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Australia's High Court on Wednesday rejected an extradition request from Hungary for a suspected Nazi war criminal, ending a legal battle that began in 2005.

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VICE guide to the Balkansupdated: Thu May 24 2012 04:44:00

VICE visits a refugee camp in Kosovo set up by the UN for the Roma community in 1999.

Sports reflecting the politics of warupdated: Fri Mar 02 2012 11:45:00

In 1956, the politics of war played out in a dramatic encounter between the Hungarian and Soviet water polo teams.

Protesters in Budapest demand PM resignupdated: Thu Jan 05 2012 09:32:00

Thousands of people protest Hungary's new constitution, demanding that PM Orban resign. CNN's Jim Clancy reports.

The global workforce: Challenge or asset? updated: Thu Oct 27 2011 11:31:00

It's like monopoly on a global scale, with people, factories, offices, and ideas, criss-crossing the world to get the job done in time and on budget.

People.com: Brad Pitt Film Set Raided by SWAT Teamupdated: Tue Oct 11 2011 10:08:00

Police seize 85 weapons from a warehouse in Budapest

Powell out of 100m as Bolt aims for world title repeatupdated: Thu Aug 25 2011 09:24:00

Former 100 meter world record holder Asafa Powell has pulled out of the world championships in Daegu, which are set to get under way on Saturday.

Zimbabwean woman wins top writing prize for tale of starving childrenupdated: Tue Jul 26 2011 11:50:00

Zimbabwean NoViolet Bulawayo has won the Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story "Hitting Budapest."

Nazi suspect acquittedupdated: Mon Jul 18 2011 07:31:00

A Hungarian court Monday acquitted one of the world's most wanted Nazi war suspects, saying there was not enough evidence to convict him of slaughtering three dozen people during World War II.

Ronald Reagan, champion of freedomupdated: Wed Jun 29 2011 14:42:00

Fifty-five years ago, freedom reigned for a brief moment in Communist Hungary. On October 23, 1956, student protesters marched through the streets of Budapest demanding an immediate end to their Soviet-dominated government.

How to save on solo travelupdated: Thu May 12 2011 08:37:00

Six ideas that help you skirt (or shave) the single-supplement fee:

Nazi war suspect's trial opens in Hungaryupdated: Thu May 05 2011 23:48:00

One of the world's most wanted Nazi war suspects, Sandor Kepiro, 97, went on trial Thursday in Hungary charged with the slayings of 36 Jews and Serbs in Novi Sad, Serbia, in 1942.

People.com: Off-Duty Hollywood: Brad Pitt Takes Daughter Shiloh on a Zipline in Budapestupdated: Mon Nov 08 2010 19:49:00

Plus: Gwen Stefani has a playdate in the park with son Zuma and more star sightings

People.com: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Spa Day with the Kidsupdated: Mon Oct 25 2010 12:08:00

The couple pamper Pax and Zahara with historic thermal baths - and McDonalds

People.com: First Look at Angelina Jolie On Set in Budapestupdated: Fri Oct 08 2010 16:36:00

The actress shoots her directorial debut in Hungary with Oscar-winning producer Graham King

People.com: Brad Pitt Arrives in Hungary to Join Angelina Jolie and Kidsupdated: Fri Oct 08 2010 08:48:00

The family are staying in Budapest while Jolie works on her directorial debut

Sludge cleanup begins in Hungary as search for victims goes onupdated: Thu Oct 07 2010 02:49:00

Rescue workers searched Wednesday for six elderly people missing at Kolontar, one of three villages in southwest Hungary that was hit Monday by a wave of toxic red sludge from an alumina plant reservoir that burst.

People.com: Angelina Jolie's Kids Starting School in Hungaryupdated: Tue Oct 05 2010 07:10:00

Jolie-Pitt clan, sans Brad, has moved to Budapest where Angelina is working on her directorial debut

Red Bull's Vettel quickest in Hungarian GP practiceupdated: Fri Jul 30 2010 12:00:00

Red Bull set the pace again in practice as Sebastian Vettel recorded the fastest lap time in both sessions Friday ahead of this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.

Soprano serenades doctors after lung transplantupdated: Wed Jun 23 2010 13:42:00

When Charity Tillemann-Dick was 4, her parents took her to her first opera.

