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Moroccan women would learn lacemaking from Hungarians
According to globoport.hu, Radouan Mounir – a Moroccan businessman successful in the contract farming of Hungarian paprika – visited the head of the Hungarian Trade and Cultural Center (HTCC) of Marrakech with an interesting request. Mr. Mounir would like to…
Frozen Balaton – VIDEO
This beautiful short video shows the frozen Lake Balaton from bird’s eye view. Most people, however, like to visit Hungary’s largest lake in the summer. Still, this proves that it is worth visiting the Balaton even in winter time, because the view…
Hungarian cooperation at the Romanian local elections?
According to kronika.ro, the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) considers a “real cooperation”, if the candidates of the Transylvanian Hungarian People’s Party (EMNP) run on their list at the local elections. At least this opinion can be concluded from Hunor…
Romanian authorities removed billboard promoting multilingualism
The Dutch resident Transylvanian businessman, Gábor Landman, thinks that it is a cheap objection by the Romanians to remove his billboard urging multilingualism on the ground that it could be confused with road signs, kronika.ro wrote. With his billboard set up in…
New Facebook emoticons are coming
Within weeks five new Facebook emoticons will appear to express what your emotions. This will be the end of the era ruled by the ‘traditional’ likes, origo.hu reported. Facebook is preparing for one of the most significant innovations of recent…
Precious Hungarian Olympic relic found in US
According to estiujsag.hu, a precious relic signed by Hungarian Olympians has been found in the department of the Eugene McDermott Library, Dallas, which keeps rarities. Librarian Paul Oelkrug found a gift book containing the signings of the 1936 Olympic Games’…
New trains with children’s drawings
The works of 9-year-old Zsófia Haidekker and 12-year-old András Farkas won the drawing contest called When I grow up, I will be a railwayman! As a result their drawings will decorate the sides of a renewed TRAXX locomotive of MÁV (Hungarian…
1.2 million people visited Hungarian casinos last year
According to turizmusonline.hu, the calculated aggregate gambling tax of the casinos was HUF 7.357 billion (EUR 23.732 million), the paid amount – which was reduced by the concession fee – was HUF 3.086 billion – András Tállai, Secretary of State…
Son of Bob Marley comes to Budapest this summer
The son of the reggae legend Bob Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley will give a concert at Budapest Park on August 30, index.hu reported. His original name is Damian Robert Nesta Marley, and his first solo album was released in…
Corruption continues to grow in Hungary, Orbán helpless
According to index.hu, Hungary has moved down on the corruption list of Transparency International (TI) last year. that means that Hungary is one of the most corrupt countries in the region and Europe as well – Transparency Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) shows.…