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Turkey parliament backs Sweden’s Nato membership
Sweden applied to join Nato in 2022 after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. More »
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Heads of Hungary’s top arts university quit amid fears of state control
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The management of Hungary’s prestigious University of Theatre and Film Arts resigned on Monday in protest over the imposition of a government-appointed board which they say will undermine the school’s autonomy. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’... More »
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Hamilton criticises F1 after ‘rushed’ anti-racism gesture
(Reuters) – Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton criticised Formula One’s leaders after what he called a “rushed” anti-racism gesture by some drivers before the start of Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton, who won from pole position to take the champio... More »
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Grief over virus deaths sets Hungarian artist on darker course
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian artist Jozsef Szurcsik lost four of his friends in a matter of weeks to COVID-19 and the tremendous pain and grief he feels has transformed his art. Szurcsik, who teaches at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and is one of the... More »
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Hungary ready to help Audi run local plant at full capacity: Orban
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary is ready to give financial support to Audi (NSUG.DE) to help its manufacturing plant in the country run at full operating capacity, Prime Minister Viktor Orban was reported as saying on Monday as he visited the site. Orban said Aud... More »
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COVID strains: Dancer performs ‘virus melody’ in empty Budapest square
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Dressed in black and wearing a facemask, the dancer leaps and pirouttes across Budapest’s deserted central Heroes Square – to the strains of a melody that mirrors the molecular structure of the coronavirus. To mark World Dance Day, Zsolt V... More »
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Hungarian triathlon champion who works with COVID-19 patients baptized at Easter
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Akos Vanek, a former triathlon World Cup winner, works as a paramedic these days in Budapest taking patients ill with COVID-19 to hospital as Hungary fights the coronavirus crisis. Vanek, who won the 2014 Triathlon World Cup, hung up his r... More »
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Europe’s north-south lockdown divide revealed by Google data
BERLIN (Reuters) – Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have enforced the most drastic lockdowns to curb the pandemic but one country, Sweden, stands out for allowing life to go on much as before, Google data show. An... More »
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Highlights: Day eight at the Australian Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Highlights of the eighth day at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Monday (times AEDT- GMT+11): 1633 MUGURUZA MARCHES INTO LAST EIGHT Unseeded Spaniard Garbine Muguruza continued her charge toward a third... More »
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Shapovalov shouts at chair umpire in shock first-round exit
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Canadian young gun Denis Shapovalov raged at the chair umpire before succumbing to nerves as he crashed out of the Australian Open first round 6-3 6-7(7) 6-1 7-6(3) to unseeded Hungarian Marton Fucsovics. Shapovalov, seeded 13th and widel... More »
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‘Gold rush’: Race is on for health data in East Europe’s frontier market
BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) – Eastern Europe is a new frontier for private medical care, and insurers and tech startups are racing to steal a march on their rivals by harnessing the region’s health data. Growing numbers of people in Eastern European states, from... More »
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Highlights: EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss climate, budget, Brexit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday for talk on climate, the EU’s long-term budget, Brexit, the euro zone and Russia sanctions, among others. Here are comments made by them on Thursday ahead of the summit.... More »
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Teqball: Hosts Hungary dominate world championships
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary showed it remains the dominant force in teqball, a hybrid sport mixing football with table tennis, winning the singles and doubles world titles on Sunday. Adam Blazsovics easily won the singles title and teamed up with Csaba Banyik... More »
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Russia’s Lukoil, Hungary’s MOL to sign dirty oil settlement: sources
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian oil producer Lukoil and Hungarian energy company MOL are set to sign a settlement deal over contaminated oil during Russian President Putin’s visit to Budapest this week, four industry sources told Reuters. A high level of org... More »
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Poland’s ruling right-wing party banks on child subsidy to win election
NOWA KARCZMA, Poland (Reuters) – Maria Kolsut will be thinking about her financial security when she votes for Poland’s ruling right-wing party in Sunday’s parliamentary election. The mother of three is not a fan of all policies pursued by Law and Justice (PiS... More »
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Hungary finds African swine fever in wild boar near Budapest
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s national food safety authority Nebih has found five cases of African swine fever in wild boar carcasses near Budapest, it said on Sunday. The causes of the infections found in a closed hunting area in Budakeszi, west of the Hunga... More »
