Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – Customs officers seized 150 million
forints (EUR 581,400) worth of contraband cigarettes at a depot in
Budapest, the Customs and Excise Office VPOP spokesman told MTI on
Friday. Continue »

Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – Cloudy skies expected throughout
the day triggering sporadic rain and even snow in the western,
southwestern border region. Winds may pick up from the south,
southwest and may gust to high.Nighttime lows should range from 1 to 6 degrees Celsius, and
daytime highs will be between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius, the National
Weather Service reports.  Continue »

Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – President Laszlo Solyom has
expressed his condolences in a private letter to the family of the
crew member that died in a military helicopter accident, the
president’s office told MTI on Friday. The helicopter, with a crew of four on board, crashed between
Torokszentmiklos and Oballa in central Hungary on Thursday. One
person died and two suffered serious injuries. Continue »

Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – The United States is determined to
include Hungary in its visa-waiver programme within a year — before
the current presidential term is over — U.S. Ambassador to Hungary
April H. Foley told reporters on Friday. Continue »

Washington, February 1 (MTI) – Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on
the House International Relations Committee, stressed his role in
promoting human rights in an exclusive interview he gave to MTI on
the occasion of his 80th birthday on Friday. Continue »

Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – Pensions will increase in real
terms by 1.8 percent in 2008 as a result of this year’s pension
hikes, the chairman of parliament’s social committee, an MP of the
main governing Socialist party, said on Friday. Continue »

Austrian oil and gas company OMV on
Friday said it submitted a formal notification regarding its
intention to merge with Hungarian peer MOL to the EU’s competition
authority. Continue »

Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – Hungary will probably be among the
first countries to recognise Kosovo as an independent state, April
H. Foley, Ambassador of the United States to Hungary, told reporters
on Friday. Continue »

Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – Fifty-one percent of Hungarian
respondents are confident that the country’s opinion is relevant for
European Union decision-makers, said a survey by Eurobarometer
published in Budapest on Friday. Continue »

Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – Sentiment at Hungary’s small and
medium enterprises (SME) worsened in January, said Ecostat on Friday. Continue »