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  • Expect Entry Queues At IKEA, With Special Controls On Number Of Shoppers

    Expect Entry Queues At IKEA, With Special Controls On Number Of Shoppers

    • 8 Apr 2021 11:04 AM

    IKEA is reopening its shops this week with the lifting of the ban on non-essential shopping, the subsidiary of the Swedish furniture and home design chain says, after all non-essential stores were ordered to close on March 8.

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  • Watch: "Stop & Re- think: II" - Artivism Gathering, Budapest

    Watch: "Stop & Re- think: II" - Artivism Gathering, Budapest

    • 8 Apr 2021 10:29 AM

    This new YouTube video says this is a story which takes us through four different worlds, "Four different realities and most importantly: four different truths regarding the system of news and media which is happening right now in Hungary".

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  • Watch: Fire Destroys Spar Shop In Szentendre Hungary

    Watch: Fire Destroys Spar Shop In Szentendre Hungary

    • 8 Apr 2021 7:17 AM

    The Spar shop near the HÉV terminus in Szentendre was almost completely destroyed by fire on Wednesday evening.

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  • Opinion: German Football Club Fires Intolerant Hungarian Coach

    Opinion: German Football Club Fires Intolerant Hungarian Coach

    • 7 Apr 2021 1:40 PM

    In my early internet career only two political discussion groups dealt with Hungary. One was in Hungarian and the other in English. Both were organized and maintained by a couple of Hungarian Ph.D. candidates who were studying in the United States at that time.

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  • Local Insights: Healthcare Workers In Hungary Interviewed About Covid Crisis

    Local Insights: Healthcare Workers In Hungary Interviewed About Covid Crisis

    • 7 Apr 2021 12:38 PM

    Some patients have to wait seven hours to get an ambulance, because there are too many calls. One in eight patients is ventilated regardless of their age, and five to six die each day. These are quotes from actual front-line workers involved in the battle against Covid-19.

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  • Covid Update: 252,115 Active Cases, 311 New Deaths In Hungary

    Covid Update: 252,115 Active Cases, 311 New Deaths In Hungary

    • 7 Apr 2021 12:25 PM

    1,933 new cases were confirmed on Wednesday 7 April. The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Hungary now stands at 693,676. The number of deaths stands at 22,409 while the number of those recovered now stands at 419,152.

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  • Watch: English Expat In Hungary Cleaning Tisza Riverbank At Csongrád

    Watch: English Expat In Hungary Cleaning Tisza Riverbank At Csongrád

    • 7 Apr 2021 11:41 AM

    Ian Davies, a former English firefighter, is making a big effort with a small team to clean up a huge amount of trash accumulated along the River Tisza in southern Hungary where he lives with his family.

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  • RIP Telegram Service By Magyar Posta - Vestige Of Analogue Age Comes To An End

    RIP Telegram Service By Magyar Posta - Vestige Of Analogue Age Comes To An End

    • 7 Apr 2021 10:08 AM

    Magyar Posta will end its telegram services on April 30, the state postal service company announced on Tuesday.

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  • Hungarian Opinion: Orbán, Salvini & Morawiecki Plan A New Right-Wing Alliance

    Hungarian Opinion: Orbán, Salvini & Morawiecki Plan A New Right-Wing Alliance

    • 7 Apr 2021 9:43 AM

    Commentators ponder the chances of the three leaders to unite most European parties to the right of the European People’s Party after their meeting in Budapest on 1st April where they agreed to meet regularly and discuss topical issues.

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  • GDP Growth Forecast For Hungary Raised By IMF

    GDP Growth Forecast For Hungary Raised By IMF

    • 7 Apr 2021 7:25 AM

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its projection for Hungary’s GDP growth this year to 4.3% in its fresh World Economic Outlook.

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  • Fire Kills One At Budapest Hospital

    Fire Kills One At Budapest Hospital

    • 7 Apr 2021 7:17 AM

    One person died of injuries sustained in a fire in Budapest’s St Margit hospital, the official website of the Hungarian police reports.

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  • Eurocenter Shopping Mall Closes For A Year

    Eurocenter Shopping Mall Closes For A Year

    • 7 Apr 2021 7:11 AM

    The Eurocenter shopping mall in Budapest’s Third District is closing for a year for external and internal renovations, owner and operator the WING group announced.

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  • 2.5 Million Inoculated, Re-Opening Starts On Wednesday, Says PM Orbán

    2.5 Million Inoculated, Re-Opening Starts On Wednesday, Says PM Orbán

    • 7 Apr 2021 7:01 AM

    Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Tuesday afternoon that the number of people inoculated in Hungary reached 2.5 million so shops and services can reopen from Wednesday.

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  • Watch: Black Lives Matter Movement Statue Destroyed Within A Day In Budapest

    Watch: Black Lives Matter Movement Statue Destroyed Within A Day In Budapest

    • 6 Apr 2021 4:54 PM

    An artwork paying tribute to the Black Lives Matter Movement was torn down on Friday, one day after it was erected in the Ninth District.

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