Republic of Hungary Magyar Népköztársaság CAPITAL: Budapest FLAG: The national flag, adopted in 1957, is a tricolor of red, white, and green horizontal stripes. ANTHEM: Isten áldd meg a magyart (God Bless the...

Hungary POPULATION 10,075,034 ROMAN CATHOLIC 51.9 percent REFORMED 15.9 percent LUTHERAN 3.0 percent GREEK CATHOLIC 2.6 percent NONRELIGIOUS 25.4 percent OTHER 1.2 percent Country Overview Introduction The Republic of Hungary is located in central...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country located in East-Central Europe bordered by Austria on the west, Slovakia on the north, Ukraine on the northeast, Romania on the east, and Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, and Slovenia on the south....

– on the European continent  (camel & white)– in the European Union  (camel)                 ...

Capital: Budapest Head of State: Ferenc Madl (since August 2000) President elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term Head of Government: Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy (since May 2002) Prime minister elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of...

Highlights and Key Issues * Households were hit by a 4.6% increase in electricity prices on 1 February, the latest in a series of measures aimed at reining in the massive fiscal black hole that opened up last year. The peak of inflation...

Hungary's health minister resigned Wednesday, in a letter addressed to the prime minister.The premier's office in a statement confirmed Lajos Molnar's resignation as of April 6 and said until a new minister was confirmed, Agnes Horvath, health state secretary, would be leading the ministry.Molnar has...

In an effort to bring prostitutes into the legal economy, officials said Monday that Hungary will allow sex workers to apply for an entrepreneur's permit _ a move that could generate government revenues from an industry worth an estimated $1 billion annually.Human rights groups often...