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The Australian government on Thursday approved the extradition of an alleged Nazi collaborator accused by Hungary of a World War II killing.
The Australian government on Thursday approved the extradition of an alleged Nazi war criminal accused by Hungary of a World War II killing.
An 88-year-old man accused by Hungary of Nazi war crimes during World War II surrendered to Australian police Thursday after exhausting his appeals against extradition.
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.
Hungary said Wednesday it will accept a detainee from Guantanamo Bay, inching President Barack Obama closer to his pledge to close the U.S. military detention center.
Prosecutors in Hungary have questioned suspected Nazi war criminal Sandor Kepiro about the murder of civilians in Serbia during World War II.
It was a picnic that changed the course of history.
Hundreds of people gathered Friday to pay their respects at the funeral of a 45-year-old woman, the sixth fatal victim in a series of attacks against Gypsies in 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.
Bela Kiraly, one of the military leaders of Hungary's short-lived anti-Soviet revolution in 1956, has died, the government said. He was 97.
European leaders marked the 20th anniversary of the symbolic fall of the Iron Curtain, often described as the first crack in the Berlin Wall and one of the key episodes leading to the end of communism in Eastern Europe, in Budapest on Saturday.
Twenty years ago, Hungarians were finally allowed to honor the executed leaders of their 1956 anti-Soviet revolution. On Tuesday, they commemorated that turning point on the road to freedom.
Yes, you can crack an egg with your forehead. I’ve seen it done a dozen times. It’s an Old World party trick that my great-grandmother Julia used to amuse children as they waited in breathless anticipation. The eggs were hard-boiled, and the only requirement for enjoying the trick was that we eat them — always with a dash of Hungarian paprika.
Hundreds of mourners attended Wednesday's funeral of a fifth Hungarian Gypsy shot dead in a series of killings police say may have been committed by the same group.
Hungary's government said Tuesday there is no credible evidence so far that a group made up of Hungarians and other Europeans plotted to assassinate Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Hungary's new prime minister said Sunday that the country's economy would contract by as much as 6 percent this year, making new budget cutbacks and reforms necessary to keep the state budget in balance.
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 worst financial crisis since the end of communism nearly 20 years ago.
Several thousand people held anti-government protests in the Hungarian capital during a national holiday on Sunday, and police detained 35 people.
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.
The operator of Hungary's main airport says employees have gone on strike there and passengers may face delays.
The National Bank of Hungary reduced its key interest rate to 9.5 percent from 10 percent on Monday, its fourth half-percentage point cut in less than two months, as it seeks to shore up its ailing economy.
The Budapest Zoo says a 32-year-old female gorilla has undergone gynecological surgery, the first such operation in Hungary and rare even worldwide.
The International Monetary Fund is predicting a deepening slowdown in global growth in 2009, the organization's director said Tuesday during a visit to Hungary.
The Budapest Mayor's Office says it has issued its first-ever smog alert and is imposing restrictions on car traffic and a ban on burning leaves.
Two suspects have been arrested in a double murder of the principal and a teacher at a Budapest school, police officials said Thursday.
Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals DidReagan was inspirational, but to claim he defeated Communism is a disservice to the millions of Eastern Europeans who struggled against great odds for their freedom.
The Unknown WarOn August 23, 1989, officials from the newly reformed and soon-to-be-renamed Communist Party of Hungary ceased policing the country's militarized border with Austria.
Hungary, Croatia Protect Shared Rivers as a Biosphere ReserveCroatia and Hungary have pledged to establish a Transboundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that will protect their shared biodiversity hotspot along the Mura, Drava and Danube Rivers - one of the world's biologically richest and most threatened ecosystems.
Giant hungarian blue tit threatens cityAt least that's what the picture looks like to me!
Rioters invade Budapest's Jewish Ghetto"A crowd of 500 demonstrators, including neo-Nazis and skinheads, rampaged in Budapest's Jewish district. Hungarian riot police deployed tear gas and baton charges Saturday against the vociferously xenophobic crowd as it tried to disrupt Hungary's annual Gay Pride parade.
