• Preparations for Budapest Peace Summit 'in Full Swing'

    Preparations for Budapest Peace Summit 'in Full Swing'

    • 23 Oct 2025 6:51 AM

    The United States has not cancelled the peace summit with Russia planned for Budapest, the timing alone is questionable, but preparations against fake news are still underway, said Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, following his meeting with his American counterpart in Washington on Wednesday 22 October.

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  • Updated: Budapest's Sziget Festival in Serious Trouble

    Updated: Budapest's Sziget Festival in Serious Trouble

    • 22 Oct 2025 4:31 PM

    Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony wrote in a Facebook post this week that the future of Sziget has become uncertain, as the festival's CEO informed him that he was forced to initiate the termination of the agreement between the capital and the long running 'Island of Freedom' festival.

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  • DiCaprio to Produce Biopic on Hungarian Hollywood Icon Béla Lugosi

    DiCaprio to Produce Biopic on Hungarian Hollywood Icon Béla Lugosi

    • 22 Oct 2025 12:41 PM

    Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, Appian Way, is developing a large-scale biopic about Béla Lugosi, the Hungarian actor who became a global icon with his 1931 portrayal of Dracula. Produced by Universal Pictures, the film will focus on Lugosi’s early years, tracing his journey from Hungary to Hollywood rather than his later life.

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  • Rival Budapest Marches to Mark '56 Revolution Anniversary

    Rival Budapest Marches to Mark '56 Revolution Anniversary

    • 22 Oct 2025 12:34 PM

    This year’s anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution will be marked by two rival marches on October 23, reflecting political divisions in the country. The governing Fidesz party and the opposition Tisza Party are each organizing separate processions.

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  • Roxette, Budapest Aréna, 4 November

    Roxette, Budapest Aréna, 4 November

    • 22 Oct 2025 7:51 AM

    Although we thought in 2016 that we could say goodbye to Roxette and the chance to hear their evergreen hits live, Per Gessle, the band's founder, has now picked up the torch and will return to the stage in 2025 with Swedish superstar Lena Philipsson on a tour called Roxette In Concert. The first stop on the European tour will be Budapest, on 4 November at the Budapest Arena.

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  • Hungary to Send New Astronaut to ISS

    Hungary to Send New Astronaut to ISS

    • 22 Oct 2025 6:17 AM

    Hungary is planning to send another research astronaut, Gyula Cserényi, to the International Space Station, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, adding that Hungary had reaped great economic benefits from Tibor Kapu's mission earlier this year.

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