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  • Top 5 Underrated Hungarian Lakes

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    • 23 Jun 2025 9:13 AM

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    • 23 Jun 2025 7:41 AM

    The police decision to ban a march for the equality of LGBTQ people, planned by four organisations to be held in Budapest on June 28, was lawful, the Hungarian Supreme Court said in a ruling rejecting the organisers' claim against the decision.

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  • TEMU Dwarfs Sales Volume of Biggest E-Commerce Operators in Hungary

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    • 20 Jun 2025 3:30 PM

    Chinese e-commerce business TEMU filled around 9 million orders in Hungary in 2024, level with the order volume of the top ten online retailers with a local presence, a report by PwC Magyarorszag prepared in partnership with Mastercard Magyarorszag shows.

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    • 20 Jun 2025 2:58 PM

    Hungarian universities have continued their strong showing in international rankings, with the latest data showing three Hungarian institutions ranked among the world’s top two percent, the minister for culture and innovation said.

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  • Court Orders Release of 1 Billion Euro Chinese Loan Contracts with Hungary

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    • 20 Jun 2025 2:51 PM

    The state debt manager ÁKK has been ordered in a final court ruling to release the contracts related to a €1 billion Chinese loan agreement, it was announced by Democratic Coalition MP László Varju, who started the case.

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    • 20 Jun 2025 2:30 PM

    Wizz Air will expand its suspension of flights to and from the Middle East to include services to Dubai and Abu Dhabi from July 3 to September 15, citing heightened geopolitical tensions and associated airspace restrictions in the Middle East.

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  • Biggest Battery Energy Storage System Inaugurated in Hungary

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    • 20 Jun 2025 1:47 PM

    Met Duna Energiatároló, a unit of the MET Group, an energy company based in Switzerland with Hungarian roots, has inaugurated 40MW battery storage at the Dunamenti Power Plant in Százhalombatta (S of Budapest).

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    • 20 Jun 2025 1:34 PM

    Renovated buildings were inaugurated on Thursday at the Hungaroring race track in Mogyorod, on the outskirts of the capital, as part of a multi-phase upgrade project.

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  • Hungary to Require Cashiers in Large Stores to Protect Seniors and Expand Jobs

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    • 20 Jun 2025 1:24 PM

    Hungary’s Parliament has adopted legislation making it mandatory in retail stores larger than 400 sqms to have at least one cash register operated by a cashier, KDNP parliamentary group leader Istvan Simicsko said.

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  • Victims of "Google Fraud" to Receive Compensation from MBH Bank in Hungary

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    • 20 Jun 2025 11:39 AM

    MBH Bank on Thursday said it will pay compensation equaling 70pc of the damages to customers who fell victim to a Google-fraud-type phishing attack between March 15 and May 31, 2025, even though the problem was not the vulnerability of banking systems, but sensitive personal and banking data obtained from bank clients and fake banking pages advertised in Google search.

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    • 20 Jun 2025 11:08 AM

    Budapest’s metropolitan council will go ahead with organising its "celebration of freedom" next Saturday, Gergely Karacsony, the city’s mayor has said, arguing that a prohibition order issued by Budapest police concerned "a non-existent gathering".

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