Europe can only be strong if it is built on strong nation-states and preserves its Judeo–Christian culture Finance Minister Mihály Varga declared at the inauguration ceremony of the Treasure of Karcag Art and Conference Centre on Thursday The minister stressed that the national government supports any development that serves to preserve Hungarian culture The minister drew attention to the fact that we are living in times in Europe when there are attempts to eliminate or weaken the cornerstones that define community identity The toolbox for this is wide-ranging: creating a mixed population through immigration the Hungarian government stands for a Europe built on strong nation-states The minister emphasized: as long as Hungary has a national government it supports endeavours that contribute to the strengthening of local communities in collaboration with local leaders and communities Varga recalled that in recent years cultural institutions have been renewed in Karcag the Zádor Bridge has become accessible again the rainwater drainage of the Catholic district will soon be completed and numerous cultural and gastronomic events and meetings will take place in the city The minister highlighted the reconstruction of the Karcag Cultural Palace The minister also pointed out that Karcag, as the capital of the Nagykunság region a special place that has been inscribed in history books as a meeting place of ancient cultures this city still represents the Central Asian roots of the Hungarians today,’ he said adding that Karcag has preserved character traits that are still part of Hungarian history a thousand-year-old European identity rooted in Asia the symbolic building of the Treasure of Karcag Art and Conference Centre perhaps the most appropriate point in the country Karcag Mayor Tibor Szepesi said that the cultural investment would determine the city’s character He recalled that the work began on 18 March 2022 the building had to be expanded with a basement level and a foyer He underscored that the total area of the completed building’s premises is 2098 square metres supplemented by a 527 square metre terrace and roof terrace as well as a 175 square metre outdoor stage he summarized what they expect from the completed investment The Treasure of Karcag Art and Conference Centre makes the city an outstanding cultural destinations at the county and at the national level Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective Cavendish finishes sixth in front pack behind second-placed Quaranta and third-placed Mareczko Sam Welsford (Bora-Hansgrohe) won the opening stage of the Tour de Hongrie outpacing Samuel Quaranta (MBH Bank Colpack Ballan) and Jakub Mareczko (Corratec-Vini Fantini) in a crash-hit sprint finish in Hajdúszoboszló The Australian bounced back from the disappointment of missing selection for the Giro d’Italia to take his fourth win of the year after a trio of victories on home ground at the Tour Down Under the 21-year-old son of 1990s pro racer Ivan couldn’t quite draw up alongside and had to settle for a clear second place while fellow Italian Mareczko rounded out the podium ahead of Nicklas Pedersen (TDT-Unibet) "Everyone was quite nervous about the wind in the first half of the stage Ultimately the wind wasn't strong enough and so we've had quite a relaxed day until we hit the finishing circuit," Welsford said after his win "Hats off to the breakaway – they did a pretty good job staying away from the bunch used other team's trains and had really good legs to take my first win here in Hungary." Mark Cavendish took sixth place at the line after going a touch early following his Astana Qazaqstan team’s lead out his best sprint result since winning stage 4 of the Tour Colombia back in February The sprint for the line was set up after lone breakaway survivor Martin Voltr (Pierre Baguette) was caught 13km from the line having gone solo at 38km from the end of the flat 166km opener He had been previously joined by Mikel Bizkarra (Euskaltel-Euskadi) Balazs Rózsa (Epronex-Hungary) and Viktor Filutás (Hungary) in the move but proved the strongest to last longer than his companions He’d also pick up seven seconds of time bonuses along the way to launch himself up into second overall behind the first leader of the race it was Astana who set up the most coherent lead-out train with three riders bringing Cavendish to the sprint the train peeled away a little too early to leave the Manxman sprinting with over 200 metres to go Mareczko and Manuel Peñalver (Polti-Kometa) were all spread across the road and hitting the wind a little later while over by the barriers a touch of wheels saw Campbell Stewart (Jayco-AlUla) rider hit the deck hard sparking a multi-rider crash as the sprint unfolded ahead As Welsford powered to the front at the 50-metre mark acknowledging the Australian’s winning burst to the line Pedersen and Peñalver came through to round out the top five behind the winner Results powered by FirstCycling Dani has reported from the world's top races She has interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars and her favourite races are the Giro d'Italia Cargill retains ownership of its pet food brands and will continue to provide a portfolio of its branded products Fluffy boss in the officeSvetlana Rey | BigStock.comAdapted from a press release: United Petfood, international producer of dog and cat food, acquired dry dog and cat food production facilities