Nokia Siemens to cut 17,000 jobs, 23% of its workforce

The struggling telecoms equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks is cutting 17,000 jobs, 23% of its workforce. The cuts from its 74,000-strong workforce should help reduce costs by some 1bn euros ($1.35bn; £860m),...

Budapest Railway Station

Image of the day: Budapest main railway station. Hungary.Source: http://www.schahryar.com/photoblog/474

Mediterranean Cruises To See The Wonders of Mediter

Mediterranean cruises are an excellent way to spend the holidays in wonders of sea and Europe.If at all you are planning a vacation and spend your summer vacations in a memorable way, then a trip to Europe is the best option available with you. To make it more different and...

Hungarian GP: Ferrari Says Major Changes

Coming off of the cold temperatures of Germany, the Formula One circus heads to Budapest. The temperatures hotter, the track tighter and the unknown changes Ferrari and others have coming should make this an...

Gay pride - Hungarian style

Well, last Sunday the annual gay parade took place in Hungary... Usual scenario: Hundreds of lgbti people and supporters gathered and marched through the capital, Budapest. Sounds great. Except the racist protesters, who chanted their : fairy,faggot,kill you, go to hell mix...

Cirque du National Security Hungary

In the last weeks Hungarian National Security was humiliated 3 times.. Two former Chief of National Security arrested - one of them charged with espionage (he studied at Moscow KGB University - it was a known fact), also a former minister of National Security arrested at the...

Hungary Forces Private Pension Members Back to State Scheme

Hungarian Government Uses Pension Push to Make Up Budget ShortfallThe Hungarian government is trying to make up a budget shortfall by forcing members of private pension schemes to come back to the state pension plan. If private customers refuse, they will be ineligible for...

Toxic Sludge in Hungary: Satellite Photos Released of Red Sludge

The Toxic Sludge Disaster in Hungary is Getting Bigger and NASA's Satellite Photos Show Extent of Spill The two satellite photos from NASA were taken on October 9, five days after the accident occurred at the Ajkai Timföldgyár alumina (aluminum oxide) plant in Hungary....

Zoltan Bakonyi: Hungary Toxic Sludge Boss Arrested

Zoltan Bakonyi of MAL Co. Arrested over Danube Toxic Sludge Spill Zoltan Bakonyi, managing director of MAL Co., whose 185 million gallons of toxic sludge has spilled into the Danube River, was arrested for public...

Hungary Toxic Sludge Could Spread to Europe, Danube (Video)

The Hungary Toxic Sludge Spill Could Have Disastrous Effects For European Countries Along the Danube River Three people are still missing, four have been killed, and about 120 were injured when a sludge reservoir at...

Hungary: Toxic Sludge in Kolontar, Devecser and Somlovasarhely

The Towns of Kolontar, Devecser and Somlovasarhely in Hungary Have Declared a State of Emergency A sludge reservoir at an aluminum production plant burst its banks on Monday, flooding the towns with a toxic...

Musical prodigy from old Iron Curtain eyes new American dream

LOS ANGELES, CA -- He was a musical prodigy who grew up in Budapest, Hungary, behind the now-demolished Iron Curtain.  Now he is a successful man who still wants to experience the American dream. In an...

Obama's 'left-handed one year'

After his inauguration ceremony, he took the west wing and started a democrat year in the US, as the first african-american president of the United States of America. I remember only 3 things (maybe 4) from this...

Haiti's Hell

After a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince and other regions, the world started to move. But not so quickly.Hundreds of millions of USD came in the media and the virtual world, aid and...

Christmas Note

In this moment I listening P!NK and chatting on MSN. 13 December. And started to think about the christmas' soul. The Meaning of this christian 'holiday', the message of Christmas. Now years ago, I feel these...

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