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  • Watch: Biodome Urban Oasis in Budapest to Open This Summer

    Watch: Biodome Urban Oasis in Budapest to Open This Summer

    • 4 May 2026 5:50 PM

    Visitors to Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden will soon be able to explore an exciting new attraction, as part of the long-awaited Biodome is set to open in mid-summer.

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  • 'Hijacking' Attempt by Budapest Mayor of Celebration on Day of New National Assembly in Hungary?

    'Hijacking' Attempt by Budapest Mayor of Celebration on Day of New National Assembly in Hungary?

    • 4 May 2026 3:52 PM

    Peter Magyar, leader of the election-winning Tisza Party and prime minister-elect, said that it was harmful and impolite that Budapest's mayor Gergely Karácsony is "hijacking" a celebration on May 9, the day when the new national assembly is formed, by organising a celebration concert the day before.

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    Morrissey, Barba Negra Budapest, 12 July

    • 4 May 2026 3:35 PM

    The voice of a generation, legendary singer Morrissey returns to Budapest for the third time. After 11 years, now he's live at Barba Negra on July 12, 2026.

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  • Update: Frozen Funds for Hungary Soon to be Unlocked by EU, Says Magyar

    Update: Frozen Funds for Hungary Soon to be Unlocked by EU, Says Magyar

    • 4 May 2026 3:13 PM

    European Union funds will soon be released to Hungary, Peter Magyar, the prime minister-elect, said after a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Wednesday.

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  • Growth Insights: GDP Climbs 1.7 % in Hungary

    Growth Insights: GDP Climbs 1.7 % in Hungary

    • 4 May 2026 3:10 PM

    Hungary's GDP rose 1.7pc in the first quarter from the same period a year earlier, a first reading of data released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) on Thursday shows.

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  • Private Person Fined HUF 600 Million for Unlicensed Crypto Investment Activity in Hungary

    Private Person Fined HUF 600 Million for Unlicensed Crypto Investment Activity in Hungary

    • 4 May 2026 3:05 PM

    The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has fined a private individual HUF 600m for offering cryptocurrency investments without a licence, the central bank and financial market watchdog said on Thursday.

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  • JazzFest Budapest to Feature International Stars, Nearly 200 Performers

    JazzFest Budapest to Feature International Stars, Nearly 200 Performers

    • 4 May 2026 2:44 PM

    The JazzFest Budapest festival, to be held between June 27 and July 5, will feature nearly 200 musicians including stars such as Al di Meola, Pat Metheny, Marcus Miller and Charles Lloyd, organisers told a press conference on Thursday.

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  • Faithless & Morcheeba to Perform on Sziget’s ‘Day Zero’, K Bridge Renovation Planned

    Faithless & Morcheeba to Perform on Sziget’s ‘Day Zero’, K Bridge Renovation Planned

    • 4 May 2026 2:15 PM

    Exciting news has been announced ahead of this year’s Sziget Festival, with iconic acts Faithless and Morcheeba confirmed to perform on the festival’s traditional “Day Zero”.

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  • End to 'Invasion' of Foreign Guest Workers in Hungary Demanded by Our Homeland Party

    End to 'Invasion' of Foreign Guest Workers in Hungary Demanded by Our Homeland Party

    • 4 May 2026 2:00 PM

    The Our Homeland Movement has called for a "radical turnaround" in Hungary's labour landscape. Speaking ahead of Our Homeland's Labour Day event in the capital on Thursday, Janos Lantos, the head of the party's labour policy team, set out a vision for an "organic society where employers and employees have equal weight and act as natural allies".

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  • Fidesz to Head Four Parliament Committees in Hungary

    Fidesz to Head Four Parliament Committees in Hungary

    • 4 May 2026 1:57 PM

    Lawmakers of Hungary's outgoing ruling Fidesz will chair the finance and budget, social affairs, culture, and environment committees in the next parliamentary term, Gergely Gulyas, the party's group leader, said in a post on social media on Thursday.

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  • HUF 17 Billion Scandal: Why Baan Resigned from National Cultural Fund

    HUF 17 Billion Scandal: Why Baan Resigned from National Cultural Fund

    • 4 May 2026 12:54 PM

    Laszlo Baan, director-general of the Museum of Fine Arts, has resigned from the National Cultural Fund's (NKA) supervisory board following a 17 billion forint funding scandal, he confirmed to MTI on Thursday.

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  • Food Truck Show Kicks Off in Budapest Between 8 - 10 May

    Food Truck Show Kicks Off in Budapest Between 8 - 10 May

    • 4 May 2026 12:02 PM

    Food lovers in Budapest can look forward to one of the tastiest highlights of the spring, as the popular Food Truck Show returns for its 12th season between 8–10 May 2026 at Kincsem Park.

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  • Line-Up Finalised for Hungary’s New Government

    Line-Up Finalised for Hungary’s New Government

    • 4 May 2026 7:21 AM

    The Tisza Party is setting up a new, independent environmental authority, Laszlo Gajdos, the incoming minister for the living environment said on Thursday.

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  • Public Celebration of 'Regime Change in Hungary' to be Held in Budapest this Saturday

    Public Celebration of 'Regime Change in Hungary' to be Held in Budapest this Saturday

    • 4 May 2026 6:22 AM

    An all-day "public celebration marking the change of regime" will be held at Kossuth Square and the Danube embankment in front of Parliament next Saturday, the day when the new national assembly is formed and the prime minister is elected and sworn in, Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar, leader of the Tisza Party, said on Sunday.

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