http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hungary/ en-us Fri, 8 Jan 2010 12:27:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2423729/posts BUDAPEST/BERLIN/ULM(Own report) - The Hungarian government has announced a "Danube Summit Meeting" for next month to implement the - German inspired - "Danube Strategy". Following in depth talks in Berlin, the Hungarian foreign minister announced that the "Danube Summit" will be held in Budapest at the end of February. The summit will prepare closer ties of the Danube region to the EU's hegemonic power, which should be adopted, as the EU's Danube Strategy, during Hungary's EU Council presidency in the first half of 2011. The Hungarian government's Danube activities are in line with demands of German economic interests, seeking to... www.german-foreign-policy.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2423729/posts#comment Fri, 8 Jan 2010 12:27:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407184/posts Many readers will rejoice - fittingly on this Gaudete Sunday - to learn that last Thursday, 10 December 2009, the Cause of Beatification of the Servant of God Zita, last Empress of Austria and wife of Blessed Emperor Charles, was solemnly opened by His Excellency Msgr. Yves Le Saux, Bishop of Le Mans, France. The process was opened in Le Mans, and not in the Swiss diocese of Chur, where the Empress died 20 years ago in 1989 in Zizers, with the consent of Msgr. Huonder, the Bishop of Chur, and the permission of the Congregation for the Causes of... NewLiturgicalMovement http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407184/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:59:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398019/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/December/09-ag-1289.html Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 1, 2009 United States Transfers a Guantanamo Bay Detainee to France WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice today announced that a detainee has been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the control of the government of France. As directed by the President’s Jan. 22, 2009 Executive Order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of this case. As a result of that review, the detainee was approved for transfer from Guantanamo Bay. In accordance... U.S. DOJ.gov (2 press releases) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398019/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:16:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394856/posts A gunman has attacked a university in southern Hungary, wounding at least four people, local media report. The man is reported to have entered the biophysics research institute at Pecs University (PTE) and opened fire. Two of those injured were in a critical condition, according to national news agency MTI. A 23-year-old man has been detained by police, the agency said, and eyewitnesses say the scene of the shooting has been closed off. bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394856/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:12:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2388288/posts Printer Friendly Format World Hungarian bishop who froze in communist prison beatified as martyr By Catholic News Service Posted: 11/13/2009 ESZTERGOM, Hungary (CNS) -- Hungarian Bishop Zoltan Meszlenyi, who froze to death in a Hungarian prison in 1951, has been beatified as a martyr for the faith. "His readiness to apply the church's love was shown clearly when he was dragged away and kept in inhuman conditions, barefoot through the winter, in solitary confinement without medical help," said Cardinal Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest, who preached the homily at the Oct. 31 beatification Mass in Esztergom. "For many years, a... CNS via thebostonpilot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2388288/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371553/posts BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Even his best friend betrayed him. Stelian Tanase found out when he asked to see the thick file that Romania's communist-era secret police had kept on him. The revelation nearly knocked the wind out of him: His closest pal was an informer who regularly told agents what Tanase was up to. "In a way, I haven't even recovered today," said Tanase, a novelist who was placed under surveillance and had his home bugged during the late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's regime. "He was the one person on Earth I had the most faith in," he said. "And... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371553/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:19:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360022/posts BUDAPEST, Hungary -- It was a night for unnatural beauties. Contestants showed off breast implants, nose jobs and face lifts as Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 strove to promote the benefits of plastic surgery in a country where artificial enhancements are viewed mostly with a wary eye. "I think this competition is long overdue," said photographer Marton Szipal, one of the pageant judges. "Hungarians used to laugh about plastic surgery but it's time for Hungarian women to care more about their appearance. They are the most beautiful in Europe." AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360022/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:41:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330736/posts Slovakia: No Hungarian spoken in public Published: Sept. 2, 2009 at 12:18 AM BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Ethnic Hungarians in Slovakia demonstrated Tuesday against a new law allowing only the use of Slovak language in public institutions, Hungarian officials said. Slovakia maintains the law comports with European standards, but Hungarian protesters say it violates international law, the BBC reported. The penalty for the regular public misuse of the Slovak language is a fine of up to $7,000, which is close to the average yearly salary in Slovakia, the news service reported. A meeting between the prime ministers of... