Budapest, February 18 (MTI) – Hungary’s Parliament on Monday
passed an amendment to the Penal Code, making hate speech punishable
by law. Continue »

Budapest, February 18 (MTI) – Painful reforms are on their way
out and measures to boost employment and living standards are on
their way in, said Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in his
state-of-the nation speech to MPs on Monday. Continue »

Budapest, February 18 (MTI) – Painful reforms are on their way
out and measures to boost employment and living standards are on
their way in, said Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in his
state-of-the nation speech to MPs on Monday. Continue »

Brussels, February 18 (MTI) – Hungary will take steps towards
recognising Kosovo’s independence, declared over the weekend,
Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz said after attending a Brussels meeting
of EU foreign ministers on Monday. Continue »

Budapest, February 18 (MTI) – Mostly overcast but south-western
Hungary will see several hours of sunshine. Sporadic snowfall ,
shower in the northeast. North-westerly winds will be moderate to
fresh. Lowest night-time temperatures will be between 2 and -3 degrees
Celsius while the daytime highs will be between 6 and 11 degrees
Celsius, the National Weather Service forecasts. Continue »

Many of us believe that our daily habit of drinking diet soda is one that helps us to consume fewer calories and more effectively manage our weight. The countless ads of shiny, happy, thin people drinking these diet sodas are permanently tattooed in our minds (okay, a few beer commercials as well). Now imagine if the following statement were true: “Diet sodas increase the chance that you will become either overweight or obese”. What? How can anything that has no calories make you fat? Continue »

Budapest, February 18 (MTI) – Hungarian President Laszlo on
Monday signed the health insurance law, which was endorsed by
Parliament on February 11, the President’s Office told MTI in a
statement. Continue »

Budapest, February 18 (MTI) – President Laszlo Solyom met
visiting Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in Budapest on Monday to
discuss bilateral and Europe-related issues. Continue »

Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany
addressed Parliament in a state-of-the nation speech on Monday. Continue »

Budapest, February 18 (MTI) – Hungary’s seasonally-adjusted net
public finance spending — a rough estimate for the public finance
deficit — dropped to 4.3 percent of GDP in the last quarter of
2007, preliminary figures published by the National Bank of Hungary
on Monday showed. Continue »