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Top world film makers to honor 25th Sarajevo film festival
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Some of the world’s top film makers, including two-time Oscar-winning director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, will show their movies and hold master classes honoring the 25th Sarajevo film festival in August, the festival director said on Fr... More »
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Hungarian parliament passes bill tightening state grip over scientists
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian lawmakers passed legislation on Tuesday to tighten state control of research bodies run by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), overriding protests against the latest step to expand the government’s role in public life. Since... More »
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Hungarian scientists mull legal action over government controls
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The head of Hungary’s oldest scientific institute said it was considering taking legal action to challenge government moves to take more control over research work and budgets. The nationalist administration of Prime Minister Viktor Orban ... More »
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Hungarian government submits bill to tighten grip over scientists
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s government is moving to tighten its grip on the research institutions of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, despite protests by scientists against political control of the academy. Since taking power in 2010, Prime Minister Vikto... More »
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Defying scientists, Hungary will overhaul academic network, website…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary is preparing legislation to strip the Hungarian Academy of Sciences of its research network, giving the government more control over scientific activity, the news website index.hu reported on Tuesday. Hungary’s oldest and largest a... More »
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Robots serve up food and fun in Budapest cafe
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The robots at the Enjoy Budapest Cafe can do it all – they can serve up food and drink, tell jokes, dance with the kids or just hang out for a chat with customers. The cafe, opened by IT company E-Szoftverfejlesztő in the Hungarian capital... More »
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Hungarian artist dissects politics with wry riffs on iconic paintings
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A Hungarian artist has a new exhibition depicting political leaders in the style of iconic paintings with the aim of shocking viewers and holding a mirror to current times. Bela Marias, or DrMarias, has been painting politicians for about ... More »
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China backs European integration, Li says before summit with…
SOFIA (Reuters) – China backs EU integration and wants to use a weekend summit with central and eastern Europe to boost cooperation with the region, not undermine the 28 member bloc, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday. Li is visiting Bulgaria, where sta... More »
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EU leaders discuss Brexit, euro zone integration after migration deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders except Britain are to discuss on Friday Britain’s exit from the European Union and deeper integration of the euro zone after a deal on migration reached in the small hours. [nL8N1TU1MP] Below are the leaders’ comments before the... More »
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Merkel: after successful bailouts, euro zone needs reform
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that further euro zone reform was needed to nip possible future crises in the bud, after aid programs to some member states had been successful. Addressing parliament before heading to an EU l... More »
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EU lawmakers push to toughen screening of foreign investments
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the European Parliament approved on Monday a far-reaching proposal calling for greater scrutiny of foreign investments, part of a bid to respond to a flurry of Chinese acquisitions in the European Union. Parliament’s in... More »
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George Soros foundation’s office to pull out of Hungary
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – George Soros’ foundation said on Tuesday it would close its office in Budapest and move to Berlin, leaving what it called “an increasingly repressive political and legal environment” in Hungary. The pro-democracy group said it was pulling ... More »
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Hungary’s Orban names two new deputy prime ministers
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday named Interior Minister Sandor Pinter and Economy Minister Mihaly Varga as deputy prime ministers in his new government. Orban, re-elected in an April landslide that gave his ruling Fidesz pa... More »
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Igor the Siberian tiger gets stem-cell hip treatment in Hungary
SZEGED, Hungary (Reuters) – Igor, a Siberian tiger in a Hungarian zoo, received stem-cell joint treatment on Wednesday which doctors hoped would help heal its hip and allow it to live happily, on less medicine. Igor is a 13-year old tiger living in the zoo in ... More »
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As Hungary roars ahead, Orbanomics leaves some of the poorest behind
HOSSZUHETENY, Hungary (Reuters) – The pre-election fanfare over Hungary’s stellar growth and surging wages hardly registers with Laszlo Reisch, an employee in a government works program who is stuck on the wrong side of a growing social divide. Prime Minister ... More »
