Socialist Government was highly Corrupt, Transparency International reveals

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 [...]

Four men charged with racism in South Africa

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 [...]

Third most wanted Nazi war criminal finally caught

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 [...]

Communist China strengthens economy

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. [...]

Biggest infanticide unveiled in France

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 [...]

Giant rabbit, biggest ever

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 [...]

Clean drinking water for all

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 [...]

Government launches economic ‘new world’

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 [...]

10,000 visitors expected at the 8th Business Travel Show

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 [...]

Hungary begs Gera to return home

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 [...]

Britain to scrap speed cameras

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 [...]

US Defense: Money for nothing, checks for free…

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 [...]

BP, Big company big loss

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 [...]

Maradona is dismissed by AFA

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 [...]

Al Gore may get cement shoes

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 [...]

Britain’s BP in real Hot water

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 [...]

How low can you go?

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 [...]

Tiger on the prowl?

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. [...]

Drug giant Mylan plans Komarom packaging center

The Hungarian Government today announced that generic and specialty drug-maker Mylan Inc. will establish a pharmaceutical packaging center in the Komarom Industrial Park. The project is expected to add approximately 400 new jobs to the local economy over the next several years. “Hungary needs such investments and such innovations that strengthen the Hungarian economy. Those [...]

Navracsics: first phase of government over

As the Orban cabinet received the first, much-appreciated compliments from international media, such as from The Times’s Adam Lebor (curiously a former harsh critic of the Hungarian PM), its ministers have been spurred to react with self-confidence. Public Administration and Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics on Monday said the Orban cabinet has completed its goals of [...]

No crying about eating worms

The South African Education Ministry has agreed to permit worm-eating among school children in certain parts of the country, especially the Vhembe region of its Limpopo province. Schools in the impoverished regions of Limpopo have asked for special permission to be allowed to feed their pupils the traditional food called Mashonza (the Mopane worm, Latin [...]

Hungarian space queen in coma

One of the world’s most famous socialites, Budapest-born Zsa Zsa Gabor, has gone into a coma, doctors said, according to reports. The Queen of Outer Space is said to have been rushed to hospital after falling and fracturing her hip at the ripe old age of 93. Gabor underwent surgery, but quickly lapsed into a [...]

Hungary on the way to Brazil 2014 World Cup

Finally Hungary has a chance to qualify for a world cup final after so many years of failing to do so. When in South Africa on July 11 to watch the 2010 World Cup final match, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban promised the Hungarian Alliance in Halfway House, South Africa, that he will do everything [...]

Desmond Tutu retires from public life

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has announced he is retiring from public life after his 79th birthday in October this year. The Anglican religious public figure said he would continue to visit his office at least once a week until February 2011 and honor existing appointments. However Tutu declines to give any media interviews, but said [...]

No-one responsible for death of six new born babies

Government investigators have proclaimed that there are no persons responsible for the six deaths of new-born babies in a hospital in South Africa. However heath professionals are demanding an explanation as to why and how the infants were allowed to die under alleged sterile-clean hospitals. Initially hospital staff complained that there was a lack of [...]

British model reveals illegal horny ordeal

In a recent interview British model Elle Macpherson was confronted but laughed that she had been joking about consuming rhino horn. In a recent on-line interview on the social network, twitter it was revealed that although news may be a load of bull, but like a stupid cow the model surely should have known that [...]

Hungary’s economy back on track?

The Hungarian Government is working towards stabilizing the budget and has not concluded any new stand-by loan agreement for 2011, claiming that its decision would not jeopardize the financing of the central budget. As the Hungarian Parliament completes the process of adopting new economic legislation the country can expect new structural reforms from the Prime [...]

Only 4% of rapists are convicted in South Africa?

South African radio reports show that merely less than 4% of all women’s rape cases saw perpetrators being convicted. This disturbing factor has raised eyebrows amid international women organisations, who have pledged to take immediate action and lobby for more stringent laws and regulations to be introduced, to not allow perpetrators to be acquitted. Reports [...]

Golf at its best dedicated to Mandela

South African professional golfer, Louis Oosthuizen (27), has dedicated his win of the classic British Open on Sunday (July 18, 2010) to the world’s best known icon, Nelson Mandela. He stunned everyone at St. Andrews, considered the home of golf, winning by seven shots. It was his first major here and the last person to [...]

