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A general view of the Samsung SDI battery factory in God, Hungary, December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Marton Monus Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Oct 23 (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung SDI (006400.KS) said on Monday it will supply Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) with electric vehicle (EV) batteries for seven years starting 2026, marking the first battery supply deal between the two companies. "The latest supply deal marks the first ever partnership between Samsung and Hyundai Motor Group in the field of electric vehicle batteries," Samsung SDI said in a statement. The battery maker, which supplies to General Motors Co (GM.N), Stellantis (STLAM.MI), BMW (BMWG.DE) among others, added that it will supply prismatic batteries manufactured at its factory in Hungary for Hyundai Motor's EVs targeting the European market from 2026 through 2032. Samsung SDI did not disclose the size of the deal.

Persons: Marton Monus, Heekyong Yang, hyang Choi, Diane Craft, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Samsung SDI, REUTERS, Rights, Korea's Samsung SDI, Hyundai, Samsung, Hyundai Motor Group, General Motors Co, BMW, Hyundai Motor's, Thomson Locations: God, Hungary, Rights SEOUL, KS

☆ Staying injury-free is priority for world champion Chopra
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The mop-haired 25-year-old became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships, throwing 88.17 metres to secure victory in Budapest on Sunday. "In events like Olympics or World Championships, you have to give 100 percent," Chopra, whose personal best remains 89.94 metres, told reporters. "I had already qualified for the Diamond League final, so I could afford to take it slightly easy here. "The Diamond League final is on Sept. 16-17, so I don't have much time. I believe winning the title or the gold medal matters more.

Persons: India's Neeraj Chopra, Marton Monus, Neeraj Chopra, Jakub Vadlejch, Chopra, Amlan Chakraborty, Toby Davis Organizations: Diamond League, Games, Czech, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, DELHI, Zurich, New Delhi

☆ Music and light shows bring new energy to derelict Hungarian power plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Krisztina Than | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] Festivalgoers attend the INOTA music and visual arts festival at an abandoned thermal power plant in Varpalota, Hungary, August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Marton Monus Acquire Licensing RightsVARPALOTA, Hungary, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A derelict power plant in Hungary came back to life on Thursday, powered by music and light shows as thousands of festival-goers marvelled at its three huge cooling towers dominating the starry late summer sky. The INOTA coal-fired thermal plant, built in the 1950s during the Communist era and once one of the country's largest industrial sites, was shut down in 2001. Hilda Carlsson, 33, said she and her friends travelled from Sweden largely to see Frahm at the INOTA festival. The INOTA plant featured in the epic 2017 American dystopian movie "Blade Runner 2049", starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, which was partly filmed in Hungary.

Persons: Marton Monus, marvelled, Nils Frahm, Hilda Carlsson, Carlsson, Daniel Avery, Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Daniel Besnyo, Besnyo, Akos Marencsak, Krisztina, Frances Kerry Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Varpalota, Hungary, Berlin, Sweden, United Kingdom, Lebanon Hanover, Hungarian

☆ Ukraine's Mahuchikh soars to world championship victory in women's high jump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's High Jump Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 27, 2023 Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh celebrates with the gold medal after winning the women's high jump final REUTERS/Marton Monus Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Yaroslava Mahuchikh sailed to victory in the women's high jump on Sunday for Ukraine's lone gold medal of the World Athletics Championships, a remarkable achievement in a season disrupted by the war in her homeland. The 21-year-old, who was forced to flee her home town of Dnipro, cleared 2.01 metres for her first world outdoor title after a pair of second-place finishes. "I am so proud to win this gold for my country," said Mahuchikh, her blue and yellow eye make-up matching the colours of the Ukraine flag. Mahuchikh, who has been training in Germany among other countries and has not been back to Dnipro, won the world indoor title in 2022, dedicating that gold to Ukraine. "This medal is for Ukraine, all my country, all my people, all the military," she told reporters then.

Persons: Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Marton Monus, Mahuchikh, Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers, Sebastian Coe, Coe, I've, " Coe, Lori Ewing, Toby Davis Organizations: National Athletics Centre, Rights, Tokyo, Sunday, Australia, Athletics, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, Dnipro, Ukraine, Moscow, Germany, Russia, Belarus

☆ Spain's Martin wins men's 35km race walk at world championships
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Men's 35 km Race Walk - Budapest, Hungary - August 24, 2023 Spain's Alvaro Martin celebrates after winning the gold medal in men's 35 km race walk REUTERS/Marton Monus Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Alvaro Martin of Spain secured his second gold medal at the World Athletics Championships after winning the men's 35 kilometres race walk on Thursday, adding to his victory in last week's 20km event. After early leader Aurelien Quinion of France had dropped off the pace and was then disqualified, Martin shared the lead with Ecuador's Brian Pintado and Japan's Masatora Kawano entering the final 4km. Martin made the break with less than 2km remaining and crossed the line in two hours, 24 minutes and 30 seconds, four seconds before Pintado. Kawano posted a season's best of 2:25:12 to finish third, while defending champion Massimo Stano of Italy was seventh with 2:25:59. Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Alvaro Martin, Marton Monus, Alvaro Martin of Spain, Aurelien Quinion, Martin, Ecuador's Brian Pintado, Kawano, Massimo Stano, Hritika Sharma, Devika Organizations: Rights, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, France, Italy, Hyderabad

