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    • 30 Oct 2025 1:27 PM

    The new agreement between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on trade matters is "fantastic news for the Hungarian economy", Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Facebook on Thursday.

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    • 30 Oct 2025 6:07 AM

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    • 30 Oct 2025 5:50 AM

    The government has withdrawn another 6.2 billion forints from the metropolitan accounts, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said on Wednesday, adding that the move was a "fatal stab" to the city's finances.

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    • 30 Oct 2025 5:36 AM

    Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony wrote in a Facebook post this week that Sziget Festival will not take place next year.

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    • 29 Oct 2025 2:45 PM

    For two weeks, you can view up to 25 exhibitions by almost a hundred artists until November 9, at the 10th Budapest Contemporary Jewelry Week.

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    • 29 Oct 2025 2:27 PM

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    • 29 Oct 2025 2:20 PM

    So far, almost 40 art venues have announced their participation in the Art Weekend Budapest (AWB) event series, which will be held between November 28th and 30th.

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    • 29 Oct 2025 6:50 AM

    Futureal, the owner of the Etele Plaza shopping and entertainment centre, has agreed with a consortium of three banks to refinance its existing loans and provide a new credit facility

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    • 29 Oct 2025 6:40 AM

    The average listing price for used cars in Hungary was HUF 5.6m in September, data compiled by the Central Statistics Office from listings site Hasznaltauto.hu show.

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    • 28 Oct 2025 3:19 PM

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    • 28 Oct 2025 1:40 PM

    From ETELE Cinema Budapest Team: We have some great news: from now on, you can enjoy movies at Etele Cinema every Tuesday at a special discounted price!

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