Taszilo Landthaller is seen at his petrol station, which his family has owned since 1936, outside Budapest, February 1, 2010. Landthaller is one of the handful of independent petrol stations left in Hungary, having survived the Nazis, the Red Army, four decades of communist rule behind the Iron Curtain and the latest pestilential trial: capitalism. Picture taken on February 1, 2010. To match Reuters Life! HUNGARY-ENTREPRENEUR. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 24 months ago

Taszilo Landthaller is seen at his petrol station, which his family has owned since 1936, outside Budapest, February 1, 2010. Landthaller is one of the handful of independent petrol stations left in Hungary, having survived the Nazis, the Red Army, four decades of communist rule behind the Iron Curtain and the latest pestilential trial: capitalism. Picture taken on February 1, 2010. To match Reuters Life! HUNGARY-ENTREPRENEUR.

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