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  • Updated: Bird Flu Detected at More Farms in Hungary

    Updated: Bird Flu Detected at More Farms in Hungary

    • 22 Oct 2024 6:04 AM

    The H5N1 avian influenza subtype has been identified at duck farms in Fejer County, in the west, and Hajdu-Bihar County, in the east of the country, food safety authority Nebih said.

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  • Hungarian Transport Ministry “No Longer Friends” With Siemens As Train Maintenance Breaks Down

    Hungarian Transport Ministry “No Longer Friends” With Siemens As Train Maintenance Breaks Down

    • 21 Oct 2024 3:53 PM

    János Lázár, Minister of Transport announced a railway renewal worth hundreds of billions of forints. However, new Siemens Desiro motor trains continue to rest in a garage. According to the national railway company, their refurbishment is stalled “due to disruptions in the supply of spare parts, which also affect Austria”.

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  • Enjoy ‘Mondays Originals’ for a Special Price at ETELE Cinema Budapest, 21 October

    Enjoy ‘Mondays Originals’ for a Special Price at ETELE Cinema Budapest, 21 October

    • 21 Oct 2024 12:55 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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  • Munkácsy Paintings Worth Over HUF 27 Billion Being Eyed Up by Hungarian State

    Munkácsy Paintings Worth Over HUF 27 Billion Being Eyed Up by Hungarian State

    • 21 Oct 2024 7:24 AM

    Mária Schmidt, director of the House of Terror Museum, has denied a report that the government would buy a collection of works by 19th-century painter Mihály Munkácsy.

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  • 5 Most Popular Destinations in Hungary Revealed for Autumn School Holiday

    5 Most Popular Destinations in Hungary Revealed for Autumn School Holiday

    • 21 Oct 2024 7:20 AM

    Bookings at tourism accommodations over the autumn school holiday, between October 26 and November 3, are up 9pc from last year's break, bookings site Szallas.hu said.

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  • Foreign Man Beaten by Security Guards at Budapest Club Sustained Life-Threatening Injuries

    Foreign Man Beaten by Security Guards at Budapest Club Sustained Life-Threatening Injuries

    • 21 Oct 2024 6:55 AM

    Budapest prosecutors are seeking prison sentences for four security guards who assaulted a group of Brazilian nationals at a club last summer.

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  • Deposit-Return System in Hungary Reaches Half a Billion Milestone

    Deposit-Return System in Hungary Reaches Half a Billion Milestone

    • 21 Oct 2024 6:44 AM

    Half a billion bottles and cans have gone through Hungary's new deposit-return system (DRS), MOHU, a unit of Hungarian oil and gas company MOL that has a nationwide municipal waste management concession said.

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  • Updated: Airbnb Saga: Short-Term Rent Rules in Budapest to Be Tightened

    Updated: Airbnb Saga: Short-Term Rent Rules in Budapest to Be Tightened

    • 21 Oct 2024 6:08 AM

    The government only wants to tighten short-term home rents in Budapest, the Economy Ministry said on Monday after 26 tourism associations signed a letter arguing for a compromise between a complete ban and the current regulation for Airbnb-type of rents.

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  • Magyar: 'Orban is Like the Captain of the Titanic'

    Magyar: 'Orban is Like the Captain of the Titanic'

    • 21 Oct 2024 6:03 AM

    Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza party, on Friday said Prime Minister Viktor Orban was like the captain of the Titanic, "driving the ship into an iceberg then lying to the passengers about how he'll steer it in their interest."

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  • World-Renowned Dr. Gabor Mate Receives High Hungarian State Award

    World-Renowned Dr. Gabor Mate Receives High Hungarian State Award

    • 21 Oct 2024 5:58 AM

    President Tamas Sulyok has awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary to Gabor Mate, a world-renowned Canadian-Hungarian physician and author, Hungary's Embassy in Ottawa has said on its social media site.

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  • Key Opposition Party in Hungary Now Has New Leader

    Key Opposition Party in Hungary Now Has New Leader

    • 21 Oct 2024 5:52 AM

    The opposition Socialist Party elected Imre Komjathi as its leader at the party's congress on Saturday.

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  • Special Series of Events to Celebrate Hungary’s EU Accession Anniversary

    Special Series of Events to Celebrate Hungary’s EU Accession Anniversary

    • 21 Oct 2024 5:41 AM

    The government has launched a series of events titled "1,100 years in Europe, 20 years in the European Union" with a budget of about 1,100 million forints (EUR 2.7m), celebrating the greatness of the Hungarian nation and the joy and pride of its existence as well as its EU membership, the deputy state secretary of the culture and innovation ministry said in Lenti, in western Hungary, on Saturday.

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  • Taste Happiness in Budapest: Top 5 + 1 Traditional Hungarian Deserts

    Taste Happiness in Budapest: Top 5 + 1 Traditional Hungarian Deserts

    • 18 Oct 2024 10:27 AM

    Hungarian gastronomy is full of delicious desserts. Let's see what you must try when you're in Budapest!

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  • Foreign Guest Workers Now Account for 2.6% of the Employed in Hungary - Over 70,000 More Coming?

    Foreign Guest Workers Now Account for 2.6% of the Employed in Hungary - Over 70,000 More Coming?

    • 18 Oct 2024 9:58 AM

    Guest workers may only fill positions in Hungary that can't be taken by Hungarians, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said at a hearing before a parliamentary committee.

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