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Soros lobbies ECB for more euro zone integration, draws criticism
FILE PHOTO: Business magnate George Soros arrives to speak at the Open Russia Club in London, Britain June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Billionaire investor and activist George Soros has met a European Central Bank director... More »
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Berlin festival movie tells true story of Cold War rebels with a cause
Dietrich Garstka, who fled former Communist East as a schoolboy and inspired the film ‘Das schweigende Klassenzimmer’ which is due to premiere at the Berlinale film festival, gesticulates during an interview with Reuters in Essen, Germany, February 9, 2018. RE... More »
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Former champions Serbia and Switzerland knocked out in Davis Cup first
Tennis – Davis Cup – World Group First Round – Serbia v United States – Sportski Centar Cair, Nis, Serbia – February 3, 2018 U.S. Davis Cup team poses for a picture after their win over Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (Reuters) – The United States surged to an u... More »
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Former champions Serbia and Switzerland knocked out in Davis Cup…
Tennis – Davis Cup – World Group First Round – Serbia v United States – Sportski Centar Cair, Nis, Serbia – February 3, 2018 U.S. Davis Cup team poses for a picture after their win over Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (Reuters) – The United States surged to an u... More »
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Tennis: Babos, Mladenovic win Australian Open women’s doubles
Tennis – Australian Open – Women’s Doubles Final – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 26, 2018. Hungary’s Timea Babos and France’s Kristina Mladenovic celebrate winning the Women’s Doubles Final with the trophy after winning their match against Rus... More »
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Euro schism reopens in central Europe as EU pushes reform
A woman walks in front of a currency exchange shop in the town of Esztergom, Hungary November 11, 2017. Picture taken November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh ESZTERGOM, Hungary/STUROVO, Slovakia (Reuters) – On the euro zone’s eastern flank, some Slovaks in th... More »
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Federer makes light of day shift to ease into last eight
Tennis – Australian Open – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 22, 2018. Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates winning against Marton Fucsovics of Hungary. REUTERS/Thomas Peter MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Roger Federer was a strictly nocturnal beast thr... More »
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Tennis: Berdych sweeps past Fognini into quarter-finals
Tennis – Australian Open – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 22, 2018. Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic celebrates winning against Fabio Fognini of Italy. REUTERS/Toru Hanai MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Tomas Berdych belied his lowest seeding at a gr... More »
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Hungary summons Romanian ambassador over PM’s remarks threatening ethn
FILE PHOTO – Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose addresses the Romanian Parliament before a no-confidence vote against Romania’s Social Democrat-led government, in Bucharest, Romania, November 23, 2017. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea/via REUTERS BUDAPEST (Reuters)... More »
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FANGtastic stocks top vintage year for global markets
Czech crown banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Prague January 18, 2013. REUTERS/David W Cerny LONDON (Reuters) – A 40 percent surge in world tech stocks, a jump of almost a third in emerging markets and double-digit percentage gains for t... More »
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Macron aiming for eurozone ‘convergence’ with Germany by March
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday he hoped to make progress with Germany on ideas to reform the euro zone by March, once Germany has a new coalition government in place, and agree a "roadmap" with all eurozone leaders by June next year. More »
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Shell and carmakers aim to go the distance with highway charging
FILE PHOTO: The charging plug of an electric Volkswagen Passat car is pictured at charging station at a VW dealer in Berlin, Germany, February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has partnered with top carm... More »
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Uber loses UK appeal bid to overturn workers` rights decision
Taxi app Uber [UBER.UL] lost a bid on Friday to overturn a decision by a tribunal which had said its drivers deserved workers' rights such as the minimum wage, in a blow to the company as it also battles to keep its license in London. More »
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Paintings by Indian elephant auctioned off in Hungary
Paintings created by an Indian elephant who enjoys wielding a brush were auctioned off by a Hungarian traveling circus on Saturday. More »
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Chemical weapons watchdog to get new leader as it investigates Syria
A Spanish diplomat has been proposed to head the world's chemical weapons watchdog at a critical time for the organization's disarmament work in Syria, diplomats said on Wednesday. More »
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Euro zone enlargement call sparks backlash in Germany
After years of bailing out Greece, the idea of letting more poorer states into the euro zone has sparked controversy, particularly in Germany, where Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking re-election in two weeks time. More »
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Juncker: grab Brexit chance to forge a tighter EU
