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April 15, 2010: Rail unions rally to defend safety rules

December 7, 2009: Extinction looms for the private operator

October 9, 2009: EC hands out ultimatum over rail competition

August 31, 2009: German First-Half Rail Cargo Traffic Declines Most on Record

August 23, 2009: An icon of European rail travel is finally killed off

June 26, 2009: European Rail Freight Freefall Deepens

March 25, 2009: Next stop: the People’s Railway – A European Conference on the future of rail”

December 22, 2008: Hungarian rail strike may continue during Christmas

December 20, 2008: DB Schenker buys Romanian forwarder

December 17, 2008: Hungarian rail strike continues

December 17, 2008: Austria Chancellor says may sell cargo rail

December 15, 2008: Strike shuts down Hungary rail, delays at airport

December 14, 2008: Budapest airport strike continues, now rail workers get on board

December 9, 2008: Rail Cargo Austria completes takeover of MÁV Cargo

November 14, 2008: European railworkers march in Paris against rail liberalisation

October 16, 2008: Rail disaster kills four in Hungary, rail board chairman and minister resign

July 14, 2008: Hungarian rail union calls for indefinite strike

June 19, 2008: RMT Statement to European Conference of Rail Trade Unionists

June 15, 2008: RMT to host major European conference on resisting rail privatisation

May 1, 2008: Brussels warns on railways' state aid

April 1, 2008: Cross-border cooperation between Hungarian and Austrian railway unions

March 29, 2008: Hungarian rail union threatens strike next week

March 24, 2008: National strike at Hungarian railway company over pay

February 24, 2008: Hungarian rail workers to restart strike, says union leader

February 23, 2008: Hungary in 7.1 million euro rail privatisation slush fund

February 11, 2008: Talks between rail union and Hungarian railways stalemated

February 8, 2008: Hungary rail strike ends pending further talks; cost estimated at 2.4 billion forint

February 3, 2008: Rail Workers Strike in Romania and Hungary

January 4, 2008: Showcase ERTMS train project ‘too complex’

November 28, 2007: Rail Cargo Austria buys Hungary's freight operator Mav Cargo for 102.5 billion forint

November 23, 2007: Hungary rail strike ends, more protests expected

November 23, 2007: Austrian railways leads bid for Hungarian rail freight firm MAV Cargo

October 4, 2007: EU takes us back to the age of rail privateers

August 14, 2007: Seven bidders invited for second round of Hungary's MAV Cargo tender

July 30, 2007: Europe's railways - A high-speed revolution

July 23, 2007: British venture capitalist bids for Hungary's rail freight business Mav Cargo

June 29, 2007: Deutsche Bahn 'sniffing around' Hungary's MÁV Cargo

May 30, 2007: Hungary's rail freight privatisation likely to go to Austria

March 12, 2007: Hungarian railway MÁV sees HUF 50 billion gap in 2008 budget

March 5, 2007: Hungarian railway union calls off strike

February 5, 2007: Hungarian rail strike delayed at 11th hour

January 31, 2007: Hungary rail workers announce strike for Friday rush hour

January 29, 2007: EU says rail passengers up 2.2 pct in 2005 vs 2004, freight stable

January 27, 2007: 300 demonstrate for railway employees' hospitals in Hungary

December 9, 2006: Economy minister announces rail cutbacks

October 4, 2006: Hungarian Railway MÁV to Get New Bosses to Restructure Railways

September 18, 2006: Railway workers to start strike tomorrow

August 16, 2006: MÁV cargo might worth HUF 100 billion

July 24, 2006: Hungary: A new stage in transport reform - Which way next?

June 21, 2006: Hungary to take HUF 80 bn railway debt off budget

February 24, 2006: Slovakia to halt rail cargo sell-off

August 21, 2005: Privatisation bid for Cargo Slovakia

April 14, 2005: Slovakian rail freight en route to privatisation