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  • Lidl Fined For Misleading Advertising in Hungary - Not Really 'Whole Wheat'?

    Lidl Fined For Misleading Advertising in Hungary - Not Really 'Whole Wheat'?

    • 14 Feb 2025 6:11 AM

    Competition watchdog GVH fined Lidl Ft 186 million for misleading advertising, having concluded that the retail chain misled consumers by labelling products as "whole grain" when they contained too small a proportion of that ingredient.

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    • 13 Feb 2025 1:13 PM

    The Budapest International Book Festival will be hosted in the Bálna, a new location on the Pest riverside, on October 2 - 5.

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  • City of Budapest to Give Trash to Orbán Gov't After Cleaning Up Rákosrendező Area

    City of Budapest to Give Trash to Orbán Gov't After Cleaning Up Rákosrendező Area

    • 13 Feb 2025 12:23 PM

    The city of Budapest will find a way to allow anyone who wants to participate in cleaning up the Rákosrendező area – which is currently still in state hands and has been polluted with garbage for decades – whether they are cabinet ministers or the Fidesz leader on city council, mayor Gergely Karácsony wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

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  • New Crack Down on Tax Evasion in Hungary

    New Crack Down on Tax Evasion in Hungary

    • 13 Feb 2025 7:04 AM

    A committee established by the government to crack down on tax evasion has held its first meeting of the year, the National Economy Ministry said in a statement.

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  • Indian People Smuggler Wanted by Hungarian Police Detained

    Indian People Smuggler Wanted by Hungarian Police Detained

    • 13 Feb 2025 6:57 AM

    A man of Indian nationality wanted by the Hungarian authorities on suspicion of people smuggling has been detained in Italy, police.hu reported.

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  • New Minimally-Invasive Thyroid Cancer Treatment Developed in Hungary

    New Minimally-Invasive Thyroid Cancer Treatment Developed in Hungary

    • 13 Feb 2025 6:52 AM

    Hungary's Premier Med and Semmelweis University have developed a minimally-invasive method for treating thyroid cancer in a close to HUF 300m project, the private healthcare provider told MTI.

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  • Two New Hungarikums Added to Official Hungarian Heritage List

    Two New Hungarikums Added to Official Hungarian Heritage List

    • 13 Feb 2025 5:23 AM

    The Collection of Hungarikums has been further expanded with the church bells ringing at noon and the ‘Csárdás’ dance. The ‘Csárdás’ has also been added to the Hungarian Register of Values, Minister István Nagy announced on his social media page.

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  • Dr. Jordan B. Peterson: An Evening to Transform Your Life, Budapest Sportaréna, 12 May

    Dr. Jordan B. Peterson: An Evening to Transform Your Life, Budapest Sportaréna, 12 May

    • 12 Feb 2025 4:48 PM

    Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is bringing his 'An Evening to Transform Your Life' tour to Papp László Budapest Sportaréna on May 12, 2025!

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  • Ibiza Symphonica, MVM Dome Budapest, 17 May

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    • 12 Feb 2025 3:02 PM

    The Ibiza Symphonica is the meeting of house and classical music in a breath-taking fusion!

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  • Watch: The (Orbán) Dynasty in Hungary

    Watch: The (Orbán) Dynasty in Hungary

    • 12 Feb 2025 2:43 PM

    By the 15th year of Viktor Orbán’s rule, his son-in-law had become one of the richest men in Hungary. István Tiborcz had built an empire of luxury properties, financial and logistics companies.

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  • Why is Hungary Handing Millions to Lebanon Army, Instead of Financing Arms Shipments to Ukraine?

    Why is Hungary Handing Millions to Lebanon Army, Instead of Financing Arms Shipments to Ukraine?

    • 12 Feb 2025 2:33 PM

    Instead of financing arms shipments to Ukraine, Hungary is providing 400 million forints (EUR 988,000) to the Lebanese army from the European Peace Facility, with the aim of ensuring the country's stability, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said in Beirut on Tuesday, adding that the aim was for Lebanese regulars to take over the task of ensuring Lebanon's security from the militias.

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  • Hungary Named EU's Most Corrupt Country for Third Year in a Row by TI

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    • 12 Feb 2025 2:13 PM

    Transparency International Hungary said on Tuesday that Hungary has retained its ranking as the European Union’s most corrupt country for the third year in a row, referring to the 2024 edition of TI's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).

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  • M1 in Budapest was First Metro Line on European Continent and Second in World

    M1 in Budapest was First Metro Line on European Continent and Second in World

    • 12 Feb 2025 2:10 PM

    The Kisföldalatti (metro line M1) is a pride of the country, and like many things in the capital, it brings to mind the happy and peaceful times that came with the developments at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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  • Low Cost Airlines Ready for Rapid Resumption of Flights from Budapest to Kiev

    Low Cost Airlines Ready for Rapid Resumption of Flights from Budapest to Kiev

    • 12 Feb 2025 2:07 PM

    Wizz Air is ready to restart flights to Ukraine within six weeks of a ceasefire announcement, CEO József Váradi of the discount airline told Reuters in an interview.

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