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A Little Help From My Friends: Part 2 By Greg Dorey, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 10 Dec 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The harrowing media pictures of Hungary's red sludge disaster are the past. The clear-up is underway, but other people's problems have displaced the red sludge from the headlines. So what is life in the affected villages like now? And how is remediation work progressing?
'The Walled-up Wife', Hungary's Famous Ballad
- 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building - strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning.
U S Ambassador Speaks At Pécs Conference
- 14 Oct 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"Remarks at the "Expanding Europe" Conference: Ministers, Rectors Colleagues, distinguished guests, thank you for this opportunity to speak to you today. I am so impressed with our host institution, the University of Pécs, which was founded in 1367 by the Hungarian king Louis Anjou the Great. That’s more than 400 years before the United Stated declared its independence.
Hungarian Forint Flexes Muscles On Gov’t Pledge
- 12 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- business
"The forint strengthened to a five-month high against the euro on Wednesday. The exchange rate fell below the Ft 269 level, before easing back to over Ft 270, the 200-day average. The dollar was quoted at Ft 195 and the Swiss franc at Ft 200 in the course of the day.
Officially Four Dead In Red-Mud Disaster In Hungary
- 11 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"So far four people have been registered dead as a result of the Ajka alumina catastrophe, while three are still missing, disaster management spokesman Gyorgy Bakos told Magyar Hirlap last week.
Red Sludge Reaches Danube In Hungary
- 8 Oct 2010 4:00 AM
- current affairs
"The red mud spill had reached the main branch of the Danube through the Rába and the Mosoni-Danube by noon Thursday, Disaster Management spokesman Tibor Dobson announced yesterday. The aim is to lower the pH value of the water from nine to eight as soon as possible, he told Inforádió.
Hungarian Defence Ministry Snubs Taliban Warning
- 9 Sep 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"Hungary’s Defence Ministry yesterday dismissed the threats from the Taliban that had appeared on the website of Pakistani newspaper The Frontier Post after a fourth Hungarian soldier died in Afghanistan.
Interview With Johnny Marr At Budapest Sziget Festival
- 16 Aug 2010 1:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Cribs, one of the favourites of the British indie-scene, already played an incredibly successful gig at Sziget two years ago. This year The Smiths-legend Johhny Marr – now officially the band's fourth member – answered our questions.
Markets Will Be Quick To Punish Any Expansionary Budget Policy In Hungary
- 17 May 2010 4:00 AM
- business
"Hungary’s currency and bonds may weaken on investor concern the new government will widen the budget deficit as the Greek crisis pushes the European Union to cap shortfalls, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing analysts, who warned that the market will be quick to punish any expansionary budget policy.
A Little Help From My Friends: Part 2 By Greg Dorey, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 10 Dec 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The harrowing media pictures of Hungary's red sludge disaster are the past. The clear-up is underway, but other people's problems have displaced the red sludge from the headlines. So what is life in the affected villages like now? And how is remediation work progressing?
'The Walled-up Wife', Hungary's Famous Ballad
- 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building - strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning.
U S Ambassador Speaks At Pécs Conference
- 14 Oct 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"Remarks at the "Expanding Europe" Conference: Ministers, Rectors Colleagues, distinguished guests, thank you for this opportunity to speak to you today. I am so impressed with our host institution, the University of Pécs, which was founded in 1367 by the Hungarian king Louis Anjou the Great. That’s more than 400 years before the United Stated declared its independence.
Hungarian Forint Flexes Muscles On Gov’t Pledge
- 12 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- business
"The forint strengthened to a five-month high against the euro on Wednesday. The exchange rate fell below the Ft 269 level, before easing back to over Ft 270, the 200-day average. The dollar was quoted at Ft 195 and the Swiss franc at Ft 200 in the course of the day.
Officially Four Dead In Red-Mud Disaster In Hungary
- 11 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"So far four people have been registered dead as a result of the Ajka alumina catastrophe, while three are still missing, disaster management spokesman Gyorgy Bakos told Magyar Hirlap last week.
Red Sludge Reaches Danube In Hungary
- 8 Oct 2010 4:00 AM
- current affairs
"The red mud spill had reached the main branch of the Danube through the Rába and the Mosoni-Danube by noon Thursday, Disaster Management spokesman Tibor Dobson announced yesterday. The aim is to lower the pH value of the water from nine to eight as soon as possible, he told Inforádió.
Hungarian Defence Ministry Snubs Taliban Warning
- 9 Sep 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"Hungary’s Defence Ministry yesterday dismissed the threats from the Taliban that had appeared on the website of Pakistani newspaper The Frontier Post after a fourth Hungarian soldier died in Afghanistan.
Interview With Johnny Marr At Budapest Sziget Festival
- 16 Aug 2010 1:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Cribs, one of the favourites of the British indie-scene, already played an incredibly successful gig at Sziget two years ago. This year The Smiths-legend Johhny Marr – now officially the band's fourth member – answered our questions.
Markets Will Be Quick To Punish Any Expansionary Budget Policy In Hungary
- 17 May 2010 4:00 AM
- business
"Hungary’s currency and bonds may weaken on investor concern the new government will widen the budget deficit as the Greek crisis pushes the European Union to cap shortfalls, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing analysts, who warned that the market will be quick to punish any expansionary budget policy.