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    • 23 Jun 2026 12:26 PM

    Water use restrictions have been introduced in a village in eastern Hungary after prolonged heat drove consumption to levels that nearly exhausted the local supply reservoir, according to RTL.

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    • 23 Jun 2026 11:55 AM

    Hungary's cash-flow based general government deficit reached HUF 3,806.3bn, 90.2pc of the full-year target, a detailed report released by the Finance Ministry on Monday shows.

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    • 23 Jun 2026 11:44 AM

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    • 23 Jun 2026 9:17 AM

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