Roma Killings Expose Social Tensions in HungaryFour neo-Nazis were arrested in recent days for a spate of horrific killings of Roma in Hungary, where economic woes and the rise of race-bating right-wing parties has exacerbated existing ethnic tensions. Now, the Roma minority is moving to organize its defense.
Fisherman attacked by 100-kilo catfish An Austrian man has told how he had to beat off a 100-kilo catfish after it reared up out of a lake and tried to eat him.
Massa's Condition Improving Says OfficialInjured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa's condition is said to be improving, according to a Hungarian government official.
F1: Massa to undergo surgery, to be placed in intensive careThe early signs had been relatively encouraging following Felipe Massa's accident today during qualification for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Sadly the team has confirmed that the Brazilian's condition is worse than previously reported.
Bela Kiraly Dies at 97; Led Revolt in HungaryGen. Bela K. Kiraly, the commander in chief of the revolutionary forces in the Hungarian uprising of 1956, who for more than half a century was considered a folk hero in Hungary, and who returned there in 1989 to serve in its post-Communist government, died Saturday in Budapest.
Hungary just passed a new tax law in hopes of reviving it's flagging economy. What is their bright new idea? Tax cuts. Imagine that.
Hotel price comparison website comparing over 498 hotels in Hungary Cheaphungaryhotels.Net is a hotel price comparison website comparing over 498 hotels in Hungary from over 30 hotel providers, online travel agents and hotel reservation websites.
Note to the Right -- Iran is not Eastern Europe, it's IranThere's an Eastern European theme developing on the right.
Europe Voters Get The Right PerspectiveVoters to a decided turn toward Right-wing and conservative political parties in yesterday's European parliamentary elections, with agendas ranging from immigration reform to ending the European Union.
Cutting the Fence and Changing HistoryIn spring 1989, Hungary began dismantling its fortified border with Austria. A few months later, the first crack in the Iron Curtain opened when hundreds of East Germans fled across the Austrian-Hungarian border.
Blundering surgeon removes girl's nipple instead of wartA teenage girl is suing surgeons after they removed one of her nipples instead of a wart.
Apply command responsibility - The Economic TimesIn these days of easy communication and the existence of a clear chain of authority, ignorance cannot be an excuse.
Murder raises ethnic tension higher - BBC NEWS | World | Europe |"The net is tightening around the perpetrators," says Hungarian Police Chief Jozsef Bencze.
"People Shouldn't Have to Live Like This": The Real Story Behind "Tent City" -- and How the Media Get It WrongOver the past few months, reporters from around the world have flocked to the now-famous tent city in Sacramento, Calif. When they find out that 55-year-old John Kraintz has been living in a tent for almost seven years, they turn around and walk away.
Revealed: the Scots pensioner and the Nazi war crimes investigationFOR more than 60 years Steven Brandon has lived peacefully in rural Berwickshire, an ordinary existence in stark contrast to his life as Istvan Bujdosoin in war-torn Hungary during the Second World War.
Zentai extradition proceedings haltedThe Federal Court has agreed to suspend extradition proceedings against an accused war criminal so he can seek further medical tests.
Israel honors Hungarians who saved JewsIsrael posthumously honored 15 Hungarians and a Swiss man who helped save Jews during the Holocaust, and presented their descendants with an award on Tuesday.
World economic crisis provokes fall of Hungary's governmentAt a convention of Hungary's ruling Socialist Party (MSZP) just over a week ago, Ferenc Gyurcsany, the party's leader, announced his resignation as head of government.
Hungary needs quick and painful reforms - BajnaiLast week Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany have resigned as opposition has increased against how he handles the affairs of the state still 2006 when he publicly admitted that his party has lied during the campaign as incumbent party.
Hungary watchdog fines Soros Fund Management EUR 1.6 m for OTP dealsThe Soros Fund Management Llc, which is owned by George Soros a Hungarian born US investor, was fined for 1.6 m EUR on March 27, 2009 for making deals with the shares of OTP Bank last October in a way that was against local regulations.
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