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  • Latest Tax Guide Finds Hungary’s Tax Regime is Atypical in EU

    Latest Tax Guide Finds Hungary’s Tax Regime is Atypical in EU

    • 22 May 2025 4:07 PM

    Hungary’s tax regime stands out in the region with a unique model combining business-friendly corporate tax rates with extra-high levies on consumption, according to the latest tax guide by consultant Forvis Mazars, which covered 22 European and three Central Asian countries in its annual report.

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    • 22 May 2025 3:40 PM

    The 75th anniversary of Budapest's Liszt Ferenc International Airport was celebrated at an event at the Academy of Music.

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    Organic Food Market Grows in Hungary, Average Spend Per Person is Low

    • 22 May 2025 3:37 PM

    Hungary's organic food market was worth HUF 38.7bn in 2024, growing from HUF 28.5bn in 2022, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (OMKi) told MTI, citing data from NielsenIQ.

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    • 22 May 2025 1:19 PM

    Over three days almost a hundred cultural and musical programs await visitors here, plus as a fresh addition 'Tolkien Days' will also be organised at this year's festival - you can see a video below about what happened last year.

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    Hungary's B+N Referencia Zrt. Strengthens Position in Italy With Another Acquisition

    • 22 May 2025 12:58 PM

    Sagad s.r.l., the Italian subsidiary of B+N Referencia Zrt., has signed an agreement to acquire the facilities management business of Verona-based L'Alleanza Società Cooperativa.

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  • An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book Two, Chapter 7, Part 2

    An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book Two, Chapter 7, Part 2

    • 21 May 2025 5:45 PM

    Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.

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  • 'National Champions' Credit Scheme for SME's in Hungary Launched with HUF 156 Billion Budget

    'National Champions' Credit Scheme for SME's in Hungary Launched with HUF 156 Billion Budget

    • 21 May 2025 5:17 PM

    The government on Tuesday announced the launch of a HUF 156bn credit programme to support SMEs' productivity and export capacity, while advancing the green and digital transitions.

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    Pre-Premier - Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Uránia Budapest, 21 May

    • 21 May 2025 3:53 PM

    Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, which sees the agent and his team embark on perhaps their most dangerous mission yet. 

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  • Education Reforms in Hungary Trumpeted in London - 46,000 International Students in Hungary

    Education Reforms in Hungary Trumpeted in London - 46,000 International Students in Hungary

    • 21 May 2025 3:22 PM

    Hungary’s successful higher education reforms are being recognised on the international stage, the minister for culture and innovation said in connection with the ongoing Education World Forum in London.

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  • 10th Protest Held in Budapest Against Amendment to Public Assembly Law & More

    10th Protest Held in Budapest Against Amendment to Public Assembly Law & More

    • 21 May 2025 3:05 PM

    Independent lawmaker Akos Hadhazy organised a demonstration for the withdrawal of the amendment to the assembly law and the bill on the transparency of public life in Budapest.

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  • Restrictions at Border Crossings with Hungary Lifted by Austria & Slovakia

    Restrictions at Border Crossings with Hungary Lifted by Austria & Slovakia

    • 21 May 2025 3:00 PM

    Austria and Slovakia have lifted temporary restrictions at their borders with Hungary introduced after outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, the Hungarian Police Headquarters (ORFK) said on police.hu.

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  • Old 'Eclipse of Crescent Moon' Novel Sells for Millions of Forints at Hungarian Auction

    Old 'Eclipse of Crescent Moon' Novel Sells for Millions of Forints at Hungarian Auction

    • 21 May 2025 2:00 PM

    A two-volume dedicated copy of the novel Egri Csillagok (Eclipse of the Crescent Moon) by Géza Gárdonyi fetched more than Ft 2 million at an auction hosted by Antikvárium.hu that ended on Sunday evening.

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    Bubi Bike Sharing in Budapest Marks Anniversary - 1,000 E-Bikes Coming

    • 21 May 2025 12:08 PM

    Budapest's MOL Bubi bicycle-sharing scheme is celebrating four years since its last upgrade, the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK), which operates the system with the support of Hungarian oil and gas company MOL, said.

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  • Britannica Budapest Year 13 Students Receive Prestigious Conditional Offers From Top Universities Across the Globe

    Britannica Budapest Year 13 Students Receive Prestigious Conditional Offers From Top Universities Across the Globe

    • 21 May 2025 7:21 AM

    It’s always a moment of pride when students are able to take the next step in their academic journeys and pursue their dreams in higher education.

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