Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – More than 1,000 supporters of the
Ferencvaros (FTC) football club protested at the Finance Ministry on
Saturday afternoon against a recent decision by the state asset
management company to reject a privatisation bid for the club. Continue »

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – The number of Hungarian Romas in
higher education saw a fifty-fold rise in five years, MP for the
governing Socialist party and former Roma affairs official told the
press on Saturday. The number of Roma enrolled in higher education rose from about
200 in 2001 to 8,700 in 2005, Teleki said. Continue »

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – Sportsman Gyorgy Schirilla Jr
completed his second annual swim crossing the river Danube near
Kalocsa, S Hungary on Saturday afternoon. An audience of about 5,000 people cheered him on while he was
swimming in water at a temperature of 1 Celsius degree. Continue »

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – The loss of credibility is a key
public issue at the moment for coalition and opposition parties
alike, Environment Minister and senior politician at the liberal
junior governing SZDSZ Gabor Fodor told national daily Nepszava on
Saturday. “The coalition has a credibility problem, but so do (senior
governing) MSZP and SZDSZ,” Fodor told the paper. Continue »

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – Overcast skies in the morning but
the clouds will disperse later in the day, especially in the
southwest. Showers are expected in the east and northeast on Sunday,
following overnight fog. Breezes will be from the west and may gust to high in central
areas. Nighttime lows should range from 0 to +5 degrees Celsius, and
daytime highs will be between +8 and +13 degrees Celsius, the
National Weather Service reports. Continue »