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Austerity? What austerity?
29/12/2010 - HUNGARY

Austerity? What austerity?

Not every EU country is pushing through harsh austerity measures. Hungary, which takes over the block's rotating presidency on January 1st 2011, is actually cutting income tax and raising benefits. Our correspondent went to Budapest to find out more.
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Kati Marton to inspire Hollywood?
04/11/2010 - CULTURE

Kati Marton to inspire Hollywood?

When she was six years old, the journalist Kati Marton watched the Hungarian secret police arrest her parents. In her new memoir, "Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America", Marton tells the story of her fight to find out the truth about her family’s history. She speaks to Eve Jackson.
Industrial impacts on our health
17/10/2010 - HEALTH

Industrial impacts on our health

An accident at an Alumina factory in Hungary smothers three villages with a toxic sludge, leaving 9 dead and scores of others burned and badly injured. HEALTH meets those burned by the alkaline mud which ate deep into their skin. At Budapest’s hospitals doctors still rely on results from Greenpeace to see what metals or toxic materials are present in the mud.
Hungary’s Toxic Tide
16/10/2010 - ENVIRONMENT

Hungary’s Toxic Tide

Described as the worst ecological disaster in Hungary’s history, almost 700 million litres of sludge burst from a waste reservoir of the MAL RT Aluminium factory, covering hectares of land and submerging three villages. It left 9 people dead as well as scored burnt and badly injured. The tide had a very high alkaline content and as a result killed all life in the nearby Marcal River. ENVIRONMENT travelled to Devecser to find out the immediate and long term environmental impacts.
The toxic mudslide in Hungary, a visit to the mosque at Ground Zero and Tehran's "flirting street"
16/10/2010 - THE OBSERVERS

The toxic mudslide in Hungary, a visit to the mosque at Ground Zero and Tehran's "flirting street"

The Observers is a collaborative site and TV programme on France 24 that covers international current affairs by using eyewitness accounts from "Observers" - that's to say people who are at the heart of event. Videos, texts, photos - the content isn't produced by professional journalists - but everything's selected, verified, translated and explained by our team.
Hundreds return home after fleeing toxic sludge
15/10/2010 - HUNGARY

Hundreds return home after fleeing toxic sludge

Hundreds of people began returning to their villages on Friday, 11 days after areas of Hungary were devastated by the country's worst-ever chemical accident when toxic sludge from an alumina plant was released into waterways.
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László Andor, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
15/10/2010 - TALKING EUROPE

László Andor, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

László Andor has just returned from Romania where he has pleaded for countries in the region to make better use of EU funding to integrate Europe's large Roma population. Even though the EU has funds available, member states refrain from using the money.
Toxic sludge: what lessons?
15/10/2010 - TALKING EUROPE

Toxic sludge: what lessons?

As the death toll from the Hungarian sludge keeps rising, environmentalists have warned that there are dozens of other "ticking toxic time bombs" in the region. The recent accident has once again highlighted the danger posed by obsolete heavy industrial plants inherited from the Communist era. 
Prime minister visits toxic sludge-hit area
13/10/2010 - HUNGARY

Prime minister visits toxic sludge-hit area

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and members of his cabinet visited the area that was devastated by a toxic sludge spill last week, as the death toll from the industrial accident rose to nine on Wednesday.
Parliament nationalises toxic sludge company
12/10/2010 - HUNGARY

Parliament nationalises toxic sludge company

Hungary's parliament has passed a bill nationalising aluminium producer MAL, the company responsible for a toxic sludge spill that killed eight people last week.
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