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker urged European Union governments on Wednesday to use economic recovery and Brexit as springboards toward a closer union, built on an expanded euro zone and a pivotal role in world trade. More »
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Three vehicles torched in long-running South African taxi war
One Uber vehicle and two other taxis were torched in South Africa's main business district on Thursday night in a feud over fares, but no one was injured, Uber and police said on Friday. More »
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Sharapova looks to back up big win in battle with Babos
Fresh off a thrilling victory in front of a sold-out crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday, former world number one Maria Sharapova will look to prove that she has the stamina to back it up when she battles Timea Babos at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. More »
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Factbox: Maria Sharapova vs. Timea Babos – player profiles
A look at the form and records of Russia's Maria Sharapova and Hungarian Timea Babos ahead of their second round encounter at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. More »
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Athletics: Kipyegon favorite for 1,500m title
All eyes will be on the women’s 1,500 meters final at the World Championships on Monday as Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya bids to add the gold medal to her Olympic title. More »
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Hungary, Israel seek closer ties as Orban campaign unnerves Jews
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint declaration with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, July 16, 2017. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to focus on business rather than history in Bu... More »
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Motor racing: Keeping Bottas looks a `no-brainer`, says Wolff
F1 – Formula One – British Grand Prix 2017 – Silverstone, Britain – July 16, 2017 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates his win with Valtteri Bottas (R), Billy Monger (L) and his team Keeping Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes next season looks an obvious decision but ... More »
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Trump to promote U.S. natgas exports in Russia`s backyard
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an ‘Unleashing American Energy’ event at the Department of Energy in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria President Donald Trump will use fast-growing supplies of U.S. natural gas as a polit... More »
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Bulgaria to conduct food product checks amid quality concerns
Bulgaria said on Saturday it would conduct checks on different food products of multinational companies sold in the Balkan state and compare them with food sold in richer western European countries, amid concerns over quality. More »
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Macron`s win adds to Poland`s worries about its place in EU
French President-elect Emmanuel Macron reacts as he arrives to attend a handover ceremony with outgoing President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yoan Valat/Pool While the election of Emmanuel Macron as French pre... More »
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Portugal wins Eurovision Song Contest for the first time
Portugal’s Salvador Sobral celebrates after winning the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine, May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Portugal’s Salvador Sobral won the Eurovision Song Contest on S... More »
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Ukraine says detains prankster who mooned during Eurovision
Ukraine’s Jamala performs a song as security detain a fan. REUTERS/Stringer Ukrainian police have detained a Ukrainian prankster for jumping onto the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest and dropping his trousers while singer Jamala was performing, Interior Mi... More »
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Germany`s poor hold key to election as inequality grows
An old man in need receives vegetable soup in a plastic cup to take away from the soup kitchen ‘Kana’ in a poor district of the city of Dortmund, western Germany, April 7, 2017. Picture taken April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay For all its economic success,... More »
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U.S. urges Hungary to suspend law threatening Soros-founded university
People light with their mobile phones as they protest against the bill that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George Soros in Budapest, Hungary, April 9, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Bal... More »
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Factbox: Formula One calendar and details for 2017
The Formula One season starts in Australia on March 26, the first of 20 races. Race times are 1200 GMT unless stated. More »
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EU leaders grope for unity as Britain walks out
European Council President Donald Tusk (Bottom, C) chairs a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir Jan Bartunek and Waverly Colville More »
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South African taxis block roads to main airport in Uber protest
Private security guard stand outside Uber offices in Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko South African taxi drivers blocked roads to Johannesburg’s airport on Friday, holding up thousands of travelers in the... More »
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Russian minister Mutko barred from FIFA re-election: sources
FILE PHOTO: Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko attends a news conference after a meeting of the management board of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia local organising committee in Moscow, Russia, July 5, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Russian deputy ... More »
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Life lessons from the `first lady of nails`
