After
doing a search in Google News on daylight savings time (DST), I found pages
filled with reasons why using daylight savings time is stupid. Here’s my top 10.  Continue »

Poll results have stayed essentially
unchanged in March compared to the previous month and the
opposition’s victory in the referendum does not seem to have had
much of an impact on the general political climate, according to a
poll by Tarki released on Wednesday.  Continue »

Budapest, March 25 (MTI) – Entry to Hungary’s deregulated retail
gas market is proving tougher than expected for the market’s main
player.  Continue »

Budapest, March 26 (MTI) – Hungarian courts are not sufficiently
transparent or accountable, the Hungarian chapter of Transparency
International (TI) said in a statement on Wednesday.  Continue »

Budapest, March 26 (MTI) – Pensions will be hiked by 1.1 percent
on May 1, the government spokesman told reporters after the cabinet
made the decision at a meeting on Wednesday.  Continue »

Budapest, March 26 (MTI) – Two Hungarian-Japanese projects will
be launched this summer to create jobs and improve education in
Afghanistan, officials announced on Wednesday.   Continue »

Budapest March 26 (MTI) – Peter Varhidi, manager of Hungary’s
national eleven, announced that he would field the following players
against Slovenia in a friendly match to start in Zalaegerszeg (W
Hungary) at 1800 CET this evening:  Continue »

Public discourse on Hungary’s economic woes has so far
concentrated on the infamous budget deficit, rising inflation and poor economic
growth. Last Tuesday the spotlight turned on the huge national debt, as Finance
Minister János Veres announced that the cost of servicing that debt is set to
jump an estimated HUF 30 billion (EUR 116.10 million) this year. The increase
in 2009 is likely to be HUF 100 billion (EUR 386.91 million), he added.  Continue »

Budapest, March 26 (MTI) – Cloudy skies, sporadic rain and
showers are forecast for Thursday. Easterly winds may gust to high. Lowest night-time temperatures will be between -4 and +1 degrees
Celsius and day-time highs are expected to be between 9 and 14
degrees, the National Weather Service forecast. Continue »

Budapest, March 26 MTI) – The border towns of Hungary’s Lenti
and Slovenia’s Lendava launched the Murania European Academy for
cooperation in Lendava on Wednesday.  Continue »