Ferrari rule out Massa return this seasonupdated: Mon Oct 12 2009 11:48:00

Felipe Massa will not be returning to Formula One this season, his Ferrari team have officially announced.

Taking the plunge in Budapestupdated: Fri Jul 31 2009 13:51:00

In Budapest, Hungary's vibrant capital, you can sample spicy paprika at the Great Market Hall (designed by Gustave Eiffel), sip coffee in a genteel turn-of-the-20th-century cafe and enjoy an affordable performance at the luxurious Opera House.

From the next Berlin to the new Acropolis museumupdated: Fri Mar 13 2009 10:56:00

From the Czech Republic to Greece, the eastern part of Europe is changing so fast that you could visit every year and feel as if you've experienced something completely new.

2 killed in Hungary school shootingupdated: Wed Jan 07 2009 20:32:00

A principal and teacher were killed Wednesday when a masked gunman opened fire in a private elementary school in Budapest, Hungary's capital city, police said.

Time.com: Hungary: 4 Dead, 26 Injured in Train Collisionupdated: Mon Oct 06 2008 13:00:00

A local passenger train ran into the back of an long-distance train Monday near Budapest, killing four people and injuring 26

Red Bull vow to turn around F1 season at Spaupdated: Thu Sep 04 2008 06:33:00

Red Bull Racing are vowing to turn around their recent form and end the season as strongly as they started it at super-quick Spa.

Time.com: Dollar Weakens vs Euro; Oil Jumps to $114updated: Tue Aug 19 2008 11:20:00

Oil prices rebounded Tuesday, jumping back above $114 barrel after the dollar weakened against the euro and a rally in heating oil pulled new buyers into energy markets

Olympic memories: Blood in the waterupdated: Wed Aug 13 2008 04:27:00

Despite Baron de Coubertin's intention that the modern Olympics should promote a "spirit of friendship" among nations, the Games have never been as immune to the wider currents of international affairs as their founder had hoped.

Toyota chase best ever season resultupdated: Fri Aug 08 2008 04:21:00

Toyota are on course to equal their best season in Formula One, according to team president John Howett.

Time.com: Oil Holds Near $119 Per Barrelupdated: Wed Aug 06 2008 11:00:00

Oil prices were little changed near $119 a barrel Wednesday ahead of a key government report on U.S. energy stockpiles that could offer further proof of declining demand

Time.com: Oil Markets Look for Signs of Bubble Burstupdated: Fri Jul 18 2008 14:00:00

Oil prices edged modestly higher Friday as news of an output cut in Nigeria helped to halt, at least temporarily, the week's sharp decline in prices

Time.com: Unraveling Raoul Wallenberg's Secrets updated: Mon May 19 2008 16:00:00

Researchers believe Moscow has not come clean on the fate of the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust before his arrest by the Red Army

FSB: Nip/tuck in Budapestupdated: Mon May 12 2008 09:46:00

Randy Simor's entrepreneurial savvy was severely tested when police and anti-government protesters in Budapest skirmished during celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising against the Soviet Union. As the CEO of Meditours Hungary, a Budapest-based business offering Americans and Europeans access to Hungarian medical care, he had five clients in the city that day.

Latest travel newsupdated: Thu Mar 20 2008 12:55:00

Find out what's affecting the life of the globe-trotting business traveler.

Eastern Europe: What's nowupdated: Tue Feb 26 2008 17:04:00

Forget lists of "What's Next" in travel. Eastern Europe is "What's Now." While it's catching up to the West -- becoming more modern, expensive and crowded -- Eastern Europe remains a great value. Here's what to expect this year.

Time.com: Oil Drops Over Recession Anxietyupdated: Tue Jan 22 2008 11:00:00

Oil futures dropped sharply Tuesday on mounting concerns that the U.S. economy may be heading toward a recession that would dampen demand for crude

Materazzi to miss France showdownupdated: Thu Aug 23 2007 01:36:00

World Cup winners Italy, humbled 3-1 by Hungary in a friendly on Wednesday, will face France in next month's Euro 2008 qualifier without defender Marco Materazzi.

