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Ghost Towns Of Hungary: Abandoned Locations Scattered Around The Country
- 19 Oct 2010 4:00 AM
- getting around
Kolontár, the town most severely damaged by the alumina sludge-catastrophe, may easily become a new example of the abandoned ghost towns scattered around in Hungary. Whether it is a devastating flood or the side effect of a nearby industrial plantation that is diminished the population, eventually a complete town can become uninhabited.
Xpat Interview: Peter Zwack
- 14 Oct 2010 12:00 PM
RIP: Peter Zwack was born in Budapest, where he finished high school, before being forced to flee the country in 1948. He subsequently continued with his studies in Milan and then in New York at the faculty of economics.
Toxic Mud Effect Likely To Be Long Term In Hungary
- 14 Oct 2010 4:00 AM
- current affairs
"As toxic mud polluted waters flow towards the Danube from Monday’s breach of an alumina plant residue dam, WWF-Hungary has warned the environmental impacts could be longer lasting than the 2000 cyanide spill into the Danube basin.
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.
Second Wave Of Toxic Sludge Expected In Hungary
- 11 Oct 2010 4:00 AM
- current affairs
"The damaged northern wall of the sludge reservoir near Ajka will collapse, sending a second wave of toxic mud towards the village of Kolontár, environment state secretary Zoltán Illés told reporters on Sunday afternoon.
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.
WWF Report: Toxic Plume Reaches The Danube In Hungary
- 8 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"As the mixture of red sludge and alkaline water from Monday’s breach of a waste dam at a Hungarian alumina plant reached the Danube this morning, the river’s second major similar disaster in a decade is shifting attention to a multitude of other sites storing bulk liquid wastes in close proximity.
Ghost Towns Of Hungary: Abandoned Locations Scattered Around The Country
- 19 Oct 2010 4:00 AM
- getting around
Kolontár, the town most severely damaged by the alumina sludge-catastrophe, may easily become a new example of the abandoned ghost towns scattered around in Hungary. Whether it is a devastating flood or the side effect of a nearby industrial plantation that is diminished the population, eventually a complete town can become uninhabited.
Xpat Interview: Peter Zwack
- 14 Oct 2010 12:00 PM
RIP: Peter Zwack was born in Budapest, where he finished high school, before being forced to flee the country in 1948. He subsequently continued with his studies in Milan and then in New York at the faculty of economics.
Toxic Mud Effect Likely To Be Long Term In Hungary
- 14 Oct 2010 4:00 AM
- current affairs
"As toxic mud polluted waters flow towards the Danube from Monday’s breach of an alumina plant residue dam, WWF-Hungary has warned the environmental impacts could be longer lasting than the 2000 cyanide spill into the Danube basin.
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.
Second Wave Of Toxic Sludge Expected In Hungary
- 11 Oct 2010 4:00 AM
- current affairs
"The damaged northern wall of the sludge reservoir near Ajka will collapse, sending a second wave of toxic mud towards the village of Kolontár, environment state secretary Zoltán Illés told reporters on Sunday afternoon.
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.
WWF Report: Toxic Plume Reaches The Danube In Hungary
- 8 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"As the mixture of red sludge and alkaline water from Monday’s breach of a waste dam at a Hungarian alumina plant reached the Danube this morning, the river’s second major similar disaster in a decade is shifting attention to a multitude of other sites storing bulk liquid wastes in close proximity.