of Cargill in Krzepice The two sites produce dry pet food for cats and dogs which has extensive operational experience in the production of pet food combined with its commitment and investment in people is well suited to the future that this business requires” With the additional production plants in Poland and Hungary United Petfood Group operates now out of 21 pet food facilities situated in 9 different European countries The takeover is in line with the strategy of United Petfood to reinforce and grow the business financial and industrial products and services to the world United Petfood specializes in private labeling dry pet food, wet pet food, treats and snacks, according to Petfood Industry’s Top Companies Current Data Annual revenue in 2021 reached US$800,000,000. The Belgian family business operates 30 pet food manufacturing facilities in eight countries and sells in more than 80 countries worldwide the group also has five production facilities in France three in the UK and five in The Netherlands according to a press release from the company United Petfood currently realizes an annual turnover in excess of US$850 million By submitting this form, you acknowledge that use of your data is governed by our Privacy Policy. you agree to receive texts or calls regarding your subscription or other WATT products and services Please call +1 (847) 400-5960 for custom support When physicians Steven and Marianne Styler made aliyah from New York to Jerusalem they did more than pack their bags with clothes They brought with them an item of the utmost religious and historical significance Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram The Stylers made aliyah with their son Tzvi and daughter-in-law Michelle Their aliyah was facilitated by Nefesh B'Nefesh in cooperation with the Aliyah and Integration Ministry The Jewish Agency and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael The Stylers arrived with their family's Torah scroll The scroll had once belonged to Marianne's parents – both of whom were Holocaust survivors from Karcag Marianne's grandfathers were both key members of their local shul with her maternal grandfather often serving as the community's cantor and butcher and her paternal grandfather serving as warden and head of the burial society With the onset of the war and the Holocaust Marianne's father was deported to Auschwitz while her mother was hidden as a gentile The synagogue's Torah scroll remained behind in the deserted town of Karcag despite the Nazi's relentless efforts to destroy any evidence of Jewish life "Most of the Jewish community either fled or were murdered in Auschwitz," Steven said there was a little glimmer of Jewish life after the war." Marianne and Steven returned to Hungary and were able to smuggle the Torah scroll out which was then considered property of Hungary's communist regime The communist government explicitly forbade Jews from taking any property lost during the war It all belonged to the state," Steven explained "We took the scroll in the middle of the night since it was originally my wife's family's property We didn't want it in the hands of the Communists we took off the poles and rolled the parchment tightly into a blanket Since it was the hippy days people just thought we were backpacking flower children," he chuckled Marianne and Steven took the train from Budapest to Vienna She jumped up and explained to the guards that her husband didn't understand Hungarian Marianne then pointed to the bag next to the one holding the Torah there was nothing questionable about the contents still eyeing the other bag with the contraband They flew back to New York and their Torah remained there from 1970 until this year Subscribe to Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories their prized Torah sits in a synagogue in Jerusalem awaiting their move to Netanya when the Styler family anticipates bringing it to their local synagogue there "It was waiting to go home," Steven said in tears were we carrying the Torah or was the Torah carrying us On its cover are embroidered the words from the Torah 'Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?' I think that's fitting considering we rescued it from the depths of human depravity." co-founder and executive director of Nefesh B'Nefesh said "The Styler's heartwarming story and incredible Aliyah journey with their treasured scroll emphasizes the perseverance and determination of our nation and its history "We wish them continued success in Israel and may their precious Torah merit a final and permanent home in the Jewish homeland." You think I'm gonna put up with this sh*t at my bar Newly revealed SS officer tape provides direct evidence of Hitler's explicit command for Jewish extermination A group called "Youth Demand" called on protesters to come to the site Analysis  Archaeology Blogpost Business & Finance Culture Exclusive Explainer Environment Features Health In Brief Jewish World Judea and Samaria Lifestyle Cyber & Internet Sports Diplomacy  Iran & The Gulf Gaza Strip Politics Shopping Terms of use Privacy Policy Submissions Contact Us The first issue of Israel Hayom appeared on July 30 Israel Hayom was founded on the belief that the Israeli public deserves better more balanced and more accurate journalism [contact-form-7 id=”508379″ html_id=”isrh_form_Newsletter_en” title=”newsletter_subscribe”] Metrics details Avram Hershko was born in Karcag (Hungary) in 