Budapest, October 17, (MTI) – A merger of Hungary’s oil and gas
group Mol and Austrian energy company OMV would bring about a
monopoly in Hungary, Austria and Slovakia that would violate EU
competition rules, Mol CEO Gyorgy Mosonyi said on Wednesday. Continue »

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – The Budapest Stock Exchange’s BUX
index closed at 27,948.58 points on Wednesday, down by 1.05 points
(0.00 percent), compared to Tuesday’s closing figures. Continue »

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – The first Hungarian-Slovenian joint
government session resumed in Szentgotthard, Hungary’s westernmost
town, on Wednesday afternoon amidst tight securiy measures. Continue »

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – The main opposition Fidesz party
plans to start collecting signatures required for its referendum
initiative on Friday, Istvan Tarlos, Fidesz’s referendum campaign
chief and Zsolt Nyitrai, the party’s operations director, told
reporters. Continue »

Lodz, October 17 (MTI) – Peter Varhidi, manager of Hungary’s
national eleven, announced that he would field the following players
against Poland in a friendly match to start in Lodz at 1800 CET this
evening: Continue »

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – Hungarian police have discovered
the body of a two year-old boy, Dominik Takacs, who in August was
mauled to death by four of his parents’ dogs bred for fighting. Continue »

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – An Indian dance group will perform
the classical kathak-style dance in Budapest and four other
Hungarian cities in late October, one of the organisers told MTI on
Wednesday. Continue »

Berlin, October 17 (MTI) – Former Hungarian president Ferenc
Madl was honoured with this year’s Wartburg Prize in recognition of
his merits in promoting the unification of Europe, the
Eisenach-based Wartburg Foundation announced on Wednesday. Continue »

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – Cloud cover building up from the
early morning hours on Thursday, whereas the east will see a sunny
morning period. Sporadic showers expected in the west. Winds will
pick up from the north-west and may gust to high. Patchy fog should
be widely expected at daybreak. Continue »

Podgorica, October 16 (MTI) – Hungary will make every possible
effort to pave the way for a no-visa agreement between Montenegro
and the European Union, President Laszlo Solyom said in Podgorica on
Wednesday. Continue »