OPI co-founder Suzi Weiss-Fischmann. REUTERS/Courtesy OPI Lien Tan More »
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Hungary`s Olympic dream “killed” by political upstarts, says PM Orban
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during his state-of-the-nation address in Budapest, Hungary, February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh Hungary had to withdraw its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games to avoid a humiliating defeat in the race w... More »
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Trump to seek jobs advice from firms that offshore U.S. work
Employees work on a turbine at the General Electric plant in Belfort, France, February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler President Donald Trump, who has vowed to stop U.S. manufacturing from disappearing overseas, will seek job-creation advice on Thursday from... More »
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Hungary to withdraw Budapest`s 2024 Olympic bid: government
A leader of political movement Momentum Andras Fekete-Gyor holds one of the boxes consisting over 266,000 signatures from Budapest voters who want a referendum on Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics in Budapest, Hungary February 17, 2017. REUTERS/L... More »
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Hungary to withdraw 2024 summer Olympic bid: government spokesman
A leader of political movement Momentum Andras Fekete-Gyor holds one of the boxes consisting over 266,000 signatures from Budapest voters who want a referendum on Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics in Budapest, Hungary February 17, 2017. REUTERS/L... More »
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Amnesty says Trump`s `poisonous` rhetoric makes world a darker place
U.S. President Donald Trump pauses at the Dr. Ben Carson exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, U.S., February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Amnesty International said on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump’s... More »
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Fueled by Olympic momentum, young Hungarian group aims for parliament
Edina Pottyondy, Andras Fekete-Gyor, Miklos Hajnal and Anna Orosz, leading members of political movement Momentum which challenges Budapest’s 2024 Olympic bid with a referendum, sit on a sofa at Momentum’s headquarters, located in a basement in Budapest, Hunga... More »
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Budapest Olympic bid on last legs as mayor to seek government guidance
A hostess poses with Hungary’s Olympic logo at a promotional spot as the Hungarian capital bids for the 2024 Olympic Games, in central Budapest, Hungary January 31, 2017. Picture taken January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh Budapest’s mayor is expected to see... More »
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France to cull more ducks as fights bird flu virus
An employee works on a rack of slaughtered ducks at a poultry farm in Eugenie les Bains, France, January 24, 2017, as France scales back preventive slaughtering of ducks to counter bird flu after the culling of 800,000 birds this month helped slow the spread o... More »
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France to cull 600,000 more ducks as fights bird flu virus
An employee works on a rack of slaughtered ducks at a poultry farm in Eugenie les Bains, France, January 24, 2017, as France scales back preventive slaughtering of ducks to counter bird flu after the culling of 800,000 birds this month helped slow the spread o... More »
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Budapest`s 2024 bid could face referendum: newspaper
Hungarian political movement Momentum has collected over 200,000 signatures in its campaign against Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, which could be sufficient to force a referendum, daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet reported on Friday. More »
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Austrian authorities seeking Hitler double seen around birthplace
FILE PHOTO:Activists placed life-size cardboards, depicting Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Philippe Petain in front of the Kaiser Wilhelm monument at the Deutsches Eck (‘German Corner’) to protest against a European far-right leaders meeting,... More »
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Hungary court orders retrial in toxic red sludge case
A general view shows toxic red sludge at an alumina plant reservoir, which cracked and unleashed a torrent of the waste material, in Kolontar, western Hungary, October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo A Hungarian court ordered a retrial on Monday over the spi... More »
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Czechs cull up to 20,000 poultry as bird flu outbreak spreads
Czech authorities ordered a cull of up to 20,000 ducks and other poultry at a producer in the south of the country on Monday in the biggest single case of this year’s bird flu outbreak. More »
Budapest museum lifts lid on Houdini`s magic, Hungarian roots
Posters are seen in the ‘House of Houdini’ museum in Budapest, Hungary, December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo Even almost 100 years after his death, the name Harry Houdini is synonymous with escapology, but less is known about his first great escape – how... More »
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Factbox: Eight facts about actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
Here are eight facts about Zsa Zsa Gabor, sometime actress and frequent bride, who died on Sunday at age 99. More »
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor dies at age 99
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor reads a statement at her home in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. in this November 13, 1992 file photo. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, who parlayed beauty, diamond-studded glamor and nine marriages into a long celeb... More »
