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Editor Apologises For Hungarian Website Article
- 30 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Gábor G. Fodor, chief editor of website 888.hu, apologised yesterday for an article published January 23 that reproduced nude photos of Socialist president József Tóbiás’s wife from the 1990s. “I made a mistake as I allowed in the heat of political debates to offend a man and his family. We crossed a line. I apologise for that. I have learned from it. I will not let it happen again.”
Gulyás Disowns Hungarian Pro-Fidesz Website
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz MP Gergely Gulyás distanced the party from 888.hu after the website published nude photos of Tímea Rába, the wife of Socialist president József Tóbiás, from her days as a beauty queen in the 1990s. “We should make it clear in the spirit of conservative values that people of good taste cannot have anything to do with 888.hu,” Gulyás said in a statement as he expressed solidarity with Tóbiás ...
Another Boost For Audi’s Gyõr Plant In Hungary
- 21 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- business
Audi is relocating the production of its SUV model Q3 from Spain to Gyõr as part of a wider production reallocation around Europe, the German carmaker announced yesterday. This will be the fifth Audi model produced in Hungary, alongside the TT Coupé, TT Roadster, A3 Sedan and A3 Cabriolet.
Budapest Taxi Drivers Protest Continues
- 20 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
Taxi drivers continued to block traffic at the intersection of Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út and Andrássy út all through Monday night and throughout Tuesday in protest against the Uber ride-sharing service. Their numbers shrank from over 100 on Monday to around 30 overnight and 60 yesterday afternoon.
Hungarian State TV Shows Misleading Footage
- 13 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
State television news channel M1 yesterday presented video footage from Cairo in 2013 as a recording of sexual assaults by migrants in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, website 444 reported. M1 news stressed repeatedly that “migrants” had surrounded and raped a woman in the footage. However, the recording shows a Dutch woman raped on Tahrir Square in Cairo. It has been available online since August ...
Hungarian PM’s Son-In-Law Tiborcz Involved In HUF 200mn Deal
- 11 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Together is initiating an official investigation into the accumulation of wealth by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s daughter Ráhel and her husband István Tiborcz, due to his unclear involvement in the purchase of a Ft 200 million property. It has emerged that Tiborcz paid the stamp duty to register TRA, a company that was a member of a consortium that in December bought the Schossberger mansion in ...
Budapest Olympics Referendum Bid Challenged
- 6 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
The referendum initiatives on Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics and the City Park Museum Quarter, approved by the Budapest Election Committee last month, have been challenged by an anonymous individual and will therefore be judged by a court.
Hungarian State Owned MKB Objects To Media Reports
- 28 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- business
State-owned MKB bank issued an announcement on Wednesday warning media outlets not to disclose bank secrets. Following EU approval on December 16 of the bank’s consolidation plan, MKB leaders have decided “to focus significantly greater attention on action against those in breach of banking confidentiality to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law,” the bank said.
Hungarian Authorities Checking Hacker Group’s “Threatening” Video Message
- 28 Dec 2015 3:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian authorities are checking the authenticity of a recent video posted by the hacker group Anonymus, threating the Hungarian government and ruling Fidesz party, according to reports. In the video attached to an e-mail message sent to English language news portal Daily News Hungary on December, the group “declared war” on the government and Fidesz, which it said had turned Hungary into a ...
Editor Apologises For Hungarian Website Article
- 30 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Gábor G. Fodor, chief editor of website 888.hu, apologised yesterday for an article published January 23 that reproduced nude photos of Socialist president József Tóbiás’s wife from the 1990s. “I made a mistake as I allowed in the heat of political debates to offend a man and his family. We crossed a line. I apologise for that. I have learned from it. I will not let it happen again.”
Gulyás Disowns Hungarian Pro-Fidesz Website
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz MP Gergely Gulyás distanced the party from 888.hu after the website published nude photos of Tímea Rába, the wife of Socialist president József Tóbiás, from her days as a beauty queen in the 1990s. “We should make it clear in the spirit of conservative values that people of good taste cannot have anything to do with 888.hu,” Gulyás said in a statement as he expressed solidarity with Tóbiás ...
Another Boost For Audi’s Gyõr Plant In Hungary
- 21 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- business
Audi is relocating the production of its SUV model Q3 from Spain to Gyõr as part of a wider production reallocation around Europe, the German carmaker announced yesterday. This will be the fifth Audi model produced in Hungary, alongside the TT Coupé, TT Roadster, A3 Sedan and A3 Cabriolet.
Budapest Taxi Drivers Protest Continues
- 20 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
Taxi drivers continued to block traffic at the intersection of Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út and Andrássy út all through Monday night and throughout Tuesday in protest against the Uber ride-sharing service. Their numbers shrank from over 100 on Monday to around 30 overnight and 60 yesterday afternoon.
Hungarian State TV Shows Misleading Footage
- 13 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
State television news channel M1 yesterday presented video footage from Cairo in 2013 as a recording of sexual assaults by migrants in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, website 444 reported. M1 news stressed repeatedly that “migrants” had surrounded and raped a woman in the footage. However, the recording shows a Dutch woman raped on Tahrir Square in Cairo. It has been available online since August ...
Hungarian PM’s Son-In-Law Tiborcz Involved In HUF 200mn Deal
- 11 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Together is initiating an official investigation into the accumulation of wealth by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s daughter Ráhel and her husband István Tiborcz, due to his unclear involvement in the purchase of a Ft 200 million property. It has emerged that Tiborcz paid the stamp duty to register TRA, a company that was a member of a consortium that in December bought the Schossberger mansion in ...
Budapest Olympics Referendum Bid Challenged
- 6 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
The referendum initiatives on Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics and the City Park Museum Quarter, approved by the Budapest Election Committee last month, have been challenged by an anonymous individual and will therefore be judged by a court.
Hungarian State Owned MKB Objects To Media Reports
- 28 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- business
State-owned MKB bank issued an announcement on Wednesday warning media outlets not to disclose bank secrets. Following EU approval on December 16 of the bank’s consolidation plan, MKB leaders have decided “to focus significantly greater attention on action against those in breach of banking confidentiality to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law,” the bank said.
Hungarian Authorities Checking Hacker Group’s “Threatening” Video Message
- 28 Dec 2015 3:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian authorities are checking the authenticity of a recent video posted by the hacker group Anonymus, threating the Hungarian government and ruling Fidesz party, according to reports. In the video attached to an e-mail message sent to English language news portal Daily News Hungary on December, the group “declared war” on the government and Fidesz, which it said had turned Hungary into a ...