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  • Expat Explainer: Christmas Day Customs in Hungary

    Expat Explainer: Christmas Day Customs in Hungary

    21 Dec 2025

    In Hungary a key element of celebrating Christmas is the traditional custom of the Bethlehem Shepherd’s play (betlehemes játék). The present-day version of the Bethlehem folk play originates from the 19th-20th century, although it may date back as far as the medieval times. More >>

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  • Ildikó Enyedi Receives Femme de Cinema Sisley - Les Arcs Award

    Ildikó Enyedi Receives Femme de Cinema Sisley - Les Arcs Award

    • 16 Dec 2025 6:46 AM

    Director Ildiko Enyedi on Sunday received the Femme de Cinema Sisley - Les Arcs award at the Les Arcs film festival in France, founded in 2013 to highlight the work of outstanding female filmmakers.

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  • Hungary Patent Application Numbers Climb Over Global Average - HIPO

    Hungary Patent Application Numbers Climb Over Global Average - HIPO

    • 16 Dec 2025 6:42 AM

    The number of patent applications filed in Hungary climbed 17pc in 2024, well over the 4.9pc global increase, the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) said on Monday, citing the latest World Intellectual Property Indicators report.

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  • Park Center Strip Malls in Hungary Acquired by Fund Manager Granit

    Park Center Strip Malls in Hungary Acquired by Fund Manager Granit

    • 16 Dec 2025 6:23 AM

    Fund manager Granit Asset Management (Alapkezelő) has signed a contract to acquire the Park Center shopping malls in Hungary from Revetas Capital, Granit Alapkezelő announced.

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  • Two Victims of Australia Terror Attack Had Hungarian Origin

    Two Victims of Australia Terror Attack Had Hungarian Origin

    • 16 Dec 2025 5:53 AM

    There were two victims of Hungarian origin in the anti-Semitic terror attack in Sydney, and the government will provide all possible assistance to their relatives, Peter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, confirmed in Brussels.

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  • Hungarian Recipe Of The Week: Christmas Gingerbread

    Hungarian Recipe Of The Week: Christmas Gingerbread

    • 16 Dec 2025 5:40 AM

    Gingerbread originated in ancient times with Egyptians and Greeks baking honey-sweetened spiced breads for rituals, but it reached Europe around 992 AD via Armenian monk Gregory of Nicopolis, who taught French Christians the recipe after fleeing persecution.

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    Enjoy ‘Mondays Originals’ for a Special Price at ETELE Cinema Budapest, 15 December

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    On Mondays the team at ETELE Cinema arranges the movie schedule to allow as many films as possible to be shown in the original language - or with subtitles - and on top of that there's a special price to further enhance your movie experience.

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