Janos Haasz is boycotting China. Not only does
he not buy anything with the label „Made in China” on it, but he
also doesn’t use his appliances if they were imported from this far eastern
country. As it turns out, it is not so easy to live without China
as it first may sound. Continue »

Budapest, May 16 (MTI) – The referendum initiative by two
private individuals designed to thwart earlier government plans to
introduce multiple private insurers to the health care system has
collected the required number of verified signatures to be submitted
to parliament, the National Elections Committee (OVB) told MTI on
Friday. Continue »

Budapest, May 16 (MTI) – Hungarian airlines Malev will re-launch
scheduled direct flights to Beirut as a result of the normalisation
of the domestic political situation in Lebanon, a spokeswoman said
on Friday.  Continue »

Budapest, May 16 (MTI) – If politicians act in Hungary’s
interests, then MPs will pass the 2009 budget, Finance Minister
Veres Janos told public television MTV on Friday morning.  Continue »

Budapest, May 16 (MTI) – Gross average wages in Hungary rose an
annual 9.9 percent in March, down from 13.1 percent in February, the
Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday. Continue »

Budapest, May 15 (MTI) – Sixty-two Hungarian research
facilities, including institutes, schools, and businesses, joined
together to establish a Technology Platform for Integrated
Micro/Nanotechnology Systems, which got its official start in
Budapest on Thursday.  Continue »

The Constitutional Court
last week found numerous clauses in legislation related to party funding to be
unconstitutional. At the same time, three influential NGOs – Transparency
International, Freedom House and the Hungarian NézĹ‘pont Institute – called for
a tightening of rules. Continue »

On Saturday, 17 May at 7pm the Hungarian Dance Academy
presents a gala evening in memory of Zoltán Nagy Jr. at the National Dance
Theatre. Nagy was the soloist at the
Hungarian National Ballet and the head of the Hungarian Dance
Academy. Continue »