Whistle-blower group Transparency International (TI) has reportedly released a statement revealing that Hungary’s Socialist party- led governments (under ex-PMs Ferenc Gyurcsany – pictured – and Gordon Bajnai) was allegedly corrupt to the teeth. At the same time TI said that based on an OECD report, the Socialist-led government received bottom marks for combating bribery (despite [...]
After a three day trial a South African judge at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court has promptly sentenced four white male ex-university students (RC Malherbe, Danie Grobler, Johnny Roberts and Schalk van der Merwe- known as the ” Reitz-4 “, pictured) to a suspended 12 months jail sentence and the equivalent of about USD 3,000 for [...]
Nazi Germany war crime hunting organization, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s third most wanted war criminal has finally been arrested after more than 60 years after committing his crimes. Samuel Kunz (88) – pictured – was arrested for allegedly participating in the murder of some of 430,000 Jews at the Belzec Nazi death camp in Poland [...]
The strength of the economy of communist China has surpassed that of Japan’s, making it the world’s second strongest economy after the United States of America. Not surprising as both the US and Japan are heavily dependant on the communist regime to produce low and high quality goods dirt-cheap for their own markets and exports. [...]
Police in Northern France have reportedly charged Dominique Cottrez (46) with the murder of 8 newborn infants. Police were alerted by a person who found the dead corpses of two infants in plastic bags while digging in his garden. It turns out that the property formerly belonged to Cottrez’s late parents. Cottrez, a nurse, confessed [...]
It weighs 20kg and eats about GBP 80 worth of green groceries each month, but Ralph the rabbit from Uckfield, East Sussex in Great Britain is not your ordinary pet. It’s owners have made headlines for the past six months as their “British Continental Giant” rabbit is constantly posing for cameras and television crews from [...]
South Africa’s Stellenbosch University has developed a revolutionary idea that it wishes to now commercially market. Researchers have discovered how various non-fiber carbon placed into a simple tea filter bag (pictured) that fits into the palm of a hand is capable of purifying 1 liter of heavily polluted water, so that it can instantly be [...]
A ‘new world’ is to be erected, according to the Hungarian Government’s election program. While this is true in terms of staffing top-level public institutions (according to analysts), PM Viktor Orban on Thursday announced the ‘Szechenyi’ Plan, which will also staff Hungarian SMEs by creating 1 million jobs and boosting the Hungarian economy. Orban said [...]
This autumn, for the eighth occasion, the largest Hungarian MICE workshop and meeting place for travel suppliers, event and training organisers as well as corporate travellers will be held at Hungexpo’s Pavilion G on 20-21 October. Starting from this year, the Business Travel Show (BTS) is organised in cooperation between the founder, Turizmus Ltd, and [...]
Hungarian captain Zoltan Gera (31) earlier this year resigned from Hungarian national football after he was dropped from various international matches. Gera had been totally ignored by former manager-coach Erwin Koeman (49) for the World Cup qualifier against Denmark in October 2009. While Hungary didn’t even make it to the world cup, Gera and his [...]
Hundreds of Hungarians taking a sabbatical for temporary work in the British Isles will be glad to hear that the British Government may abolish the use of costly speed monitoring cameras. They will now be able to return to the Isles with a straight face if they bunked paying the fines they were sent via [...]
American tax-payers are freaked out after they heard that the US Defense Ministry claims that they have been ‘robbed’ of USD 8.65-bil for which the Pentagon can’t give account for. Tax-payers said that they believe the Pentagon had reportedly laundered their money via shady deals during the reconstruction of Iraq, even promising countries like Hungary [...]
British Petroleum Plc (BP), once Britain’s biggest profit-maker, was forced to announce its biggest profit loss ever in the company’s recent quarterly report. In a mere three months the company went GBP 11-bil into the red on reported revenues of GBP 21-bil. The good news is that the company’s big-shot Tony Haywood has parachuted to [...]
Argentina soccer star and coach-manager Diego Maradona has been sacked from his post as manager of the Argentina national squad. The announcement was made shortly after the Argentinian Football Federation (AFA) decided, in a meeting, not to renew the former footballer’s contract due to sloppy performance in the 2010 South African Soccer World Cup. AFA [...]
Portland, Oregon -USA, has been world-renowned for its cement, now Portland police are to put former Vice President Al Gore’s feet in cement, to solidify his alleged sex abuse case, that has been shelved, collecting dust for several years. Portland District Attorney Michael Schrunk has reopened the case that was initially dismissed on the grounds [...]
US senators have allegedly demanded Britain’s biggest company, British petroleum (BP) to hand over documents concerning their role in persuading the British government to the release infamous Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Alegrahi (spelling may vary, as he is also known as al-Megrahi). They reportedly believe BP wanted to get favorable options for exploration and production [...]
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South Africa has the highest unemployment rate on the continent and experts say that nothing is expected to change before the end of the year in this regard. Reports said that some 25.3% of the working population are unemployed. Of the 49 million people living in the rainbow nation, only 12.7 million have jobs. Economists [...]
Hungarian kids are being taught that their ancestors used everything possible, boiling oil, and even the kitchen sink, to keep the Turks out of Europe between 1456 and 1699. Now as a full fledged member of the European Union (since May 1, 2004) it seems their ancestors efforts were in vain. British Prime Minister David [...]
Thousands of South African school children allegedly stayed at home after parents heard the early morning news that 18 month old Panjo, the tiger had escaped from its owner’s one-tone pick up truck (commonly referred to as a bakkie, by the locals) while it was being taken to the local veterinarian for its annual shots. [...]
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