africa the couple and their daughter Ella (10) were widely [...]
The strike acts of thousands of striking exploited security employees have overshadowed South Africa’s 2010 World Cup venues. Security employees of two host city stadiums have been immediately dismissed despite the fact that their claims were valid, experts said. Over the past few days security workers at the Durban and Cape Town football stadiums engaged [...]
According to a Hungarian internet blog report, victims of recent record flooding located in Northeastern town Felsozsolca have been neglected by authorities responsible for flood relief and are facing unbearable circumstances including complete lack of food, shelter and security. According to reports, groups of victims have been rejected “registration” as victims, after insisting on remaining [...]
The Savaria International Dance festival was recently held in Hungary, featuring several events of the International Dance Sport Federation (IDSF), including the IDSF Latin Cup Europe and the ISDF Open. Photos by Dr. Tibor Milibak.
World 83rd ranked South Africa, the Host nation of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup, have played a world class match against Mexico (ranked 17 in the world). The Mexicans dominated most of the first half, but were incapable of penetrating the South African defense to take the lead. The second half started with a [...]
The driver of the car that killed little Zenani Mandela (the 13-yeqr-old great-granddaughter of South African political icon Nelson Mandela) has allegedly been arrested and charged with drunken driving and manslaughter, police revealed on Friday (June 11, 2010). Nelson Mandela cancelled his attendance to the opening game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup between the [...]
South African icon Nelson Mandela is mourning the death of his 13-year-old great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela, just two days after her birthday. Her death is shadowed as football world cup fever takes off in Africa prior to the opening match between the host nation South Africa and Mexico, at Soccer City, in Johannesburg. The great-granddaughter passed [...]
Hungary’s folk vehicle the new Suzuki Swift is expected to be one of the motors behind strengthening the Hungarian economy, according to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who visited the Suzuki plant in Esztergom, Northern Hungary on Thursday (June 10, 2010). It is important that new and existing investments in Hungary are successful because they will [...]
Singer-actor john Travolta has reportedly arrived at the Lanseria international airport in the Republic of South Africa on Thursday (June 10, 2010) morning. His arrival was spectacular in the sense that he allegedly captained and flew the Boeing 707 all the way from Australia, sponsored by the Quantas airline company. Travolta’s mission is a marketing [...]
The toxic fat cow’s 29-year-old body guard Fernando Flores, claims he has quit his job as her bodyguard after his master had allegedly approached him for intimate services in her bedroom. Perhaps if she were still 18, a virgin and no the mother of two, the bodyguard would not have thought twice, but the years [...]
In Hungary the Scots are renowned as the most stingiest people, but that can’t be said for one Scots woman who had reportedly held onto her Louis Vuitton handbag not caring about her life. She was walking with her handbag when reportedly she was approached by a car whose driver had allegedly asked her for [...]
The IMF’s new head of its Hungarian mission, Christopher Rosenberg, in a statement on Thursday said the organization welcomes the Fidesz Government’s commitment to sustain a 3.8% budget deficit with “correctional measures” if necessary, wire MTI reported. Rosenberg held “informal but useful” talks with the Hungarian cabinet from Monday to Wednesday, and added the IMF [...]
World Cup journalists (from Portugal and Spain) have reportedly been robbed in their hotel room in South Africa. They claim that armed perpetrators had entered their lodge early Wednesday (June 9, 2010). None of the journalists were harmed or injured but the thieves stole some very expensive professional photography gear, cell phones, passports and cash. [...]
Hungary’s center-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced has revealed his long awaited economic action plan. Earlier his cabinet had suggested that it would be crucial to maintain the arranged 2010 budget deficit target of 3.8% of GDP, while boosting long-term competitiveness of the nation. However Orban’s suggested 29 austerity measures are not what EU leaders [...]
It’s a South African invention, the plastic version of the Kudu horn. It has become an indispensable accessory for football fans and is now taking the world by storm. Medical experts in South Africa have warned tourists and fans, coming to support their teams in the world biggest sport spectacular, to take extra special precautions [...]
The Polish administration has allegedly accused Russian police of having ‘looted’ the Moscow: Poland has accused three Russian police of looting the Polish presidential plane following its tragic air crash in Russia in April (please see earlier www.budapestreport.com article about deceased Polish president). However Russian officials have denied any police wrongdoing. Those who died in [...]