Seal genocide in Namibia

Namibia is to murder some 80,000 Cape fur seals this year to “reduce” the seal population because they are allegedly “eating” too much fish. I’ve never seen seals eating out at McDonald’s, but perhaps the Namibian government doesn’t know seals eat only what fish they need, the rest they just simply leave in the ocean. [...]

Foreign Minister holds talks with Chinese counterpart

On request from High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi is to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on July 22-23, according to a Ministry press release. On Wednesday, Martonyi held a preliminary meeting with Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi, who said China [...]

Forint plunges as IMF abandons Hungarian talks

The Hungarian currency plunged to 290 against the Euro on Monday, as the meeting between the Government and an IMF/EU delegation failed due to disagreements over parts of the country’s so-called fiscal consolidation plan and PM Viktor Orban’s 29 economic action points. A key point under IMF fire was Orban’s bank tax, which will inhibit [...]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice visits Hungary

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy on Thursday paid a four-day visit to Hungary. Kennedy met with Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi. His visit comes as Hungary begins a process to rewrite its Constitution. Regarding this process, Justice Kennedy said, “The people of Hungary have the opportunity to restate to [...]

Surgeon General’s heat wave warnings

As the major heat wave hit Hungary this week, a level three warning was issued by the Hungarian Surgeon General on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, Dr. Judit Paller (pictured left) said the required emergency measures will include monitoring water quality and safety. Paller added that an emergency level warning will be unlikely, which would require [...]

Candidates line up for heated race to Budapest mayor seat

It was the best of Budapest, it was the worst of Budapest – was what various representatives of the political spectrum say about the 20 years liberal mayor Gabor Demszky has spent in office. But as the ‘Demszky era’ comes to a close, four candidates have lined up to run for the coveted position, possessing [...]

Krisna community takes to Budapest streets

Government slashes Aug 20 celebrations budget

The Government has decided to reduce the budget of the Aug 20 national holiday celebration by 50%, Justice Ministry Spokesman Zoltan Kovacs (pictured second from right) said, speaking to reporters in flood-stricken Edeleny. The news comes after a recent Facebook initiative demanding to scrap celebration expenses altogether, donating its entire budget to flood-reparation causes. Kovacs [...]

Former Social Minister monitors press for HUF 6 million for former employer

It seems that right-leaning media in Hungary can never get enough of the scandals of the Gyurcsany-cabinet, even during a Fidesz Government. According to daily Magyar Nemzet, former Social Minister Erika Szucs was commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs to work on press monitoring for HUF 6 million, four months after leaving office. The [...]

Delaware River crash Hungarian victim found dead

According to a Hungarian Foreign Ministry statement on Friday, American authorities speaking to the Hungarian consul, have confirmed finding the body of one of the victims of the Delaware River accident. The search for the other missing Hungarian continues, the statement said.

Picture report from VOLT Festival

One of the most exciting multicultural festivals in Central Europe, four days long, with 15 stages and approximately 200 programs: concerts, DJs, theater shows and performances. The festival is characterized by its wide variety of musical styles: rock, pop, jazz, hip-hop, electro, world music… Sopron, the town hosting VOLT Festival lies on the Austrian-Hungarian border, [...]

Demszky revealed to have left SzDSz

It was a sad day for Hungarian liberals on Wednesday, as analysts were not even surprised when Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky revealed to reporters that he has left the liberal party Alliance of Free Democrats. Demszky said he would rather exclude himself, as the formerly glorious ‘democratic light of the regime change era’ is now [...]

Incoming Slovak PM pledges to end Hungarian-Slovakian dual-citizenship

Incoming Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova on Wednesday said she intends to withdraw planned retaliatory measures against Hungarian dual citizenship. Despite this, speaking to Hungarian weekly HVG, she said Hungarian dual citizenship will be “annulled” in Slovakia. The statements come as the a new center-right coalition government launches in Slovakia, which includes Hungarian-Slovakian ‘reconciliation’ party [...]

Could Cristiano Ronaldo’s heir be test-tube baby?