1937 where he studied medicine at Hebrew-Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem from 1956 Hershko worked several years in San Francisco before returning to Israel at the Technion His pivotal work that described the discovery of the ubiquitin system was granted with several prestigious awards including the 2000 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (with Ciechanover and Varshavsky) and the 2004 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (along with Ciechanover and Rose) Karcag is a small town of around 25 000 inhabitants It had a Jewish community of nearly 1000 people was a schoolteacher in the Jewish elementary school in Karcag; most of the Jewish children in that town were his students described him with admiration as an inspiring teacher and a role model educator My mother Shoshana/Margit (‘Manci’) was an educated and musically gifted woman She gave some English and piano lessons to children in Karcag My mother wanted very much to have also a girl baby but the times were at the eve of World War II Hitler's screams could be frequently heard on the radio my parents became apprehensive of the future and thus did not try to have more children my recollections of my early childhood are of very happy times growing up in a nice house with a beautiful garden created by my father who was also an amateur (but avid) gardener This early paradise was lost rapidly and brutally and soon Hungary joined in as an ally of Nazi Germany my father was taken by the Hungarian Army to serve as a forced laborer the Soviet Army advanced so rapidly after Stalingrad that he was captured by the Soviets before the Nazis could kill him he was used by the Soviets as a forced laborer so we did not know for 4 years whether or not he was alive Hungary's dictator Horthy understood that Germany was loosing the war The Germans sensed this and quickly occupied Hungary This was followed by the rapid extermination of much of the Jewish population of Hungary most Jewish people were concentrated in ghettos and then transported to death camps in Poland We were in a ghetto at the outskirts of Karcag for a couple of weeks and then were transferred to a terribly crowded ghetto in Szolnok which is a larger city in the same district Jews from the entire district were transported further on freight-trains They were told that they were sent to work but after the war we learned that most of the trains were headed for Auschwitz my family and I were put on one of the few trains that headed for Austria This group included my mother with us two children my paternal grandparents and my three aunts In Austria we were in a small village near Vienna where adults worked in the fields and in a factory We were liberated by the Soviet Army on the spring of 1945 My maternal grandparents perished in the Holocaust along with 360 000 Hungarian Jews and almost two-thirds of the Jewish people of Karcag Following our reunion with my father in 1946 where my father found job as a schoolteacher In Israel we settled in Jerusalem and I started a new and very different life there were initial difficulties of being new immigrants This was not too difficult for children (I was less than 13 years at that time) my father studied Hebrew and soon started to work (Later he taught in at a teachers' seminary and authored mathematics textbooks education of their children was my parents' highest priority Although we were quite poor immigrants at that time my brother and I were sent to an expensive private school in Jerusalem I suspect that most of the salary of my father was spent on our tuition fees At school I was received well by the other children These were times of massive immigration to Israel so a new immigrant child with a Hungarian accent did not stand out too much (I am told that I still have some Hungarian accent although my Hungarian language is quite poor now) That became a problem when I finished high school so it was difficult for me to decide how to continue because my brother Chaim was already a medical student and he is now a very well-known hematologist and an authority on iron metabolism I started to study at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem which was the only medical school in Israel at that time (there are now four) In the basic science part of my medical studies I studied biochemistry in three different courses: organic chemistry basic biochemistry and a course called ‘physiological chemistry’ I was very fortunate to have outstanding teachers in all three courses Organic chemistry was taught by Yeshayahu Leibowitz a highly original thinker whose knowledge encompassed philosophy it was an intellectual feast to listen to him and he sneaked biochemistry into his lectures on organic chemistry whenever he could Basic biochemistry was taught by Shlomo Hestrin also an inspiring teacher who had a special talent to transfer his enthusiasm of science to the students Physiological chemistry was taught by Ernst Wertheimer a professor of German Jewish origin whom we had some difficulty to understand because of his heavy German accent but who had an excellent perspective of integration of metabolism at the level of the total body and of physiological contexts of biochemistry Another part of the same course was taught by Jacob Mager Mager was an outstanding biochemist and a man of encyclopedic knowledge he was very shy and quite a bad classroom teacher (although an excellent