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Can Budapest Formula help ease tension over EU budget?
The countries most concerned about what is called the 'framework budget' are the new member states, which fear that delays will lead to the postponement of EU funded…
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EC school e-twinning project enjoying growing popularity in Hungary
Primary and secondary school children from 25 European countries, including Hungary, have been keen on finding partnerships in schools on the continent. To make this…
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Ildiko Czigany: Hungary's first high-flying female pilot
She is blond, she is young and she is the first female airline captain in Hungary. Ildiko Czigany had to set high standards to accomplish her life's dream - flying more…
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Hungarians met Red Army liberators with fear rather than relief
The countries of Central Europe played different roles during the war. What was left of Czechoslovakia after the Munich Agreement a few months earlier, when the main…
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"University of Omniscience" holds special place in Hungarian hearts
The University of Omniscience is a series of public science lectures launched in Hungary about 3 years ago. It recently celebrated its 100th lectures and is generally…
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Old Hungarian Easter customs
In Hungary, most of the old Easter customs are still observed today. For Radio Budapest, Balint Sebestyen has been looking at the origins of these Easter traditions:
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Unusual exhibition in southern Hungary illustrates the problem of the illegal trade in endangered…
In Hungary, there's the grim reality of dead animals found in vehicles crossing the Hungarian border. In the most recent case officials found the frozen bodies of 125…
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Hungarian ambassador rocks the house at New York City's Knitting Factory
Hungarian diplomacy has struck a few good chords in the United States recently. You see Hungary's ambassador to the US - Andras Simonyi - represented his country in an…
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Hungary calls on artists from seven other countries to create a European Dance Caravan
Choreographers, dancers and folk festival directors from all over were in Hungary recently - preparing for a major joint project - a dance theatre piece which is supported…
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V4 representatives discuss common security policy in Hungary's Pecs
The Europe House in Peczs, in the south of Hungary, is a type of incubator for European integration. It's part of the regional information centre on the EU, and organises…