19 posts tagged “hungary”

It seems that Hungarian's are fascinated by flash games in the month of March, according to the Google Zeitgeist, coming in at number one. Meanwhile, at number two comes my favourite European clothing chain, Mexx. Don't you think these are a strange set of results for web browsing/search?. Your thoughts? See more Zeitgeist results here

The story is currently been carried on the Budapest Sun Online website. "Miklós Patrubány, President of the World Federation of Hungarians (MVSz), has called for Hungary's voters to be given another referendum on whether citizenship should be granted to ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries."

http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=26069

Not really sure about this one. If somebody is that intrested, whether it be that they are ethnically from that countries background or even economically intrested in being a citizen of another then maybe they could move there? However, in today's World the movement of populations highlight that this is not so straight forward and that maybe dual nationality is the way forward in the short term. Maybe to some degree this is why the original referendum failed. Your thoughts.....

If you would ike to listen to Hungarian Radio take a look at the following link this will take you to the english page of Magyar Radio, there you will find a choice of 3 radio stations

Radio Kossuth
Radio Petofi
Radio Bartok

Magyar Radio

According to reports from the BBC; Hungary refuses to accept that the bird flu originated in Hungary.  The Hungarian Chief Vet stated that the outbreak is more than likely to have come from wild birds, despite the outbreak of Bird Flu in Hungary a month ago at geese farms in the South East of the country, some miles from the production plant belonging to Bernard Matthews. To read the full story please click on the following link BBC Story in Full.

Although I'm not a big fan of extreme sports, i.e. don't participate I love to watch it from time to time. This video was shot in Budapest at the Papp Laszlo Sport Arena at Tempo And Style 2004. The video also has a great sound track. Great Job Laszlo. Laszlo Mudra. mulder.hu

The Hungarian: Model: Markets and Planning in a Socialist Economy came at what is considered the end of the communist period for many. Xavier Richet's book shows the ups and downs of the Hungarian  econnomic model. This books is worth getting if looking at the Economic History of Hungary.

Since posting the video below thought I would check out a little more about Neo. The group hail from Hungary and were formed in 1998. The band members include

Matyas Milkovics - keyboards, programming, vocals
Eniko Hodosi - vocals, guitars, keyboards
Peter Kováry - vocals, guitars

The video below is entitled record straight and is taken from their fourth album

The video in some regards reminds me of Take on Me by A-Ha, mixed with Tron and War of The Worlds, except not quite as cartoony. If you want to check ou more of Neo take a look at their homepage on my space link below.