Jan 14 Russia, Hungary move forward on expansion of nuclear power plant By News Desk Hungary has plans to expand its nuclear energy capacity at its only nuclear power plant in Paks, Hungary. But in order to execute its plans, the country will need financial help from Russia. Photo by Barna Rovács/Wikimedia Commons… Continue reading
Oct 12 First Satellite Image of Hungary’s Toxic Sludge NASA's Earth Observatory has released this image of the toxic spill in Hungary. The image was taken on Oct. 9. The alumina plant appears along the right edge of both images, and incorporates both bright blue and brick… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch News Wrap: Jobs Report Fuels New Rally on Wall Street In other news Friday, the latest unemployment reading helped push Wall Street higher, with the Nasdaq and Dow Jones industrial average each up more than 1 percent for the week. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch EU Spokesman: Hungary Has Requested Sludge Clean-up Help Margaret Warner speaks with Joe Hennon, a European Commission spokesman, about the health and environmental risks of the toxic red sludge spreading in Hungary. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch In Hungary, Toxic Red Sludge Reaches Danube River The toxic red sludge from an aluminum plant in Hungary has reached the Danube River, raising concerns of more widespread environmental damage in Europe. Margaret Warner has more. Continue watching
Oct 06 Toxic Sludge From Hungary Spill Coats Villages, Threatens Danube By Talea Miller A red-tinged toxic sludge has been winding its way though villages in Hungary this week - the result of a metal plant reservoir that burst its banks in Ajka. The images have been both striking and shocking… Continue reading
Dec 30 Author Kati Marton Describes Her Family’s Ordeal By Larisa Epatko When author Kati Marton started digging into the files that the Hungarian secret police kept on her parents, who worked as journalists in Cold War Budapest, she discovered the extent to which the people around them in the 1940s and… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Journalist Kati Marton Examines Human Cost of War Margaret Warner chats with author Kati Marton about her book "Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America," which looks at the human cost of the Cold War. Continue watching