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'Public Intellectuals 2.0': Democratizing Free Speech?
OpenDemocracy has a great post today by Evgeny Morozov on the recent Citizen Media Summit (organized by our citizen-media internet neighbours Global Voices), which was held this past weekend in Budapest. The post and... Hungary regrets Irish rejection of Lisbon Treaty
"BUDAPEST, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Hungary regrets that Irish voters have rejected the Lisbon Treaty on EU reforms ,but believes that the outcome of the referendum does not necessarily mean the failure of the document, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Spokesman Lajos Szelestey said on... US to require online registration for visa-free travel
It sounds like this move will potentially create a large database of foreign citizens. It also raises questions about what people without online access will do - and how will it still be possible to travel to the US... Record number take UK citizenship
This is all about stats, according to BBC news story, UK has issued recorded number of citizenship last year.Just look at the figures, which say all about the story at a glance."A record 164,635 people were granted British citizenship last year, government figures have...Hungarian Emfesz says to start building new plant
"Hungarian gas wholesaler Emfesz said on Thursday that next year it would start building its planned gas-fuelled power plant which will have a total capacity of 2,400 megawatts.The first two of the plant's six 400-MW... US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,077
Apart form economic loss, USA has lost thousands of military personnel in Iraq War. There is no sign of any let up in US casualty and as war continues there the figure will soar." As of Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at... Study ranks Canadians second-last on environment
Canada has been ranked second to last, only beating the US in a new study of consumer habits and how they affect the environment.Out of 14 countries, Canada scored a very low rating from the National Geographic... Canadian consumers rank second-last in green survey
Huge homes, widespread car culture push Canada to back of the pack Fugitive Pieces: A Chat with Robert Lantos and Jeremy Podeswa
"by Ryan NadelEleven years ago, across Canada and the world, many avidly turned the pages of Anne Michaels' bestselling novel Fugitive Pieces. Among them was Robert Lantos. Like many, when Lantos turned the book's... Known killer of two children still free after eight years
The story starts in 2000."On April 9, 2000, Ciarán Tobin, an Irish citizen working as a senior manager of Irish Life and Permanent Hungary, was driving towards Budapest through a small town of Leányfalu. His speed was estabilished at least 80 km/h in a 50 km/h...Hungary wants to tax the internet
Did you hear that Hungary is a controversial country? Well this is just one more example for this. We would need to spread the use of internetin our country since considering the internet penetration in EU we arestill somewhere behind. So what should one do to help this?...Visa-Free Travel Expanded by Homeland Security
"""The Department of Homeland Security announced proudly on March 17 that three former Eastern bloc nations - Slovakia, Hungary, and Lithuania - have entered into a memorandum of understanding allowing visa-free travel to and from those countries and the United States. Which...Serbia's neighbours recognise Kosovo
Serbia's neighbours, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Hungary, recognized Kosovo's independence today, which was a blow to Serbia as they are trying to resist the province's breakaway." Serbia immediately warned its three...Money just flows on the streets of Budapest
As 1 and 2 forint coins are getting phased out in Hungary (1 USD is 175 forints) they are being collected for various charity purposes. One of the local councils (there are 3200 in a country where ten million lives...) managed to collect so much of them that the big plastic... Budapest: madness on the streets -- literally
Last year, as one of the first steps in a sweeping health reform, OPNI (National Institue of Psychiatry and Neurology) was closed down in Budapest. According to one the biggest TV channels in Hungary, there are about 5-600 schizophrenic people now without regular medical...
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