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Breaching the Great Wall of Europe

June 16, 2013June 18, 2013 Robert Hodgson of The Budapest Times Hungary

Several thousand from China alone are expected to apply for legal residency under a fast-track scheme where the necessary papers

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Flood Watch Budapest: Danube floodwater has peaked in city

June 10, 2013June 12, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

The Danube has passed its peak in Budapest and the main forces must now be focused on the section down

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Bulgaria 

Kristalina Georgieva: No danger of floods in Bulgaria

June 9, 2013June 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

The Danube would peak around June 13 and 14 in the region of Bulgaria and Romania but there was no

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Europe 

Flood Watch Budapest: Peak expected by midnight on June 9

June 9, 2013June 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

According to Máté Márk Kisdi, spokesperson of National Disaster Management, the peak of the Danube flood is to be expected

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Europe 

Record floodwaters expected in Budapest on June 11

June 8, 2013June 9, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Thousands have been forced to flee their homes and at least a dozen left dead amid severe flooding across Central

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Europe 

Flood Watch Budapest: city only protected to 930cm, mayor says

June 8, 2013June 8, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Budapest mayor István Tarlós has announced that Budapest is currently protected to a water level of 930cm, not 950cm as

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Europe 

Danube to peak in Budapest on June 11

June 7, 2013June 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

The Danube River is expected to peak in the Hungarian capital city Budapest on June 11, according to official estimates,

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Europe 

Flood Watch Budapest: 55 000 people may have to be evacuated, PM says

June 6, 2013June 7, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Up to 55 000 people could be evacuated in the Budapest area, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told MTI this

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Bulgaria 

Danube flooding ‘unlikely to affect Bulgaria’

June 6, 2013June 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Hungary, Rousse

Water levels of the Danube near the Bulgarian town of Svishtov are rising but authorities have said that there is

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