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Author: Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

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Record turnout in Budapest for March of the Living reflects anti-Semitism fears

April 28, 2013May 27, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times 0 Comments Hungary

Between 10 000 and 12 000 people gathered for the March of the Living (Élet menete) on Sunday in commemoration

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We are not Cyprus, Slovenian prime minister says

April 17, 2013May 22, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

Slovenian officials launched a damage-limitation campaign this week as concerns reappeared that the small country may be the next to

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S&P sees tough 2013 for CEE banks

April 3, 2013May 22, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

Central and Eastern European banks face a difficult year, with those in Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Croatia among the weakest,

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Europe News 

Trojan Horse: tainted meat in beef lasagne in Hungary

March 4, 2013May 27, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times Hungary

Hungary was the latest member of the European Union to admit to prepared beef dishes tainted with horsemeat on Monday

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Europe News Perspectives 

Few heroes in Central Europe’s post-war chaos

December 4, 2012December 4, 2012 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

Review: Orderly and Humane. The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War Some 65 years ago on the outskirts

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Europe News 

‘Last warning’ before CEE docs get tough on pay

November 8, 2012 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

Medical unions in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland will stage a joint protest on 20 November against their

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Europe News 

Canada won’t force Roma to return to Hungary: Balog

October 16, 2012 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

There will be no mass return of Hungarian Roma once Canada implements stricter immigration rules, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán

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Europe News 

Hungary: Angry backlash against Roma

July 30, 2012July 30, 2012 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

Hundreds of people attended the burial of Kata Bándy in Szekszárd on Monday as more gathered in Pécs, some to

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Europe News 

Harsher criminal code adopted by Hungary

July 2, 2012July 1, 2012 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

Hungary’s parliament has approved a new criminal code, which came into effect on July 1 2012. Justice Ministry state secretary

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