The ski slopes and snow cannons will be surrounded by a built-up area, not by forests, as in Austria, so the local nature will not have a chance to regenerate itself, the NGOs argue.

In addition, they say construction will violate Hungarian and EU regulations.

They suggest that the government invest the available funds in existing ski centres in Hungary.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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