☆ Martin, Perez seal double glory for Spain in 35km race walks
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"I had this problem with my hamstring after the 20km race and I was still considering whether to start at the 35km but I managed to get through," said Perez, who smashed Garcia Leon's 35 km world record by nearly half a minute in May. "I was fourth in the Olympic Games and it was very tough to get so close to an Olympic medal. It's wonderful now to be a double world champion in Budapest. "I see Maria is first too in the women's race, so today is a great day for Spain." Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; Editing by Devika Syamnath, Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Spain's Maria Perez, Alvaro Martin, Marton Monus, Maria Perez, Martin, Brian Pintado, Perez, Kimberly Garcia Leon, Perez's, Peru's Garcia Leon, Antigoni Drisbioti, Garcia, Aurelien Quinion, Kawano, Massimo Stano, Maria, Hritika Sharma, Devika Syamnath, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Alvaro Martin REUTERS, Rights, Spanish, Olympic Games, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Hyderabad

☆ Injured Gardiner misses out on 400m final
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Men's 400m Semi Finals - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 22, 2023 Bahamas' Steven Gardiner receives medical attention after sustaining an injury during heat 3 REUTERS/Marton Monus Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Olympic champion and race favourite Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas pulled up injured in his world championship 400m semi-final on Tuesday and failed to progress to the final. Gardiner, the 2019 world champion and fastest in the world this year, was well-placed coming off the final bend but stopped, grimacing in pain clutching the back of his leg. Former Olympic and world champion Wayde van Niekerk was the chief beneficiary as he advanced as a fast loser. Jamaica's Antonio Watson was the fastest qualifier with a personal best 44.13, while Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith set a European record of 44.26 winning his heat. Reporting by Mitch Phillips, editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Steven Gardiner, Marton Monus, Gardiner, Wayde van Niekerk, Jamaica's Antonio Watson, Briton Matthew Hudson, Smith, Mitch Phillips, Toby Davis Organizations: Athletics Centre, Rights, Olympic, Briton, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, Bahamas

☆ Spain's Perez wins women's 20km race walk at world championships
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's 20 km Race Walk - Budapest, Hungary - August 20, 2023 Spain's Maria Perez celebrates after winning the gold medal in women's 20 km race walk REUTERS/Marton Monus Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Maria Perez completed a Spanish double in the 20 kilometres race walk at the World Athletics Championships after comfortably beating Australia's Jemima Montag to win the women's event on Sunday, with Antonella Palmisano of Italy taking bronze. Like compatriot Alvaro Martin in the men's event on the opening day of the championships on Saturday, Perez pulled away from the chasing pack with around 5km remaining and crossed the finish line in one hour, 26 minutes and 51 seconds. The 27-year-old clinched her first world title after finishing 25 seconds ahead of Montag, with Olympic champion Palmisano third in 1:27:26. Defending champion Kimberly Garcia Leon of Peru finished a further sixth seconds adrift of Palmisano in fourth place. Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; Editing by Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Spain's Maria Perez, Marton Monus, Maria Perez, Australia's Jemima Montag, Antonella Palmisano, Alvaro Martin, Perez, Montag, Kimberly Garcia Leon, Hritika Sharma, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Rights, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, Spanish, Italy, Peru, Hyderabad

☆ American Lyles delivers with 100m world gold
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Fourth-placed Oblique Seville of Jamaica was three thousandths of a second off the podium as all three men clocked 9.88. Tebogo, 20, is the first African to win a world 100m medal, while Hughes, the fastest in the world coming into the championships with 9.83, is the first Briton on the men's 100m podium since Darren Campbell took bronze 20 years ago. "I needed to make sure that I was accelerating and when I was at 60 metres I took the lead," Lyles said. The two-times world champion in the 200m will now go for the sprint double, last achieved by Usain Bolt in 2015, before hoping to sign off with a win in the sprint relay. Defending 100m world champion Fred Kerley of the U.S. failed to qualify for the final after running 10.02 in the semis.

Persons: Noah Lyles, Marton Monus, Hughes, Kerley, Briton Zharnel Hughes, Christian Coleman, Darren Campbell, Lyles, COVID, Usain Bolt, I's, Fred Kerley, Mitch Phillips, Toby Davis, Pritha Organizations: National Athletics Centre, Briton, Tokyo Olympics, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, U.S, BUDAPEST, Botswana, Seville, Jamaica, United States

☆ Teenagers tear-gassed at protest against Orban's education reforms
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Boldizsar Gyori | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/9] Police officers spray people, as protesters take part in a protest against Hungarian government's 'Status Law? which may increase teachers' workloads and restrict their independence in Budapest, Hungary, May 3, 2023. The police action follows a thousands-strong rally in central Budapest earlier on Wednesday against legislation that would significantly increase teachers' workload. The protest was the latest in a series of demonstrations over the past year for better working conditions for teachers. Hungary is facing a growing shortage of teachers mainly due to low wages and the unpredictability in the regulatory environment.

