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Ground staff resume strike at Budapest airport

Ground staff resume strike at Budapest airport Budapest  - One of three terminals at Budapest's Ferihegy International Airport was closed from 4 pm (1500 GMT) on Monday as ground staff resumed a strike over pay and conditions.

"Management has made no serious attempt in the past few weeks to solve the industrial dispute," the two unions behind the strike said in a statement.

Budapest Airport announced that passengers should expect delays of a few hours, but no cancellations should be necessary.

Great African Run shows the Dakar rally how it's done

Great African Run shows the Dakar rally how it's doneBudapest  - A motley fleet of more than 200 vehicles set off from Budapest on Saturday on the first stage of the Budapest-Bamako rally, a 9,000-kilometre trek that will take them across Europe and the Sahara Desert to Mali in West Africa.

With Dakar Rally exiled to Latin America by the threat of terrorism, it had fallen to Hungary to organize The Great African Run.

Budapest''s oldest gorilla goes under the knife

GorillasLondon, Jan 17 : A gorilla in Hungary had to undergo a rare lifesaving s

Hungary says gas crisis gives European pipeline project a boost

Hungary says gas crisis gives European pipeline project a boost Budapest  - The ongoing gas supply crisis caused by the row between Ukraine and Russia over pricing could be provide a timely shot in the arm for the Nabucco gas pipeline project, Hungary's ambassador for the project said on Friday.

The planned Nabucco pipeline, favoured by the EU and the US, would bring gas from the Middle East and Central Asia through Turkey and the Balkans into Austria, cutting Russia out of the supply chain.

Bosch axes 250 jobs at Hungarian plant

Bosch axes 250 jobs at Hungarian plantBudapest  - The German engineering firm Bosch announced on Thursday that it is cutting 250 jobs at its largest Hungarian plant due to falling orders.

"Since the end of last year, Bosch's largest Hungarian automotive plant has been faced with ever smaller orders from its partners as a result of the crisis in the automotive industry that began last year," Zsuzsanna Kukaj, spokeswoman for Bosch Hungary, told the local news agency MTI

The job cuts will take effect in February. The number of shifts at the plant will be cut from four to three, Kukaj added.

Hungary lifts gas restrictions, offers help to Slovakia

Hungary FlagBudapest - Hungary has lifted its restrictions on domestic gas use, Energy Minister Csaba Molnar said on Thursday, despite its main supply route staying closed in the ongoing row between Ukraine and Russia over pricing.

Molnar also confirmed that the Hungarian energy company MOL is ready to deliver 1 to 1.5 million cubic metres of gas to Slovakia, if needed.

In addition, Hungary has offered to supply electricity to its northern neighbour, the minister said.

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