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Hungarians send home less money

D&T — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Oldest Olympic champion passes away

D&T — Fri, 20 May 2016 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Intel's Hungarian-born co-founder dies

D&T — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Miss Jamaica of Hungarian descent

D&T — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 23:00:00 +0000

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'.

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Britain's Got Hungarian Talent

D&T — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Ervin Zádor of 'Blood in the water

D&T — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Hungarians deplete Guinea Bissau EUR reserves

D&T — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Hungarian tourists killed in Egypt bus accident

D&T — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Hungarian tourists killed in Egypt bus accident

D&T — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +0000

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Oldest Olympic champion honored

D&T — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Plane with evacuees from Libya arrives in Budapest

D&T — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Most Hungarians leave Egypt

D&T — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Kidnapped Hungarian peacekeeper released in Sudan

D&T — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Romania backs Hungary's ethnic citizenship law

D&T — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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Voice recording of kidnapped Hungarian peacekeeper

D&T — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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