Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – Partly cloudy skies and plenty of
sunshine are in the offing for Wednesday, and rain is unlikely. Breezes will be from the north-northwest and moderate. Nighttime lows are expected to range from – 4 to +1 degrees
Celsius, and daytime highs will be between +2 and +7 degrees
Celsius, National Weather Service reports. Continue »

Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – Public sector wages will go up by
an average of five percent next year, a senior Labour Ministry
official announced on Tuesday, after tripartite negotiations between
the central government, local governments and employee unions ended
shortly after 1800 hours local time. The meeting of the National Public Sector Interest Conciliation
Council ended after the central government and unions came to
agreement, and local governments raised no objection, said State
Secretary Gabor Csizmar. Continue »

Jerusalem, December 4 (MTI) – Hungary’s Armed Forces Chief of
Staff Andras Havril met Gabriel Ashkenazi, his Israeli counterpart
in Jerusalem on Tuesday, and talks between the two focused primarily
on combating terrorism and topical issues of armed forces
development. Havril and Askenazi discussed modern military management options
and network capabilities as well. They also briefed each other about
current armed forces restructuring efforts. Havril, who has been in Israel since Sunday on a four-day visit,
was received by Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak. Continue »

Vienna, December 4 (MTI) – A two-year Hungarian-Austrian project
involving cancer therapy and research proved to be a great success,
the project leaders said at a press conference at the Hungarian
embassy in Vienna on Tuesday. Continue »

Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – Janos Ader, deputy speaker of the
Hungarian parliament, voiced his indignation on Tuesday, after
learning that representatives of the government had failed to turn
up for the parliamentary debate of a government bill. Continue »

Kiev, December 4 (MTI) – Mayor of Budapest Gabor Demszky held
talks with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev on Tuesday,
the Mayor’s press office told MTI. The two discussed setting up a Ukrainian House in Budapest and
erecting a statue of Hungarian 19th century poet Sandor Petofi in
Kiev, counterpoising a statue of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko
unveiled in Budapest this summer.    Demszky and Yushchenko agreed that native-language education of
ethnic Hungarians in Transcarpathia (E Ukraine) was exemplary.
Yushchenko said he was ready to consider measures to help ethnic
Hungarians improve the Ukrainian-language skills to position
themselves better on the labour market. Continue »

Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – Hungary’s Constitutional Court (AB)
ruled on Tuesday that Parliament had failed to regulate the
relationship between rivaling referendum questions submitted on the
same issue but at different times. The court called upon MPs to put an end to this unconstitutional
omission by late March, high court President Mihaly Bihari told MTI.  Continue »

Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – Participants in an international
study on Roma integration organized jointly by Hungary and Croatia
visited several Romani communities in southwest Hungary on Tuesday. Continue »

Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – Four health-care projects have been
granted European Union funding totalling 8.8 billion forints (about
35 million euros) for the next three years, Health Minister Agnes
Horvath said on Tuesday. The funding will be spent on modernising two hospitals in
Budapest, developing ambulance management and creating a health care
human resource monitoring system, Horvath said. The projects should be completed by 2010, she added. Continue »

Berlin, December 4 (MTI) – Leaders of Hungary’s centre-right
parties, attending the Hannover congress of the Christian Democratic
Union, held talks with senior CDU politicians in Hannover on Tuesday. Continue »