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  • Watch: Great Escape: Hungarian Holidaymakers Flee from Sudan

    • 24 Apr 2023 6:26 AM

    A group of 14 Hungarians and 48 foreigners who were on a diving holiday in Sudan when a civil war broke out last week have managed to flee the country, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced,

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    • 22 Apr 2023 6:20 AM

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    • 13 Apr 2023 4:57 PM

    Pope Francis will visit Hungary between April 28 and 30, the Holy See said on Monday. “I was happy to hear that Pope Francis accepted my invitation and will visit Hungary,” the Sándor Palace cited President Katalin Novák as saying in a statement.

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