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Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Forests, Regions, Europe, Serbia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania 2011-05-30T03:18:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/worlds_first_five_country_protected_area_to_conserve_europes_amazon/?source=rss 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'. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Europe, Austria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia 2011-03-27T01:03:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/soros_to_invest_1_billion_in_green_technology/?source=rss Billionaire George Soros, the founder of hedge-fund Soros Fund Management LLC, said on Saturday in a meeting on climate change sponsored by Project Syndicate, that he would invest $1 billion in clean-energy technology. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Business, Regions, Europe, Denmark, Hungary, North America, United States, California 2009-10-15T10:26:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/a_hybrid_gas_solar_and_pedal_powered_car_the_antro_solo_gets_150_miles_to_t/?source=rss The Antro Solo, a hybrid solar- and gas-powered car, looks like a soap dish on wheels ... And that’s fitting, because it could very well help clean up the environment dramatically. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, Europe, Hungary 2009-05-29T14:12:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/museums_around_the_world_open_their_doors_at_night_offering_special_attract/?source=rss More than one thousand French museums showed their most original presentations and free of charges, this Saturday night to attract the public to the 5th European Long Night of Museums, which this year had the support from UNESCO. Feel Good, Regions, Asia, Russian Federation, Europe, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Poland 2009-05-17T10:40:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/skies_to_be_swept_for_alien_life/?source=rss The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. 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Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, Europe, Germany, Hungary, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories 2007-09-27T12:56:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/archaeologists_discover_8_million_year_old_forest_in_hungary/?source=rss Archaeologists have found an eight-million-year old forest of cypresses, well preserved and not fossilised, in Bukkabrany in northeastern Hungary. Environment, Forests, Science, Ancient Discoveries, Regions, East Asia, Japan, Europe, Hungary, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories 2007-08-06T15:28:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/programmer_speeds_search_for_gravitational_waves/?source=rss A global effort to detect gravitational waves has received an unexpected boost after a volunteer improved the computer code used comb through data from ground-based detectors. Top Headlines, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Science, Space, Technology, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, Europe, Hungary 2006-05-18T19:16:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hungarys_ratification_of_un_backed_treaty_triggers_new_protections_for_euro/?source=rss A United Nations-backed treaty meant to conserve a vast area of forests, streams and mountains in the heart of Europe sprang to life today as Hungary became the fourth nation -along with the Slovak Republic, Ukraine and the Czech Republic - to ratify it. World, Politics, Environment, Forests, Regions, Europe, Hungary, United Nations 2006-01-05T01:15:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/trial_bird_flu_jab_shows_promise/?source=rss Hungary's health minister says a bird flu vaccine appears to be effective in early tests. World, Health, Regions, Europe, Hungary 2005-10-25T08:20:00+00:00