Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – A group of demonstrators carrying national flags and red-and-white striped banners associated with the far right interrupted a Sunday commemoration of the victims of a shooting spree during the 1956 revolution. Continue »

Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – As the central bank’s interest-rate-setting Monetary Council readies for a Monday meeting, pundits are divided in their outcome predictions, with some expecting no change and others seeing a 25-base-point drop in the offing. Continue »

Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – The Budapest Stock Exchange’s BUX index dipped by 2.02 percent in a three-day trading week – Monday and Tuesday were holidays – to close at 27,189 points on Friday. Overall turnover amounted to 100.4 billion forints (about 401.6 million euros) compared to the 158.3 billion (about 633.2 million euros) of the preceding five-day week. Continue »

Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – President Laszlo Solyom and First Lady Erzsebet attended the 20th anniversary celebration of the National Association of Large Families in Budapest on Sunday, where he addressed the gathering. Continue »

Orasu Nou, Romania, October 28 (MTI) – Main opposition Fidesz leader Viktor Orban attended a campaign rally in Orasu Nou, N Romania, on Sunday, in support of the ethnic Hungarian European parliament candidate Calvinist Bishop Laszlo Tokes. Continue »

Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – European Court of Justice President Vassilios Skouris arrived in Hungary on Sunday at the head of a 17-member delegation for an official visit. Continue »

Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – The walkways on the two sides of Elizabeth bridge, which spans the Danube in the centre of Budapest, were reopened to pedestrian traffic on Sunday morning after a two-day closure, police reported. Continue »

Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – Hundreds of cyclists in Budapest held a memorial ride on Sunday to remember the victim of a fatal accident in the capital last week and to protest against unsafe bicycle paths. Continue »

Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – The vast number of referendum proposals coming from both government and opposition are a reflection of parliamentary inertia and are counterproductive, Speaker of Parliament Katalin Szili told MTI before leaving for a visit to Canada early on Sunday. Continue »

Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – Overnight rain will stop by morning in most places, with just a few isolated showers on Monday. Continue »