Budapest, March 28 (MTI) – Cloudy skies alternating with sunny
spells. There may be rain, sporadic showers in the north.
North-westerly winds may gust to high. Lowest night-time temperatures will be between 1 and 6 degrees
Celsius and day-time highs are expected to be between 12 and 17
degrees, the National Weather Service forecast. Continue »

Budapest, March 28 (MTI) – Internet subscriptions in Hungary,
excluding wireless connections, surged to 1.38 million in February,
compared to 1.06 million in 2007, the National Telecommunications
Authority (NHH) reported on Friday.  Continue »

Budapest, March 28 (MTI) – An inactive hand grenade was found
outside the main opposition Fidesz party’s offices in Budapest’s
Lendvay Street on Friday, Eva Tafferner, spokesperson of the
municipal police told MTI.  Continue »

Budapest, March 28 (MTI) – Hungary’s armed forces do not sell
any ammunition; in line with a relevant law, they destroy all
superfluous and expired ammunition, the Defence Ministry told MTI on
Friday.  Continue »

Hungary’s junior governing Free
Democrats (SZDSZ) party has terminated its subscription to
conservative daily Magyar Hirlap (MH), which recently carried a
blatantly anti-Semitic article. Continue »

Budapest, March 28 (MTI) – Members of Freedom Circle, a human
rights group including politicians of the main opposition Fidesz
party, released white doves in front of the Chinese Embassy in
Budapest on Friday in protest against violations of Tibetans’ human
rights.  Continue »

Budapest, March 28 (MTI) – Hungarian innovation prizes for 2007
were handed out in parliament on Friday at an event attended by
President Laszlo Solyom.  Continue »

Budapest, March 28 (MTI) – Trade unions representing Budapest’s
public transportation employees have called a strike for April 7,
employer BKV told MTI in a statement on Friday.  Continue »

It’s a bird! It’s a
plane! No, it’s the International Space Station (ISS)! At an altitude of 350-460 kilometers
above
the Earth’s surface, the ISS can be seen by someone who isn’t terribly
near
sighted. Perhaps even more fascinating than the space station itself is
the
fact that it is a joint project that includes contributions from the
United States (NASA), Russia (RKA), Japan (JAXA), Canada (CSA) and
eleven European countries (ESA). Continue »

Hungary ranks in 55th place on a list
of 232 tracking the stability of every country and territory around
the world prepared by the British Jane’s Information Group, the
daily Nepszabadsag reported on Friday. Continue »