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Health corner: Rel­ief from winter eye irritation

November 15, 2013December 12, 2013 The Budapest Times

We may find that the advent of this windy, cold, dry season can dehydrate us in various ways. The harsh

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Europe 

S&P affirms Hungary’s negative rating

November 3, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s on Friday affirmed its ‘BB/B’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings

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Europe 

Qui­tters deserve credit in smoking fight, not me: Hungarian PM

October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary, smoking

Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), presented Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with the World No Tobacco Day

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Europe 

Hungarian deputy PM speaks on country’s responsibility in the Holocaust

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

For the first time since the fall of communism a high-ranking government official has acknowledged that “the Hungarian State was

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Sport 

Kasparov makes move for chess presidency

October 6, 2013October 6, 2013 The Budapest Times

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov announced in Budapest on Sunday that he would run for president of the World

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Europe 

Hun­garians swing against EU – not

September 9, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

For the first time since joining the EU in 2004, a slight majority of Hungarians has been said to believe

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Europe 

Hungary: More forex debt relief in pipeline

August 1, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Banks were trembling this week as the government prepared to announce another strategy to help households saddled with foreign-currency mortgages

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Leisure 

New Hungarian airline ‘will be Malév-plus, without the problems’

July 30, 2013July 30, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

“We did not ask for help from the state, we didn’t even show them our business plan because we didn’t

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Europe 

Hungarian PM: Forget the euro for at least 10 years

July 21, 2013July 31, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Hungary will only consider joining the eurozone when the country’s GDP reaches 90 per cent of that of the euro-using

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