Malév closure behind shorter, cheaper visits by tourists to Hungary
Foreign tourists are tending to stay for shorter periods in Hungary and to spend less, the Central Statistical Office (KSH)
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Author: The Budapest Times
Hungary high in global anti-Semitism
Last year showed a “considerable escalation” in global antisemitism against Jewish individuals, sites and private property, according to a report
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Hungary to EU: get your facts straight
Public Administration and Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics has advised EU Justice and Fundamental Rights Commissioner Viviane Reding to get her
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Slovakia wants war crimes suspect extradited from Hungary
Prosecutors in Slovakia are pressing for the extradition of Hungarian war crimes suspect László Csatáry. The 98-year-old former police commander
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Hungary: Tancsics Prize returned
Echo TV pundit Ferenc Szaniszló announced on Wednesday that he planned to hand back the Tancsics Prize, a top state
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Germany joins UK in fear of Romanian, Bulgarian flood
German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich called on Bulgaria and Romania on Monday to take measures to tackle emigration to wealthier
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Holocaust denier sent to see for himself
An unemployed computer technician named as György N. has become Hungary’s first convicted Holocaust denier after a court sentenced him
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Dave the Hero! Hungary’s Jobbik applauds EU referendum plan in UK
British Prime Minister David Cameron may unwittingly have become a poster boy for Europe’s extreme right after promising a referendum
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Hungary: E.ON buy-back ‘too costly’ for government
If the reports leaked so far are true, the government will pay 500 millioneuro more for the two Hungarian gas
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