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  • Donate Your 1% Church Tax to St Margaret's Anglican Episcopal Church, Budapest

    Donate Your 1% Church Tax to St Margaret's Anglican Episcopal Church, Budapest

    • 5 May 2026 5:28 PM

    If you pay Hungarian taxes please consider designating to Szent Margit Anglikán Episzkopális Egyház for your 1% Church Tax Support at no cost to you, kindly ask the church leaders.

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  • Richard Holmes, Financial Planner & Part-Time Eco Warrior

    Richard Holmes, Financial Planner & Part-Time Eco Warrior

    • 5 May 2026 4:59 PM

    Richard is originally from Birmingham and moved to Budapest in 2001. He lives in Buda with his wife and two children.

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  • Valley of Arts Festival to Feature 4,500 Programmes in Summer Near Balaton

    Valley of Arts Festival to Feature 4,500 Programmes in Summer Near Balaton

    • 5 May 2026 1:44 PM

    One of Hungary’s most beloved cultural events, the Valley of Arts Festival, returns for its 35th edition between 24 July and 2 August 2026.

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  • Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum: The True Face of Lifesaving

    Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum: The True Face of Lifesaving

    • 5 May 2026 12:44 PM

    The more than 2,300-square-metre Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum is located beneath Buda Castle. Deep under the castle hill, a roughly 10-kilometre cave and cellar system winds its way through the rock, and its passages were reinforced on the eve of World War II so that it could serve as an air-raid shelter during potential bombings.

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  • Milanese Elegance Meets Budapest Grandeur: Pasticceria Cova to Open at Matild Palace

    Milanese Elegance Meets Budapest Grandeur: Pasticceria Cova to Open at Matild Palace

    • 5 May 2026 12:26 PM

    Budapest’s high-end hospitality scene is about to get a taste of authentic Milanese luxury. Cova, one of Italy’s most storied pastry and café brands, has announced it will open its first Hungarian location within the magnificent walls of the Matild Palace.

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  • Watchdog: Crypto Service Providers in Hungary Must Assess Client Understanding of Risk

    Watchdog: Crypto Service Providers in Hungary Must Assess Client Understanding of Risk

    • 5 May 2026 6:58 AM

    The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has instructed cryptocurrency service providers to gauge their clients' investment knowledge and understanding of risks in a recommendation.

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  • BSE Insight: Bourse turnover reaches HUF 814 billion in April

    BSE Insight: Bourse turnover reaches HUF 814 billion in April

    • 5 May 2026 6:56 AM

    The stock exchange’s benchmark BUX index rose by 10.2% last month as daily turnover reached Ft 40.7 billion, the highest level since 2007, the BSE announced on Monday.

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  • Update: Outgoing Orbán Refuses to Comply with CJEU Ruling on Child Protection Act in Hungary

    Update: Outgoing Orbán Refuses to Comply with CJEU Ruling on Child Protection Act in Hungary

    • 5 May 2026 6:44 AM

    The Hungarian government will not implement a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the Hungarian Child Protection Act in light of the political, legal, and constitutional concerns associated with it, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a letter to President Tamás Sulyok, which Gergely Gulyás, head of the Prime Minister's Office, published on Facebook on Saturday.

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  • Rapid-Response Police to Take Over PM Protection in Hungary from TEK

    Rapid-Response Police to Take Over PM Protection in Hungary from TEK

    • 5 May 2026 6:21 AM

    The rapid-response unit of the Hungarian police is to take over the task of protecting the prime minister effective May 9, Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar said on Facebook on Monday, adding that he had already notified the director of the anti-terrorism unit TEK, which had so far fulfilled the role.

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  • Budapest Home Prices Stagnate

    Budapest Home Prices Stagnate

    • 5 May 2026 6:08 AM

    The average asking price for homes in the capital stands around HUF 1.53m/sqm, edging up 0.4pc from January, data compiled by zenga.hu, a listings site owned by OTP Bank, show.x

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  • Pick Insight: Sales Rise for Mega Salami Maker in Hungary to Over HUF 86.2 Billion

    Pick Insight: Sales Rise for Mega Salami Maker in Hungary to Over HUF 86.2 Billion

    • 5 May 2026 5:51 AM

    Net sales revenue of salami maker Pick Szeged, a member of vertically integrated agribusiness Bonafarm, inched up 1pc to HUF 86.2bn in 2025, an annual report posted on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange shows.

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  • EC Sues Hungary Over Retail Tax Regime

    EC Sues Hungary Over Retail Tax Regime

    • 4 May 2026 6:30 PM

    The European Commission on Wednesday said it decided to refer Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for failing to bring its retail tax regime in line with European Union rules.

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  • Update: Huge Transfers Abroad: New Accusations of ‘Stolen Wealth’ in Hungary

    Update: Huge Transfers Abroad: New Accusations of ‘Stolen Wealth’ in Hungary

    • 4 May 2026 6:29 PM

    While the outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is evading responsibility, people close to him are readying to leave the country and take their stolen wealth with them, Péter Magyar, the prime minister-elect, said in a video on Facebook.

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  • New Gov't to Scrap Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Office 'with no Delay'

    New Gov't to Scrap Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Office 'with no Delay'

    • 4 May 2026 6:24 PM

    Péter Magyar, Hungary's prime minister-elect, announced on Facebook on Wednesday that his government will scrap the Sovereignty Protection Office.

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