Ah Hungary...

Parting Shots: Axe Murders and a Reality-Show Lawsuit: "

Woah, where did the week go? We got so many other stories we want to tell you about, but it's already 6:00, so we're just going to give 'em to you fast and dirty. Not that there's anything wrong with fast and dirty...

• The cops arrested a man in connection with the brutal murder of two Germans in late July. After what seems to have been an extremely light grilling by the fuzz, the killer broke down and admitted that he hadn't bought a house from the couple, but instead strangled and axed them to death, and then dumped their rotting carcases in a well somewhere near the puszta.

• The British government is hoping to tackle the problem of out-of-control fly-away Brit stag animals by issuing a set of useful guidelines, including 'Know the local laws and customs, for example acceptable behaviour and alcohol laws.' Hahahahahahaahahahahahahahaah, oh that's rich. [times online]

• The Hungarian government is promising to slash spending on administration, and to keep the deficit in check during its dicey-looking re-election drive. Hahahahahahaahahahahahahahaah, oh that's even better. [portfolio.hu]

• Something called Endemol, which is the owner of the license for reality show 'Big Brother,' is suing the creators of the Hungarian reality show 'Való Világ' ('Real World') for stealing their idea. Attila Árpa, 'the father of Való Világ,' doesn't deny copying the concept but says Endemol has no chance of winning. We smell a new reality show!

• An 83-year-old woman had her leg crushed under the tire of a bus after her arm got stuck in the door, and the driver didn't notice. She was dragged for 12 meters. According to tabloid Színes Bulvár Lap (offline) the injured néni isn't angry with the driver, because he has visited her in the hospital.

• According to the French daily Le Figaro, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) included Hungary on a 'blacklist' of countries where they had found problems with air safety. Hungarian aviation authorities countered by saying that the ICAO hasn't written such lists since last November, because it is 'against their principles.' Super!

• The parents of a five-year-old girl who was paralyzed after receiving a required immunization shot as an infant sued the state and won. But a new law that will become effective on October 30th will shift the responsibility from the state to the manufacturer of the medicine in such cases.

• In the process of turning Budapest's Madách tér (Madách square) into London, Steven Spielberg's crew removed stickers publicizing conservative opposition party Fidesz's National Consultation Board from the front of the organization's office. Meanwhile, the director of the acclaimed Holocaust epic 'Shindler's List' will allegedly compensate businesses affected by this weekend's shooting of 'Munich.' [index.hu]

• Lajos Koltai's supposedly so-so Holocaust epic 'Sorstalanság' ('Fateless') will be among the foreign films from which the American Film Academy will choose the Oscar nominees in January, having been officials put into competition by the Hungarian government. [index.hu]

• A bicyclist tried to rape a 24-year-old woman jogging on a bicycle path in the Southeastern town of Békéscsaba on Sunday. The woman managed to escape. Police have asked the help of civilians in finding the attacker, but are not urging motorists to run over any bicyclists they see. [index.hu]

• Two siblings, a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old, have been missing since yesterday afternoon, when they took off from their father's home near the eastern town of Nyíregyháza in the old man's Skoda. [index.hu]

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(Via Pestiside.)