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Registration has officially opened for the 44th Lidl Balaton Cross-Swim, and the "Hungarian Sea" is already seeing a surge of interest. Despite winter only recently bowing out, over 2,600 participants signed up within the first 24 hours, with registrations surpassing the 5,000 mark in just two days.
Due to unusually low water levels in Lake Balaton, the Hungarian Sailing Association has announced a key safety modification for the upcoming 58th Blue Ribbon (Kékszalag) Raiffeisen Grand Prix.
Lake Velence’s water level could fall by around 20cm by August, according to government forecasts, leaving parts of the lake fragmented into isolated pools separated by dry land, said Zoltán Orbán, press secretary for the Ministry of the Living Environment.
Around 15 hotel ships are stranded on the Danube's Hungarian section, with most cargo vessels also halted due to record-low water levels, the Transport and Investment Ministry said.
A 100-year-old Ford Model T has arrived at the Hungarian National Museum, where it was carefully lifted by crane and wheeled into the building under strict conservation measures on Monday morning.
A passerby spat on Prime Minister Peter Magyar on his way to a press conference presenting the Baross Gabor Railway Development scheme, the Government Communications Office said on Wednesday. The prime minister will not press charges, the statement added.
The Recirquel circus company is returning to the Sziget Festival this year with a new large-scale production created for the event where its international success story began 14 years ago. Their show, Liberty Love Rave, will run five times between Aug 11 and 15 on the Le Grand Theatre stage.
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