http://xpatloop.com/http://www.xpatloop.com/images/cms/xs_logo.gifhttp://xpatloop.com/current_affairsBE GOOD TO YOURSELF, TAKE A BREAK! - CHECK OUT THESE WINTER HITS! , HATC Access Hungary Info., Online Search Engines, Recommended Newspaper Links, Hungarian Recommended Newspaper Links, International, Recommended Radio Links , Recommended TV News Links© XpatLoop.com 2007en-ENinfo@xpatloop.com"Railway workers may go on strike again at any time, as the positions of MÁV management and the Free Union of Railway Workers did not move any closer in Wednesday talks.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18789Thu, 15 May 2008 10:30:00 GMT"Ambassador Foley, accompanying the Hungarian Defense Minister Imre Szekeres, arrived in Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan on Saturday, May 3. They met with the Regional Command (RC) North Commander German Brigadier General Dieter Dammjacob and the Afghan National Army (ANA) 209th Corps Commander Major General Morad Ali.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18776Thu, 15 May 2008 02:00:00 GMT"Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány will meet with Free Democrat MPs this morning in an attempt to persuade them to support the government’s restructuring plans ahead of this afternoon’s parliamentary vote on the issue.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18754Tue, 13 May 2008 01:10:00 GMT"Foreign Ministry State Secretary Dr. Fekszi and Ambassador Foley briefed a group of Hungarian Parliamentary leaders representing all political parties on the progress that is being made in bringing Hungary into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18747Thu, 08 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT"The minority government will continue with the programme of the Socialist-Free Democrat coalition to the end of its term, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány stressed at a 20-minute cabinet meeting open to the media on Wednesday.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18741Thu, 08 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT"Hungary will take over command of Kabul international airport from October and plans to send more troops to Afghanistan in 2009 as part of its commitment to NATO, Defence Minister Imre Szekeres said.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18718Wed, 07 May 2008 15:30:00 GMT" Five new Hungarian ministers took the oath of office on Monday, at the beginning of the first session of parliament with the Socialist Party (MSZP) governing as a minority."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18714Tue, 06 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT"In Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány rejected a call from Democratic Forum chairwoman Ibolya Dávid to seek a vote of confidence. Gyurcsány did not directly address the question in his reply, instead focussing on a new phase of governing.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18720Tue, 06 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT"Demonstrations will not be broken up just because they have not been announced to police ahead of time, the Justice and Law Enforcement stated in a position paper on Friday.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18712Tue, 06 May 2008 00:04:00 GMT"Police detained a 33-year-old teacher of English who pointed a plastic pistol at Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány during May Day festivities organised by the Socialist Party in the City Park on Thursday. Police found a half-full bottle of whisky and volume one of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital in his bag.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18711Tue, 06 May 2008 00:01:00 GMT"Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany reshuffled his cabinet and created several new ministerial posts on Monday after the smaller liberal government party voted over the weekend to quit the ruling coalition.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18700Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:00:00 GMT“Rumours that I will be the next prime minister are unfounded,” incoming Economy and Development Minister Gordon Bajnai told Napi Gazdaság.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18703Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:00:00 GMT"Hungary's Prime Minister has on Monday announced to reshuffle his cabinet. The third Gyurcsány government will have new ministries and new faces in top seats. The announcement largely confirms earlier press reports.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18695Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:00:00 GMT"Free Democrat chairman János Kóka said goodbye to Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány before regular business in Parliament Monday afternoon with a warm handshake while opposition leaders burst into laughter.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18697Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:00:00 GMT"The special convention of the Free Democrats yesterday decided by a vast majority – 84% of the delegates – to leave the coalition as of April 30. While 434 representatives voted in favour of breaking up the coalition, 53 others voted against it and 32 abstained.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18673Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:00:00 GMT"Neither the socialist MSZP nor the liberal SZDSZ came out of a split in the government coalition looking good to the public, reported Monday's national daily Nepszabadsag citing pollster Szonda Ipsos"http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18678Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:00:00 GMT"Hungarians retire extremely early in European comparison and then they become effectively inactive, an international survey conducted by the GFK Group on a commission by the AXA Group showed on Thursday.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18669Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:00:00 GMT"Governing by Fidesz may not mean an easy path, but it will bring stability and clear directions, said Mihály Varga, Vice-President of Hungary's main opposition party told the readers of Portfolio.hu in an online interview on Wednesday.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18670Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:00:00 GMT"Some 265 tons of illegally-brought Bavarian waste will soon be returned to Germany under an agreement concluded in Budapest on Monday.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18647Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:00:00 GMT"Parliament's European Affairs and Budget Committees held a joint session on April 8, 2008 to discuss a Transparency International (TI) report calling for a more determined fight against corruption with financial and political support.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/18618Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT