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World Affairs|26/08/2010

H1N1: the end

The World Health Organisation officially declared yesterday that the H1N1 ‘pandemic’ was over, but continues to refuse to concede that it committed a blunder by comparing the danger of the mildest influenza epidemic for decades with that caused by Spanish flu.
World Affairs|13/08/2010

It may have been politicians who commissioned the murder of the judges

It’s as if we were watching one of the episodes of La Piovra (The Octopus), the television series about the Italian Mafia.
World Affairs|13/08/2010

The H1N1 alert was a scam

The World Health Organisation (WHO) led the world up the garden path when it declared that a virus that actually only caused a mild epidemic was the new Spanish flu.
World Affairs|06/08/2010

Spy story, reloaded

It was just like something out of a John le Carré novel when in the middle of the summer the international press reported the FBI’s exposure of a Russian spy network and the Russian-American spy swap that was to follow.
World Affairs|06/08/2010

Half of the world’s population are threatened by the new danger – doctors won’t be able to cope

While one hundred years ago only one percent of young people had any allergy symptoms, in the last three decades allergies have become the most rapidly spreading illness.

World Affairs|06/08/2010

Go Slovakia, go Slovakians!

When the nationally accepted instigation against Hungarians ends, then, finally, the poisonous atmosphere affecting the everyday life of the ethnic Hungarian minority living in Slovakia can cease.
World Affairs|27/07/2010

Is there a need for immigrants and migrant workers?

British Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that the possibility for foreigners from outside the European Union to work in Great Britain will be restricted.
World Affairs|20/07/2010

Right wing constellation

A special constellation has developed in Eastern Central Europe. At present every country with a population over five million has a right-wing government.
World Affairs|20/07/2010

America’s message to Hungary: the country has increased in value

Diplomatic circles in Washington greatly value the political stability that Hungary has managed to reach following the elections in spring, said Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi on returning from his official visit to America.
World Affairs|13/07/2010

Warsaw express pressing ahead

Warsaw might achieve something which it appears Budapest has missed out on: in the competition for the title of financial centre for the region the Polish capital has emerged the victor.

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