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Prosecutors in Hungary have charged a former para-military officer Sandor Kepiro with involvement in the murder of more than 1000 civilians in Serbia, during the Second World War. … Read More »
A full plenary meeting of the European Parliament has held a commemoration (2.2.11) of the “gypsy holocaust”, the Porrajmos, or Roma genocide, during the second World War. … Read More »
The new Hungarian government has started talking about moderating a national media law which has diverted attention from other tasks, at the start of its Presidency of the EU.
That coincides with reports of new moves in America, on the Wikileaks front, perceived as nibbling at the freedom to publish. … Read More »
Hungarian authorities say that discharge of toxic sludge from the burst tailings dam mat Ajka has been dissolving in the Danube River to levels not harmful to aquatic life. … Read More »
COMMENTARY: A flood of toxic sludge from a ruptured dam, at an alumina plant in South-west Hungary has brought death and destruction, with four dead and 120 hurt, and a pollution threat to the Danube River. What happened and how? Where is the waste material from? What happens now? … Read More »
The Council of Europe has heard cautionary words about the rights of refugee children, and of transgender persons in European countries. … Read More »
The Australian driver Mark Webber’s (Red Bull team) win in the Hungarian Grand Prix (1.8.10), has put him ahead in the Championship points tally, the English driver Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) now trailing by four points.
He said it was good to be ahead at the commencement of the break in the schedule, after the last European race, but counselled: “we must not get ahead of ourselves”.
See also EUAustralia Online: “More winners …”, 12.7.10; “Mark Webber crash …”, 28.6.10; “Nice clean race …”, 12.5.10.