Despite recent rumors, the Budapest-Bamako will
start from the Hungarian capital in 2009. Over 560 teams indicated interest in
the 2009 run, while 180 teams have already joined next year’s lineup. Continue »

Despite recent rumors, the Budapest-Bamako will
start from the Hungarian capital in 2009. Over 560 teams indicated interest in
the 2009 run, while 180 teams have already joined next year’s lineup. Continue »

Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – Hungary posted a cashflow-based
budget deficit of 215.9 billion forints (EUR 814.72 m) in February,
excluding local councils, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.  Continue »

Voters in Hungary’s overwhelmingly
successful weekend opposition-backed referendum on medical and
tuition fees sent a strong signal to the government to soft-pedal
its deeply unpopular economic reforms Continue »

Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – Cloud-cover to build up in the west
triggering sporadic showers. Longer sunny periods expected in the
east. Winds will be from the south, south-west and may pick up
during showers in west.     Nighttime lows should range from 2 to 7 degrees Celsius, and
daytime highs will be between 10 and 16 degrees Celsius, the
National Weather Service reports. Continue »

Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – Hungarians trust in ombudsmen and a
growing number understand their roles, according to a survey
published on Monday.  Continue »

Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – A Romanian and a Greek documentary
won main prize in their own categories at the Dialektus Festival
concluded in Budapest in the weekend, the organiser told MTI on
Monday.  Continue »

Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – Hungarian fuels group Mol will raise
the wholesale prices of diesel by 6 forints per litre on Wednesday
but will leave the prices of petrol unchanged, market sources told
MTI on Monday. Continue »

Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – PRONAS, an environmental group
operating out of Szentgotthard, a city near the Austrian border,
plans to travel on horseback to deliver documents objecting to the
planned construction of an incinerator by the border.  Continue »

The
referendum primarily served to confirm something which is in any case obvious,
namely that citizens do not happily pay out money if they can avoid it. Continue »