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...The art furniture house is the brainchild of designer Valérie Maltaverne, who works with designers and craftsmen to produce limited editions utilising traditional decorative arts techniques....
...But by the time it was completed in 1819, the then monarch, Ferdinand VII, decided that the royal art collection (shaped by his predecessors Charles V and Philip II) should be exhibited instead....
...valerie.hopkins@ft.com...
...A facility to pack and distribute Sputnik V will open in May, with plans for it eventually to be produced in Serbia....
...Hungary eschewed EU inoculation guidelines and relied on the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine and the Russian-made Sputnik V to become one of the world’s most vaccinated countries....
...Hungary was the first EU country to license and distribute the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine, which it agreed to buy for less than €10 a dose....
...If both new vaccines are approved by Hungary’s National Health Centre, the total number of vaccines approved in Hungary will be seven, including China’s Sinopharm vaccine and Russia’s Sputnik V....
...Hungary has been testing Sputnik V since early December....
...Last week Hungary became the first EU country to start administering China’s Sinopharm vaccine, in addition to Russia’s Sputnik V and jabs developed by BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna and Oxford/AstraZeneca....
...In Slovakia, Prime Minister Igor Matovic’s decision to buy the Russian Sputnik V vaccine without the agreement of his coalition partners has left his government in turmoil....
...Hungary has also licensed the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine, alongside the EU-approved BioNTech/Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna jabs. “We are in a race against time. Get vaccinated!” he wrote....
...The Czech Republic, which is facing a surge in infections, could start using the Sputnik V vaccine, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Sunday....
...Plus, the FT’s southeast Europe correspondent, Valerie Hopkins, explains the love-hate relationships that Serbians have with Chinese investment in their country....
...Hungary was the first EU country to approve the Sinopharm vaccine, along with Sputnik V, the jab developed by a Russian investment fund....
...Additional reporting by Davide Ghiglione in Rome and Valerie Hopkins in Budapest...
...The comments highlight tensions over Budapest’s decision to run clinical trials next month of the Russian Sputnik V drug, which has not yet been assessed by the European Medicines Agency....
...The vaccine was named Sputnik V in a nod to the Soviet satellite that sparked the cold war-era space race....
...Even Man v Food, in which a presenter who I fear will die young tackles “interesting eating challenges” (think a “Texan Dinner” involving a 72oz steak) proved grossly compelling....
...“The fiscal spending can really help them get a V-shaped recovery.” In the longer term, there could be other benefits of central Europe’s ties with Germany....
...Valerie Pitt London SE3, UK...
...We welcome the timely coverage of your correspondent Valerie Hopkins (Report, September 12) on the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest (SZFE)....
...Letter in response to this article: Give our schoolchildren Friday afternoons to explore their creativity / From Valerie Pitt, London SE3, UK...
...Valerie Volcovici of Reuters reported on how miners in Pennsylvania and other eastern states were rejecting retraining offers, partly on the grounds that they expected Mr Trump to bring coal jobs back....
...Thankfully, “the V&A this year is having a bumper year. It’s 16 per cent up year on year, which is a lot of visitors to be up”....
...Held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, it showcased the best of contemporary Scottish design and acted as an appetiser for the V&A Museum of Design Dundee, due to open on the city’s waterfront next year...
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