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  • Updated: More Ukrainian Spies Identified by Hungarian National Security Services

    Updated: More Ukrainian Spies Identified by Hungarian National Security Services

    • 21 May 2025 7:15 AM

    The national security services have identified more Ukrainian spies, including Roland Tseber as an "illegal" officer of the Ukrainian intelligence service, and Istvan Hollo, who is under investigation by the National Office of Investigation on the suspicion of espionage activities, ruling Fidesz's parliamentary group leader said after a meeting of the national security committee.

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    Preview: Hungarian Motion Picture Festival in June to Honour Cinematographer Koltai

    • 20 May 2025 12:44 PM

    World-renowned cinematographer Lajos Koltai will be among the recipients honoured with the Hungarian Film Academy’s life achievement award at this year’s Hungarian Motion Picture Festival.

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    See Bestselling Chinese Author Su in Budapest

    • 20 May 2025 12:13 PM

    Bestselling Chinese novelist Su Tong is paying a visit to Budapest this Friday at the invitation of the China Cultural Centre in Budapest and the Contemporary Chinese Book Club.

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  • Night of Artworks Festival: Behind-the-Scenes Art Adventures in Budapest, 22 – 24 May

    Night of Artworks Festival: Behind-the-Scenes Art Adventures in Budapest, 22 – 24 May

    • 20 May 2025 6:57 AM

    Ever wondered what sparks the creation of a painting or shapes a sculpture before it graces a gallery? The amazing Műtárgyak Éjszakája Fesztivál, running across over 70 Budapest venues, pulls back the curtain on the artistic process.

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  • Africa Express – With Damon Albarn, Budapest Palace of Arts, 6 July

    Africa Express – With Damon Albarn, Budapest Palace of Arts, 6 July

    • 19 May 2025 5:37 PM

    Damon Albarn returns to Budapest this July with something completely different after he previously performed here with Gorillaz, Blur, and The Good, The Bad & The Queen - the Africa Express, his boundary-pushing musical collective known for blending global styles in bold new ways.

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  • Price Freeze Begins for Household Goods in Hungary

    Price Freeze Begins for Household Goods in Hungary

    • 19 May 2025 4:10 PM

    The government has decided to mandate a 15pc cap on markups on household products in 30 categories from Monday 19 May to help protect families and pensioners, the National Economy Ministry said in a statement.

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  • Special Eco Adventures: National Parks Week in Hungary, 19 - 25 May

    Special Eco Adventures: National Parks Week in Hungary, 19 - 25 May

    • 19 May 2025 3:32 PM

    Hungary’s natural wonders are once again open for exploration as National Parks Week – the country’s largest eco-tourism event series – runs across the country, the Ministry of Agriculture recently announced.

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  • Foreigners Dominate 'Tour de Hongrie' Road Cycling Race

    Foreigners Dominate 'Tour de Hongrie' Road Cycling Race

    • 19 May 2025 3:27 PM

    Ecuadorian cyclist Harold Martín López has claimed victory in the 46th Tour de Hongrie, Hungary’s 100-year-old road cycling race. The final stage on Sunday was won by Colombian Juan Sebastián Molano.

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  • How Much Money Burnt on Anti-Ukraine Campaign in Hungary?

    How Much Money Burnt on Anti-Ukraine Campaign in Hungary?

    • 19 May 2025 2:44 PM

    The opposition Democratic Coalition will sue the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister for access to data, to reveal "how much money has been burnt on the anti-Ukraine campaign", the party group's spokesperson said,

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  • On the Run German Suspected of Arms Trafficking Caught Hiding in Hungary

    On the Run German Suspected of Arms Trafficking Caught Hiding in Hungary

    • 19 May 2025 2:36 PM

    A 25-year-old German national wanted for illegal trafficking of guns, ammunition and explosives, as well as for anti-Semitic crimes committed in Germany, has been detained in Budapest, the investigative office of the rapid-response police (KR NNI) said on police.hu.

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  • Hungarian State to Boost Stake in Telco One

    Hungarian State to Boost Stake in Telco One

    • 19 May 2025 2:08 PM

    State-owned Corvinus International Investment Company will raise its indirect stake in telecommunications business One Magyarorszag to 37.90pc as the result of transactions announced.

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  • 'New Era' for Post-Graduate Education in Hungary

    'New Era' for Post-Graduate Education in Hungary

    • 19 May 2025 2:03 PM

    Balázs Hanko, the culture and innovation minister, told a press conference on Saturday that post-graduate education in Hungary was on the cusp of a "new era", adding that more funding would flow towards "the young people creating and shaping the future".

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  • Drug Regulations in Hungary 'Most Stringent' in Region

    Drug Regulations in Hungary 'Most Stringent' in Region

    • 19 May 2025 1:18 PM

    The fight against drugs is "justified self-defence" and a task that society as a whole must shoulder, and not leave it to institutions or authorities, Laszlo Horvath, the government commissioner for eliminating drug trafficking, told a roundtable discussion.

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  • Lifetime Achievement Tribute: Hungarian Director Wins at Cannes Film Festival

    Lifetime Achievement Tribute: Hungarian Director Wins at Cannes Film Festival

    • 19 May 2025 12:47 PM

    The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) granted its FIPRESCI 100 Lifetime Achievement Tribute to Hungarian director Istvan Szabo at the 78th Cannes Film Festival and he collected the award late on Friday before the screening of his film Sunshine, which had undergone a full 4K digital restoration.

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