Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – Any assessment of Hungary’s anti-Soviet revolution of 1956 must grapple with some basic contradictions, a prime example being the values that Imre Nagy stood for in contrast with 33 years of the Kadar regime, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany told a conference on 1956 on Saturday. Continue »

Ankara, October 20 (MTI) – The Kurdish terrorist bases in northern Iraq should be destroyed by the Iraqi authorities and the coalition forces stationed in Iraq rather than by the Turkish army, Hungarian Minister of Defence Imre Szekeres told MTI on Saturday. Continue »

Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – Poland’s Jaroslaw Janicki held onto first place in the second leg of the five-day Vienna-Budapest Super-Marathon, an 84 kilometre run from Bratislava, Slovakia to Gyor, Hungary.    The full distance is 319 kilometres. On Sunday the race continues to Tata, Hungary, a 61 km leg. Continue »

Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – The cloud cover will build on Sunday, starting in the southwest but several hours of sunshine are likely nonetheless, especially in the west.    Scattered showers are likely as are snow flurries, particularly in the northwest and the northern hill country. Breezes will be from the north-northeast and fresh, occasionally picking up to strong.    Nighttime lows will range from -2 to +3 degrees Celsius, and daytime highs will be between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius, the National Weather Service reports. Continue »

Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – The Hungarian government supports the candidacy of Debrecen to host the first ever Youth Olympic Games scheduled for 2010, Gordon Bajnai, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, said on Saturday. Continue »

Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – A security company and several hundred activists will be used to secure order at the rally of the main opposition Fidesz party on October 23, the party’s director of operations said on Saturday. Continue »