With virtually only “hours” left before the kick off to the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa, the entire globe is concentrating on football. Soccer fans consider South Africa to be the center of the world for at least one entire month. Japanese marine biologists who didn’t want to be excluded from the games [...]
The money hungry and corrupt international football federation FIFA has permitted North Korea (or the Korean Democratic People’s Republic (KPDR- democratic my foot, totalitarian yes), alias communist Korea) to participate in the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa despite the fact that they have violated about every human right possible. It was not so [...]
Almost a dozen Argentine soccer hooligans have been expelled from the host nation of the 2010 Football World Cup, according to the South African Police Service (SAPS). Authorities said that the 10 arrested and deported hooligans had allegedly planned violent acts at the soccer spectacular starting on Friday (June 11, 2010), when South Africa plays [...]
A group of 400 Hungarians marched on the French Palace of Trianon in Versailles on Friday, to the signing scene of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended WWI and confiscated two thirds of Hungary to its surrounding neighbors, portal Index reported. The event, organized by the World Federation of Hungarians (MVSz), was joined by radical [...]
As Hungary commemorates the sordid anniversary the Treaty of Versailles, which confiscated two-thirds of the country, more than 3700 have been forced to leave their homes by Sunday, due to record flooding affecting eight counties designated as crisis zones (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Nógrád, Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Csongrád and Fejér). According to Government Spokesperson Anna Nagy (pictured), [...]
Interior Minister Sandor Pinter on Tuesday announced he has launched a massive police initiative in BAZ County to reduce lawlessness in a region that has been described as being in a severe crisis due to the unbearable amount of crime. While parties are divided on the causes, radical parliamentary party Jobbik (and recently Roma leader [...]
Portuguese top football coach Jose Mourinho (47) has become the leading coach of the world’s most famous football team, Spain’s Real Madrid. In his first interview he said that he was determination to do things “my way” and bring major changes to the way Real Madrid operates as a team. His 48-month contract with the [...]
International children’s protection agencies have expressed their fury after South Africa’s alleged corruptible judicial system reportedly allowed an incurable pedophile wrestling coach to go scot-free despite the fact that he had pleaded guilty to possessing a major collection of hard core child pornography. Former president and wrestling coach of Pretoria University (TUKS) Andries van Heerden [...]
Hungary’s corrupt and disgraced former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany had allegedly voted against a bill awarding dual citizenship to Hungarians, based on information from the Hungarian political institute perspective. Gyurcsany, whose Hungarian Socialist Party (MSzP – the legacy of the former Hungarian Socialist Workers Party, which served the Soviet regime until Oct 23, 1989) lost [...]
GENEVA (ILO News) – Growing instability in financial markets and the sovereign debt crisis in Europe may put global economic and jobs recovery efforts at risk, according to a report by International Labour Office Director-General Juan Somavia to be discussed at the ILO’s annual conference. “Major international actors have put the goal of quality jobs [...]
The embarrassment of the British royal family continues as Fergie, the Duchess of York has revealed in the latest Oprah Winfey show that she was pissed drunk when she had made an offer to an undercover journalist selling access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew for a mere GBP 500,000. She admitted to have had “too [...]
The final 23-member squad to represent the Republic of South Africa has been named Tuesday morning (June 1, 2010). Five of the short-listed initial 28-member ‘Bafana Bafana’ (common name for the host nation’s national squad) team were left out of the final line-up to represent their country in the 2010 South African Football World Cup, [...]
Professor John Robertson, lead cancer researcher of the UK-based University of Nottingham, has revealed that it is possible to take blood tests for monitoring early detection of cancer in humans. He claims that patients may view the threat of cancer detection months or years in advance before actually being diagnosed with cancer. He said that [...]
Aldicarb is a potent poison generally available under supervision for agricultural pest-control purposes. To have any unlicensed quantities is officially illegal, but that doesn’t scare criminals who can acquire the poison which readily available from illegal dealers at taxi-ranks, muti-shops. Aggressive and violent crime syndicates are using the poison to kill family dogs (see picture [...]
