OverseasTravelTips.com: Alerts, Warnings and News for Hungary

Human Infection with Avian Influenza A

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:01:01 +0000

(H5N1) Virus: Advice for Travelers This information is current as of today, January 06, 2009 at 12:16 Updated: November 03, 2008Current Situation Highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (also called “H5N1,” “bird flu,” or “avian flu”) has ... Read this Article

Guidelines and Recommendations

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:01:01 +0000

: Interim Guidance about Avian Influenza (H5N1) for U.S. Citizens Living Abroad This information is current as of today, January 06, 2009 at 12:16 Updated: November 03, 2008Current SituationHighly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (also called “H5N1,” “bird flu,” or “avian ... Read this Article

Russian gas cuts start to hit Europe

Europe - Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine 4 Jan 2009 The threat of winter gas cuts loomed over Europe yesterday as Russia and Ukraine failed to resolve a dispute that led Moscow to cut off gas supplies to its neighbour last week. more...

Dangers of radical nationalism a European issue, says gov't official

Europe - Hungary 5 Dec 2008 The issue of resurgent nationalists gaining power is not a national or insular one but a Europe-wide one, Peter Kiss, head of the prime minister's office, told an international conference on Thursday. more...

Two men accused of kidnapping US citizens

Europe - Hungary 4 Dec 2008 Two Hungarian men are accused of having kidnapped two US citizens who refused to settle their bill in a Budapest bar last weekend, police told MTI on Monday. more...

Petrol bomb thrown at loan office in SW Hungary

Europe - Hungary 4 Dec 2008 Unknown perpetrators threw a Molotov petrol bomb at the door of a loan office in the town of Kaposvar (SW Hungary) early on Tuesday, a regional police spokeswoman told MTI. more...

Hungary's prime minister hopeful for Nabucco deal with Turkey

Europe - Hungary 28 Nov 2008 Hungary's prime minister said he is hopeful that talks over a pipeline that would transport natural gas from the Caucasus to Western markets will resume smoothly soon. more...

Budapest Demonstration November 29

Europe - Hungary 28 Nov 2008 On November 29th, several labor unions will hold a demonstration/march against financial restrictions and frozen benefits/wages. Starting at 11:00 at Heroes' square, protesters will march, passing by Kossuth Square, to the Ministry of Education. Thousands of protesters are expected and there will be a large police presence. more...

Expected Demonstrations in Budapest

Europe - Hungary 22 Oct 2008 The October 23rd anniversary of the 1956 revolution is a very important and emotional national holiday in Hungary. more...

Hungary Demonstrations October 3

Europe - Hungary 3 Oct 2008 On Friday, October 3, the Hungarian National Committee 2006 (Gonda) announced it is planning to hold a demonstration against the police, who it accuses of having used toxic gas (CR) to disperse the far-right demonstration at Szabads??g square on September 20th. more...

Budapest Demonstrations

Europe - Hungary 19 Sep 2008 Spontaneous demonstrations take place in Budapest from time to time in response to world events or local developments. more...

Budapest Bomb Threats

Europe - Hungary 18 Sep 2008 The Hungarian Anti-Terrorism Coordination Committee has announced this afternoon that bomb threats have been received today by several public institutions in Budapest. more...