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  • Summary of Salary Trends in Hungary: Wage Growth Now Slowing

    Summary of Salary Trends in Hungary: Wage Growth Now Slowing

    • 12 Feb 2026 8:25 AM

    The scope for double-digit wage increases in Hungary is narrowing rapidly: in 2024 some 31% of employers granted raises of more than 10%; by 2025 that share had fallen to 10%, according to Hays Hungary’s Salary Guide 2026.

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  • Questions Mount About Toxic Exposure at Samsung Plant in Hungary at Göd

    Questions Mount About Toxic Exposure at Samsung Plant in Hungary at Göd

    • 12 Feb 2026 8:17 AM

    In 2023, Hungary’s government secretly ordered the Constitution Protection Office, the National Information Center, and intelligence agencies to investigate the Samsung SDI factory in Göd over reports of toxic exposure among workers, according to sources cited by Telex.

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  • Dr. Rose Private Hospital Budapest Insight: Serving Up the New U.S. Dietary Guidelines

    Dr. Rose Private Hospital Budapest Insight: Serving Up the New U.S. Dietary Guidelines

    • 11 Feb 2026 4:55 PM

    What’s striking is how far we’ve come from great-grandma’s kitchen, where “additives” basically meant salt and paprika. Today, more than 60% of the average American teenager’s daily calorie intake comes from ultra-processed foods containing more lab-designed ingredients than real nutrients.

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  • Electric Shock Risk Forces IKEA to Recall NYMÅNE Lamps in Hungary

    Electric Shock Risk Forces IKEA to Recall NYMÅNE Lamps in Hungary

    • 11 Feb 2026 3:40 PM

    Ikea has recalled certain Nymåne wall and reading lamps after identifying a potential electric shock hazard caused by a manufacturing defect, the furniture retailer said.

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  • TI: Hungary Remains  Most Corrupt EU Member State for 4th Consecutive Year

    TI: Hungary Remains Most Corrupt EU Member State for 4th Consecutive Year

    • 11 Feb 2026 3:36 PM

    In 2025, Hungary was once again ranked at the bottom of the European Union, sharing last place with Bulgaria this time, according to the annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) compiled by the Secretariat of Transparency International in Berlin.

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  • Wolt Tightens Alcohol Delivery Rules: New Age-Verification System in Hungary

    Wolt Tightens Alcohol Delivery Rules: New Age-Verification System in Hungary

    • 11 Feb 2026 11:52 AM

    Wolt has developed a comprehensive action plan with the Ministry for National Economy aimed at promoting responsible operations in the domestic local commerce sector, the company said in a statement.

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  • Marco Rubio to Visit Budapest this Week

    Marco Rubio to Visit Budapest this Week

    • 11 Feb 2026 10:28 AM

    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Bratislava and Budapest on Feb 15-16, the State Department said in a statement on Monday.

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  • Home Prices in Hungary Climb Steeply in January

    Home Prices in Hungary Climb Steeply in January

    • 11 Feb 2026 10:00 AM

    Home prices in Hungary rose 17.5pc year-on-year in January, listings site ingatlan.com said. In Budapest, home prices were 20.4pc higher.

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  • Inside Hungary's Cosmic Push: HUN-REN's Bold Research Union

    Inside Hungary's Cosmic Push: HUN-REN's Bold Research Union

    • 11 Feb 2026 9:52 AM

    The head of the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network announced on Tuesday the launch the HUN-REN comprehensive space research programme, which he said aligned with Hungary's 2021 space strategy and the 2023 Neumann Janos national research programme.

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  • FM Szijjártó Sues Magyar: Defamation War Over 'Samsung Smears' in Hungary

    FM Szijjártó Sues Magyar: Defamation War Over 'Samsung Smears' in Hungary

    • 11 Feb 2026 9:39 AM

    Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó announced on Tuesday that he is filing a criminal complaint against Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza Party, for public defamation with malicious intent, citing "blatant lies" about the environmental and health compliance of the Samsung plant in the settlement of God, near Budapest, made during a Facebook livestream.

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  • 'Ukraine is Currently Hungary's Enemy', Says Foreign Minister

    'Ukraine is Currently Hungary's Enemy', Says Foreign Minister

    • 11 Feb 2026 8:43 AM

    Ukraine is currently Hungary's enemy as it is trying to undermine the country's secure operations, energy security and sovereignty, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Tuesday, adding that the government would not allow the country's secure operations to be put at risk.

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  • Mayor Shot in Hungary in Head

    Mayor Shot in Hungary in Head

    • 11 Feb 2026 7:32 AM

    The mayor of Nagytevel, a village in Veszprém county, was shot with a gas pistol on Tuesday morning in the local government office, authorities confirmed.

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  • Tender Systems – Exhibition by CrocodilePOWER Artist Duo, Resident Art Budapest

    Tender Systems – Exhibition by CrocodilePOWER Artist Duo, Resident Art Budapest

    • 10 Feb 2026 6:49 PM

    Now on until 28 February. Resident Art gallery opens the year with an exhibition by an international artist duo. After St. Petersburg, Moscow, Bucharest, London, and Bratislava, the CrocodilePOWER artist duo presents itself in Budapest with a solo exhibition entitled TenderSystems.

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  • UK Boarding Schools Expo, British Ambassador’s Residence in Budapest, 26 February

    UK Boarding Schools Expo, British Ambassador’s Residence in Budapest, 26 February

    • 10 Feb 2026 4:47 PM

    UK-based Metropolis Education are excited to extend an invitation to you and your family, to join us in discovering more about the benefits of a UK education for your child.

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