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A.M. Best Co. has been analysing the impact of the heavy rain and subsequent flooding throughout Central Europe.

OVER THE past three years Slovakia and Hungary have not been able to resolve a dispute over citizenship rights that, along with other issues, has been causing political as well as practical problems in the two countries' relationship.

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At left, the statue of St. Stephen, Hungaryi 1 2s first king, stands guard in front of Gellert Bath on the Buda bank of the Danube.

A long-awaited new road and railway bridge across the River Danube is opening with great ceremony between Vidin, Bulgaria, and Calafat, Romania.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta and his Slovakian counterpart Robert Fico pleaded, on Tuesday, in a joint press conference in Bratislava, for strengthening the economic relations, and agreed to organize a business forum to which investors interested in particular in the fields of agriculture and industry will be invited.

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Berlin - Deadly floods forging a path of devastation through central Europe for more than a week bore down on northern Germany on Tuesday as troops raced to bolster sodden dykes.

Record flooding in Germany and Hungary forced more residents from their homes over the weekend, but the Hungarian capital of Budapest survived the worst of the flooding without major damage.

Germany evacuates 31,000 after dam on River Elbe breaks, as thousands of Hungarians help army lay a million sandbags as swollen Danube hits Budapest Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes as the River Elbe burst through a dam and flooded parts of eastern Germany.

More than 80,000 emergency personnel including firefighters and soldiers were on duty Saturday, working aggressively to contain the most dramatic floods in Germany in a decade.

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Aerial view of the floods of River Danube at Venek, 135 kms west of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, June 7, 2013.

A ship station is seen in the flood water of River Danube near the embankment of Buda side of Budapest on June 7, 2013.

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Hungarians are setting aside their differences in a race against time to defend their historic capital Budapest and other areas from what the prime minister predicted will be the "worst floods of all time".

Hungarians have been warned to prepare for their country's worst floods ever as the Danube is set to reach record levels this weekend.

PERHAPS the last time the Danube River received this much media attention was in 2002, when it flooded several sections of the south-west region of Slovakia, causing massive damage.