Budapest - A Roma couple were killed in their sleep when a hand grenade was thrown through the window of their house in southern Hungary, authorities said Wednesday.

A 37-year-old man and his 31-year-old wife died in the blast late Tuesday in the town of Pecs. Two of their three children were slightly injured.

Police were quick to dismiss the idea that the attack was racially motivated. The case was probably a Mafia-style revenge killing, county police spokesman Peter Zsobrak said on Hungarian television.

He said police had found no evidence of a link to a November 3 attack in north-eastern Hungary that left two Roma dead.

Budapest  - Hungary plans a 1.4-trillion-forint (6.5-billion-dollar) stimulus package to boost its ailing economy, the government said Thursday, after international lenders last month staved off the ex-communist nation's financial collapse.

The proposal is designed to ease Hungary's severe credit crunch, generate more than 9 billion dollars in new investment and create 20,000 new jobs, Economy Minister Gordon Bajnai told members of parliament in Budapest.

Budapest (Hungary), Nov 11: India and Hungary will sign an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhancing cooperation in the field of sports.

This was decided at the meeting of Dr. M. S. Gill, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports with his Hungarian counterpart, Dr. Istvan Gyenesei here today

Dr. Gill is currently on a four-day visit to Hungary.

During the meeting, both leaders discussed various modes for enhancing the cooperation between the two countries in the field of sports especially in the areas of coaching and training of athletes.

Budapest - A Kuwaiti diplomat was attacked inside his home, locked in the cellar and robbed by two masked men earlier this week, the Hungarian agency MTI reported Thursday.

Budapest - Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany on Monday proposed a 3.9-billion-euro (5-billion-dollar) crisis plan to boost Hungary's economy.

The move comes after international lenders pitched in over the last week to help the eastern European nation stave off financial collapse.

Gyurcsany has called the 1-billion-forint plan a stabilization and stimulus package designed to protect jobs and export markets.