Budapest, March 27 (MTI) – Mostly cloudy throughout the day with
sunny spells in the east. Sporadic rain, showers expected on Friday.
North-easterly winds may gust to high. Nighttime lows should range from 1 to 6 degrees Celsius and
daytime highs will be between 11 and 16 degrees Celsius, the
National Weather Service reports. Continue »

Budapest, March 27 (MTI) – European Commissioner for Regional
Policy Danuta Huebner and Minister of Local Government and Regional
Development Gordon Bajnai opened the first New Hungary Point centre
for advising on EU funding in Tiszavasvári (NE)on Thursday.  Continue »

Budapest, March 27 (MTI) – Hungary’s governing parties need
peace and quiet to implement a series of changes, Prime Minister
Ferenc Gyurcsany said on Thursday, in response to voices questioning
the coalition’s future.  Continue »

Budapest, March 27 (MTI) – The junior government coalition Free
Democrats (SZDSZ) tries to carry out its programme within the
coalition framework, chairman of the liberal party’s youth arm
Andras Lederer told MTI on Thursday.  Continue »

The boss of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) is
stepping down after eighteen months at the helm. Árpád Pál will continue to
work in the financial field, but has not yet revealed his plans. His
replacement will be elected by the board of directors at the next AGM on 31
March. Until then, deputy CEO György Mohai will be in charge. Continue »

Fredrick A. Rothhaar spent over three decades as a
crisis manager in North America as well as in Central and Eastern Europe,
working mainly in the food, pharmaceuticals and confectionery industries. In
this excerpt, from his book The Women behind Successful Men…and 19 other
opinions on the subject of people, Rothhaar looks at the ideal age of staff
members.  Continue »

Magyar Hirlap newspaper, a
conservative mainstream national daily, recently published a
blatantly anti-Semitic opinion piece which has elicited widespread
condemnation in Hungary. Leader of the small conservative party, Ibolya David, on
Thursday condemned the article in the paper’s March 18 issue penned
by a senior contributor, Zsolt Bayer, as: “bewildering, revolting
and scandalous”.  Continue »

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc
Gyurcsany has asked the Hungarian National Security Office (NBH) for
information in connection with allegations of irregularities in
ammunition supplies to Afghanistan.  Continue »

Budapest, March 27 (MTI) – European Commissioner for Regional
Policy Danuta Hubner met Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany on Thursday
and welcomed Hungary’s efforts to close the gap between the
developed and backward regions of the country.  Continue »

Budapest, March 27 (MTI) – Economic think tank GKI lowered its
projection for Hungary’s 2008 GDP growth to 2.7 percent from 3.5
percent in its quarterly forecast published Thursday.  Continue »