SI.com: Dr. Z: More coaching techniques, top five players everupdated: Fri Jun 22 2007 00:09:00

The bag this week encompassed such an embarrassment of riches that I am singling out the one negative voice for E-mailer of the Week honors. And although I have no hand in choosing the headline for this drivel, uh, for this column, may I humbly suggest the following: Gourmet Dining -- Humble Pie. Basically I am the type of person who tends to flog something to death, as all you readers know, and so does The Flaming Redhead. When I'm just getting warmed up on one of my favorite shpiels, I'll hear, sotto voce, "eighth time." This doesn't stop me, of course, but it does serve as a reminder that I'm tiptoeing into the senility pastures that beckon to those of older vintage.

SI.com: Dr. Z: Coaching techniques, QB situations, hotel woesupdated: Fri Jun 15 2007 03:10:00

The offensive coordinator and line coach of the Budapest Wolves is my E-mailer of the Week. So modest is this gentleman, William Goldenberg, who was born in the Bronx and now lives in Budapest (wasn't everybody?), that he says, "Honestly, I don't expect you to put this in your column, and frankly would prefer that you didn't LOL ... "

Serb Jankovic eases into last fourupdated: Thu Jan 04 2007 03:34:00

Serbian top seed Jelena Jankovic booked her place in the semifinals of the Auckland Classic with a comfortable victory over former champion Eleni Daniilidou of Greece on Thursday.

How the military lost its grip on governmentupdated: Wed Sep 20 2006 12:34:00

(CNN) -- Images of tanks rolling through the streets of Bangkok and demonstrators storming television stations in Budapest seemed to hark back to an era the world had left behind.

Can politicians be trusted?updated: Wed Sep 20 2006 03:40:00

Street violence aside, there was something exhilarating about this week's public reaction to the Hungarian prime minister's confession that his government was guilty of playing fast and loose with the truth.

Your e-mails: Hungary Riotsupdated: Tue Sep 19 2006 10:10:00

Early Tuesday, protesters across Hungary clashed with police and in Budapest stormed the headquarters of state television, responding with violence to a leaked recording that caught the countries prime minister admitting the government "lied morning, evening and night" about the economy.

Steffen powers to world record winupdated: Wed Aug 02 2006 15:50:00

Germany's Britta Steffen claimed a world record in the women's 100m freestyle and Laure Manaudou of France broke a 19-year European mark on a memorable day at the European swimming championships in Budapest.

Ferencvaros players blaming boardupdated: Wed Jul 26 2006 11:40:00

Players at Ferencvaros, Hungary's most successful club, have blamed their board of directors following their relegation to the second division for the first time in their history.

CNNMoney: Where the dollar is still kingupdated: Thu May 04 2006 10:09:00

As the dollar continues its slide against the euro - down almost 6 percent this year to a 1 year low - Americans thinking of traveling abroad might look beyond Paris, Rome or Madrid to destinations where the U.S. dollar remains strong.

More snow disrupts European travelupdated: Fri Dec 30 2005 06:52:00

Heavy snow across northern and central areas of Europe continued to cause problems for travelers on Friday with dangerous conditions expected into the weekend.

Anger for Blair over EU budgetupdated: Fri Dec 02 2005 09:36:00

British Prime Minister Tony Blair found himself in a major row at home and abroad on the future of the EU budget as he stopped off in Hungary as part of his tour to meet eastern European leaders.

Get involved: Europeupdated: Mon Nov 14 2005 06:06:00

Send us your tips, words, photos and videos to thescene@cnn.com, or text "SCENE" plus your comments to +44 7786 20 40 60. Remember to include your name and the city/country where you live.

Schumacher closes on pole recordupdated: Sat Jul 30 2005 08:34:00

World champion Michael Schumacher captured Ferrari's first pole position of the Formula One season at the Hungarian GP in Budapest.

Ferencvaros charged after violenceupdated: Fri Oct 01 2004 08:10:00

UEFA has charged Hungary's Ferencvaros after their fans threw missiles and shouted racist abuse in Thursday's UEFA Cup tie with Millwall.

Fan stabbed as Millwall crash outupdated: Thu Sep 30 2004 16:50:00

A man was stabbed and seriously injured in clashes between Ferencvaros and Millwall fans before the UEFA Cup first round second leg game in Budapest, which the Hungarians won 3-1 to go through on a 4-1 aggregate

Airliners make emergency landingsupdated: Sun Aug 15 2004 22:55:00

Security threats forced two passenger jets operated by Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines to make emergency landings in Budapest Sunday.

