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  • Gov't Websites Hit By Cyber Attacks – Mainly From Foreign IP Addresses

    Gov't Websites Hit By Cyber Attacks – Mainly From Foreign IP Addresses

    • 28 Jan 2021 7:40 AM

    Several government websites have been hit by coordinated cyber attacks in recent days, causing disruptions in their availability, the government portal kormany.hu said on Tuesday.

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  • Holocaust Remembrance Day Marked By Hungarian PM & President

    Holocaust Remembrance Day Marked By Hungarian PM & President

    • 28 Jan 2021 7:34 AM

    Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed a letter to Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, in tribute to his work preserving the memory of Holocaust victims.

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  • Brett Penny, Director, American International School Of Budapest

    Brett Penny, Director, American International School Of Budapest

    • 27 Jan 2021 4:47 PM

    Brett was born in Mosgiel, New Zealand. After graduating from Dunedin College of Education and Otago University, he moved to Auckland, where he taught in private education. In 2000, Brett moved to Bangkok, Thailand, to assume his first international post. 

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  • US Automotive Companies To Invest HUF 12 Billion In Hungary

    US Automotive Companies To Invest HUF 12 Billion In Hungary

    • 27 Jan 2021 3:00 PM

    American automotive companies BorgWarner and Jabil are launching investments in Hungary worth a combined 12 billion forints (EUR 33.5m) and will receive 4.4 billion forints of government support, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said.

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  • Business & Consumer Confidence Increase In Hungary

    Business & Consumer Confidence Increase In Hungary

    • 27 Jan 2021 2:48 PM

    Consumer and business confidence improved in January from the previous month, economic research institute Századvég’s gauges of sentiment show.

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  • Hungarian Oil Company Opens 14 New E-Car Charging Stations

    Hungarian Oil Company Opens 14 New E-Car Charging Stations

    • 27 Jan 2021 2:35 PM

    MOL has opened 14 new electric car charging stations, the energy company announced on Tuesday.

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  • Video: Sudanese Woman Arrested In Budapest On Child Porn & Drug Charges

    Video: Sudanese Woman Arrested In Budapest On Child Porn & Drug Charges

    • 27 Jan 2021 10:25 AM

    Police arrested a Sudanese woman in Budapest after images of child pornography were discovered on her phone and drugs were found in her home, the National Investigation Bureau (NNI) said.

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  • Hungarian Covid Drug Prevents Serious Illness In Animal Trials

    Hungarian Covid Drug Prevents Serious Illness In Animal Trials

    • 27 Jan 2021 9:32 AM

    It appears that a drug which mimics antibodies being developed in Hungary is effective in preventing serious complications arising from Covid-19, a scientist at Budapest’s Eötvös Loránd University said, reporting on tests carried out on animals.

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  • Inoculation Of Hungarian Health Workers Nearly Complete

    Inoculation Of Hungarian Health Workers Nearly Complete

    • 27 Jan 2021 9:21 AM

    The campaign to inoculate health-care workers against the coronavirus has almost been completed, while vaccinations have started in 80 of Hungary's 1,900 social care facilities too, the chief medical officer said.

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  • Hungary Preparing Regulation Of Social Media Giants -Seeks To Avoid "Digital Damage"

    Hungary Preparing Regulation Of Social Media Giants -Seeks To Avoid "Digital Damage"

    • 27 Jan 2021 8:43 AM

    The justice ministry is preparing draft legislation to regulate the operation of social media giants in Hungary, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Facebook.

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  • Fewer 'Foreign Workers' Last Year In Hungary

    Fewer 'Foreign Workers' Last Year In Hungary

    • 27 Jan 2021 8:34 AM

    The number of foreign workers in Hungary fell by 6% from 50,258 in the first nine months of 2019 to 47,610 in the same period in 2020, investigative news website G7 calculates.

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  • Recipe For A Covid Vaccination In Hungary:  A Dash Of Luck & A Splash Of Cunning

    Recipe For A Covid Vaccination In Hungary: A Dash Of Luck & A Splash Of Cunning

    • 27 Jan 2021 6:53 AM

    “We did have to wait a while but by the beginning of January, information as to the Hungarian government’s vaccination programme finally came to light,” writes Szász Zsófi on the !!444!!! news site.  

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  • Updated: Budapest Won At 2020 Bridgehunter Awards

    Updated: Budapest Won At 2020 Bridgehunter Awards

    • 26 Jan 2021 11:30 AM

    The 2020 Bridgehunter Awards winners have been announced, and Budapest's elegant Danube crossings have come in on top with 58.9% of the votes.

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  • Covid Update: 104,083 Active Cases, 89 New Deaths In Hungary

    Covid Update: 104,083 Active Cases, 89 New Deaths In Hungary

    • 26 Jan 2021 11:22 AM

    459 new cases were confirmed. The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Hungary now stands at 360,877. The number of deaths stands at 12,113 while the number of those recovered now stands at 244,681.

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