A people's passion for polo (NBC Olympics)

7 August 2008, 12:14 am

Hungary has been the most successful water polo nation since the sport entered the Olympic program in 1900. To better understand the two-time defending champion's success, you must look further than the pool.... read more

EU Lets OMV Down (Forbes)

6 August 2008, 11:06 pm

Austrian energy giant gives up on its designs for Hungary's MOL, and warns of stiff competition from Russia.... read more

Robert Capa's Shots Under Fire (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)

6 August 2008, 2:52 pm

At age 17, Endre Friedmann fled the anti-Semitism and repression of his native Hungary with a train ticket to Berlin and hopes for a better future.... read more

Austria's OMV throws in towel in battle for Hungary's MOL (AFP via Yahoo! News)

6 August 2008, 9:56 am

Austrian oil and gas giant OMV finally threw in the towel on Wednesday in its long battle to buy Hungarian rival MOL, announcing it was withdrawing its bid in the face of EU opposition to the deal.... read more

Hungary Holocaust survivors to receive compensation (USA Today)

6 August 2008, 9:28 am

A Jewish organization says survivors of the Nazi occupation of Budapest will each get a compensation payment of $2,900.... read more

Austria's OMV drops bid for Hungary's MOL (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

6 August 2008, 7:17 am

Austrian oil and gas company OMV AG said Wednesday it has dropped its bid to merge with Hungary's MOL. OMV said it decided to withdraw the merger notification it filed with the European Commission in January following a June 16 statement of objections from Brussels.... read more