Emerging energy cooperation between Hungary and Japan

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Minister of State for Energy Affairs of the Ministry of National Development Pál Kovács received representatives of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Deputy Director-General Masahiko Fujihara and Deputy…

Hungarian national found dead in Macabalan seaport (Philippines)

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A Hungarian national was found dead inside a restroom at the seaport in Barangay Macabalan early Wednesday morning, police said. Macabalan police chief Hermes Parnes identified the victim as Bartos Istvan, about 57 years old, who was supposedly bound for…

World’s best cities: Budapest take 2nd place

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The “Top 25 Cities in the World” list had refreshingly surprising additions and rankings.  Budapest and Florence tied for second, while the very top spot was seized by the colonial city of San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico, which…

Hungarian 1956 communist leader charged with war crimes

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Hungarian prosecutors filed war crimes charges Wednesday against Bela Biszku, a former communist leader, for his conduct in the aftermath of the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising in Budapest. The 92-year-old is accused of “active involvement” in the decisions to order security…

Tamás Dezső’s provocative images of Romania

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A few years ago, Hungarian photographer Tamás Dezső was tipped off to a small, picturesque mining village in central Romania. “The Flooded Village of Geamana,” part of Dezső’s “Epilogue” on view at the Robert Koch Gallery in San Fracisco through…