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  • Major Overhaul of Highway Code in Hungary Ahead? Summary of Likely Key Changes

    Major Overhaul of Highway Code in Hungary Ahead? Summary of Likely Key Changes

    • 24 Feb 2025 5:08 PM

    Hungary is considering significant changes to its Highway Code, or Kresz, with proposed updates covering everything from speed limits and bicycle regulations to e-scooters and learner driver training, news site Telex reports.

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  • IT Fitness Test sees Participants from Hungary Score 47%

    IT Fitness Test sees Participants from Hungary Score 47%

    • 24 Feb 2025 3:31 PM

    The IT Fitness Test 2024 assessed digital skills across Central Europe, revealing that Hungarian participants achieved an average score of 47%, trailing behind V4 peers.

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  • New Expat CEO of Year in Hungary Award Shortlists Announced by BBJ

    New Expat CEO of Year in Hungary Award Shortlists Announced by BBJ

    • 24 Feb 2025 3:19 PM

    A select group of business and diplomatic leaders were given a sneak-peak on Feb. 18 of the candidates for the Expat CEO and CEO Community awards, to be presented by the BBJ and event partner Hipa on Mar. 21.

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  • Why is China's Zoomlion Investing EURO 100 Million in Hungary?

    Why is China's Zoomlion Investing EURO 100 Million in Hungary?

    • 24 Feb 2025 2:39 PM

    Chinese construction and agricultural machine maker Zoomlion is investing EUR 100m in Tatabanya (W Hungary) to establish a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) manufacturing plant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade State Secretary Levente Magyar announced.

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  • B+N Insight: Who Will Manage Our Facilities? – People are Missing & Robots are Not Yet on the Job

    B+N Insight: Who Will Manage Our Facilities? – People are Missing & Robots are Not Yet on the Job

    • 24 Feb 2025 1:50 PM

    The Hungarian facilities management sector is struggling with a severe labour shortage. The problematic functioning of the vocational training system further complicates the situation. The industry is becoming increasingly digital, but robotisation and artificial intelligence are still far off.

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  • B+N Insight: Kitchen Germs -  An Underestimated Threat to Public Health

    B+N Insight: Kitchen Germs - An Underestimated Threat to Public Health

    • 24 Feb 2025 1:40 PM

    A new study reveals that over 100,000 cases of illness in Germany each year are likely caused by microorganisms in food. Yet, public awareness of kitchen hygiene remains surprisingly low.

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  • Enjoy ‘Mondays Originals’ for a Special Price at ETELE Cinema Budapest, 24 February

    Enjoy ‘Mondays Originals’ for a Special Price at ETELE Cinema Budapest, 24 February

    • 24 Feb 2025 1:24 PM

    On Mondays the team at ETELE Cinema arranges the movie schedule to allow as many films as possible to be shown in the original language - or with subtitles - and on top of that there's a special price to further enhance your movie experience.

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  • New 21 Point Economic Programme: Economic Neutrality, Peace 'Boost for Hungarian Economy'

    New 21 Point Economic Programme: Economic Neutrality, Peace 'Boost for Hungarian Economy'

    • 24 Feb 2025 12:25 PM

    Hungary has put all its cards on peace, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview with public radio.

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  • First-Time Home Buyers Make Up More Than a Quarter in Hungary

    First-Time Home Buyers Make Up More Than a Quarter in Hungary

    • 24 Feb 2025 12:15 PM

    First-time home buyers accounted for one-quarter of home buyers in Budapest in January and 28pc of buyers elsewhere in Hungary, listed real estate broker Duna House said based on its own figures.

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  • 'Brutal Times Coming', Warns Leader of Hungary’s Democratic Coalition

    'Brutal Times Coming', Warns Leader of Hungary’s Democratic Coalition

    • 24 Feb 2025 10:14 AM

    Ferenc Gyurcsany, the leader of opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), on Sunday said he expected the coming period to be "brutal". "We face horrors we haven't seen for 70 years," he said.

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  • Memories of Roma Murders by Hungarian Neo-Nazis in 2008-09 Evoked by Budapest Mayor to Protect Rights of All

    Memories of Roma Murders by Hungarian Neo-Nazis in 2008-09 Evoked by Budapest Mayor to Protect Rights of All

    • 24 Feb 2025 7:17 AM

    "When we protect the rights of any minority we also protect our own freedom," Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, told a commemoration paying tribute to the Roma victims of a series of murders back in 2008-2009.

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  • State of Nation Assessment: Orbán on Rise of Drug Dealers, Future Cash Use, Price Hikes in Hungary + Opposition Reaction

    State of Nation Assessment: Orbán on Rise of Drug Dealers, Future Cash Use, Price Hikes in Hungary + Opposition Reaction

    • 24 Feb 2025 6:47 AM

    Orban called 2024 a "manly year", saying that "yesterday we were heretics, but today half the world is knocking on our door."

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  • Szentkirályi: How Many 'Foreign-Funded Agents' is Budapest City Administration Cooperating With Now?

    Szentkirályi: How Many 'Foreign-Funded Agents' is Budapest City Administration Cooperating With Now?

    • 24 Feb 2025 6:12 AM

    Alexandra Szentkiralyi, the head of ruling Fidesz's Budapest chapter, on Saturday called on Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony and his administration to reveal how many "foreign-funded agent organisations" they were cooperating with.

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  • Judges Demonstrate in Budapest for Freedom of Judiciary - 'Rule of Law Facing Ultimate Challenge in Hungary'

    Judges Demonstrate in Budapest for Freedom of Judiciary - 'Rule of Law Facing Ultimate Challenge in Hungary'

    • 24 Feb 2025 5:57 AM

    Judges held a demonstration in Budapest on Saturday for the freedom of the judiciary, organised by the Hungarian Judiciary Association (MABIE).

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