December 12, 2007

Hungarian student Áron Szigetvári won a Gold medal at the International Junior Science Olympics held in Taipei on December 2-11.

December 7, 2007

EU interior and justice ministers yesterday gave final approval to the expansion of the Schengen zone to include Hungary and eight other countries, at a meeting in Brussels. From December 21 border checks will disappear at Hungary’s frontiers with Slovakia, Slovenia and Austria. Hungarian Justice and Law Enforcement Minister Albert Takács told reporters in Brussels after the meeting that 10-12 government decrees and lower level regulations related to the change remain to be drafted. The government will stage large-scale ceremonies to make Schengen accession a memorable event, Takács added.