Hungarians working in foreign countries permanently or temporarily sent home less money last year than in the previous year, the business daily Világgazdaság said on Friday citing World Bank figures. The total transfer was 450 million dollars less than in 2014.
Hungarian engineer Sándor Tarics, who won gold at the 1936 Olympics as member of the Hungarian water polo team, passed away in his home in Belvedere, California in the United States. He celebrated his 102th birthday last September.
Andy Grove, one of the key figures in Intel rising to become a large, worldwide-known international technology company, has died in Los Altos, California at the age of 79. He was born in Budapest on September 2, 1936 as András István Gróf.
The winner of this year’s Miss Jamaica World title is of Hungarian descent. 18-year-old Gina Hargitay’s father grew up in Hungary while her mother is Jamaican. She also won sectional prizes for being 'Most Aware' and having 'Best Smile'.
The Hungarian shadow-dance group ‘Attraction’ won this year’s Britain's Got Talent show on ITV with 27% of the viewers’ votes. The Hungarians finished ahead of a teenage comedian from Yorkshire and a pair of singing brothers from Wales.
Former Hungarian international water polo player Ervin Zádor, made famous by a photo depicting him with bleeding head during the Hungarian-Soviet semifinal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, died at the age of 76 in the United States.
Lynch atmosphere emerged in Guinea Bissau between government officials and a group of Hungarians who participated in a marathon rally between Budapest and West Africa. The dispute concerned the sale of rally cars to the locals.
11 Hungarian tourists were killed and 29 others injured when their bus overturned in the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada, 510 kms from the capital Cairo. Four of the injured - a man and three children - are in serious condition.
11 Hungarian tourists were killed and 29 others injured when their bus overturned in the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada, 510 kms from the capital Cairo. Four of the injured - a man and three children - are in serious condition.
Former Hungarian water polo player Sándor Tarics, the oldest living Olympic champion in the world, has received the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in his home in California in the United States.
An aircraft operated by MALÉV Hungarian Airlines transporting 96 evacuees (Hungarians and other nationals) from Libya touched down safely at Ferihegy international airport in Budapest shortly after 8 p.m. on Sunday evening.
Most Hungarians in Egypt have left the country by now, the embassy is not aware of any Hungarian citizens gotten into trouble in connection with the violent anti-government riots there, Ambassador Péter Kveck said on Friday.
Hungarian peacekeeper István Papp, who was kidnapped in Sudan in early October, has been freed. The news was forwarded by the Sudanese foreign minister to his Hungarian counterpart over the phone on Wednesday.
Romania supports a new Hungarian law that will allow easier acquisition of citizenship for ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries. The law will allow over 2.5 million people to become Hungarian citizens without requiring them to live in Hungary.
Experts at the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) analyze the recording of a telephone interview with a Hungarian peacekeeper kidnapped in the Sudan to make sure that the voice heard there is that of István Papp.
