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  • Budapest Mayor: New Year 'A Chance To Start Over'

    Budapest Mayor: New Year 'A Chance To Start Over'

    • 4 Jan 2021 8:10 AM

    The New Year is a chance to “start over and go back to the drawing board”, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said in a video on Facebook on New Year’s Day, adding that he believed the vaccine against Covid-19 would allow Budapest and Hungary to overcome the coronavirus epidemic.

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  • Hungary Prepared For Mass Vaccinations, Says PM Orbán

    Hungary Prepared For Mass Vaccinations, Says PM Orbán

    • 4 Jan 2021 7:49 AM

    All the necessary technical conditions are in place to begin swift mass vaccinations against Covid-19 in Hungary once vaccines are delivered in larger quantities, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a radio interview.

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  • Hungarian Recipe Of The Week: 'Pork In Aspic'

    Hungarian Recipe Of The Week: 'Pork In Aspic'

    • 3 Jan 2021 10:22 AM

    Although in other cultures Pork Aspic or Pork Jelly is usually an appetizer, cold snack or side dish, in Hungary it is considered a main dish, and we eat it with bread.

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  • Covid Update: 149,730 Active Cases, 103 New Deaths In Hungary

    Covid Update: 149,730 Active Cases, 103 New Deaths In Hungary

    • 3 Jan 2021 10:05 AM

    1,307 new cases were confirmed. The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Hungary now stands at 327,995. The number of deaths stands at 9,884, while the number of those recovered now stands at 168,381.

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  • Covid Update: 153,504 Active Cases, 114 New Deaths In Hungary

    Covid Update: 153,504 Active Cases, 114 New Deaths In Hungary

    • 2 Jan 2021 5:03 PM

    1,410 new cases were confirmed. The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Hungary now stands at 326,688. The number of deaths stands at 9,781, while the number of those recovered now stands at 163,403.

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  • Hungarian Opinion: First Appraisals Of 2020

    Hungarian Opinion: First Appraisals Of 2020

    • 2 Jan 2021 8:38 AM

    Political commentators on both sides of the political divide depict 2020 in dark colours and brace for even tougher clashes next year.

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  • Hungarian Opinion: Covid Vaccinations Underway

    Hungarian Opinion: Covid Vaccinations Underway

    • 2 Jan 2021 8:28 AM

    As Hungary begins vaccinating medical personnel against Covid-19, a pro-government columnist disagrees with those who oppose vaccination, but would also find it wrong to make it mandatory.

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  • Covid Update: 162,875 Active Cases, 108 New Deaths In Hungary

    Covid Update: 162,875 Active Cases, 108 New Deaths In Hungary

    • 31 Dec 2020 10:40 AM

    2,971 new cases were confirmed. The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Hungary now stands at 322,514. The number of deaths stands at 9,537, while the number of those recovered now stands at 150,102.

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  • Hungary’s Share Of Renewable Energy Used For Heating, Cooling Below EU Average

    Hungary’s Share Of Renewable Energy Used For Heating, Cooling Below EU Average

    • 31 Dec 2020 10:29 AM

    In 2019, renewable energy accounted for 18.1% of total energy use for heating and cooling in Hungary, according to data published by statistical agency Eurostat.

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  • MNB Foundation To Buy Property In Buda Castle District

    MNB Foundation To Buy Property In Buda Castle District

    • 31 Dec 2020 9:54 AM

    The MNB’s Pallas Athene Domus Meriti Foundation has received the green light for the purchase of the state-owned Burg Hotel located in the Castle District, according to a government decree dated December 29.

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  • 70,000 Pfizer Vaccines Land In Hungary

    70,000 Pfizer Vaccines Land In Hungary

    • 31 Dec 2020 9:49 AM

    The second shipment containing 70,000 German-American vaccines against the coronavirus arrived in Hungary Wednesday morning, M1 state TV reported from Liszt Ferenc airport.

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  • Katalin Kariko, Biontech VP, Named As Hungary's 'Media Person Of 2020'

    Katalin Kariko, Biontech VP, Named As Hungary's 'Media Person Of 2020'

    • 31 Dec 2020 9:39 AM

    Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó, a senior vice president at German biopharmaceutical company BioNTech, is the inaugural winner of the Public Media's Person of the Year Award, public media foundation MTVA said.

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  • Budapest’s Best Markets: Top Places To Find Fresh Seasonal Goodies

    Budapest’s Best Markets: Top Places To Find Fresh Seasonal Goodies

    • 31 Dec 2020 8:56 AM

    There is far more to Budapest’s market halls than the Vásárcsarnok. In fact, Hungary's capital is home to many markets and all of them have their own peculiarities, and specialties.

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    Video: Expats In Budapest Share Their Stories About Living In Hungarian Capital

    • 31 Dec 2020 7:45 AM

    Here you can meet expats from literally all over the world, and hear their stories about how they ended up in Budapest, and why they are loving it.

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