Hemingway: három az egyben

A Kosztolányi Dezső téren lévő Feneketlen-tó és környéke a főváros egyik jellegzetes szubkulturális helye. Szívesen járnak ide a
... a tóból kifogni egy búvárt, mint egy halat. A tehetősebb közönség ”hal ügyben” (is) inkább a Hemingway éttermet
de nem procc étterem, hangulatos kávéház, barátságos klub. Három az egyben. Nyáron megtoldva a tó fölé húzódó grillterasszal, télen
...: minden Elérhetőség: Cím: XI. ker. Budapest, Kosztolányi Dezső tér 2., Feneketlen tó Tel.: 06-381-05-22 Nyitva: 10-24 óráig., vas

2007. szeptember. 17. 11:00 hvg.hu English version

"Without privatisation, the economy would have collapsed."

The budget deficit can no longer be allowed to leap skywards in every electoral year, according to Arpad Kovacs, the
The State Audit Office (ASZ) has responded to the implementation of the 2006 budget and last year's privatisations with its most
... organisation in 1996 and 1997, a post he was appointed to after a previous stint as a senior ASZ official. Kovacs, who studied in
... Audit Office © Túry Gergely HVG: Has your patience come to an end? Why have you been so critical of this year's budget and last

2007. szeptember. 10. 20:12 MTI Itthon

Kiemelték az elsüllyedt vitorlást a Balatonból

Azt a Európa 30-as vitorlást, amelyik hibás manőverezés miatt vasárnap süllyedt el a tó közepén, kiemelték a Balatonból - tájékoztatott

2007. szeptember. 10. 14:15 hvg.hu English version

Let them sue?

Civil liberties enshrined in the constitution leave the government little room for manoeuvre when it comes to taking legal steps against
labelled fascist. The prime minister promised to amend legislation on free assembly and free speech to place extremist
... surveillance. But Ferenc Kondorosi, a state secretary, told HVG that a Justice Ministry proposal relating to the far-right website
... very far. "I see very few possibilities for change within the existing criminal law framework." According to the ministry, slander

2007. szeptember. 10. 12:00 hvg.hu English version

Making sacrifices without confessions

Plans to cut staffing at the National Security Office (NBH) are about improving productivity and cutting out dead wood to
... flows, according to Gyorgy Szilvasy, minister without portfolio in charge of the civilian secret services. The changes will reduce the
... operational directorates from four to three and cut the number of departments in half
said to have resigned. Szilvasy, however, insisted nobody had been sacked from the NBH, and that more than three quarters of the
... continue to serve in some managerial role. That the NBH is being reformed is not a surprise. Many criticisms have been levelled at
... operations over the past year. Szilvasy himself acknowledged this, saying: "We have had to overcome the deficiencies that have been

2007. szeptember. 05. 11:50 hvg.hu English version

Interview with the president for Hungary of the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises

Scientologist businesspeople only conceal their allegiance to protect themselves from attacks, according to Imre Toth, the
government. Wouldn't it be better to publish a list of your association's members? I.T.: The moment members of other churches
... economic and other interests,we will do the same. Until then, we have a right to enjoy the same constitutional right to
... be stronger, and the popular mood would be better. HVG: Is it true that Scientologist businesspeople help each other to get on and

2007. szeptember. 03. 11:05 hvg.hu English version

The gaffes of the right wing media

What makes right-wing journalists attempt to rehabilitate elements of the traditional Arrow Cross and Nazi symbols and, by their
but wrong when he compared the activities of the portal's editors to those of the Socialist MP Janos Zuschlag, who joked about Jews
.... I have nothing to say in his favour, not least because further information has emerged in recent weeks about a range of phantom
... councillor in Budapest), they were nonetheless media professionals. The radio itself belongs to Simicska's Fidesz-linked media empire

2007. augusztus. 27. 10:40 hvg.hu English version

Hysteria and overreaction in the Magyar Garda affair

The anti-fascists' overreaction to Arrow Cross-inspired initiatives risk provoking a boomerang effect. An insignificant, peripheral
...-grouping has just been given billions of forints' worth of free advertising. To the hyperventilators we say keep calm! You'll achieve
The founding members of the Magyar Garda have sought protection from the President in response to Ferenc Gyurcsany's request that public
... a free-thinking liberal, I believe they have the right to express their views, however revolting they may be. Attempts at banning them
.... Rampaging storm troopers on the streets are apparently posing a real threat to the lives of peaceful Jews, Roma, gays and left-liberal

