France, man left train station with high speed train toilet on his arm

Don't use your mobile phone on the toilet, looking down, it may fall, and never return. Until you close your eyes and try to grab it ....a powerful suction system. " A passenger on a French train had to be rescued by...

Ukraine set for $16.5bn IMF loan, Strauss-Kahn pledges billions everywhere

The Bush policy for a new conflict with Russia. Preparing NATO membership of Ukraine will end in nowhere. The $17bn loan?, donation is lost in a not functioning economy. " The International Monetary Fund...

Hungary now the center of financial storm

According to Nouriel Roubini, Hungary is now facing what the US, UK and other countries have been dealing with over the last 3 weeks."I recently spent a few days visiting Hungary, a country that is now at the center...

Rubble Bars, Ruin Gardens in Budapest from Makeshift to Established

To be honest, the Region or Country specific sections of my Financial Times usually find their way quickly to the recycling bin.An exception was the October 16 'Hungary' section.Its back page offers 'Rubble bars' find beer can be big business on how what were once makeshift,...

Study: Our Mates Look Like Mom and Dad

Just read this first:"Men like women who resemble dear old mom, and women like men who look like dear old dad, a computer analysis now shows. Scientists in Hungary investigated 52 university students and their parents. They also looked at the significant others of the...

Dynasty: Hungary Grabs Gold in Men's Water Polo

Hungary is celebrating twelve years of Olympic water polo dominance. The last team to win three consecutive gold medals was Great Britain, inventors of the sport, whose streak ended in 1920. The game has changed...

Norway's Olympic Champion Andreas Thorkildsen Makes the Javelin Trendy

The winning 90m throw was with a red swirl-on-white javelin.  Of rival Tero Pitkamaki, Thorkildsen revealed, "Some days are his, some days are mine".  Today was all Thorkildsen's. "Beijing – “Some days...

Grand Prix Winner Kovalainen Tells How it Feels to Win his First F1

Finnish Grand Prix Champion 100th F1 Winner tells AUTO RACING DAILY how it feels as a driver and as a Finn.   " Question: It has been a long road but your first win in Formula One. Describe your feelings as...

Former CCWS Rookie-Of-The-Year Captures P2 Podium In Hamburg :: The EDJE

"Timo Glock with the "Sharkfin" cowling at The Hungaroring - Caption found at Atlas F1 Bulletin Board - toyota could of won this race /// used tyres glock qualified with otherwise front row start /// pit stop...

Heikki Kovalainen wins Hungary Grand Prix

""Welcome to the world of winning, the first of many." That was how McLaren boss Ron Dennis greeted Heikki Kovalainen as the Finn scored a surprise victory on Sunday in a Hungarian Grand Prix that should really have been Felipe Massa's race.The Brazilian took his chance with...

'Public Intellectuals 2.0': Democratizing Free Speech?

OpenDemocracy has a great post today by Evgeny Morozov on the recent Citizen Media Summit (organized by our citizen-media internet neighbours Global Voices), which was held this past weekend in Budapest. The post and...

Hungary regrets Irish rejection of Lisbon Treaty

"BUDAPEST, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Hungary regrets that Irish voters have rejected the Lisbon Treaty on EU reforms ,but believes that the outcome of the referendum does not necessarily mean the failure of the document, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Spokesman Lajos Szelestey said on...

US to require online registration for visa-free travel

It sounds like this move will potentially create a large database of foreign citizens. It also raises questions about what people without online access will do - and how will it still be possible to travel to the US...

Record number take UK citizenship

This is all about stats, according to BBC news story, UK has issued recorded number of citizenship last year.Just look at the figures, which say all about the story at a glance."A record 164,635 people were granted British citizenship last year, government figures have...

Hungarian Emfesz says to start building new plant

"Hungarian gas wholesaler Emfesz said on Thursday that next year it would start building its planned gas-fuelled power plant which will have a total capacity of 2,400 megawatts.The first two of the plant's six 400-MW...

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