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      • Biz Insight: HUF 42 Billion Chips & Iced Tea Plant to Create 440 Jobs in Hungary
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  • Lenny Kravitz is Coming Back to Budapest on 2 August

    • 6 Apr 2026 6:50 PM

    The four-time GRAMMY Award–winning multitalented icon, Lenny Kravitz, has announced his Lenny Kravitz Live 2026 tour, with which he will return to Budapest on August 2 at the Budapest Arena — almost exactly two years after his hugely successful concert here.

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  • Deep Purple Will Return to Play in Hungary on 2 October

    • 5 Apr 2026 1:22 PM

    Global rock icons Deep Purple today announce a European and UK tour in 2026, including a show in Budapest Arena on October 2nd.

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  • See Former Sex Pistol in Budapest: Public Image Ltd to Perform at Dürer Kert on 20 May

    • 5 Apr 2026 6:24 AM

    Public Image Ltd will perform in Hungary next year. The legendary post-punk band led by John Lydon (ex-Sex Pistols) will perform at Dürer Kert on May 20, 2026, sixteen years after their first concert in Hungary.

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  • FM Leaked Calls Scandal: 'Most Brazen Foreign Spy Meddling in History' in Hungary

    • 2 Apr 2026 6:18 AM

    It is "scandalous" that foreign intelligence agencies have wiretapped and leaked phone calls to interfere in Hungary's election for Ukraine's benefit, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said on Tuesday, adding that "these recordings reveal nothing we haven't said publicly."

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  • Watch: New Satirical Take on Orbán Ahead of Elections in Hungary - by Jon Oliver (HBO)

    • 31 Mar 2026 1:49 PM

    John Oliver discusses the elections on the horizon for Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary and the longest serving current head of government in the EU, why conservatives in the US are so invested in him maintaining power, and what it all has to do with Rob Schneider.

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  • Watch: Men in Black - Clashes Erupt at Orbán Campaign Stop Near Budapest

    • 30 Mar 2026 6:18 PM

    During Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s campaign rally in Pécel on Saturday, repeated scuffles broke out between counter-protesters and groups of men dressed in black, known from previous events.

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  • Tribute to Janis Joplin, Várkert Bazár Budapest, 27 March

    • 27 Mar 2026 10:54 AM

    Although her life was tragically short – she lived just 27 years – Janis Joplin remains one of the most influential female artists in music history. Honouring this exceptional musical legacy, and the spirit of the blues, is the mission of Hungary’s Janis Joplin Tribute Band Hungary (formerly known as the Janis Joplin Memorial Band).

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