teacher in the laboratory Most of his lectures were delivered while he was writing whole metabolic pathways on the blackboard with his face to the blackboard and his back directed to the class I was so much impressed by the depth and breadth of his knowledge of biochemistry that I decided to ask Mager to do some research in his laboratory I started to work in Mager's laboratory in 1960 but it was possible to do a year of research between the preclinical and the clinical years of medical studies and although I completed medical studies later on I already knew by the end of that year that I was going to do research I was very fortunate to have had Jacob Mager as my mentor and tutor of biochemical research He was a scientist of incredible scope of interests and knowledge He was interested in every subject in biomedicine he knew almost everything about every subject and he worked simultaneously on 3–4 completely different research projects This undoubtedly caused fragmentation of his contributions to science but provided his students with a broad experience in different areas of biochemistry in a single I worked with Mager on subjects as different as the effects of polyamines on protein synthesis in vitro glucose-6-hosphate dehyrogenase deficiency and a variety of aspects of purine nucleotide metabolism did my military service as a physician (1965–1967) and then returned for 2 more years to Mager's laboratory to finish my Ph.D I received not just a broad view of biochemistry from Mager but also a very solid basis every experiment had to be done with all possible positive and negative controls all experiments were carried out in the duplicate and every significant new finding had to be repeated several times to make it sufficiently credible I owe a lot to Jacob Mager for a strong background of rigorous biochemistry and we married at the end of the same year she worked in the hematology laboratory of the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem I walked over to the hematology laboratory to get a blood sample that I needed for my research This collision caused her to stay in Israel for more than 1 year Yair is a computer engineer and Oded is a medical student We have now six grandchildren: Maya (1994) both Judy and I are crazy about all our grandchildren Although she came from one of world's most peaceful countries to one of the least and from a very comfortable and pampering environment to quite primitive surroundings She always took care of all my possible needs as well as the needs of our children and grandchildren Judy is not only a very beautiful woman but she also irradiates a lot of caring In addition to providing so much support at home she also helped me a lot in the laboratory The Ubiquitin System was helped by Judy in more than one way I was a post-doctoral fellow with Gordon Tomkins at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the University of California in San Francisco He was very different from Mager: outgoing Gordon did not care much about controls or experimental detail constantly erupting with great ideas and he was a wonderful stimulator of many other researchers' work as well Many distinguished scientists who knew Gordon Tomkins at that time (unfortunately he died at an early age) are still speaking of him with great admiration He exuded a great personal charm and I liked him instantly I thought that Gordon may add some new dimensions to my development in science and this indeed was the case I got a lot of stimulation and biological perspective from Gordon while I continued to use what I learned from Mager about rigorous controls I learned about protein degradation and got fascinated with this process while I was working with Gordon Tomkins I returned from San Francisco to Israel in 1971 I planned to return to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem but a new medical school opened in Haifa and I was offered to be its Chairman of Biochemistry This sounded very challenging and I agreed but later it turned out to be a very minute Unit of Biochemistry in a very small Faculty of Medicine of the Technion so at the beginning I chaired mainly myself One initial reason for its being so small was that there was not enough space to house much faculty This ‘temporary’ situation lasted for more than 15 years until the new building of the Faculty of Medicine was completed in 1987 and much of the discovery of the ubiquitin system was carried out right there since one is not bothered by what others are doing and does not feel compelled to work on currently popular I was very fortunate to assemble there a highly devoted research team which included at the beginning Hanna Heller and Dvora Ganoth My first graduate students were David Epstein we tried to establish a cell-free system that reproduces energy-dependent protein degradation in the test tube essential for the biochemical analysis of this system such as liver homogenates and extracts from cultured cells and even from bacteria We did not have any success in all these attempts I remember that a biochemist friend from Jerusalem visited my laboratory and at the end of the visit she told me that I should not have most of my laboratory working on a hopeless subject I was very obstinate and was obsessed with the idea that it would be possible to find out how proteins are degraded only with a biochemically analyzable cell-free system Maybe I was lucky to work in such a remote and