34 result(s) for rainfall
Xpat Opinion: Days Of National Solidarity: Preparing For The Flood
- 6 Jun 2013 4:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: One of the wettest springs in a century, combined with a recent weather system that has dumped nearly a foot of rain on central Europe, is unleashing a record-breaking flood in the countries of the Danube River Basin. Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and, now, Hungary are battling the high waters.
Invitation: Cellar Festival, Etyek, 19 - 20 May 2012
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- food & drink
Etyek Cellar Festival become one of the most successful wine and gastronomical festival in Hungary since 2003. We could summarize the last nine festivals through the following data: nearly 500 000 visitors, 4000 wines of 800 wine producers, 1000 concerts and cultural programs, 500 handicrafts men, 45 tons of traditional Hungarian bakery products, and a 100-year rainfall record. During the X. ...
Red Sludge: Eight Dead, Will Heads Roll In Hungary?
- 13 Oct 2010 8:55 AM
- current affairs
So far an aluminum toxic sludge spill has claimed the lives of eight people in Hungary, according to authorities reports. The body of the eighth victim of the water poisoning was found near the town of Devecser (Western Hungary). Government officials said that the poison was allegedly caused by neglect at the Hungarian Aluminium Co (MAL), where a sludge reservoir had burst a week earlier, pouring ...
WWF: Loopholes In EU Legislation Permitted Inadequate Storage At Hungarian Site
- 12 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"Standards for Hungarian tailing dam number 10 at the Ajka Alumina plant in western Hungary were entirely inadequate, underlining loopholes in EU legislation and national enforcement, WWF said today as new information became available regarding heavy metals contained in the spill.
Five Countries To Mark First-Time Carpathian Parks Day
- 18 May 2010 1:00 AM
- getting around
"Almost 30 national and nature parks in five countries across the Carpathian Mountains will celebrate for the first time on Sunday the immense biological diversity of Europe’s last great wilderness area.
Rain Wreaks Nationwide Havoc In Hungary
- 17 May 2010 7:00 AM
- current affairs
"Environment Minister Imre Szabó told reporters that a state of alert will probably be ordered on Monday in response to the weekend’s torrential rainfall.
Olivia Newton-John Is Coming To Budapest On 16 March
- 16 Mar 2010 2:00 AM
- health & wellness
"Four-time Grammy Award winner and former Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Environmental Program Olivia Newton-John will join her new husband, “Amazon John” Easterling, owner and founder of the Amazon Herb Company during the UK, Hungary and Germany stops on their world tour to promote the health benefits associated with the preservation of the Rainforest. The couple will make appearances ...
Xpat Opinion: Days Of National Solidarity: Preparing For The Flood
- 6 Jun 2013 4:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: One of the wettest springs in a century, combined with a recent weather system that has dumped nearly a foot of rain on central Europe, is unleashing a record-breaking flood in the countries of the Danube River Basin. Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and, now, Hungary are battling the high waters.
Invitation: Cellar Festival, Etyek, 19 - 20 May 2012
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- food & drink
Etyek Cellar Festival become one of the most successful wine and gastronomical festival in Hungary since 2003. We could summarize the last nine festivals through the following data: nearly 500 000 visitors, 4000 wines of 800 wine producers, 1000 concerts and cultural programs, 500 handicrafts men, 45 tons of traditional Hungarian bakery products, and a 100-year rainfall record. During the X. ...
Red Sludge: Eight Dead, Will Heads Roll In Hungary?
- 13 Oct 2010 8:55 AM
- current affairs
So far an aluminum toxic sludge spill has claimed the lives of eight people in Hungary, according to authorities reports. The body of the eighth victim of the water poisoning was found near the town of Devecser (Western Hungary). Government officials said that the poison was allegedly caused by neglect at the Hungarian Aluminium Co (MAL), where a sludge reservoir had burst a week earlier, pouring ...
WWF: Loopholes In EU Legislation Permitted Inadequate Storage At Hungarian Site
- 12 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"Standards for Hungarian tailing dam number 10 at the Ajka Alumina plant in western Hungary were entirely inadequate, underlining loopholes in EU legislation and national enforcement, WWF said today as new information became available regarding heavy metals contained in the spill.
Five Countries To Mark First-Time Carpathian Parks Day
- 18 May 2010 1:00 AM
- getting around
"Almost 30 national and nature parks in five countries across the Carpathian Mountains will celebrate for the first time on Sunday the immense biological diversity of Europe’s last great wilderness area.
Rain Wreaks Nationwide Havoc In Hungary
- 17 May 2010 7:00 AM
- current affairs
"Environment Minister Imre Szabó told reporters that a state of alert will probably be ordered on Monday in response to the weekend’s torrential rainfall.
Olivia Newton-John Is Coming To Budapest On 16 March
- 16 Mar 2010 2:00 AM
- health & wellness
"Four-time Grammy Award winner and former Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Environmental Program Olivia Newton-John will join her new husband, “Amazon John” Easterling, owner and founder of the Amazon Herb Company during the UK, Hungary and Germany stops on their world tour to promote the health benefits associated with the preservation of the Rainforest. The couple will make appearances ...