Budapest, January 31 (MTI) – Results of women’s tennis
matches played in Budapest on Thursday on the second day of the
Europe/Africa Zone Group 1 for the Fed Cup: Continue »

One person died and three were
injured – two seriously – when an Mi-8 military helicopter crashed
in central Hungary on Thursday. Continue »

Warsaw, January 31 (MTI) – Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc
Gyurcsany met Donald Tusk, his Polish counterpart, for informal
talks in Warsaw on Thursday. The two sides agreed that it was
necessary to make bilateral relations more dynamic. Continue »

Budapest, January 31 (MTI) – The green industry and
environment-related research and development could help perk up
Hungary’s economy, Environment Minister Gabor Fodor said at a
meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Budapest on
Thursday. Continue »

Baku, January 31 (MTI) – The government of Azerbaijan has
decided to set up a memorial board to Hungarian captives-victims of
WWII who were buried in northwestern Azerbaijan’s Khanlar region,
the Azeri Press Agency APA reported on Thursday. Continue »

A nationwide strike initiated by
Hungary’s Free Trade Union of Railway Workers (VDSZSZ) started at
0300 on Friday, resulting in the cancellation of most services
throughout Hungary at the start of the day but some regular suburban
services started later in the morning. Continue »

Budapest, January 31 (MTI) – Cloudy skies alternating with sunny periods. Cloud cover to remain in place in the north-east. Sporadic showers expected in the north and some snow in the north-east. Winds will be from the north-west and expected to pick up from the south later the day. Southerly winds may gust at gale force in the western areas. Continue »

Budapest, January 31 (MTI) – The driver of a van with Hungarian plates suffered life-threatening injuries when his vehicle collided head-on with a lorry with Ukrainian plates near the Hungarian/Ukrainian border, local police told MTI on Thursday. Continue »

Budapest, January 31 (MTI) – Official forint fixing of the National Bank of Hungary: Continue »

Budapest, January 30 (MTI) – The co-payments made by insured patients seeing a doctor are not enough to count and have not reduced under-the-table gratuities, said Chamber of Physicians Chief Istvan Eger in Budapest on Wednesday, again calling for discontinuing the practice. Continue »