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Category Archives: Hungary
World Wildlife Fund criticises Hungary over red sludge ‘inaction’
Sofia Echo A year after the red mud disaster in Hungary, the World Wildlife Fund has warned that little has been done to prevent further such catastrophes from occurring. On October 4 2010 more than one million cubic meters of … Continue reading
Posted in contamination, governance, Hungary, Pollution, The Danube River, transportation, tributary of the danube river, water security
Tagged Ajka, aluminium plant, Devecser, heavy metals, Kolontar, Somlovasarhely, The Marcal River, The Raba River, The Torna River, toxic mud, WWF, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
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Insert-sort with Romanian folk dance
The joy of the internet~Mouth to Source Danube Uploaded by AlgoRythmics on Mar 29, 2011. YouTube Created at Sapientia University, Tirgu Mures (Marosvásárhely), Romania. Directed by Kátai Zoltán and Tóth László. In cooperation with “Maros Művészegyüttes”, Tirgu Mures (Marosvásárhely), Romania. … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, culture, heritage, Hungary, romania, social structures, The Danube River
Tagged alog, dance, Füzesi Albert, Sapientia University
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World’s first five country protected area to conserve “Europe’s Amazon”
WWF Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia today signed a historic declaration to establish a trans-boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect their shared nature and wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers, “Europe’s Amazon”. The declaration - signed during … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, Conservation, Croatia, culture, ecoregion, fish, flora and fauna, governance, heritage, Hungary, Serbia, slovenia, The Danube River, tourism, tributary of the danube river, Water, wetland, world water
Tagged Asamer Holding Company, beavers, black stork, EuroNatur, Jim Leape, little tern, Martin Schneider-Jacoby, MAVA Foundation, Mr Günter Liebel, Mr Jasen Mesić, Mr Oliver Dulić, Mr Roko Žarnić, Mr Sándor Fazekas, Mura-Drava-Danube Bioreserve, otters, sturgeons, The Coca Cola Company, The Drava River, The Mura River, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Wild Heart of Europe Award, WWF International Director General
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Explore the Danube
Find right here inspiring, informative and exciting teaching material about a very special European river: the Danube. The world’s great rivers are unique: they tie together peoples and civilisations, and they encourage communication and discussion. They have inspired mankind from … Continue reading
Danube Cultural Cluster
In collaboration with many partners from the Danube region the Collegium Hungaricum (the Hungarian Cultural Institute) encourages the foundation of a cultural cluster in the Danube area (Danube Cultural Cluster) within the framework of the Danube Strategy. This cluster is … Continue reading
Hungary sludge plant ‘still a threat’, says Greenpeace
The BBC Waste water from a Hungarian aluminium plant still contains toxic chemicals that threaten a local river, despite a big clean-up there, Greenpeace says. The international environmental group has urged the EU to put pressure on the Hungarian government … Continue reading
Posted in contamination, Hungary, Pollution, The Danube River, tributary of the danube river
Tagged aluminium plant, arsenic, Balint Analitika, Central Danube Water Management Authority, greenpeace, Kolontar, MAL AG, The Marcal River, The Raba River, The Torna River, toxic chemicals, Vienna's Environmental Protection Agency
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Priority area coordinators for EU Danube Region Strategy announced
ENPI The European Commission has revealed which countries and regions will lead priority areas of cooperation under the EU’s Strategy for the Danube Region. A Commission press release said the announcement pinpointing the ‘priority area coordinators’, including Moldova and Ukraine, … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, bosnia, bulgaria, Conservation, Croatia, culture, czech republic, Germany, governance, heritage, Hungary, montenegro, romania, Serbia, slovakia, slovenia, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel, world water
Tagged Commissioner for Regional Policy, education, information technologies, Johannes Hahn, organised crime, research capacity, The Danube Strategy
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EU Danube strategy key to overcoming disparities: Barroso
AFP The European Union’s strategy for the Danube is key to overcoming disparities in the region, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday during a summit in Bucharest. “There has been major progress since the beginning of the … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, bosnia, bulgaria, Croatia, czech republic, danube delta, ecoregion, Germany, governance, heritage, Hungary, moldova, montenegro, poverty, romania, Serbia, slovakia, slovenia, social structures, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel, ukraine
Tagged commercial shipping, disparities, EU Strategy, european union, Jose Manuel Barroso, shipping, The Danube basin, The Strategy for the Danube, Viktor Orban
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EU Danube Strategy to promote basin-wide development
WWF WWF welcomes the EU’s initiative to develop a Danube Strategy, which can help bring together and implement existing policies and legislation to achieve long-term sustainable development across the Danube basin. Development of the Strategy comes at a time when … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, bulgaria, Croatia, Danube, ecoregion, Germany, Green, Hungary, moldova, romania, Serbia, social structures, The Danube River, ukraine, Water
Tagged danube basin, danube region, Danube River Basin Management Plan, EU danube strategy, EU Water Framework Directive, european commission, Hungarian EU Presidency, loss of biodiversity, sustainable development, wetland restoration, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
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Fears Hungary spill could turn into toxic cloud
Concern has been raised in Hungary that sunnier weather will turn the red sludge spill into a toxic dust cloud. Share this article