Lufthansa jet in emergency landingupdated: Sun Aug 15 2004 11:57:00

A Lufthansa jet en route from Istanbul to Frankfurt has made an emergency landing in Budapest after airline officials received a security threat, an airline spokesman said.

'Blood in the water'updated: Thu Jun 03 2004 06:11:00

Despite Baron de Coubertin's intention that the modern Olympics should promote a "spirit of friendship" among nations, the Games have never been as immune to the wider currents of international affairs as their founder had hoped.

Classy Brazil overpower Hungariansupdated: Wed Apr 28 2004 17:03:00

World champions Brazil showed their class with a dazzling performance to beat Hungary 4-1 in a highly entertaining international friendly in Budapest.

Arrest over Hungary bomb plotupdated: Wed Apr 14 2004 03:12:00

Hungarian national police arrested a 42-year-old Hungarian dentist of Palestinian origin Tuesday on suspicion of plotting to bomb a Jewish museum in Budapest, a police spokesman said.

Eastern Europe set for travel surgeupdated: Mon Apr 12 2004 03:06:00

With 10 more countries about to swell the ranks of the EU come May 1, the one business sector likely to get a boost is the travel industry -- both for leisure and business.

Giggs absence deals Wales new blowupdated: Mon Mar 29 2004 11:42:00

Midfielder Ryan Giggs is the latest casualty to pull out of Wales' side to face Hungary in a friendly in Budapest on Wednesday.

Russians set world indoor recordsupdated: Sat Mar 06 2004 12:10:00

Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva took the world indoor triple jump title in style by equalling and then twice breaking the world record in Budapest on Saturday.

Lagat returning to the world stageupdated: Tue Feb 24 2004 08:51:00

Olympic 1,500 meters silver medalist Bernard Lagat will lead a squad of six Kenyans to next month's World indoor athletics Championships in Budapest.

Fortune: $4.6 Billion And Countingupdated: Mon Oct 27 2003 00:01:00

Soros's Open Society Institute, which takes its name from philosopher Karl Popper's phrase for free and democratic states, supports 33 foundations that funnel money into global philanthropy. Many o...

Business 2.0: Leading Indicators WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MONTH, AND WHAT IT MEANS.updated: Thu May 01 2003 00:01:00

BROADBAND Electrifying the Net

Fortune: The Edge of the Web Less than a decade after the Internet began to move into the home and office, it has updated: Mon Jul 10 2000 00:01:00

The Information Revolution is a bloodless one. Unlike the Russian Revolution, say, or the 19th-century industrial sort, the information revolution seems to have had few noxious side effects. But th...

Fortune: The ABCs of Summer Insurance Here's how to protect your home, your car, your boat, and your other valuables--so updated: Mon May 29 2000 00:01:00

It was a Friday night in Budapest, and Pat Musser and a friend were taking in the sights. The vacationers had just arrived after an 18-hour journey and wanted to stretch their legs. They'd bought s...

Fortune: Hate the Web Master? He, Too, Can Be Replacedupdated: Mon Jan 24 2000 00:01:00

Irked by ponytailed Web masters with more attitude than ability who command six-figure salaries plus options? Jealous of journeyman programmers who oh-so-casually double their day rates by defectin...

Fortune: YOUNG AMERICANS GO ABROAD TO STRIKE IT RICH From Budapest to Beijing, record numbers of ambitious entrepreneurs and pioneering pupdated: Mon Oct 17 1994 00:01:00

DANIEL ARBESS was a baby-faced associate at the venerable New York law firm White & Case when he first traveled to Prague on vacation. It was December 1989, and the Czech capital was just emerging ...

Fortune: EASTERN EUROPE IS ONE HOT MARKETupdated: Mon Jan 25 1993 00:01:00

-- From the Baltic to the Black Sea, Eastern Europeans are loading up on merchandise bearing U.S. brand names like Kodak, Kellogg's, Band-Aids, Rice-a- Roni, SlimFast, and Purina Cat Chow. Warsaw s...

Fortune: TRAVEL TIPS YOUR BARGAIN CHRISTMAS IN EASTERN EUROPEupdated: Mon Oct 19 1992 00:01:00

U.S. vacationers get value for their dollar in the three countries portrayed here. General advice: Bring phrase books and remember that German, not English, is the dominant second language. Count o...

