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  • NYEVE 2023: Fashion Show & Party @ Marriott Budapest

    NYEVE 2023: Fashion Show & Party @ Marriott Budapest

    • 20 Dec 2023 10:41 AM

    From the organisers: Join us under the dazzling lights of Marriott Budapest - Liz Ballroom this New Year's Eve for an exclusive event, NYEVE 2023, brought to you by Hideparty.

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  • Another US Rapper Plagiarises Hungary's Omega Classic, Earlier Kanye West Paid Up After Being Sued

    Another US Rapper Plagiarises Hungary's Omega Classic, Earlier Kanye West Paid Up After Being Sued

    • 20 Dec 2023 8:11 AM

    Representatives of the now disbanded rock group Omega may take legal action after another American rapper sampled their hit Gyöngyhajú lány (“Girl with the Pearl Hair”) without permission, lead guitarist György “Elefánt” Molnár told the website Tények.

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  • Court Overturns Gerrymandering in Budapest That Would Have Favoured Fidesz

    Court Overturns Gerrymandering in Budapest That Would Have Favoured Fidesz

    • 20 Dec 2023 8:05 AM

    The Metropolitan Court has annulled a redrawing of local election constituencies in the Fifth District that would have favoured Fidesz in local elections.

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  • Renoir Exhibition Budapest Attracts 200,000

    Renoir Exhibition Budapest Attracts 200,000

    • 20 Dec 2023 8:04 AM

    On display until 21 January 2024. The Painter and His Models, an exhibition of Renoir’s works in Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts, has attracted some 200,000 visitors since opening in September, the museum said.

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  • Gala Evening Opens Hungarian-Turkish Cultural Season

    Gala Evening Opens Hungarian-Turkish Cultural Season

    • 20 Dec 2023 7:48 AM

    The joint Hungarian-Turkish cultural season opened with a gala evening at the Palace of Arts (Müpa) on Monday. The event was attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Hungarian President Katalin Novák and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

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  • State Sells Stake In Telco Yettel to Help Buy Budapest Airport

    State Sells Stake In Telco Yettel to Help Buy Budapest Airport

    • 20 Dec 2023 7:36 AM

    State-owned Corvinus International Investment has signed agreements on the sale of its 25% stakes in Yettel Magyarország and Yettel Real Estate Hungary, and its 20% stake in CETIN Hungary to a member of Czech investment company PPF Group, the Economic Development Ministry said.

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  • EV R&D Ahead After Hungary’s Automotive Industry Set Record Last Year: HUF 12,000 Billion Sales

    EV R&D Ahead After Hungary’s Automotive Industry Set Record Last Year: HUF 12,000 Billion Sales

    • 20 Dec 2023 7:27 AM

    After securing electric car manufacturing investments in the first phase of the competition for attracting such businesses, now Hungary has a good chance of attracting R and D projects in the sector as well, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said, announcing an investment by the German-owned Schaeffler Savaria, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers.

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  • Base Rate Cut by Central Bank in Hungary

    Base Rate Cut by Central Bank in Hungary

    • 20 Dec 2023 7:09 AM

    Hungarian central bank (NBH) rate-setters cut the base rate by 75 basis points, to 10.75%, at a regular policy meeting.

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  • Festive Offer from Hertz Hungary: Enjoy Extra Comfort & Safety this Christmas

    Festive Offer from Hertz Hungary: Enjoy Extra Comfort & Safety this Christmas

    • 19 Dec 2023 5:45 PM

    Choose a comfortable car from Hertz's range for holiday adventures, for example a Suzuki's new SUV model which is worthy of the quality and unique comfort represented by the brand. December trips require a safe partner, and the Suzuki S-Cross model will be the best and most affordable solution.

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  • Sold Out: Big Burns Supper in Budapest, 27 January

    Sold Out: Big Burns Supper in Budapest, 27 January

    • 19 Dec 2023 10:34 AM

    The Robert Burns International Foundation is delighted to announce that tickets are now available for the 2024 Burns Supper to be held on 27 January 2024 in the Grand Ballroom of the Corinthia Hotel Budapest.

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  • US Ambassador &  Orbán’s Wife Visit Needy Families in Hungarian Countryside

    US Ambassador & Orbán’s Wife Visit Needy Families in Hungarian Countryside

    • 19 Dec 2023 8:49 AM

    US ambassador David Pressman and Hungarian goodwill ambassador Anikó Lévai, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s wife, visited a home for needy families together in Szolnok on Monday, the US embassy said in a statement.

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  • Watchdog Shuts Down Falcon Pyramid Scheme in Hungary

    Watchdog Shuts Down Falcon Pyramid Scheme in Hungary

    • 19 Dec 2023 8:18 AM

    The National Bank of Hungary has blocked the websites of Falcon Kereskedőház and Falcon Benefit and frozen accounts used in a suspected pyramid scheme, the central bank and financial market regulator said.

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  • LMP: Orbán Gov't Should Do More to Entice Young People Back to Hungary

    LMP: Orbán Gov't Should Do More to Entice Young People Back to Hungary

    • 19 Dec 2023 8:09 AM

    Hungary will not see a “demographic turnaround” unless young people working abroad are offered attractive opportunities at home, the deputy group leader of opposition LMP told an online press briefing.

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  • Watch: Why is Hungary Blocking Ukraine's EU Membership Bid?

    Watch: Why is Hungary Blocking Ukraine's EU Membership Bid?

    • 19 Dec 2023 7:57 AM

    Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had no reason to block Ukraine's EU membership.

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