Baby-faced Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo (25) has allegedly become a daddy via a surrogate mother, reports claim. The world’s most expensive soccer player (worth Euro 81 million) has allegedly sowed his seed with some unknown American lassie, who reportedly hates football. Ronaldo was quoted by various media reports on how happy he is, but he [...]

2010 World Cup: Brazil coach looses twice

Due to the slack performance by Brazil at the 2010 South African World Cup, coach Donga has lost twice, once because his team were eliminated and secondly because he was fired with immediate effect. Brazil lost 1-2 to The Netherlands on Saturday (July 2, 2010). According to reports the next man in line to take [...]

2010 World Cup host nation players in demand

Talent scouts from European football clubs are grabbing ‘low-cost’ Bafana Bafana players from the Republic of South Africa. Following the 1-1 draw match against Mexico and 2-1 win against France during their Group A round matches it was only unlucky for the host nation of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup, not to join the [...]

Jabulani, makes history

South Africa’s Jabulani ball makes history again as a Cuban has reportedly juggled the wonder-ball for a registered 3 hours, three minutes and 14 seconds. The amazing feat was carried out at a hotel in Havana, the capital of Cuba. The ball master is said to be a certain Erick Hernandez, who also holds the [...]

Long road to the final in 2010 World Cup

It was a long way for both Spain and Holland to the cup final of the 2010 World Cup. let’s see what the two teams had to do to reach the ultimate spot. Spain had to beat Germany 1-0 in their semi-final match of the 2010 South African World Cup. prior to that thie track [...]

Spain enters 2010 World Cup final despite silenced drummer

Spain has reached the final of the 2010 South African World Cup, which the country’s most obvious fan will be watch at home. The country’s most obvious fan, a drummer known only as “Manolo” has reportedly given up his battle against the noisy plastic trumpets, the vuvuzelas. He is said to be Spain’s most famous [...]

New Government faces opposition fire

After just two months in office, the Orban cabinet is facing devastating opposition fire from left-leaning media including daily Nepszava, who recently accused the center-right government of designing the incoming ‘bank tax’ around companies close to party circles. These the paper says would be treated more leniently by the new legislation. Nepszava claimed that one [...]

L’Oreal fined HUF 5 million

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) on Wednesday fined L’Oreal Hungary for HUF 5 million for unfounded marketing claims in advertisements of several products including Vichy Liftactiv CxP, Revitalift and Vichy Cellu Metric. The cosmetics giant said it is examining the possibilities to appeal against the decision in court. GVH officials added that tests concerning the [...]

Jesus visits Hungary?

Just recently an Englishman called Zachariah Evans was browsing around on the internet on Google Earth and found God. Well, actually the Son of God, on an agricultural field. You would say that Google has accidentally revealed the face of Jesus Christ in Hungary to the world, but theologians would rather say that God has [...]

Komorowski becomes new President of Poland

The Polish election office said Monday (July 5, 2010) that based on the counted votes the next president of the Polish Republic will be Bronislaw Komorowski (pictured). He is a center-right candidate of the Civic Platform party, which won 53.01% of all legible votes (a political scenario similar to Hungary where the centre-right government is [...]

Government press officer requests correction from ‘fake news’ site

Experts are concerned in Hungary as to the relationship of the Orban-cabinet with online media outlets, as new legislation may push for stricter control over online publishers including owners of personal blogs – who could be compelled to register with authorities. Adding to worries in a more lighthearted way, controversy broke out on Friday over [...]

Unions seek to block alleged civil servant layoffs

Six unions on Thursday filed a complaint with the Hungarian Constitutional Court (AB), seeking to annul the Government’s legislation modifying the regulation of layoffs in the civil servant sector, according to newswire Fuggetlen Hirugynokseg (FH). The amendment allows the Government to layoff public employees without justification, according to Jozsef Feher, Chariman of the Civil Servants’ [...]

Property sector calls for knowledge-based initiatives

A Budapest conference on Thursday called for initiatives supporting a stable business climate for the property sector, as a recent Hungarian Statistical Office (KSH) study reported worrying trends in the Hungarian real estate industry, such as 15.7% decreasing volume of construction. According to Henrik Toth, the President of the Joint Venture Alliance’s Economic Strategy Commission, [...]