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  • Updated: Fraud Suspected Around Chain Bridge Revamp - Will Budapest Mayor Explain "Where Is All That Money?”

    Updated: Fraud Suspected Around Chain Bridge Revamp - Will Budapest Mayor Explain "Where Is All That Money?”

    • 18 Apr 2024 6:29 AM

    A recent report by the Government Control Office (KEHI) raises the suspicion of a “serious misuse” of funds concerning the renovation of Budapest’s Chain Bridge, a municipal project, Balázs Hidvéghi said.

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  • Hungarian and Indonesian FM's Share Concerns About Crisis in Middle East Coupled With “An Increasingly Warlike Mood in Europe”

    Hungarian and Indonesian FM's Share Concerns About Crisis in Middle East Coupled With “An Increasingly Warlike Mood in Europe”

    • 18 Apr 2024 6:23 AM

    Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has phoned Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, Szijjártó said on Facebook, adding that the talks focused on the security crisis in the Middle East.

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  • Costly Refreshments by Hungarian Sea: Balaton Caterers Plan Steep Summer Price Increase

    Costly Refreshments by Hungarian Sea: Balaton Caterers Plan Steep Summer Price Increase

    • 18 Apr 2024 5:36 AM

    A price increase of at least 10 percent is expected in Balaton restaurants. In Gyenesdiás, a scoop of ice cream currently costs HUF 600 (EUR 1.52), but visitors and vacationers should also be prepared for a rise in prices nationwide.

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  • Uber Finally Confirms Return to Budapest

    Uber Finally Confirms Return to Budapest

    • 17 Apr 2024 6:29 AM

    Uber will make its return to Budapest eight years after leaving the market but under a new model, working in partnership with Főtaxi, it was announced.

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  • Photos: Foreigners Captured After Car Smash & Grab at Louis Vuitton Store in Budapest

    Photos: Foreigners Captured After Car Smash & Grab at Louis Vuitton Store in Budapest

    • 17 Apr 2024 5:51 AM

    Police on Tuesday announced the capture of two foreign men suspected of burglarising the Louis Vuitton store on Andrássy út and stealing tens of millions of forints worth of bags, sunglasses and a belt, early Monday morning.

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  • Rent in Budapest Skyrocketing -  Where's Most Expensive and Cheapest?

    Rent in Budapest Skyrocketing - Where's Most Expensive and Cheapest?

    • 17 Apr 2024 5:45 AM

    According to the Central Statistical Office (KSH) and the ingatlan.com rent index, rent prices were 11.7 percent higher in the country and 12.4 percent higher in the capital in March compared to a year earlier.

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  • IMF Lowers Hungary's GDP Growth Forecast to 2.2%

    IMF Lowers Hungary's GDP Growth Forecast to 2.2%

    • 17 Apr 2024 5:25 AM

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected Hungary’s GDP would grow by 2.2% this year in its latest World Economic Outlook.

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  • I Bike Budapest: Cyclists to Rule Roads on Saturday 20 April - Expect Traffic Disruptions

    I Bike Budapest: Cyclists to Rule Roads on Saturday 20 April - Expect Traffic Disruptions

    • 16 Apr 2024 11:58 AM

    The Hungarian Cyclists’ Club will hold its major spring I Bike Budapest bicycle parade on April 20, an event that usually attracts thousands of participants.

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  • Influx of Filipino Workers Rising Rapidly - Vietnamese and Kyrgyz Numbers Up Too

    Influx of Filipino Workers Rising Rapidly - Vietnamese and Kyrgyz Numbers Up Too

    • 16 Apr 2024 11:45 AM

    The number of Filipino guest workers in Hungary grew from 1,100 in 2022 to 6,300 in 2023, an unprecedented increase of more than 5,200, Portfolio reports.

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  • New Heat Records Broken In Hungary on Sunday

    New Heat Records Broken In Hungary on Sunday

    • 16 Apr 2024 5:18 AM

    Budapest and Hungary as a whole witnessed record-high temperatures in the early morning as well as during the day on Sunday, the national weather service HungaroMet said on its website.

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  • Alexa Fermeglia, American Visual Artist, Poet & Educator in Budapest

    Alexa Fermeglia, American Visual Artist, Poet & Educator in Budapest

    • 15 Apr 2024 4:15 PM

    Alexa is an American visual artist, poet, and educator, based in Budapest since 2019. She is the founder and organizer of the Budapest Poetry Collective.

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  • 'Festival of Abnormal Music', Budapest, 8 - 11 May

    'Festival of Abnormal Music', Budapest, 8 - 11 May

    • 15 Apr 2024 4:04 PM

    Inverted Spectrum Records presents the first edition of Festival of Abnormal Music (FAM), scheduled to happen in Budapest from the 8th to 11th of May, 2024, in Turbina, Gödör, Auróra, Gólya, Dobozi 21, Blutorange, Susuka, and Népszíntér, with 26 bands and djs from Budapest, Dunaújváros, Debrecen, Belgrade, Ankara and Tokyo.

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  • François Sparkling Wines from Hungary Win Gold at Mundus Vini

    François Sparkling Wines from Hungary Win Gold at Mundus Vini

    • 15 Apr 2024 2:44 PM

    Hungarian sparkling wines François President Brut and François President Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2018 won gold medals at one of the world's most prestigious wine competitions, Mundus Vini in Germany this February.

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  • “Soft Protectionist”: Tougher Regulations Coming to Hungarian Food Industry

    “Soft Protectionist”: Tougher Regulations Coming to Hungarian Food Industry

    • 15 Apr 2024 2:27 PM

    The government’s 2030 Competitiveness Strategy promises “soft protectionist” measures to protect domestic food companies. This also means that the authorities will take stronger action to protect Hungarian suppliers, reports Világgazdaság.

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