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330736/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 21:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2328992/posts Hilarious (if you are a musician) Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2328992/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:52:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2325972/posts BUCHAREST, Romania - At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies — and the cheers gave way to jeers. The sharp mood change that swept the crowd of 60,000, who had packed a park for Wednesday night's concert, underscores how prejudice against Gypsies remains deeply entrenched across Eastern Europe. Despite long-standing efforts to stamp out rampant bias, human rights advocates say Roma probably suffer more humiliation and endure more discrimination than any other people group on the continent. Sometimes, it can be deadly: In... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2325972/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:47:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325133/posts Round the Danube Bend by Balint Szlanko 26 August 2009 Those upstart Slovaks are at it again, sneering at the nation that ruled them for a thousand years. The Slovak thugs have finally shown their true colors. As if their archaic language law limiting the use of Hungarian in public were not enough, last week they banned Laszlo Solyom, the Hungarian president, from visiting Komarno, where he was due to speak at the unveiling of a statue of St. Stephen, an 11th-century Hungarian (and by extension, Slovak) king. The Slovaks have been a thorn in the side of the Hungarian... TOL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325133/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:18:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319960/posts Participants in a very eventful picnic gather for its 20th anniversary at the Austro-Hungarian border. Twenty years ago Wednesday, Hungarian Border Guard Arpad Bella was standing in front of that gate in his summer uniform, pistol at his side, awaiting the arrival of a special delegation of Austrian visitors. Bella’s men had been told to be on the lookout. Meanwhile, reformers within Hungary’s Communist Party had given local democracy activists permission to organize a symbolic event on the border — a “pan-European picnic” in which they would share food, wine and declarations of cooperation with their Austrian neighbors. With foreign... Global Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319960/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:10:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2319568/posts You've heard how bad things were in the Weimar Republic, when people would rush straight to stores to buy food after receiving a pay check because their money would buy much less the next day. But it turns out that Germany's hyperinflation in 1923 was nothing compared to that experienced by Hungary, Zimbabwe and Yugoslavia. In a new paper published by the Cato Institute, economics professor Steve Hanke lists the all-time worst episodes of hyperinflation: Note that Hungary's daily inflation rate was ten times greater than that in Weimar Germany, and prices doubled almost six times faster in Hungary than... Washington's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2319568/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:53:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311546/posts WWII US airman's remains repatriated from Hungary By PABLO GORONDI (AP) – 4 days ago BUDAPEST, Hungary — The remains of a U.S. airman killed in Hungary near the end of World War II are on their way back to the United States, officials said Tuesday. The remains of Sgt. 1st Class Marvin Steinford were discovered five years ago in a mass grave in the town of Zirc in western Hungary, where he had been buried with 26 Soviet soldiers. Steinford, a native of Iowa, was part of a 10-man crew of a B-17 bomber which was shot down near... AP via Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311546/posts#comment Sat, 8 Aug 2009 20:51:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303454/posts "I am now only an American professor," Gen. Bela Kiraly said with a grin. His grin was a survivor's grin -- a charming, elegant East European survivor with a sense of humor about himself and perhaps the end-of-1984 Christmas party. Smile and sip the holiday brew, for we were about to survive George Orwell's ominous year in which The Party prohibits free thought and exerts total control over Oceania -- Orwell's fictional masks for communism crushing Great Britain. We were in non-fictional Brooklyn, however, in a real friend's home, and we were quite free to speak and think. I suggested... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303454/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:26:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2296190/posts An Open Letter to the Obama Administration from Central and Eastern Europe 2009-07-15 by Valdas Adamkus, Martin Butora, Emil Constantinescu, Pavol Demes, Lubos Dobrovsky, Matyas Eorsi, Istvan Gyarmati, Vaclav Havel, Rastislav Kacer, Sandra Kalniete, Karel Schwarzenberg, Michal Kovac, Ivan Krastev, Alexander Kwasniewski, Mart Laar, Kadri Liik, Janos Martonyi. Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Adam Rotfeld, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Alexandr Vondra, Lech Walesa. We have written this letter because, as Central and Eastern European (CEE) intellectuals and former policymakers, we care deeply about the future of the transatlantic relationship as well as the future quality of relations between the United States and the countries of... wyborcza.pl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2296190/posts#comment Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295451/posts The first C-17 cargo plane to be stationed in Hungary is on its way to becoming a workhorse for NATO countries and other friendly nations. The C-17 Globemaster, which was parked at the Charleston Air Force Base on Friday, is just a few days off the Boeing assembly line. It is destined for Papa Air Base, a former Soviet jet base that was going to close until Hungary emerged as a NATO country. The plane will fly a variety of transport missions in support of NATO, possibly in Iraq and Afghanistan and for humanitarian relief projects. The plane will be... The Post and Courier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295451/posts#comment Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:13:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285552/posts Budapest - Bela Kiraly, a key figure in Hungary's ill-fated anti-Soviet revolution in 1956, died at the age of 97, the Ministry of Defence told MTI on Saturday. Inaugurated as an officer in 1935, Kadar graduated from the Budapest Military Academy in 1942, then took part in the Second World War. Promoted to general in 1950, he became commander of the Military Academy. A year later, however, he was sentenced to death, later mitigated to life imprisonment, under the trumped-up charge of conspiracy against the state. A key phase of his life was the 1956 revolution and freedom fight when... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285552/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:36:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266990/posts European elections: extremist and fringe parties are the big winners Millions of voters deserted mainstream parties in the wake of the economic crisis David Charter and Rory Watson in Brussels Extremist and fringe parties were the beneficiaries as voters across Europe deserted mainstream parties or stayed at home in protest at the state of their economies. The Centre Left was set to be the big loser across the 27 European Union countries with the Centre Right consolidating its position as the largest group in the Parliament. Anti-immigrant parties gained MEPs in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands and Slovakia. Governing... The Times(UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266990/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 05:12:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246576/posts Budapest - Hungary's largest gas distribution company Emfesz has been sold to Swiss-based firm RosGas AG, Emfesz spokesman Igor Gallyas said Thursday, confirming a report in the Russian newspaper Vedomosti. The news has prompted speculation that the Russian energy giant Gazprom, which is believed to be behind RosGas, is looking to strengthen its hold over the Hungarian, and by extension, the EU market. Gallyas, speaking to the Hungarian news agency MTI, neither confirmed nor denied the report by Vedomosti that RosGas is part of Gazprom's family of subsidiaries. However, in a statement posted on its website on April 28, Emfesz... DPA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246576/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 01:10:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221776/posts BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 3 (UPI) -- The Hungarian government expressed fears its economy would shrink by 5-6 percent this year, nearly twice as much as earlier projections suggested. Hungarian Deputy Finance Minister Laszlo Keller said economic experts were certain the decline will be deeper than the government's original prognosis of an annual drop of 3.5 percent in 2009, the Budapest Times online newspaper reported Friday. The government of Prime Minister-nominee Gordon Bajnai, taking into consideration the new prognosis of up to 6 percent recession, should work out a new state budget for 2009, Keller said. Bajnai already planned public spending... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221776/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:26:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221610/posts BUDAPEST – If anyone wonders how bad the economic crisis is in Europe, consider this: While shooting a story in Budapest, last week we parked our vehicle on a street in a part of town that has fallen on hard times. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221610/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 16:35:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213081/posts BUDAPEST (AP) - Hungary's prime minister stunned the country Saturday by announcing his resignation because he had become an "obstacle" to the reforms needed to pull the country out of its worse financial crisis since the end of communism nearly 20 years ago. Ferenc Gyurcsany, of the ruling Socialists, made the unexpected announcement at his party's congress saying that he was keeping a pledge he made in January last year to change the leadership if the embattled party's popularity failed to recover. He accepted his reputation was badly damaged when state radio in 2006 broadcast a speech he made at... Excite News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213081/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:53:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2208089/posts The very latest addition to the "Compromised International Embassies Series" are the Hungarian and Pakistani embassies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which are currently iFramed with exploits-serving domains. DANCHO DANCHEV's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2208089/posts#comment Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:13:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203525/posts An 87-year-old man accused of killing a Jewish teenager in Hungary during World War II asked an Australian court on Tuesday to prevent his extradition to Hungary, and claimed the results of a lie detector test prove he had nothing to do with the death. Charles Zentai, an Australian citizen, is listed by the U.S.-based Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center among its 10 most wanted Nazis as having "participated in manhunts, persecution, and murder of Jews in Budapest in 1944." AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203525/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:06:35 GMT