small place; in a larger institution my graduate students and research assistants may have deserted me for some less frustrating research we used for biochemical fractionation the reticulocyte cell-free system established in the Goldberg laboratory (see Review) Aaron Ciechanover joined my laboratory for a D.Sc after completing his medical studies and Army service Aaron was the most incredibly hard-working graduate student that I ever had he contributed a lot to the discovery of the ubiquitin system I recall that at the end of my sabbatical year in Philadelphia in 1978 (see below) after telling Ernie Rose how small were Israeli research grants Ernie suggested that I should apply for a foreign research grant from the NIH to support my work in Israel I was inclined to do a couple of more experiments instead of writing a grant application but Aaron pushed me into a chair and commanded: ‘now write the NIH grant application!’ the first of five consecutive grant periods supported by the NIH It saved the situation in the Haifa lab at a very critical time I am very grateful to the NIH for supporting my work and also to Aaron for forcing me to write the initial grant application The story of the discovery of the ubiquitin system is described in my review and here I add only some anecdotal episodes from these times The fractionation of reticulocyte lysates to Fractions 1 and 2 was based on a trick that I learned from Mager in the purification of enzymes of purine nucleotide metabolism from erythrocytes Hemoglobin constitutes about 80–90% of total protein of erythrocytes and reticulocytes and therefore the first task in the purification of any enzyme from these cells is to get rid of the great mass of hemoglobin This is most conveniently done by using the anion exchange resin DEAE-cellulose this procedure resulted in loss of activity which could be recovered by adding back Fraction 1 that contained not only hemoglobin but also ubiquitin in our laboratory jargon we called ubiquitin for some time ‘Red’ because of the red color of hemoglobin in this fraction After we found that the factor in this fraction (i.e. ubiquitin) remains active after boiling for 30 min we consulted a protein expert at the Technion who told us that our factor cannot be a protein based on its sensitivity to the action of proteinases Maybe the lesson from this story is that it is dangerous to consult experts I had a problem in choosing a person with whom I would spend my sabbatical year I knew the people in the (then) small protein degradation field Many people in the field had their pet theories about the cause for the high selectivity of intracellular protein degradation without much (or any) experimental evidence I attended a Fogarty meeting on a quite general subject at the National Institutes of Health and one morning I joined him at the breakfast table Ernie was well known for his work on enzyme mechanisms I asked Ernie in what else was he interested I was a bit taken aback and told him that I never saw anything published by him on protein degradation His reply was:‘there is nothing worth publishing on protein degradation’ I liked his critical attitude and Ernie being such a character and therefore I asked him to spend my sabbatical year in his laboratory It turned out that Ernie Rose was really interested in protein degradation When he had been a young faculty in the 1950s at the Department of Biochemistry of Yale University and Simpson told him about his experiments on the energy-dependence of the liberation of amino acids from proteins in liver slices (see Review) and from time to time he did experiments trying to understand the energy-dependence of protein degradation He did not make any significant progress in these experiments therefore he did not publish anything on protein degradation who had a great influence on my scientific life He is very different from both Mager and from Tomkins and his attitude to science is highly analytical He is so brilliant that people do not always understand his ideas and are a little afraid of him People are also often apprehensive of him because he can be very critical and does not hesitate to voice his criticisms We got along very well over a period of 20 years which included several sabbaticals and many summer visits in his laboratory at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia Our only disputes were when he refused to be co-author of work to which he actually made significant contributions In the case of the few papers on which he is co-author I asked him once why does he keep inviting me back to his laboratory and his answer was: ‘I like the excitement’ Ernie always downplayed his contributions to the ubiquitin field He wrote an autobiographical article for Protein Science in 1995 and the word ‘ubiquitin’ is not mentioned in this recollections paper he always described his role in the ubiquitin story as being merely supportive Although on occasions when I worked in his laboratory and he was adsorbed with some problem in enzyme mechanisms he would forget about my existence for a week or two but then suddenly he would come up with a bright suggestion about my current work inspiration and helpful criticism were essential for the discovery of the ubiquitin system and for the delineation of some of the main enzymatic reactions in this pathway The rest of my story is a lot of more work but also a lot of more scientific excitement and fun and continued