Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic warned on Wednesday that a lawsuit against a Hungarian journalist jeopardises freedom of expression in the country. State news agency MTI has launched a HUF 10 million (EUR 35,117) defamation action against György Balavány, who writes for the weekly magazine… Continue »

Former socialist prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and three fellow members of his new Democratic Coalition party (DK) began a week-long hunger strike on Sunday in protest over government plans to introduce voluntary voter registration before the 2014 general election. “The dramatic situation calls for a dramatic response,” Gyurcsány said. “A powerful political gesture is needed… Continue »

Expanded access to early child education programmes and sustained opportunities to enter higher education are the two areas outlined as crucial for boosting employment and fighting social inequality in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Education at a Glance 2012 report published on Tuesday. The reports include a host of indicators on education… Continue »

The Economy Minister reckons Hungary would save HUF 7 billion (EUR 24.71 million) in debt service costs this year and HUF 102 billion (EUR 360.01 million) next year if the government strikes a deal for an International Monetary Fund credit line by mid-November. In calculations posted on the parliamentary website György Matolcsy said much of… Continue »

The EUR 12 million logistics base development of German-owned Rudolph Logistik Gruppe was completed this week and the company is planning to move in to the 20,400-square-metre unit in Continue »

A farm labourer carries tobacco in a field on Tuesday. Tobacco was produced on a total of 4,854 hectares in Hungary in 2012. Some 80 per cent of the crop land is in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Overall yield was 15 per cent down due to drought and the quality and prices are lower too. Continue »

The end of the world promised by the cocoa-discovering Mayas, and the requirements of happiness hormones, are only two of the reasons organisers of the Sweet Days Festival mention as valid for attending the four-day chocolate and sweet extravaganza that will open in Buda Castle next Thursday 20 September. Now in its second year, the… Continue »