Hungarian-U.S. visa talks are
expected to be concluded in late May and the related bill can go
before parliament before the end of the spring term, a foreign
ministry deputy minister said on Tuesday.  Continue »

Budapest, April 22 (MTI) – Rolling clouds promise showers,
thundershowers and even hail. Winds will be from the north-northwest and Clouds will scatter
overnight, but some rain is still possible in the east. 40-50 km/h,
gusting to 60-70 km/h in the west and northeast. Nighttime lows should range from 5 to 10 degrees Celsius,
and daytime highs will be between 13 and 18 degrees Celsius, the
National Weather Service reports. Continue »

Budapest, April 22 (MTI) – Turkey expects to join the European
Union in seven or eight years despite German and French resistance,
the chair of Turkey’s parliamentary committee on European affairs
said in Budapest on Tuesday.  Continue »

Budapest, April 22 (MTI) – Agriculture analysts expect Hungary’s
farm sector to expand 10-15 percent this year, and value-added in
the sector could expand even more, by 15-20 percent, according to a
study published on Tuesday by Kopint-Tarki and Agrar Europa. Continue »

As if parenting
in the real world wasn’t hard enough, millions of unsuspecting mums and dads
now need to learn how to function in virtual worlds if they want to know who
their kids are hanging out with. Social networking sites such as Facebook and
MySpace, and virtual worlds like Whyville, Gaia Online, Habbo Hotel, and Second
Life are apparently where the action is, but what are teens really doing and
learning in these pseudo spaces? Continue »

Green groups embarked on a tour of
Hungary on Tuesday to warn of the dangers of genetically-modified
products (GMO) and campaign for more GMO-free zones. Continue »

Budapest, April 22 (MTI) – Budget airline Wizz Air announced on
Tuesday that it will modify its Budapest-Cluj service and fly to
Tergu Mures instead, as the north Romanian town seems to be a more
attractive destination. Continue »

Budapest, April 22 (MTI) – The outlook of Hungarian consumers
improved in the first quarter of 2008, according to the latest
measure of consumer confidence by market research company GfK
published on Tuesday. Continue »

The European
Commission announced last Thursday that it is launching an investigation into
EUR 37.4 million of state aid being poured into the Hungarian steel maker
Dunaferr. Continue »

The chairman and
CEO of mutual insurance company MÁV Általános Biztosító Egyesület (MÁV ÁBE),
Bálint Kiss, was arrested on Sunday, 13 April for suspected involvement in a
multi-million-euro embezzlement case. Three others – one of them a relative of
Kiss – have also been remanded in custody, while a further two suspects have
been placed under house arrest. Continue »