Fortune: FROM WALL STREET TO BUDAPESTupdated: Mon Dec 02 1991 00:01:00

John Whitehead, 69, is accustomed to managing Big Money for Very Important People. Since 1989, five years after he left as co-chairman of investment bank Goldman Sachs and shortly after retiring fr...

Fortune: NOW HEAR THIS updated: Mon Oct 07 1991 00:01:00

GABOR NAGY, 31, a councilman in Budapest, on political representation in New York City, which he visited to study local government: ''This guy will represent the gays, and that one the African Amer...

Fortune: TRANSYLVANIAN HEARTBREAKupdated: Mon May 20 1991 00:01:00

Their heavy black wool vests and black and red pleated skirts help these entrepreneurs stand out from the crowds of Hungarians who cruise Budapest's Vaci Street. The brightly clad peddlers hope to ...

Money Magazine: 10 GREAT VACATION VALUES FOR THE COMING YEARupdated: Sat Dec 01 1990 00:01:00

This is one of those good news/bad news situations: The surge in oil prices has sent the cost of travel soaring -- up six times higher than the consumer price index this year. As a result, nervous ...

Fortune: FORTUNE Magazine contents page OCTOBER 22, 1990 VOL. 122, NO. 10 updated: Mon Oct 22 1990 00:01:00

CITIES/Cover Stories 48 THE BEST CITIES FOR BUSINESS Securing top employees will be the greatest challenge companies face in the Nineties. Here's where to find them. by Patricia Sellers

Fortune: THE WORLD'S HOTTEST SHARESupdated: Mon Jul 30 1990 00:01:00

Is your investing antenna picking up irresistible international signals? It should be. Share prices of a number of corporations in Europe and Asia rose dramatically in the first six months of the y...

Fortune: EUROPE'S CEOs ON A UNITED GERMANY, RED ARMY SURPLUS SALES, A HOT TIP, AND MOREupdated: Mon Jun 04 1990 00:01:00

-- The British economy as a whole may not be doing too well, but British corporations took 28 of the top 50 places in a recent survey that ranked 250 European companies by profitability. (See table...

Fortune: AH, NEXT SPRING IN BUDAPESTupdated: Mon Jan 01 1990 00:01:00

Now that the Cold War is over, the hot season for travel to Eastern Europe is about to begin. Hyatt, Marriott, Sheraton, and some other chains farsightedly opened hotels in different capitals. Besi...

Fortune: FORTUNE Magazine contents page JANUARY 1, 1990 VOL. 121, NO. 1 updated: Mon Jan 01 1990 00:01:00

EXECUTIVE LIFE/Cover Story 36 WHY GRADE 'A' EXECS GET AN 'F' AS PARENTS The qualities that make for corporate achievement -- intensity and single- mindedness -- are often the opposite of what's nee...

Fortune: TOWARD A NEW ERA OF POSSIBILITIES updated: Mon Dec 04 1989 00:01:00

The historic events in East Berlin and Moscow, Warsaw, and Budapest provide the most dramatic evidence yet that the Cold War is over and we have won. Socialism is on the run, and democratic capital...

Fortune: IRON CURTAIN MBAupdated: Mon Sep 25 1989 00:01:00

Move over, Karl Marx. Hungary's premier university has dropped Das Kapital from its required reading list. And, this month, the reform-minded Magyars are launching the East bloc's first MBA program...

Fortune: SIGNALS updated: Mon Jul 18 1988 00:01:00

Bright young comrades will soon be receiving their MBA degrees from Karl Marx University in Budapest. Eager to adopt the West's business acumen, Hungary recently asked the University of Tennessee t...

Fortune: A SHOPPING PORTFOLIO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AROUND THE WORLDupdated: Mon Dec 21 1987 00:01:00

A witch flies on a broomstick to drop Christmas gifts down Italian chimneys; in southern Syria a camel does the hauling; the honorable porter's name in Japan is Santa-san. Deliverers may differ acr...

Fortune: Hot money havenupdated: Mon Nov 10 1986 00:01:00

If Switzerland is no longer a safe home for dubious dough, what is? Believe it or not, the hot new haven is Hungary. In the past year Switzerland has frozen the accounts of deposed despots Ferdinan...

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