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Coins ready faster than Hungary
Hungary is to design its new euro coins next year, but might not need them for a while. Finance Minister János Veres announced last week that a planned schedule for Hungary’s adoption of the euro had...
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Audit Office rubbishes projects
A State Audit Office (ÁSZ) report published last week on five motorway projects completed last year heavily criticised the spectacular Kőröshegy motorway viaduct near Lake Balaton. The 1,872-metre...
View Article2008.07.17 – Torched cars and intolerance do damage into future
Hungary has again managed to attract international attention, but it has done so only though negative headlines and ugly images of violence. A few hours after the clashes at the Gay Pride parade, calm...
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Brokergate prosecutor wants jail, confiscation
Kulcsár stands alone as other defendants plead not guilty The prosecutor in the notorious embezzlement case involving the brokerage arm of Hungary’s K&H Bank called for prison sentences last Monday...
View ArticleAll dressed up and nowhere to go
Gay Pride march fails to reach goal: politicians skirt around point of event The position of homosexuals in society and their rights is a fundamental topic of political debate. In Hungary, however,...
View ArticlePlácido Domingo
He is a tenor, conductor and general music director at two American opera houses, but Plácido Domingo arrives in Hungary next month to share the talent that made his name. Domingo, returning to a...
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Minigolf Junior World Championships in Újbuda
‘A sport for everyone’ Minigolf took off in Switzerland in the mid ‘50s, but the sport took longer to become established in Hungary. “Although by the end of the ‘60s the country’s first minigolf...
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Ray of hope for US reputation
Obama followers hope hunger for change will move American expats to go postal A crowd of some 200,000 people gathered by the Victory Column in Berlin to listen to Barack Obama’s words of hope last...
View ArticleBogus number plates from abroad
Hungarian car owners find new way to weave around taxes Hungarian drivers are following merchant shipping practice by registering cars as far afield as Africa to avoid high local charges. Criminal...
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Travel Channel to film season 4 of “Journey into Wine” in Hungary
Unearthing the Passion of Wine Journey into Wine follows the channel’s very own wine-wonderwoman, Isabelle Legeron, as she continues her quest for “Free-Range” wine, travelling to the world’s best...
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Flood Watch Budapest: Danube floodwater has peaked in Budapest
Here you will find the latest updates regarding the state of the Danube in and around the Budapest area. We will do our best to provide up-to-date and accurate news regarding public transport,...
View ArticleHungarian hostages freed from Syrian captivity
Hungary’s counter-terrorism force(TEK) has freed two Hungarian hostages kidnapped in Syria 14 month ago. Neither of the hostages are hurt, TEK told MTI on Wednesday. “The TEK has freed the two...
View ArticleBreaching the Great Wall of Europe
Several thousand from China alone are expected to apply for legal residency under a fast-track scheme where the necessary papers are issued in exchange for buying EUR 250,000 worth of Hungarian...
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First flood, now pestilence
Billions hatching a day, apparently, according to state news agency MTI The record Danube flood has created the perfect conditions for mosquito larvae to thrive and survive. According to state news...
View ArticleGay adoption – letter to the editor
Dear Editor, I am writing regarding the articles “Nineteen embassies jointly support Budapest Pride” and “PM Orbán calls Tavares report unjust”. I am deeply disappointed with the nineteen embassies...
View ArticleEC drops case against Hungary over telecoms tax
The European Commission dropped its pending case against Hungary with the European Court of Justice regarding the telecoms tax introduced in 2010. The EC turned to the court last October, after...
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How can you miss me if I won’t go away?
A priest once told me that I would have to spend 10 years in Purgatory for my sins. Time’s up. After a decade with The Budapest Times (I have been here since Issue 2 back in September 2003) I have...
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Row as Putin, Orbán sign Paks power plant expansion
The output of the Paks power plant(Chart: MTI) Russia will make a major contribution to doubling capacity at Paks, Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant, after a deal signed during a visit by Hungarian...
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USD 2m credentials ring Obama’s bell
Colleen Bradley Bell will work tirelessly to uphold American and European democratic values(Photo: MTI) US businesswoman/TV producer Colleen Bradley Bell raised USD 2,101,635 for President Barrack...
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Striving for a good deal
Hungary is striving to have the best possible financial deal with Russia on building two new reactors at its sole nuclear power plant, National Economy Minister Mihály Varga has told HírTV, adding...
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