Hungary News

Elie Wiesel, left, Rabbi Slomo Koves, center, and Rabbi Baruch Oberlander look at a WWII Hungarian Nazi propaganda poster while visiting the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, 10 Dec.

Once upon a time there was a foreign King who lived in the United States for more than 40 years.

The signing ceremony was attended by the Russian and Hungarian Prime Ministers, Vladimir Putin and Ferenc Gyurcsany.

THOUSANDS of demonstrators are expected to converge today on the Budapest headquarters of state- owned Hungarian Radio to protest against the dismissal of more than 100 of its employees, most of whom were journalists.

A Hungarian couple risked their lives to shelter Alexander Szegedy, 88, of Clearwater during WWII.

Hungarian central Europe developer Futureal said its commercial projects are progressing successfully despite a fluctuating market environment, with plans for a 250 million commercial and entertainment project in Budapest, Hungary and its Romanian Gold Plaza shopping mall now 70% leased.

Hungary's Supreme Court upheld an order disbanding of the Hungarian Guard, which is identified with the extreme nationalist Jobbik Party.

A hub for the dialogue between east and west - that's what the attractive city of Pecs in south-western Hungary aims to be when tourists start coming here in 2010 to view one of three locations designated as cultural capitals for a calendar year by the European Union.

Invitel Holdings A/S announced today, on behalf of its subsidiary Magyar Telecom B.V. , that consents from holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's outstanding 125,675,000 Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2013 and ISIN: XS027861436 ) have been received for certain proposed waivers and amendments to the Indenture dated as of ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel said Thursday he was not bitter about losing his personal investments and millions of dollars of his foundation's money in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

Eli Wiesel visited Hungary for the first time since he was deported from his home town in 1944, under Horthy's Hungarian administration, to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Invited by Chabad and received with all the honors of a VIP, Wiesel used the occasion of his meeting with Hungary's president LA szlA3 Solyom and Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai to critizise ...

Wearing Santa Claus hats and swimming suits, people participate in a charity run on St.

Civil Registration began in 1895, and before that date the only records of vital events were the entries of baptism, marriage and burial in the church registers.

Canadian singer, songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen performs during his concert in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Aug.

Clockwise from top left: the gilded coffin of Tasenet; Egyptologist Dobrovits at the opening of the Gamhud; restoration work at the tomb of Djehutymes; the site of Gamhud photos courtesy of the Hungarian Archaeological Institute Hungary's leaning towards Egyptian history was sparked by a dawning interest in all things antiquarian that came with the ...

Al Ahram Weekly Click photo to see all photos. Hungary's leaning towards Egyptian history was sparked by a dawning interest in all things antiquarian that came with the opening up of foreign travel, and reached full maturity in the wake of the decipherment of hieroglyphs and the unfolding of the science of Egyptology.

A caretaker who murdered former British model Eva Rhodes at her Hungarian animal sanctuary has told a court how he bludgeoned her to death with an axe and then tried to burn her body.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel is urging Hungary to make Holocaust denial illegal and to redouble efforts to denounce anti-Semitism in politics and public discourse.

A controversial awarding of two broadcasting licenses quiets popular radio stations and provokes roars of outrage.

Budapest- Hungary, plagued by a bad reputation in the handling of its financial affairs, went a long way in 2009 to changing that image to set the stage for next year's hoped-for start of an economic recovery.