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  • Centenary Exhibition in Budapest for World-Renowned Hungarian-Born Contemporary Painter Judit Reigl

    Centenary Exhibition in Budapest for World-Renowned Hungarian-Born Contemporary Painter Judit Reigl

    • 5 Jan 2024 12:16 PM

    Exhibition run until 28 January 2024. President Katalin Novák opened a large-scale exhibition marking the centenary of the birth of world-renowned Hungarian-born contemporary painter Judit Reigl in Műcsarnok in Budapest.

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    • 5 Jan 2024 11:38 AM

    Many of the customers surveyed by Kifli.hu, almost 50% start the New Year with a hearty fast, or even with a diet and eating healthier foods, in order to compensate for the possible overconsumption of recent weeks.

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    Buda Castle Palace To Become A Museum, Restoration To Be 'Architecturally Faithful'

    • 5 Jan 2024 10:32 AM

    The Palace of Buda Castle is to be transformed into a museum, Museum of Fine Arts director László Baán said in an interview with HVG.

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  • New Record High Temperature Measured in Hungary

    New Record High Temperature Measured in Hungary

    • 5 Jan 2024 10:24 AM

    The HungaroMet weather service measured 16.4 degrees Celsius in Báta, in southwest Hungary, the highest ever recorded in the country on January 4.

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  • "European Champion”: Record FDI Received by Hungary in 2023 - China Largest Investor

    "European Champion”: Record FDI Received by Hungary in 2023 - China Largest Investor

    • 5 Jan 2024 10:15 AM

    Hungary drew record investments of more than 13 billion euros in 2023, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said.

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  • Balaton Sound Announces 1st Phase Line-Up for Festival in Summer 2024

    Balaton Sound Announces 1st Phase Line-Up for Festival in Summer 2024

    • 5 Jan 2024 9:26 AM

    The  Heineken Balaton Sound is one of the largest open-air events in Europe with a carefully curated and cultured mix of diverse electronic headliners who play at a special location next to Lake Balaton in Zamárdi, Hungary.

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  • Reclining Nudes Reunited: First Big Exhibition of Renoir in Hungary - Extended Until 21 January

    Reclining Nudes Reunited: First Big Exhibition of Renoir in Hungary - Extended Until 21 January

    • 4 Jan 2024 5:07 PM

    This special Renoir show run until 21 January, extended from 7 January due to high demand.

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  • Buda Castle Reconstruction Presented at Visitors' Centre

    Buda Castle Reconstruction Presented at Visitors' Centre

    • 4 Jan 2024 12:37 PM

    A visitor centre presenting the ongoing reconstruction of the Buda Castle with architectural models and digital displays is open in the Hunyadi Courtyard.

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  • Panoramic Posta Lookout Tower in Buda Open to Public

    Panoramic Posta Lookout Tower in Buda Open to Public

    • 4 Jan 2024 12:30 PM

    The lookout tower soaring above the historic Postapalota building overlooking Buda hub Széll Kálmán tér is open to the public.

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  • Watch: Munchies Guide to Budapest - Discovering Hungary, One Bite at a Time

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    • 4 Jan 2024 11:29 AM

    You can taste the history of Hungary through their modern take on classic dishes, and there’s no better place to do so than its capital. In this MUNCHIES Guide to Budapest, host Jesse Burgess of TopJaw investigates the city’s recent cultural revolution.

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  • Naszály: The Unknown Beauty of Danube Bend Area in Hungary

    Naszály: The Unknown Beauty of Danube Bend Area in Hungary

    • 4 Jan 2024 10:14 AM

    Join local travel addict Orsi Szombati as she reveals the beauty of this lesser-known jewel of a destination that's not in most guidebooks: the highest mountain in the Danube Bend area in Hungary.

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  • Hungarian Opinion: Fragmented Opposition ‘Too Weak’ to Face the Challenges of the New Year?

    Hungarian Opinion: Fragmented Opposition ‘Too Weak’ to Face the Challenges of the New Year?

    • 4 Jan 2024 9:52 AM

    A left-wing columnist urges opposition parties to unite before they lose the positions they conquered in the 2019 municipal elections.

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  • Hungarian Opinion: Two Critical Takes on the Mayor of Budapest

    Hungarian Opinion: Two Critical Takes on the Mayor of Budapest

    • 4 Jan 2024 9:27 AM

    Six months before local elections, an environmentalist, and an alt-left critic of Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony acknowledge his good intentions but find his performance unsatisfactory.

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  • Hungarian Opinion: ’Digital Citizenship’ Seen as a ’Big Brother’ Project

    Hungarian Opinion: ’Digital Citizenship’ Seen as a ’Big Brother’ Project

    • 4 Jan 2024 9:14 AM

    An independent lawyer fears that a fresh constitutional amendment may enable the authorities and internet providers to get access to citizens’ full profiles.

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