News on Hungary

Prince Charles on central Europe tour

2010-03-16T16:00:22Z

<div><p>Prince Charles and his wife Camilla headed for a nine-day tour of central Europe on Monday, taking in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.</p><p>The heir to the throne, 61, and the Budapest airport to city hotels with a young couple on their honeymoon; and another day I can be transporting a load of young men here in my beautiful city for a weekend of high jinx. But no matter who I?m driving, I always like to tailor my routes to their accommodation depending on the part of the city I think would appe...

Hungary makes Holocaust denial a crime

2010-03-10T06:45:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Hungary's president signs law making Holocaust denial punishable by 3 years in prison</div><div><p>Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom has signed a law making Holocaust denial punishable by three years in prison.</p><p>The law was approved last month by Hungarian lawmakers, after more wide-ranging versions of the law had been rejected by cou...

Is a woman's place in the home? 1 in 4 say yes

2010-03-07T09:30:22Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Women head governments, run companies and comprise about half the world's workforce, but a global poll shows that one in four people, most of them young, believe a woman's place is in the home.</p><p>The survey of over 24,000 adults in 23 countries, conducted by Reuters/Ipsos and released on the eve of International Wom...

Escape to the movies? 1 in 4 people do: poll

2010-03-05T10:30:52Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Are movies your way of escaping the daily grind? You're not alone, with a Reuters/Ipsos poll finding more than one in four people across the globe go to the cinema often to suspend reality, if only for a few hours.</p><p>The survey of more than 24,000 adults in 23 countries was released as the global movie industry prep...

Other diplomats who saved lives

2010-02-28T07:15:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Other diplomats who saved lives</div><div><p>Some of the diplomats who, like George Mantello in Geneva, played a role in helping Jewish and other refugees to flee the Nazis:</p><p>Hiram Bingham IV: U...

Vancouver Olympics Short Track

2010-02-26T20:17:59Z

China's Zhou Yang, right, leads the pack ahead of Hungary's Bernadett Heidum, second from right, Canada's Jessica Gregg, second from left, and France's St...

Venus Williams, Verdasco advance in Mexico

2010-02-25T04:30:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Top-seeded Venus Williams and Fernando Verdasco advance on clay in Acapulco</div><div><p>Top-seeded Venus Williams reached the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open, defeating Kaia Kanepi of ...

Top-seeded Williams and Verdasco advance

2010-02-24T22:15:22Z

EEurope for more energy security: Hungary

2010-02-24T11:17:19Z

<div><p>Central and eastern European countries agreed Wednesday to set up a north-south-east gas supply system to ensure energy security in a region lacking its own resources.</p><p>"We signed a common declaration that states that energy security is a highly important task for the signatory states," Hungary's Premier Gordon Bajnai told journalists after a meeting of regional officials.</p><p>"We have reached an imp...

EU leaders to discuss Danube region

2010-02-24T10:17:54Z

<div><p>EU leaders and ministers will meet on Thursday in Budapest to discuss economic and environmental developments for the Danube region.</p><p>The conference is part of Brussels' drive for an "EU Strategy for the Danube Region," conceived last year by the European Council and due to be adopted in March 2011, under ...

Job insecurity linked to risk of poor health

2010-02-24T08:30:34Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Globalization, the economic recession and rising unemployment have increased job insecurity which is having a negative impact on the health of employees, European researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>In a study of more than 23,000 workers in 16 European countries, an international team of scientists found that the fear of losing a job significantly increased the risk of poor...

Hungary's key interest rate cut to record low

2010-02-22T07:30:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Hungary's central bank cuts key interest rate to 5.75 percent, its lowest ever</div><div><p>The National Bank of Hungary on Monday cut its main interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 5.75 percent, its lowest level ever, to help the economy out of the economic downturn.</p><p>The cut, to take effect Feb. 23, was in line ...

BAE Systems reports full-year loss

2010-02-22T08:54:01Z

<div id="subtitle">BAE Systems reports full-year loss after failure to win key US contract</div><div><p>Defense contractor BAE Systems on Thursday reported a loss of 67 million pounds ($105 million) in 2009 as operating costs rose sharply and the company took impairment charges of near 1 billion pounds, mostly related to losing a major U.S. government contract.</p>&...

Hungarian, 22, planned to kill 22 at random?

2010-02-22T09:50:52Z

<div><p>BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A 22-year-old Hungarian student who told police he planned to kill 22 people at random because he'd had "22 bad years" has been detained, news agency MTI said Friday.</p><p>The man, identified by police as "Abel S.," was a sports shooter, owned a Luger Parabellum pistol and had been planning the atta...

Hungarian, 22, planned to kill 22 at random: police

2010-02-22T09:52:28Z

<div><p>BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A 22-year-old Hungarian student who told police he planned to kill 22 people at random because he'd had "22 bad years" has been detained, news agency MTI said on Friday.</p><p>The man, identified by police as "Abel S.," was a sports shooter, owned a Luger Parabellum pistol and had been planning the a...

Gazprom, Hungarian bank sign South Stream deal

2010-02-22T13:34:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Russia's Gazprom and Hungarian bank sign deal to develop South Stream gas pipeline in Hungary</div><div><p>Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and the state-owned Hungarian Development Bank signed a deal ...

Fico favorite as Slovakia sets June 12 poll

2010-02-22T12:58:34Z

<div><p>BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's chances of winning a June 12 general election rose on Monday when his main rival, center-right ex-premier Mikulas Dzurinda, pulled out over accusations of money launderi...

Hungary Russia New Pipeline

2010-01-29T08:31:06Z

Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Victor Zubkov, left, and Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, right, talk to each other after the two countries sealed a deal regarding the construction of the South Stream pipeline in Budapest, Hungary, Fr...

Hungary's key interest rate cut to 6 percent

2010-02-22T15:16:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Hungary's central bank cuts key interest rate to 6 percent, lowest since Sept 2005</div><div><p>The National Bank of Hungary on Monday cut its main interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 6 percent, its lowest since September 2005.</p><p>The rate cut, to take effect Jan. 26...