[1/5] Pope Francis greets the crowd ahead of a holy mass at the Kossuth Lajos Square during his apostolic journey in Budapest, Hungary, April 30, 2023. Francis believes migrants fleeing poverty should be welcomed and integrated because they can culturally enrich host countries and boost Europe's dwindling populations. He believes that while countries have a right to protect their borders, migrants should be distributed throughout the European Union. In his homily, Francis also spoke against doors "closed to the world". On Friday, he quoted what St Stephen, the 11th century founder of Christian Hungary, had written about welcoming strangers.

☆ Hungary parliament backs Finland's NATO accession, Swedish bid pending
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Krisztina Than | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen attend the voting of the ratification of Finland's NATO membership in Budapest, Hungary, March 27, 2023. Although Finland's bid has now been approved, the Swedish bill is still stranded in the Hungarian parliament. The bill on Finland's NATO accession was passed with 182 in favour and six votes against, after Fidesz said last week it would back the motion. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said last week that Turkey's parliament would also start ratifying Finland's accession. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief political aide said on Twitter on Sunday the government backed Sweden's NATO membership and "now it's up to the parliament to make a decision."

REUTERS/Marton MonusBUDAPEST, March 20 (Reuters) - After the lights dim in Budapest's magnificent Opera House, Ukrainian ballerina Ganna Muromtseva flutters high with undulating arms in the lead role of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet. Muromtseva was at the peak of her career at the National Opera of Ukraine when the war rewrote all her plans. Her mother plans a visit to see her in Swan Lake at the end of March, which gives her emotional strength. Though the Hungarian State Opera has hired her for another year and she is happy with her new opportunity, Muromtseva would naturally like to return home one day. "I am waiting for this day, that one day I can dance on Kyiv stage again, but for now I have a contract here."

☆ Ukraine's young circus artists wow Budapest after training in bomb shelters at home
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Krisztina Fenyo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Ukrainian Mariia Kravchenko, a participant of the Yaskrava Arena Dnipro International Children's Circus Festival practices before the competition in Budapest, Hungary, January 1, 2023. Circus artist Mariia Kravchenko, aged 13, from the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, had trained for the circus festival in unheated shelters amid the Russian attacks. The Yaskrava Arena Dnipra international children's circus festival was launched in 2010 by an NGO called Bright Country (Ukraine). Before the war, it was held every year in December at the Dnipro State Circus. Since it began, more than 1,000 young artists from all over Ukraine, as well as Lithuania, Hungary, Germany, Moldova and Poland, have participated in the festival.

[1/2] Drivers wait for fuel at a gas station of Hungarian oil company MOL Group in Budapest, Hungary, December 5, 2022. MOL, Hungary's main oil and gas group, has said the price cap was unsustainable as major players stopped importing fuel due to low prices, aggravating the shortage. "In the past days, the oil sanctions of Brussels took effect and what we had been afraid of, has actually happened. From now on there are sanctions prices on petrol across entire Europe," Orban said on Facebook, adding the government will "take away the extra profits generated by this" and redirect them to the state budget. At 1218 GMT, its shares traded 1.8% lower, reversing earlier gains of around 3% after the fuel price cap was ditched overnight.

☆ Students rally in Budapest protesting against teachers' dismissals
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Marton MonusBUDAPEST, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Thousands of teachers, students and parents protested in the Hungarian capital on Saturday in solidarity with teachers fired from top Budapest secondary schools for taking strike action that the government deemed unlawful. After a nationwide teachers' strike in January 2022, the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban restricted strike action. Several teachers from three leading Budapest secondary schools were dismissed by an order from the Interior Ministry on Wednesday for joining demonstrations and not holding classes. Students held up banners "Hands off our teachers," and "Shame on Orban" at the rally in Budapest while some students organised a week-long 24-hour vigil at the Interior Ministry, which has responsibility for education. The government has said it would raise teachers' wages once the European Commission disburses EU recovery funding, with pay hikes coming over a period of 3 years.

La sfârșitul săptămânii trecute, autoritățile au spus clar că oficierea slujbelor cu caracter colectiv și a altor servicii divine se vor desfășura afară. Mai mult, primarul Chișinăului, Ion Ceban, a declarat că de Paștele Blajinilor porțile cimitirelor vor fi închise. Aceeași poziție o are și Mitropolia Moldovei. Potrivit lui, anul trecut „a fost foarte grav pentru creștini”. Cum a fost sărbătorit Paștele catolic în alte locuriEste al doilea Paște în pandemie.

Persons: Ion, Aureliu Ciocoi, Vadim Cheibaș, Vadim, Octavian Moșin, Octavian, Tocarciuc, Julian, St, Luke, Jessie, Marton Organizations: Catedrala Locations: Chișinăului, Moldovei, Basarabiei, Chișinău, Dumbrava, Mitropolie, România, Transilvania, Hildesheim, Germania, Carnegie, SUA, Esztergom, Ungaria

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