to do what many considered to be old-fashioned biochemistry in the 1980s when the powerful technologies of molecular biology became available This biochemical work resulted in the discovery of the three types of enzymes involved in ubiquitin-protein ligation (E1 and of some further enzymes of this system I became interested in the roles of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation in the cell division cycle This led me to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) at Woods Hole due to the availability of a clam oocycte cell-free system which faithfully reproduces cell cycle-related events in the test tube This system was important for the discovery of the Cyclosome/Anaphase-Promoting Complex I am spending my summers at the MBL for the same reason that I spent my summers previously at Fox Chase Cancer Center – to be able to devote almost all my time to do experiments in a tranquil environment Benchwork is my great hobby; I also do benchwork in Haifa I have always loved to do experiments with my own hands my own experiments were important for almost every significant progress made in my laboratory One cannot have a more beautiful place than the MBL for doing experiments: the great natural beauty of the surroundings the tranquility and outstanding scientific environment – all combine to make the MBL a great place for doing summer research I am amazed how fortunate I have been in both my personal and my scientific life both my parents lived in Israel to a good old age I was very fortunate to have outstanding mentors in science and then to be able to use the knowledge gained for a significant contribution If only there were some peace in the world including between Israel and its neighbors – I would be completely satisfied Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and the Rappaport Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.cdd.4401709 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Hungary Zhanibek Abdrashov took part in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Hungary, DKNews.kz reports The gala event held at the City Hall in Karcag where the Honorary Consulate was opened in 1998 was attended by representatives of the Government as well as business and scientific-cultural circles Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said that Kipchak Hungarians are reverent about their origins and cherish their traditions members of the Hungarian parliament Sándor F Kovács and Sándor Fazekas stressed that Kipchaks were are and will continue to cherish the Kazakh-Hungarian friendship The ambassador of Kazakhstan noted that the city of Karcag has historical significance for Kazakhstan where Kuns (Kipchak Hungarians) have lived for eight centuries preserving the traditions of the Kipchaks and forming a “cultural bridge” between the two countries The Kazakh diplomat also drew public attention to the systematic process of political modernization in Kazakhstan He stressed that “the political reforms initiated by the president gave a new impetus to the process of modernization of our national values The new parliamentary system will create a new era of state in which political interests are balanced” It should be noted that the main landmark of “Hungarian Kipchakia” is a monument of the Kipchak Khan “Kotyan” - the only one in Europe that was erected in honor of the representative of an ancient Kipchak family there is a monument symbolizing the arrival of the Kipchaks to the territory of modern Hungary The monument is a composition of seven Kipchak warriors in the form of ancient stone sculptures (balbaltas) each of which looks in the direction of the city where his ancestors settled and holds their respective emblem in his hand The researcher of this region was the famous scientist - Kipchakologist and Turkologist Kongur Mandoky In the early 1990-s he was one of the founders of the “Hungarian Kipchak Union” DKNews International News Agency is registered with the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan “The university provides development capacity and knowledge base for tackling the tasks in the agricultural sector both at the national and the international level it also generates a workforce that is superbly qualified to ensure that this development should be as dynamic as possible,” said Vice Rector András Jávor at the opening ceremony of Farmer Expo on Thursday The University of Debrecen has actively participated right from the beginning in the preparation and implementation of the exposition So it is not only the premises but also the professional background that our institution continues to furnish for the expo year after year the top-notch quality animal shows have been facilitated for the past 20 years through the assistance of the staff and faculty of Department of Livestock Breeding which let us put next to the four-day exhibition of goods a range of professional and academic events which contain the most recent scientific information with which the growers and producers can enrich their repository of knowledge in order to be able to work more efficiently The intellectual background supplied by the University of Debrecen presented a very good opportunity for us to host these events,” said Director László Vaszkó.Zoltán Pajna believes that this fair can provide a lot of help for agricultural holdings that are lagging behind in the use of recent technologies and knowledge transfer to break even