Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – Hungary needs to prepare for a lengthy
period of economic hard times, said Arpad Kovacs, chief of the State
Audit Office (ASZ), addressing a financial forum in Pecs, SW
Hungary, on Wednesday.  Continue »

Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – A joint Hungarian-French environment
protection month was opened at Budapest’s French Institute on
Wednesday.  Continue »

Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany is
scheduled to leave for the Bucharest NATO summit on Wednesday
afternoon and will return to Hungary on Thursday, the government
spokeswoman said.  Continue »

Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – The Hungarian and Czech foreign
ministers issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling for the
joint admission of Macedonia, Albania, and Croatia to NATO. Continue »

Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – The turnover of bilateral trade
between Hungary and the United Kingdom amounted to nearly three
billion pounds last year, British Ambassador to Hungary Greg Dorey
told reporters on Wednesday.  Continue »

Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – The Hungarian town of Gyula (SE) and
the village of Tapiogyore (C) will compete in this year’s European
Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom (Entenete Florale
Europe), tourism officials told reporters on Wednesday.  Continue »

Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – Hungary’s government has decided to
increase the financing allocated for motorway construction for 2008
from 103 billion forints (EUR 400 m) to 164.8 billion because it has
not yet received EU funding for which it applied.  Continue »

Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – Cloudy skies alternating with short
periods of sunshine. Rain, sporadic showers, thundershowers are
likely throughout the day. Winds will be from the north-northwest
and may gust to high during thundershowers in the west. Nighttime lows should range from 0 to 5 degrees Celsius and
daytime highs will be between 11 and 16 degrees Celsius, the
National Weather Service reports. Continue »

Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – A new contract with Hungary’s social
players is necessary to create unity in the country, main opposition
Fidesz leader Viktor Orban said at a conference on Wednesday.  Continue »

Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – Hungary’s tax take is the highest in
proportion to gross domestic product among the Visegrad countries
(Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland), data from the
Budapest-based World Economy Research Institute seen by MTI on
Wednesday said.  Continue »