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Ultra-marathon runners to cover 1,300 km pilgrimage route
Budapest, June 17 (MTI) – Hungarian ultra-marathon runners Tibor Frank and Bela Veress are expected to cover the 1,300-kilometre Virgin Mary’s Road, connecting two Catholic pilgrimage sites, in 23 days, the Mary’s Road Association told MTI. The athletes are set…
Academy: Homan played role in deepening racial discrimination
Budapest, June 16 (MTI) – The Hungarian Academy of Sciences has found that Balint Homan, a culture minister who was involved in drafting anti-Jewish laws in the late 1930s, played a role in deepening racial discrimination. The academy said in…
Lavrov: Moscow won’t allow to anyone to be dragged into confrontation with the West
The west wants to undermine Russia’s stability and to subvert its position as an energy and arms exporting country; one of the goals of the anti-Russian campaign is to extend transatlantic control, but Moscow won’t allow to anyone to be…
Tóbiás: Socialists aim to overshoot signature target for referendum on state land
The Socialist party is working very hard in the ten days before the deadline to collect more signatures than required for calling a referendum on the sale of state land, József Tóbiás, the party’s leader, said on Thursday. “We do…
EC refers Hungary to Luxembourg court over farmland contracts
Budapest, June 16 (MTI) – The European Commission has referred Hungary to the European Court of Justice for failing to comply with EU rules on the rights of cross-border investors in farmland. A 2013 law terminated certain usufruct or “pocket”…
Liberty Bridge closed for nearby renovations until end of August
Budapest, June 16 (MTI) – Budapest’s Liberty Bridge in the central part of the capital will be closed starting on Thursday until the end of August while renovation work is carried out on nearby tram tracks and platforms. Budapest transport…
Lazar: Govt sets up working group on migration issues
Budapest, June 16 (MTI) – The government is setting up a working group under the leadership of the justice minister to consider issues connected with migration, János Lázár, the government office chief told a regular government news briefing on Thursday.…
Hungarians keener on new technology than average European
Budapest, June 16 (MTI) – Hungarians are much more open to discovering new technology than the average European but they are less good at understanding news about innovation, a survey on consumer habits revealed. Fully 58 percent of Hungarian respondents…
Free public access to Lake Balaton shores endangered by govt subsidy cuts
Budapest, June 16 (MTI) – Free public access to the shores of Lake Balaton is likely to become a thing of the past now that the government has decided to reduce a state supplement to the local council tourism tax,…
Exhibition pays tribute to bishop Aron Marton
Budapest, June 16 (MTI) – Janos Arpad Potapi, state secretary in charge of Hungarian communities, opened an exhibition in memory of Catholic bishop Aron Marton, in Budapest on Thursday. Marton (1896-1980) was ready to oppose Romania’s communist rulers and fight…