2007. augusztus. 22. 11:05 hvg.hu English version

Matyas Eorsi meets with Cuban opposition leaders

visited Cuba. There, he and some Estonian and Dutch MPs defied police threats to meet up with prominent opposition activists. He met
Mátyás Eörsi © Dudás Szabolcs hvg.hu: It must have been a risk to visit a police state as an unofficial tourist and seek
... opposition activists. M.E.: I assembled the Council of Europe's small delegation to make clear that human rights do not depend on
... police followed our movements closely, almost expelling our interpreter. They made clear to us that they were aware of our meetings and

2007. augusztus. 21. 09:55 hvg.hu English version

Szent-Ivanyi on Hungarian foreign policy's weaknesses

The Hungarian government has failed to come up with an up-to-date vision of the nation. It should have thought more
... according to Istvan Szent-Ivanyi, an MEP, foreign policy committee member and foreign affairs spokesperson for the Free Democrats
European democracies' common position condemning America's visa policy and for adopting its own line on visa-free access to the United
..., Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia - sent a joint declaration to Washington. Until that point, we had been members of this coalition
... the visa restrictions affecting our citizens to be lifted. I believe it would have been appropriate for us to continue our

2007. augusztus. 17. 11:25 hvg.hu English version

Portrait of Janos Szabo, the new rector of the National University of Defence Studies

"My father was an army officer for a short while before working for local government. He had high expectations. Children were not to
... eating and should not involve themselves in adults' conversations. I soon wanted to leave home," remembers the 54-year-old general and
education." Because of this, he ended up studying to be an aeroplane mechanic in Szolnok. He was not an aviation enthusiast, however
... months later I passed." He nonetheless asked to teach social sciences in place of technical subjects. He was permitted to
... Zrinyi Miklos Military Academy. After the regime change, he was sent to Brown University in America, after which he was named an

2007. augusztus. 15. 13:20 hvg.hu English version

Bribe the instructors, faked tests - a driving licence in two weeks

Fierce competition between driving schools have depressed prices - and this, not alleged corruption, has led to the poor driving skills
"It's very rare for a test to be clean. Most driving examiners expect some kind of a tip," claimed a provincial driving instructor who
... the past few years. A few years ago, it took an average of 1.6 driving tests to get a licence, while it now takes 1.85. Szorcsok claims
... fails has risen over the past three years because authorities are trying to keep up the difficulty level, while instructors are

2007. augusztus. 14. 11:20 hvg.hu English version

"The word 'buy' is not to my taste. Let's say we grow together."

Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer, the 57-year-old chief executive of OMV, the Austrian oil company, is working to bring about a forced marriage
... Hungary's Mol and his company. He believes the capital markets want a cash payment, which amounts to a buy-out. He dismisses
HVG: I brought you an "I love Mol" sticker from a Hungarian filling station. Even the Vienna papers are reporting Hungarian calls to
... Austrian companies. Were you expecting your purchase of 8.6 per cent of Mol's shares to kick up such a storm in Hungary? W.R.: I
... storm has a role to play in European economic development. OMV itself is no longer an Austrian company. Most of our activities are

2007. augusztus. 10. 13:25 hvg.hu English version

Striking season

We should brace ourselves to expect more fraught salary negotiations from the autumn, especially in industries we all depend
These 'sensitive industries' are likely to suffer from lengthy strikes because workers in other sectors can't force their employers into
... of practical and theoretical training. It's no coincidence that engine drivers threatened to strike at the end of July if Hungarian
... rising inflation. But nor is it surprising that the government seems unwilling to see strikes that affect hundreds of thousands of

2007. augusztus. 05. 21:09 hvg.hu English version

Hungarian sex workers

Prostitutes are to receive subsidised business classes. Like other self-employed people, they will pay tax and social security
training for budding businesswomen. The 110 places available were several times oversubscribed. One part of the story goes back to
... event in Pecs. Police asked several prostitutes for identity papers and, finding they had no official documents on them at all, reported them
... law makes it impossible to have sex for money legally, since either the employer or the business would be criminally liable. A

2007. augusztus. 03. 11:05 MTI Itthon

Kábítószer termesztőket fogtak a rendőrök

Egy szerb férfit és egy magyar nőt vettek őrizetbe a szegedi rendőrök, mert a domaszéki otthonukban folytatott házkutatás során több tő

2007. augusztus. 01. 17:22 MTI Világ

Vészesen apad a Garda-tó Olaszországban

Vészesen apad a Garda-tó, Olaszország legnagyobb tava, olyannyira, hogy le kellett állítani a szárnyashajók közlekedését, és
A tartós hőség és szárazság miatt június közepe óta 40 centiméternyit apadt a tó vízszintje, és minden nap további 1 centiméterrel
... hosszú, legnagyobb szélességénél 17 kilométer széles Garda-tó Olaszország legnagyobb tava, amely a gazdag mediterrán flórának és az