Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Hungary’s senior governing
Socialist party (MSZP) and main opposition Fidesz welcomed on Monday
the victory of Boris Tadic at Sunday’s presidential elections in
Serbia. Continue »

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Afghanistan’s Ministry of Refugees
and Reconstruction thanked the Hungarian Ecumenical Charity (MOS) at
a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, hailing its humanitarian and
development efforts over the past seven years. Continue »

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Hungary’s main opposition Fidesz
has filed a complaint with the National Elections Committee (OVB)
accusing the government of using public money to fund the ruling
parties’ referendum campaign, MTI learnt on Monday. Continue »

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Janos Koka, leader of the liberal
junior governing Free Democrats (SZDSZ), on Monday met ambassadors
of the G8 countries at a working lunch to discuss efforts to
increase transparency and create an institutional framework for
combating corruption. Continue »

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Police officers seized a large
amount of drugs in northern Hungary and arrested three people
believed to be dealers, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen county police told MTI
on Monday. The drugs, nearly two kilos of heroin, 2.9 kilos of speed and
200 grams of cocaine, if sold, would have earned the three suspects
up to 100 million forints (390,000 euros), said a police spokesman. Continue »

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Mostly cloudy. Sporadic rain and
showers expected across the country. Southerly, south-easterly winds
will pick up to fresh. Winds will be from the north in the
north-west. Patches of fog in the morning. Lowest night-time temperatures will be between 0 and 5 degrees
Celsius while the daytime highs will be between 6 and 11 degrees
Celsius, the National Weather Service forecasts. Continue »

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Hungary’s General Inspectorate of
Transport has become a full member of Euro-Controle-Route (ECR), the
European organisation to enhance public road transport control, the
inspectorate said in a statement on Monday. Continue »

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – The Central European rally, the
first in a series of off-road races organised under the Dakar Rally
brand, will start from Budapest on April 20, State Secretary Istvan
Ujhelyi told reporters after talks with Dakar Rally Director Etienne
Lavigne in Budapest on Monday. Continue »

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany
called for a shift towards better communication of government
reforms at a Socialist party parliamentary group meeting on Monday,
deputy group leader Attila Mesterhazy told the press. Continue »

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – The Hungarian government has
donated 50 electric generators to Lebanon; the equipment was handed
over by the Hungarian Red Cross in south Lebanon’s Nabattiya on
Monday. The generators will be used in social institutions of the region
suffering from frequent power outages. Continue »