• ELTE Summer Uni Starts, 12 Hungarian Uni's in Top 5% of World Rankings

    ELTE Summer Uni Starts, 12 Hungarian Uni's in Top 5% of World Rankings

    • 12 Jul 2024 10:29 AM

    A summer university for Hungarian-speaking university and college students from across the border, the 27th Hungarian Summer University in the Carpathian Basin and the Forum for Hungarian Institutions of the Hungarian diaspora in the Carpathian Basin, has opened at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest.

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  • Top Expat Boss Leaves Hungary's Wizz Air

    Top Expat Boss Leaves Hungary's Wizz Air

    • 12 Jul 2024 10:12 AM

    President Robert Caley has leftovers Wizz Air, to pursue other interests, making room for three promotions, the low-cost he announced on Wednesday. Jozsef Varadi remains the CEO.

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  • 12 Top Picnic Spots in Budapest

    12 Top Picnic Spots in Budapest

    • 11 Jul 2024 1:15 PM

    Feasting in the great outdoors is always a good idea, and even more popular now summer is here. Below you can discover a dozen harmonious and easily accessible picnic sites to venture out to with friends or family and a basket full of goodies.

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  • Drug-Laced Gummy Bears Knock Out Foreigners in Hungary

    Drug-Laced Gummy Bears Knock Out Foreigners in Hungary

    • 11 Jul 2024 11:39 AM

    A total of 31 foreign citizens were taken to a toxicology centre in Budapest after eating sweets containing a substance called THCJD. A relative of one of them contacted Blikk, who shared their shocking experiences anonymously. For now, it seems their loved ones will not suffer permanent harm, but nothing is certain yet.

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  • MCC Festival, Esztergom, 1 - 3 August

    MCC Festival, Esztergom, 1 - 3 August

    • 11 Jul 2024 9:26 AM

    MCC Feszt isn't just a musical festival. It isn't just a cultural fair. It isn't just a platform for public debate. MCC Feszt is an unforgettable experience, and it's all happening in just one month!

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  • Banks in Hungary Deny Enhancing Profits During Wartime

    Banks in Hungary Deny Enhancing Profits During Wartime

    • 10 Jul 2024 2:06 PM

    The Hungarian Banking Association denied on Tuesday that the bank sector had enhanced profits during wartime, insisting it had been among those suffering the economic uncertainties caused by the war and had endured the burdens of various government measures “in a disciplined and cooperative manner”.

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  • Official: Retail Price of Electricity & Gas is Lower In Hungary Than All EU Members

    Official: Retail Price of Electricity & Gas is Lower In Hungary Than All EU Members

    • 10 Jul 2024 12:07 PM

    Some 104,000 families have saved over a combined 10 billion forints (EUR 25.4m) on their gas bills since April, when the government introduced “a more predictable” system of public utility invoicing, the energy ministry quoted Szilárd Németh, the government commissioner in charge of the public utility cuts programme, as saying on Tuesday.

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