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Budapest Zoo celebrates successful artificial insemination of endangered white rhino
Budapest's famous zoo will soon see the birth of the world's first white rhino baby from an artificially inseminated mother. Yes after many attempts the Zoo's only female…
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Hungarian-born Avram Hershko wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry
One of this year's Nobel Prize winners in chemistry is Avram Hershko - an Israeli scientist born in Hungary. His discovery sets out a new chapter in degrading proteins…
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Hungary on list of OECD state doing little to protect children from physical abuse
New research on child maltreatment, published by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, finds that almost 3,500 children under the age of 15 die every year from child abuse…
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UNHCR opens regional centre in Budapest
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UNHCR, is to set up a regional center in Hungary, to deal with refugee issues in Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and…
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Record number flock to Budapest for 12th Sziget Festival
The 12th Sziget Festival, most probably Europe's best known and biggest cultural event for the young attracted a record 369,000 visitors this year to that small island…
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Hungarian oil company offers free medical care in double-decker bus
As of mid June, a double-decker, brought straight from London, cruise throughout Hungary, stopping in major cities with a specific aim. The buses have been transformed…
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4th World Refugee Day in Budapest
Asylum seekers are nothing to be afraid of and with a little help they can integrate very well into society. This is the message of World Refugee Day, which Hungary…
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World's biggest sound studio to be built in Hungary
One of the world's biggest and most hi-tech film studios is being built in Etyek, a small town just outside Budapest. Putting 150 million Euros into this project are a…
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Hungary celebrates first Opportunity Day
A new tradition was born on Friday in Hungary where from now on, May 21st shall be known as Opportunity Day. The first official celebration of the day took place on Friday…
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Hungarian modern classic translated into Roma dialect
The famous novel "Fatelessness" by Hungary's Nobel-prize winning author, Imre Kertesz, is now also available in the Lovary language, the most widespread dialect among the…