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    • 27 Jun 2025 9:24 AM

    Guest nights at commercial and private tourism accommodations in Hungary rose 1.9pc to 3,858,000 in May from the same period a year earlier, data released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) show.

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    • 27 Jun 2025 9:14 AM

    Prices of food products affected by a mandatory cap on markups have fallen by 20pc, on average, since the government introduced the measure on March 17, a state secretary at the Culture and Innovation Ministry said.

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    • 27 Jun 2025 9:01 AM

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    The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) pointed to indications of accelerating underlying inflation in a quarterly report published.

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    • 27 Jun 2025 7:26 AM

    Auchan Magyarorszag launched a local suppliers programme in cooperation with Magyar Termek Nonprofit at its store in Debrecen (E Hungary).

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    • 27 Jun 2025 6:57 AM

    The government could approve soon an updated version of the national artificial intelligence strategy from 2020, Laszlo Palkovics, the government AI commissioner, said at a conference organised by Gabor Denes University.

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    • 27 Jun 2025 6:28 AM

    The organisers of the Budapest Pride event scheduled for Saturday have failed to coordinate with the police, the communications department of the national police headquarters (ORFK) said on the official website on Thursday, adding: "Organisers will bear responsibility."

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    • 26 Jun 2025 10:56 AM

    The government will soon launch a HUF 10 billion programme with the aim to multiply the number of domestic start-ups, deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation (KIM) Laszlo Bodis said in his opening address at the Startup Factory Open Day in Budapest.

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    • 26 Jun 2025 10:50 AM

    Minister of Agriculture Istvan Nagy pointed to the unpredictable impact of cultured meat on producers and consumers at a conference organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary (Camera di Commercio Italiana per l'Ungheria) and the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) in Budapest.

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    • 26 Jun 2025 10:45 AM

    CPI Europe has sold Duna Szálloda, a subsidiary which owns the Budapest Marriott Hotel, to a consortium of the BDPST Group and the Diorit Private Equity Fund managed by Gránit Alapkezelő in an open, international tender.

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