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  • Watch: 'Scandalous, Misleading' - EC Vice President Excoriates Hungary's Anti-EU Campaign

    Watch: 'Scandalous, Misleading' - EC Vice President Excoriates Hungary's Anti-EU Campaign

    • 19 Dec 2023 7:43 AM

    Věra Jourová, the vice president of the European Commission in charge of values of transparency, publicly excoriated Hungary's anti-EU campaign, calling it misleading and replete with "verifiable lies."

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  • Billions of Euros for Hungary Remain Suspended by EC

    Billions of Euros for Hungary Remain Suspended by EC

    • 19 Dec 2023 7:40 AM

    The European Commission said in a statement issued in Brussels on Wednesday that Hungary had not addressed the breaches of the principles of the rule of law that led to the adoption of measures by the Council in December 2022.

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  • Watch: EU Vows to Give Ukraine Aid Despite Hungary Veto

    Watch: EU Vows to Give Ukraine Aid Despite Hungary Veto

    • 19 Dec 2023 7:35 AM

    EU leaders have said that Ukraine will not be left without support, after Hungary blocked €50bn (£43bn) in aid. Ukraine is critically dependent on EU and US funding as it continues to fight occupying Russian forces.

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  • Watch: Half-Naked Santa Run Brings Christmas Cheer in Budapest

    Watch: Half-Naked Santa Run Brings Christmas Cheer in Budapest

    • 19 Dec 2023 7:22 AM

    Nearly a hundred people have stripped down to their festive swimsuits in Hungary for the 20th annual Budapest Naked Santa Run.

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  • Watch: Orban Blocks EU's 50 Billion Euro Ukraine Aid Package

    Watch: Orban Blocks EU's 50 Billion Euro Ukraine Aid Package

    • 19 Dec 2023 7:13 AM

    European Union leaders were unable to agree on a €50 billion ($54 billion) aid package for Ukraine after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked it, sending the debate into early next year as the bloc struggles to counter concerns that Western support is faltering. Bloomberg's Zoltan Simon reports from Budapest.

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  • Watch: Hungarian & Turkish Leaders Exchange Extravagant Gifts in Budapest

    Watch: Hungarian & Turkish Leaders Exchange Extravagant Gifts in Budapest

    • 19 Dec 2023 6:55 AM

    Video below shows Erdogan was given a horse by Orban during his visit to Budapest. The Hungarian PM got a Turkish made electric car from Erdogan.

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  • Fresh Fish Delights from La Pescheria Fishmongers in Budapest

    Fresh Fish Delights from La Pescheria Fishmongers in Budapest

    • 18 Dec 2023 6:03 PM

    Hungarians love fish at Christmas time, and as the saying goes: "When in Rome...". Here's how you can easily adopt the customs and practices of the place you are in over the festive holiday season in Budapest - plus as you may know a healthy and balanced diet should include at least two portions of fish per week.

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  • Free Parking in Budapest Between 23rd December – 1st January 2024

    Free Parking in Budapest Between 23rd December – 1st January 2024

    • 18 Dec 2023 3:21 PM

    It is already a tradition that parking is free in the capital around Christmas. The most important thing is that Saturday, December 23, is a public holiday, meaning no parking fees need to be paid in areas where this is usually required on weekdays.

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  • 250,000 Report Respiratory Infections in Hungary

    250,000 Report Respiratory Infections in Hungary

    • 18 Dec 2023 11:50 AM

    A respiratory epidemic has assumed considerable proportions in Hungary, largely due to the coronavirus, according to Szabolcs Békássy, founder and president of the Online Organisation of Family Doctors.

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  • Day of Hungarian Architecture Marked by President Novák

    Day of Hungarian Architecture Marked by President Novák

    • 18 Dec 2023 11:44 AM

    The works of Hungarian architects show that Hungary is a modern country and Hungarians are modern people who respect their traditions and are capable of creating something that is world class while being uniquely Hungarian, President Katalin Novák said at an award ceremony on Saturday to mark the Day of Hungarian Architecture.

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  • “Appalling”: Several Thousand Litres of Waste Oil Released in Danube Near Budapest - DK Party Demands Culprit Be Found

    “Appalling”: Several Thousand Litres of Waste Oil Released in Danube Near Budapest - DK Party Demands Culprit Be Found

    • 18 Dec 2023 11:38 AM

    The opposition Democratic Coalition will ask the chief public prosecutor and the interior minister about who is responsible for a case of oil contamination in Szigetszentmiklós, south of Budapest, three years ago, the party’s shadow minister for environmental protection said.

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  • Far-Right Party to Field Mayoral Candidates in Budapest: Will It Endanger Position of Opposition in Capital?

    Far-Right Party to Field Mayoral Candidates in Budapest: Will It Endanger Position of Opposition in Capital?

    • 18 Dec 2023 11:33 AM

    Opposition party Mi Hazánk on Saturday said it will field a mayoral candidate in every district of Budapest in next year’s local council elections.

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  • “Scandalous And Hostile”: Hungary Set to Veto Bulgaria's Schengen Membership

    “Scandalous And Hostile”: Hungary Set to Veto Bulgaria's Schengen Membership

    • 18 Dec 2023 10:40 AM

    Hungary has made it clear to Bulgaria that it will veto the country’s Schengen membership if a “punitive tariff” on gas transits is maintained by Bulgaria in the long term, the foreign minister said.

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  • Hungarian Opinion: Electoral Tinkering & the Opposition

    Hungarian Opinion: Electoral Tinkering & the Opposition

    • 18 Dec 2023 10:25 AM

    Critics of the government accuse it of unscrupulously manipulating electoral rules, while pro-government columnists dismiss such arguments as unsubstantiated and pitiful.

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