Frank Rokob, 82, of Neshanic Station - NJ.com

Frank Rokob, 82, of Neshanic Station - NJ.com: "He had a lifelong passion for wine making, singing for years on stage in many plays and the church choirs and traveling back to his homeland. While living in Hungary, he was a member of the Sopron Fire Department."

TheDay.com - Sun's Holt comes back with confidence

TheDay.com - Sun's Holt comes back with confidence: "Holt put in the work playing for Hungary's MKB Euroleasing Sopron in FIBA Europe this winter. She helped her team to a shocking run to the Final Four and, playing power forward, averaged 11.3 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals."

Downtown Sopron to be renewed with EU funding _ Budapest Business Journal _ bbjonline.hu

Downtown Sopron to be renewed with EU funding _ Budapest Business Journal _ bbjonline.hu: "Downtown Sopron to be renewed with EU funding
Friday 15:05, July 17th, 2009
Sopron’s historic downtown will be renewed over the next two years with the help of EU Funding amounting to 600 million HUF, the National Development Agency (NFÜ) said in a press release."

Where are they now?: Jordan Wilson

Untitled Page: "She played for the Hungarian Euroleague club MKB Euroleasing Sopron and several clubs around Austria. Her daughter Inga came to California where she was high school player of the year and All-American; Inga will play for Northwestern University next year. The competition is different from country to country. Spain is among the top in terms of leagues and competition. Austria has fewer teams, but was competitive since most teams had one or two D1 Americans."

Volt music festival sees increased sales despite tourism slump: Realdeal.hu

Volt music festival sees increased sales despite tourism slump: Realdeal.hu: "Volt music festival sees increased sales despite tourism slump
By Hungary Around the Clock

A record 79,000 day tickets were sold for the Volt music festival held on the weekend, up from 77,000 last year, Econet announced on the stock exchange website. The four-day festival in Sopron headlined by Marilyn Manson, Franz Ferdinand and Limp Bizkit, produced a Ft 70 million profit."

Fast and pray to keep Marilyn Manson away - CathNews

Fast and pray to keep Marilyn Manson away - CathNews: "Churchgoers in Sopron, a Hungarian town are being called to protest against the rocker who is scheduled to perform as one of the main acts at an upcoming four day music festival, Reuters reports.

'Protest against the concert of American satanist band Marilyn Manson in Sopron,' placards around the church say in red and black capitals."

Ulster, Budapest and Spain (All good news)

Ulster, Budapest and Spain (All good news): "A few brave men cut the wall at Sopron, permitting the escape of hundreds of East Germans who had gathered in Austria to make one last massive attempt to leave the USSR.
Ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl could not be present in Budapest for the celebrations because of ill health, but he sent a message: 'The first stones to be dislodged from the Berlin Wall actually fell out of another wall in Hungary.' Eight hundred kilometres separate Berlin from Sopron, and it seems likely that those dissidents in Hungary were not to know what would happen a bare three months later."

Sopron travel guide

Sopron travel guide: "Sopron Travel Guide
Located in the north on the border of Hungary and Austria Sopron attracts a large number of Austrian tourists day tripping for lower prices."

Sopron travel guide - Wikitravel

Sopron travel guide - Wikitravel: "Sopron is a city in Hungary, close to the Austrian border, with a population of about 55,000. The officially bilingual town (historical German language name Ödenburg) is situated at the Amber Road, and in Roman times was named Scrabantia."

Politics.Hu: Nationalist t-shirts could use a lesson in historical geography

Politics.Hu: Nationalist t-shirts could use a lesson in historical geography: "Again, because of the communist terror imposed on the country by Bela Kun and his jewish henchmen. If you didn't notice after they were eradicated Sopron and other Hungarian towns voted to remain part of Hungary by plebiscite.
So in short my history-deficient friend the Austrian part of Hungary decided voluntarily to belong to Austria. Hence the absence of hand grabbing territory."

Volt music festival sees increased sales despite tourism slump: Realdeal.hu

Volt music festival sees increased sales despite tourism slump: Realdeal.hu: "Volt music festival sees increased sales despite tourism slump
By Hungary Around the Clock

A record 79,000 day tickets were sold for the Volt music festival held on the weekend, up from 77,000 last year, Econet announced on the stock exchange website. The four-day festival in Sopron headlined by Marilyn Manson, Franz Ferdinand and Limp Bizkit, produced a Ft 70 million profit."

Sopron and Vienna « Alexa and Jason’s World Travels

Sopron and Vienna « Alexa and Jason’s World Travels: "After a busy week in Budapest we headed to Austria. On the way we stopped in Sopron, Hungary for one night and spent another night in Vienna. After all the nice weather we had in Budapest we started to get some rain which turned into a major storm system across central Europe, but we didn’t let that stop us from seeing the sites."

Hungarians fast and pray to ward off Marilyn Manson | Lifestyle | Reuters

Hungarians fast and pray to ward off Marilyn Manson | Lifestyle | Reuters: "Hungarians fast and pray to ward off Marilyn Manson"

The Budapest Times - Hungary‘s leading English Language source for daily news

The Budapest Times - Hungary‘s leading English Language source for daily news: "East Germans flee for Hungary after photo op
Written by Robert Hodgson
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
On 27 June, 1989, the foreign ministers of Austria and Hungary stood in a field near the western border town of Sopron. In front of the international press, the suited politicians, Alois Mock and Gyula Horn, carrying unwieldy bolt cutters, proceeded to clip through the barbed wire fence – the “Iron Curtain” that had separated their countries for over four decades. Last Saturday, 20 years later, dignitaries from around the world came to participate in the Hungary’s official celebration of the “opening of the Iron Curtain”."

JournalLive - News - Today's News - Film-maker’s appeal for Kirkley Hall class of 1959 reunion

JournalLive - News - Today's News - Film-maker’s appeal for Kirkley Hall class of 1959 reunion: "Csaba Sulë is in Sopron near the Austrian border. He was very homesick and discovered it was pretty hard to make a living in the UK in farm work and went home in 1960, where he became a post office engineer."

SBAGY Strabag acquires 5.7% stake in Gyor-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasut

SBAGY Strabag acquires 5.7% stake in Gyor-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasut: "STRABAG SE, a construction company, has acquired a 5.7% stake in Hungarian railway operator Gyor-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasut Zrt from Speditions Holding GmbH, a provider of logistics and freight forwarding services, for EUR5 million."