A Hungarian native speaker from Romania will play American football in the sports’ top league from this season after being drafted by the one of the top teams, the New England Patriots. Zoltán Meskó is one of the few European professionals in the NFL.
Director Gábor Balázs says the aim of the institute is to show the diversity of Israel's "mosaic-like" culture, including works and performances by Jews, Christians, Arabs, writers and artists, and serve as a focal point of Jewish life in Hungary.
A Hungarian soldier seriously injured in an attack in Afghanistan two weeks ago died this Tuesday in the military hospital Honvédkórház in Budapest. He is the second mortal casualty of attack on home-bound Hungarian troops.
In the first half of 2010, Hungary hosted 160 international conferences that met the criteria of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). The number of participants at these events was over 43,000.
Average speed for Internet access in Hungary is 12.58 Mb/sec, which puts this country into the world top 20. The list that continues to be headed by South Korea features several East European states in high positions.
Up to 2,000 visitors watched the Gala Evening of the Hungarian National Day at the World Expo 2010. On the whole, the Hungarian Pavilion at the World Expo is a huge success, according to the organizers.
As of October this year, Hungary will again be the leading nation running the area at Kabul International Airport used by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The commanding officer will be a major-general of the Hungarian Army.
BorderLINE Architecture’s project wins competition for the 12th Venice Biennale’s Hungarian Pavilion ‘Giardini.’ The exhibition opened on Aug 29, curated by architect Andor Wesselényi-Garay.
Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon announced the appointment of his country’s new ambassador to Hungary, Tamara Guttman. She will have concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Slovenia and to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Hungarian teenagers continued the country’s great Olympic traditions by excelling at the First Youth Olympics held in Singapore. Hungarian athletes collected 6 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals, finishing 8th on the medal table featuring 84 nations.
Hungarian-born, legendary actress Zsa Zsa Gabor continues to show signs of improvement, after she was given her last rites in hospital on Aug 15. Her spokesperson says she is "still bed ridden but is eating a little, talking a little and sleeping a lot."
Less children were born in Hungary in the first half of 2010 than a year before but the number of deaths was also lower. Statisticians calculate that immigration helped the Hungarian population to be slightly over 10 million.
66-year actress Ahna Capri has died after a serious traffic accident in Hollywood. She is best known for her partnership with Bruce Lee in the classic movie ‘Enter the dragon’.
According to László Albert, professional birding tour organizer and leader, birdwatching trips are considered as one of the best outdoor team-building excersizes.
A Hungarian soldier died and three were injured as their convoy came under fire Monday morning in Afghanistan. The convoy was transporting home-bound Hungarian troops of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).
