Budapest, October 16 (MTI) – Several Hungarian officials
including the foreign minister commented the idea of an unofficial
meeting between the Hungarian and Slovak prime ministers on the
sidelines of the European Union summit in Lisbon this weekend. Continue »

Budapest, October 16 (MTI) – The world-wide hit ABBA musical
“Mamma Mia!” will be performed in Budapest by an international group
between October 24 and 28, the organiser told MTI on Tuesday. Continue »

Budapest, October 16 (MTI) – The National Bank of Hungary (NBH),
the Hungarian Banking Association and major Hungarian banks have set
up the National Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) Committee to
facilitate Hungary’s adoption of uniform payment methods to be used
in the European Union from 2008, the central bank reported on
Tuesday. Continue »

Budapest, October 16 (MTI) – Paris-based international
non-governmental organisation Reporters without Borders, an advocate
for freedom of the press founded in 1985 issued its latest “Press
Freedom Index” on Tuesday, placing Hungary 17th among the 169
nations rated. Continue »

Budapest, October 16 (MTI) – Hungarian businesses are prepared
to participate in the privatisation of Moldova’s state-owned
companies, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said after talks with his
Moldovan counterpart Vasile Tarlev in Budapest on Tuesday. Continue »

Budapest, October 16 (MTI) – An exhibition of Chinese
translations of Hungarian books and Hungarian translations of
Chinese books will open in the National Library of Beijing on
November 15, the Director of Budapest ELTE University’s Confucius
Institute said on Tuesday. 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 16 (MTI) – Two first-division soccer players
were arrested in eastern Hungary on Monday under the suspicion of
drug possession, police told MTI on Tuesday. Continue »

Budapest, October 16 (MTI) – The British Council in Hungary
donated the contents of its library to the Budapest Central Szabo
Ervin Library on Tuesday. Continue »

Budapest, October 16 (MTI) – Police will not use rubber bullets
in the event of any possible disturbances during the upcoming
commemorations of the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, Hungary’s National
Police Chief told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday. Continue »