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    Extreme long-distance swimmer Attila Manyoki has been the first Hungarian to successfully tackle Lake Taupo, New Zealand's largest lake, as part of the Stillwater Eight marathon swimming challenge he told MTI.

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    • 3 Mar 2025 12:15 PM

    Japan's Nissin Foods will spend HUF 40bn to build a second plant in Kecskemet (C Hungary), doubling capacity there, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said.

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    • 3 Mar 2025 12:12 PM

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    • 3 Mar 2025 12:11 PM

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    • 3 Mar 2025 11:57 AM

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    • 3 Mar 2025 7:03 AM

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    • 2 Mar 2025 6:22 AM

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