Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – A safety net based on traditional
welfare actually prevents our people from relying on their own
performance and making their own long-term decisions, the prime
minister said in Szeged, SE Hungary, on Friday, addressing a
conference focused on knowledge society. Continue »

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – Member of Parliament Ferenc Kispal
of the main opposition Fidesz party who was caught repeatedly voting
in place of his absent neighbour in addition to casting his own
vote, announced his resignation on Friday. Continue »

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – Hungary will most probably start
the construction of motorway M43 between Szeged, S Hungary, and
Nagylak on the Romanian border next spring, Szeged Mayor Laszlo
Botka said on Friday. Continue »

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – Italian Ambassador to Hungary Paolo
Guido Spinelli inaugurated an honorary consulate in Nyiregyhaza, NE
Hungary, on Friday to boost ties between the two countries. Continue »

Sofia, October 12 (MTI) – Hungarian Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz
and her Bulgarian counterpart Ivaylo Kalfin discussed ways of
enhancing bilateral relations and cooperation within the European
Union at a meeting in Sofia on Friday. Continue »

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – Hungarian citizens believe that
European Union membership was rather disadvantageous to them during
the first three years but the country as a whole benefited from it,
a poll conducted by Szonda Ipsos on a 1,500-member sample in
September showed. Continue »

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – The Budapest Stock Exchange’s BUX
index closed trading at 28,263.44 points on Friday, up by 25.76
points or just 0.09 percent compared to Thursday’s close. Continue »

Former U.S Vice President and 2000 Presidential candidate Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change of the United Nations share this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Continue »

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – Central and Eastern Europe should
set an example for the whole of the European Union in co-operating
in the field of energy policy, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said
on Friday, addressing the First Regional Energy Forum in Budapest. Continue »

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – The Magyar Garda, a militia founded
by far-right party Jobbik, plans to hold a rally at Budapest’s
Heroes’ Square on October 21 and induct new members, said national
daily Nepszava on Friday. Continue »