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  • Budapest Opera House Announces Slavic Theme for 2023-24 Season

    Budapest Opera House Announces Slavic Theme for 2023-24 Season

    • 28 Dec 2023 6:20 AM

    The Hungarian State Opera has announced that it is dedicating its 140th season in 2023-24 to Slavic music, with 14 premieres and 40 works connected to Slavic culture, General Director Szilveszter Ókovács.

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    Zsa Zsa Gabor Museum in Budapest

    • 27 Dec 2023 4:07 PM

    A museum dedicated to the glamourous Hungarian-born actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, who died in 2016, was opened in Budapest on Thursday by her widower Frederic Prinz Von Anhalt.

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  • An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 3.

    An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 3.

    • 27 Dec 2023 11:01 AM

    Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.

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  • Updated: Orbán: 'Soros's People Blackmailing EC to Withhold Money From Hungary'

    Updated: Orbán: 'Soros's People Blackmailing EC to Withhold Money From Hungary'

    • 27 Dec 2023 8:19 AM

    “The people of George Soros keep blackmailing the European Commission to withhold money from Hungary because they want Ukraine to get that money,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said.

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  • Hungarian Workers Getting Replaced with Foreigners, Claims Far-Right in Hungary

    Hungarian Workers Getting Replaced with Foreigners, Claims Far-Right in Hungary

    • 27 Dec 2023 8:13 AM

    Opposition Mi Hazánk labour expert János Lantos condemned that “Hungarian workers are getting fired and replaced with foreigners” throughout the country. He told a press conference that government claims about foreigners only getting employed for jobs that cannot be filled by Hungarians were untrue.

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  • Hungarian Grand Prix Tickets to be Cheapest in 2024 Formula 1 Series

    Hungarian Grand Prix Tickets to be Cheapest in 2024 Formula 1 Series

    • 27 Dec 2023 7:46 AM

    Tickets for next year’s Hungarian Formula 1 race will be the cheapest, reports hvg.hu. Currently, at the other end of the list is the race in Mexico. The top list below shows the average price of tickets for Formula 1 race weekends in the 2024 season.

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  • Bryan Adams Played at Mészáros Xmas Party, Reveals Index

    Bryan Adams Played at Mészáros Xmas Party, Reveals Index

    • 27 Dec 2023 7:41 AM

    Bryan Adams performed at the Mészáros Group Christmas party on Wednesday, Telex has learned from several sources.

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  • Tejföl: Is Sour Cream the Very Essence of Hungarianness?

    Tejföl: Is Sour Cream the Very Essence of Hungarianness?

    • 27 Dec 2023 7:36 AM

    Not so long ago, I interviewed the son of the great Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó. The musician had escaped to the United States with his family in 1956. His brother had already told me they had embraced America and its culture with open arms and turned their back on “Hungarianness.”

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  • Reconstruction of Andrássy Castle in Tiszadob Complete in Hungary

    Reconstruction of Andrássy Castle in Tiszadob Complete in Hungary

    • 27 Dec 2023 7:24 AM

    The renovation of the Andássy Castle in Tiszadob, one of the country's most impressive historical buildings, has been completed.

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    Andrea Bocelli, MVM Dome Budapest, 23 November

    • 27 Dec 2023 7:18 AM

    His career is an unprecedented success story, which began with winning the 1994 Sanremo Song Festival.

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  • Only 1/4 of Companies Plan on Year-End Bonuses in Hungary

    Only 1/4 of Companies Plan on Year-End Bonuses in Hungary

    • 27 Dec 2023 7:04 AM

    A quarter (26%) of the domestic companies classified as competitive plan to distribute year-end bonuses to their employees, the Economic and Entrepreneurship Research Institute of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced its latest survey, during which 1,825 domestic companies were asked about the benefits provided to their employees.

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  • Updated: More Stores Will Be Closed on Sunday 24th December in Hungary This Year

    Updated: More Stores Will Be Closed on Sunday 24th December in Hungary This Year

    • 22 Dec 2023 8:37 AM

    So far, among the largest networks, Tesco, CBA, Coop, Reál, and Auchan have not announced closures. Below is an updated list of shops will surely be closed on Sunday 24th December:

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  • Prague Shooting: No Hungarians  Among Victims, Announces State Secretary Menczer

    Prague Shooting: No Hungarians Among Victims, Announces State Secretary Menczer

    • 22 Dec 2023 8:11 AM

    A Hungarian foreign affairs official has expressed condolences and “shock” over the mass shooting in Prague in which several people lost their lives and dozens were injured, and he said so far there were no Hungarians known to be among the victims or injured.

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