Economy

EEA: Many returned and unsold textiles end up destroyed in Europe

Textile consumption in Europe causes significant pressures on the environment and climate. Part of these pressures comes from returned and unsold textiles that are destroyed and never used for their intended purpose. A new European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing looks at the issue and estimates the share of returned and unsold textiles that are destroyed in […]

Police

Car Wanted By Belgian Authorities Has Been Found in Hajdú-Bihar County

A vehicle assembly wanted to leave the country at Nagykereki on the evening of March 3rd, 2024. During the inspection, the police in Biharkeresztes found that the car on the trailer was being searched by the Belgian authorities.

Eight People Arrested For Sexual Exploitation in Belgium and Hungary

The Belgian Local Police Oostende, the Belgian Federal Police and the Hungarian National Police, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have targeted a criminal network involved in human trafficking for sexual exploitation. 

Culture

Paul Auster died at the age of 77

American writer and poet Paul Auster died at the age of seventy-seven, local time on Tuesday evening. A friend of the family, Jacki Lyden, said in a statement to the press that Auster died at his home in Brooklyn, surrounded by his loved ones.

Transylvanian Poet András Ferenc Kovács, Winner of the Kossuth Prize, Has Passed Away

The poet was 64 years old.

British Actor Tom Wilkinson Dies

British actor Tom Wilkinson died on Saturday. The star of Nothing Below and Michael Clayton was 75, the family announced the news on Saturday.