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  • New Logo Revealed as Budapest Airport Celebrates 75th Anniversary

    • 22 May 2025 3:40 PM

    The 75th anniversary of Budapest's Liszt Ferenc International Airport was celebrated at an event at the Academy of Music.

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  • Keszthely Fest, 4 - 6 July - Charming Summer Festival at Western Side of Balaton

    • 22 May 2025 1:19 PM

    Over three days almost a hundred cultural and musical programs await visitors here, plus as a fresh addition 'Tolkien Days' will also be organised at this year's festival - you can see a video below about what happened last year.

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    Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, which sees the agent and his team embark on perhaps their most dangerous mission yet. 

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    Independent lawmaker Akos Hadhazy organised a demonstration for the withdrawal of the amendment to the assembly law and the bill on the transparency of public life in Budapest.

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    • 21 May 2025 7:15 AM

    The national security services have identified more Ukrainian spies, including Roland Tseber as an "illegal" officer of the Ukrainian intelligence service, and Istvan Hollo, who is under investigation by the National Office of Investigation on the suspicion of espionage activities, ruling Fidesz's parliamentary group leader said after a meeting of the national security committee.

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    • 20 May 2025 12:44 PM

    World-renowned cinematographer Lajos Koltai will be among the recipients honoured with the Hungarian Film Academy’s life achievement award at this year’s Hungarian Motion Picture Festival.

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    • 19 May 2025 5:37 PM

    Damon Albarn returns to Budapest this July with something completely different after he previously performed here with Gorillaz, Blur, and The Good, The Bad & The Queen - the Africa Express, his boundary-pushing musical collective known for blending global styles in bold new ways.

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