Budapest, December 27 (MTI) – President Laszlo Solyom on Thursday announced his decision not to sign into law the government’s health reform legislation. Continue »

Budapest, December 27 (MTI) – The decline in Hungary’s agricultural production in 2007 was due to frost, drought and other unfavorable weather conditions, Minister of Agriculture Jozsef Graf told MTI on Thursday. Continue »

Budapest, December 27 (MTI) – Hungary’s Foreign Ministry condemns the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the ministry spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday. Continue »

Budapest, December 27 (MTI) – Hungarian airlines Malev will re-launch its regular direct flights to New York on May 2, 2008 and will operate flights in the US under a codeshare alliance with American Airlines, Malev said in a statement on Thursday. Continue »

Budapest, December 27 (MTI) – Friday will be overcast with foggy
patches. Some light snow and drizzle possible. The sun will come
through at higher altitudes only. Weak or moderate winds, picking up
only in the northwest. Lowest night-time temperatures will be between -8 and -3 degrees
Celsius and day-time highs are expected to be between -6 and -1
degrees, the National Weather Service forecast. Continue »

Budapest, December 27 (MTI) – Hungarians find sportspeople the
most trustworthy and politicians the least trustworthy among well
known personalities, according to a recent poll carried out by
Reader’s Digest magazine and published on Thursday. The poll involved interviewing 1,000 people about how much they
trusted 100 well-known Hungarian artists, sportspeople, writers, TV
personalities, scientists and politicians. Continue »

Budapest, December 27 (MTI) – President Laszlo Solyom on
Thursday announced his decision not to sign into law the
government’s health reform legislation. The president said he would send the package back to MPs for
reconsideration. Solyom said he supported reforming the health-care system but
decried the lack of consensus between governing and opposition
parties as well as health-care workers on the reform plans. Solyom
said such large-scale changes in the health-care system should be
backed by impact studies and detailed analysis, which the current
bill lacked. He said it was unclear how much money would be invested
in improving efficiency and service standards. Continue »

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a suicide attack as she was leaving a political rally in the city of Rawalpindi. At least 20 people died in the attack, local reports say. The attack has been condemned internationally. CNN reports witnesses say Bhutto was hit once in the neck and once in the chest before the bomber blow himself up as she was leaving a rally of her Pakistan People’s Party, for which she was party leader for lifetime, held ahead of elections scheduled for January 8 after years of military rule. Continue »

Budapest, December 27 (MTI) – President Laszlo Solyom on
Thursday announced his decision not to sign into law the
government’s health reform legislation. Continue »

Budapest, December 27 (MTI) – The opposition referendum on key
public sector reforms will not topple Ferenc Gyurcsany’s
Socialist-liberal government but, if successful, could force the
government to change its policies, several Socialist politicians
told MTI on condition of anonymity. “No one expects Gyurcsany to win the referendum. A lost
referendum may trigger a crisis of confidence within the party whose
popularity will remain low for a while, but the idea of ousting
Gyurcsany will not be raised at all,” said one Socialist MP.  Continue »