Budapest, October 14 (MTI) – The Budapest Stock Exchange’s BUX
index climbed a moderate 300 points or 1.07 percent this past week
to close on Friday at 28,263 points, after parliament enacted a law
on Monday to prevent a hostile takeover of oil and gas company Mol. Continue »

Budapest, October 14 (MTI) – Opposition Fidesz MP Istvan Balsai
issued a series of demand this past week that the prime minister
fire his finance minister, after Balsai learned that the FinMin had
been involved with a business whose head was found guilty of
misappropriating tax money. Balsai repeated his demands on Sunday. Continue »

Budapest, October 14 (MTI) – The liberal SZDSZ party, junior
partner in the government coalition, will not sign the prime
minister’s and his MSZP party’s referendum initiative on cleaning up
public life, and will not vote in favour of a referendum, the
party’s chair said in Budapest on Sunday. Continue »

Budapest, October 14 (MTI) – Former Prime Minister Peter
Medgyessy (2002-2004) sharply criticized the current political
atmosphere in Hungary, saying that tensions had reached the point of
self-generation, and politicians were so busy with one another, that
they were showing no concern for the people. Continue »

Budapest, October 14 (MTI) – Budapest NGOs are marking the 63rd
anniversary of a WWII Nazi takeover of the country in 1944 by
remembering the victims in a series of Sunday ceremonies. Continue »

Budapest, October 14 (MTI) – Three people, two adults and one
child, died early on Sunday when a car with German tags travelling
towards Budapest along M1, the Vienna-Budapest motorway, drove off
the road. Continue »

Budapest, October 14 (MTI) – Mostly sunny weather is expected on
Monday although patchy fog is likely at daybreak. Continue »

Results of Saturday’s Euro-2008 qualifiers: Continue »

Budapest, October 13 (MTI) – The Socialist – MSZP – party’s parliamentary group has come up with a package of proposals to clean up public financing and eliminate conflicts of interests, the group’s leader said in Budapest on Saturday evening. Continue »

Budapest, October 13 (MTI) – Result of a Round 3 qualifier match for the U19 European Championships played in Tatabanya (N) on Saturday: Continue »