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  • Update: Explosion at MOL Petrochemicals Site in Hungary Leaves Casualties

    Update: Explosion at MOL Petrochemicals Site in Hungary Leaves Casualties

    22 May 2026

    One person was killed and several seriously injured after an explosion at MOL's petrochemicals base in Tiszaujvaros (E Hungary), Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in a post on Facebook early Friday. More >>

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  • KSH: Nearly 73,000 Children Registered as at Risk in Hungary Last Year

    KSH: Nearly 73,000 Children Registered as at Risk in Hungary Last Year

    • 22 May 2026 12:53 PM

    Almost 73,000 children were officially registered as at risk in Hungary last year, with child protection services taking nearly 34,000 into care, according to the latest Central Statistical Office (KSH) report on social protection.

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  • 'Shocking, Painful': Petofi Statue Badly Vandalised in Strasbourg

    'Shocking, Painful': Petofi Statue Badly Vandalised in Strasbourg

    • 20 May 2026 3:55 PM

    The statue of 19th-century Hungarian revolutionary poet Sandor Petofi in Strasbourg was vandalised overnight, prompting police to launch an investigation after reports from Hungarian citizens, Hungary's Permanent Representation to the Council of Europe and local authorities.

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  • Carmelite Monastery & Cabinet Office in Budapest to Open for Public on Saturday

    Carmelite Monastery & Cabinet Office in Budapest to Open for Public on Saturday

    • 20 May 2026 12:09 PM

    The Carmelite Monastery and the Cabinet Office in Budapest will again be open to the public again on Saturday. Last weekend some 2,000 people attended guided tours through the offices of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Antal Rogan, his cabinet chief.

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  • Another New Deputy PM Appointed in Hungary: Mr Ruff

    Another New Deputy PM Appointed in Hungary: Mr Ruff

    • 20 May 2026 7:24 AM

    Prime Minister Peter Magyar on Tuesday appointed Balint Ruff, head of the Prime Minister's Office, as deputy prime minister.

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  • 'Unfit or Unworthy'? President of Hungary Reacts Firmly to Calls for Him to Quit

    'Unfit or Unworthy'? President of Hungary Reacts Firmly to Calls for Him to Quit

    • 19 May 2026 7:02 AM

    There is currently no constitutional or legal reason for me to resign," President Tamas Sulyok said in an interview published on index.hu on Monday, in response to Prime Minister Peter Magyar's call on the head of state and other public officials to resign by May 31.

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  • Police Complaint Filed Against Magyar Alleging Abuse of Power

    Police Complaint Filed Against Magyar Alleging Abuse of Power

    • 19 May 2026 5:58 AM

    Bertalan Havasi, the former deputy state secretary of the Prime Minister's cabinet office, has filed a complaint with the police against Prime Minister Peter Magyar, alleging abuse of power as a public official.

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