Mayor László Papp has emphasized how important this event for the city of Debrecen is as it fully conforms to the philosophy in the municipal development plan Farmer Expo has grown into the most significant agricultural exposition outside the capital city About thirty thousand visitors are expected to attend the largest agricultural exhibition in Eastern Hungary this year who will get a chance to roam about the expo premises on a total of 3000 square meters of paved road surface thanks to the recent developments implemented by the university The President of Agriculture and Rural Development Agency reckons that this expo is a true reflection of the diversity and high quality that characterizes Hungarian agriculture “This exhibition is in a very favorable position as it is backed by an institution of higher education with top-quality education and research features through which the innovative scientific achievements of the University of Debrecen can be easily channeled into everyday practice,” said Csaba Gyuricza Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture awarded a special prize to Karcag Research Institute of the University from which the local agricultural holdings can surely benefit a lot in practice which also means a sort of preparation for and consequent immunity against external changes “The community that has launched Farmer Expo in Debrecen and operates the agriculture of this region and food industry is able to implement the kind of cooperation on the campus of the University of Debrecen and in the broader surrounding region which facilitates this work,” said the DSS The Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly thanked the University of Debrecen for its professional assistance provided by hosting this event for the past two decades “These past 25 years meant an opportunity for the individual agricultural entrepreneurs to access new information and experience in order to ensure the development of their holdings Special thanks should go to the University for sharing its professional background and taking the initiative in the cooperation,” said István Jakab there are going to be almost three hundred exhibitors present on the Böszörményi úti campus of the university the teaching staff and graduate students of the doctoral program of Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management are to give lectures and presentations at the meetings and professional symposia held during the course of the event their talks are scheduled to be on topics like state-of-the-art vegetable and fruit growing technologies tenders and application possibilities for state-funded support aimed at improving the fruit growing sector and the position and perspectives of the processing industry while the afternoon sections will focus on field demonstrations held at the Experimental Site of the university located in Kismacs.Press Office A memorial plaque has been inaugurated in tribute to Colonel Commandant Michael Kováts de Fabriczy a Hungarian-born 18th-century Hussar officer at the Kossuth House in central Washington The inauguration on Friday was held as a highlight event of a programme series marking the 300th birth anniversary of the Hussar colonel and died in the American Revolutionary War in the Siege of Charleston Kováts de Fabriczy is regarded as a famous Hungarian figure in American history the “father of the US cavalry” who established the first US light cavalry Finance Minister Mihaly Varga said that it had to be thanked to the Karcag-born officer that it became widely known to the American public that one of the main characteristics of Hungarians is striving for freedom The efforts aimed at reviving “the memory of the Hungarian freedom-fighter officer” will strengthen the bond between Americans and Hungarians said that Kováts de Fabriczy was a pillar of the Hungarian-American diaspora’s identity and self-determination and his person “a testimony” to American-Hungarian relations with regard to the fact that a common characteristic of the two nations is their love for freedom HERE is a reels video of the memorial plaque and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list SupportUs Newsletter © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved The World Beauty of the Hungarians was chosen over the weekend to represent Hungary at the Miss Intercontinental pageant A 17-year-old high school student from Csengőd was crowned this year’s World Beauty Queen of Hungarians (Magyarok Világszépe) at a gala event in Karcag The televised selection of the Hungarian beauty queen began early on Saturday afternoon at 3 pm on the large outdoor stage of the Karcag Kincse Arts and Conference Centre and the Highlands made it to this year’s final Emma Uzsák was named the most beautiful lady of the Highlands (Felvidék Dorina Somogyi the most beautiful lady of Transcarpathia (Kárpátalja and Kinga Kovács the most beautiful lady of Transylvania (Erdély the age limit for the Hungarian beauty queen contestants was set between 17 and 27 years The competition focused on the presentation and promotion of traditional Hungarian costumes and the preservation of cultural traditions The Hungarian beauty queen contestants competed in Kalocsa dresses The main prize was a Fiat 500 car, and the winner will go on to represent Hungary at the Miss Intercontinental World Contest, according to karpathir.com Ramóna Jákob won the title of Top Model of the World Hungary