Budapest - A strike that has crippled Hungary's rail network since since will continue indefinitely, the leader of the country's largest rail union, Istvan Gasko, said on Wednesday after the latest meeting with representatives of Hungarian State Railways (MAV).

For the fourth day in a row, railway stations across Hungary were largely deserted on Thursday morning as the Railway Workers' Free Trade Union (VDSZSZ) continued a strike that began on Sunday.

Budapest - Budapest's Ferihegy International Airport was running almost normally on Wednesday, as management and unions resumed talks following a week of damaging industrial action.

"The traffic situation at the airport has improved significantly, although for now terminal 2B is the only one handling passengers, which it is doing without any big delays," said Domokos Szollar, spokesman for the airport operator Budapest Airport (BA).

Budapest - While the Hungarian government welcomed a Tuesday court ruling that a controversial far-right nationalist paramilitary group must disband, the organization itself vowed to continue.

The Hungarian Democratic Charter, a group set up this year on the initiative of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in reaction to the rising profile of the extreme right and frequent violent demonstrations, said in a statement that it was "relieved" by the verdict against the Hungarian Guard.

Budapest - Talks between Hungarian State Railways (MAV) and the country's largest railworkers' union failed to break a deadlock Wednesday morning, as a national rail strike entered its fourth day.

Once again, railway stations across the country were empty. Two of Budapest's three major stations had cancelled all morning departures. Passengers willing to take a chance on rail travel were warned to be prepared for significant delays or cancellations.

Budapest  - The Budapest Municipal Court on Tuesday evening ruled to disband the controversial Hungarian Guard, a uniformed extreme nationalist organization.

The ruling, which is still not legally binding because it has been appealed by the Hungarian Guard, came after a process that has dragged on for nearly a year.

The organization, founded in August 2007, has been accused of deliberately intimidating Roma communities with its marches against what it calls "gypsy crime."

Budapest  - The unions behind a strike that has caused a week of chaos at Budapest's Ferihegy International Airport said on Tuesday that they are close to an agreement with management.

Union leader Zoltan Kovacs, after a meeting on Tuesday with the management of airport operator Budapest Airport (BA), said that the employer had agreed to consider written compromise proposals from the unions.