LISBON, Sep 4, 2010 A trial that dragged on for six years amidst public outrage ended Friday in Portugal with the unexpected sentencing of prominent personalities, found guilty in a child sex abuse scandal that shook the nation. The sex ring scandal involving the Casa Pía state-run children’s home in Lisbon broke in late 2002, [...]
The Hungarian Socialist Party (MSzP) on Thursday announced its new communication officers former TV presenter Kata Kormos (pictured left) and former MP Zsolt Torok. Kormos said she believes in the party’s revival and that she intends to explain the socialist stance on people’s everyday problems, on a personal level. “Hungarians are confused about what’s going [...]
Hungarian Agricultural Minister Sandor Fazekas (pictured) on Wednesday announced that the Government has filed an appeal at the European Commission, to extend the moratorium on the acquisition of crop land for foreign nationals in Hungary to April 30, 2014. Fazekas said the move is due to the weakening position of Hungarian farmers, who were left [...]
For the first time in more than a decade, the Dalai Lama, the Buddhist leader of religious officials of the Gelug or “Yellow Hat” branch of Tibetan Buddhism is scheduled to visit Hungary on Sept 18-19. Tickets for his lecture are already sold out, according to reports, as it has sparked international interest due to [...]
As the Orban Government implements its new economic policy allegedly focusing on the middle class, mortgage owners on Tuesday awoke in Hungary to a skyrocketing Swiss Franc, which could cause monthly payments for many to rise through the roof. Setting an all-time record on Tuesday morning, one Swiss Franc rose to 221.70 HUF, which analysts [...]
BUDAPEST – Six were killed and 13 injured in a Bratislava (formerly Hungarian Pozsony -ed) in a street shooting on Monday morning, according to Bratislava Ambulance officials, InfoRadio reported. The attacker, a 15-year-old drug addict according to locals, committed suicide. The victims, including a 3-year-old boy, have been taken to Bratislava Hospital, ambulance spokesperson Dominika [...]
Speaking at the annual Ambassadors’ Summit on Monday in Budapest, PM Viktor Orban said that national unity has arrived in Hungary in 2010. For the diplomatic sphere, this means that the nation has regained its voice on the international stage, he added. Orban claimed that his Government has restored the rule of law in Hungary, [...]
With the upcoming Municipal Elections to be held without Budapest’s Gabor Demszky due to his withdrawal, caucus leaders delivered goodbye speeches thanking the outgoing politician for his his alleged work, at the City Council’s Thursday meeting. Fidesz leader Istvan Gyorgy said that criticizing Demszky is “not appropriate” at such a meeting, but added that his [...]
Budapet Airport’s recent photo completion, which included more than 280 participants, celebrated the institution’s 60th birthday.
A Hungarian officer serving in Baghlan province was killed in a convoy attack on Monday, the Defense Ministry told Hungarian News Wire MTI. Two others sustained severe injuries in the conflict.
The Hungarian Tax Agency (APEH), could gain the power to eavesdrop on citizens as the Government recently initiated its merger with the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard (VPOP), an organization with the jurisdiction to carry out police-style investigations. The merger, overseen by recently appointed APEH President Ildiko Vida, has left security experts worried about excessive [...]
Hungarian National Flood Relief Agency Director Gyorgy Bakondi (pictured) on Wednesday told reporters that the Government must provide emergency housing for all homeless flood victims by the end of October. Bakondi said that funds will be redirected from the Aug 20 fireworks show (worth HUF 150 million) to the renovation of destroyed homes. The Director [...]
My name is Robert Keats of Canada and I wish to tell a story of a Hero. The story starts early one morning in Alberta (Canada) when Mr. Laszlo Korozstos was getting his work truck ready for the day, when just a little was from him a women was clearing the snow off her car. [...]
Chelsea FC’s defender Ashley Cole (29) has reportedly been made an offer he can’t refuse and will not be joining Spain’s most famous soccer team Real Madrid, after all. He will stay with the British premier league, according to Blues (Chelsea FC) manager Carlo Ancelotti, who has dubbed Cole the “best left-back in the world.” [...]
Named after the world-famous Hungarian composer, the Bela Bartok International Choir Competition was held for the 24th time in Debrecen, finishing with German victory on Sunday. Participants from 14 countries around the globe, including China and Venezuela, competed in five categories with finals held between the Peking Philharmonic Choir, the Debrecen Grammar School Choir, the [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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