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Richter withdraws marketing application for biosimilar drug
Hungarian pharmaceuticals firm Richter has withdrawn its marketing application for one of its biosimilar drugs from the European Medicines Agency in anticipation of a possible negative assessment, the company said on Monday. More »
Swimming: Park and Hosszu dazzle at short course worlds
FILE PHOTO – 2016 Rio Olympics – Swimming – Preliminary – Men’s 200m Freestyle – Heats – Olympic Aquatics Stadium – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 07/08/2016. Park Tae-Hwan (KOR) of South Korea competes. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan banish... More »
Race-track rivalry moves to boardroom as VW brands battle for electric car jobs
Nick Tandy of Britain drives his Porsche 919 Hybrid number 19 ahead the Audi R18 e-tron quattro number 7 driven by Marcel Fassler of Switzerland, during the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race in Le Mans, central France June 14, 2015. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File P... More »
Politics set to trump data as Fed hike looks dead cert
The Federal Reserve Building stands in Washington April 3, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Clues on future U.S. policy under Donald Trump rather than economic data are likely to dominate minds and markets in the week ahead, given a U.S. interest rate h... More »
Hungary`s Jobbik to resubmit measure banning resettlement of migrants
Gabor Vona, chairman of the far right Jobbik party, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Budapest, April 14, 2015. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo The Hungarian nationalist opposition party Jobbik said on Monday it would resubmit to parliament a constitutional a... More »
Slovak brothers win burial competition with fastest, neatest grave
Winners, brothers Ladislav (L) and Csaba Skladan from Slovakia, pose for a photo during a grave digging championship in Trencin, Slovakia, November 10, 2016, where eleven pairs of gravediggers are competing in digging based on accuracy, speed, and aesthetic qu... More »
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Richter`s generic osteoporosis drug gets EU recommendation
Richter received a positive opinion from European regulators recommending that its generic osteoporosis drug Terrosa be granted marketing authorization, the Hungarian drug maker said in a statement on Monday. More »
Germany considers keeping poultry indoors after bird flu outbreaks
German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt answers reporters questions during a Reuters interview in Berlin, Germany July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Joachim Herrmann Germany is considering ordering its poultry farmers to keep their flocks indoors following an outbrea... More »
Roche says flexible pricing ready for cancer, not MS drugs
Roche tablets are seen in this photo illustration shot January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo The spotlight on finding a cancer cure has spurred improvements in systems to collect and analyze oncology data, but efforts to track patients with other dis... More »
Belgian regions set to block EU-Canada free trade deal
Thousands of people demonstrate against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in the centre of Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2016. Reuters/Eric Vidal Southern Belgium is ... More »
Hasenstab heads up new Franklin Templeton global FX fund
U.S. fund manager Franklin Templeton said on Monday it was launching a new global currency fund headed by its star bond investor Michael Hasenstab and one of his chief lieutenants. More »
Italy`s Olympic Committee officially withdraws Rome bid to stage 2024 Games
Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) President Giovanni Malago speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the official logo for the 2024 Olympic bid in Rome, Italy, December 14, 2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi Italy’s Olympic Committee has officially withdrawn its b... More »
Dogs use same parts of brain to process speech as humans, Hungarian study says
Walter, a Golden Retriever, lies in a MRI scanner at a neurology clinic in Budapest, Hungary, February 9, 2014. Picture taken February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo “Super, well done,” her trainer says, and Maya, a Hungarian golden retriever, happily holds ... More »
Show of European unity: Merkel, Hollande, Renzi meet to discuss gameplan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C), French President Francois Hollande (L) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attend a news conference at the chancellery during discussions on the outcome of the Brexit in Berlin, Germany, June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal ... More »
Ledecky gets third gold, Franklin a first in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO Freestyle queen Katie Ledecky won her third gold medal of the Rio Olympics by anchoring the U.S. women to victory in the 4×200 metres freestyle relay on Wednesday while struggling Missy Franklin opened her account without being in the water for ... More »
Hungary’s Orban likes what he hears of ‘valiant’ Trump’s security plans
BUDAPEST Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Saturday said Donald Trump had proposed security policies that Europe should take to heart to solve a security crisis he blames on uncontrolled immigration. Speaking at a summer university in Baile Tusnad, Roma... More »
Dig for victory! Hungarian grave diggers compete to be the best
DEBRECEN, Hungary In a graveyard in Hungary, solemn contemplation gave way to frantic sportsmanship on Friday as dozens of grave diggers battled to prove they were the fastest and best in the business. Taking their places at plots selected by pulling names out... More »
Trump without the hair? EU’s migration policy gets rough
BRUSSELS Europe’s emerging migration policy is looking increasingly like Donald Trump without the hair. Except that, unlike the Republican presidential frontrunner, who wants to make Mexico pay for a wall to keep migrants out of the United States, the European... More »
