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  • Largest US Investment in Past Decade Coming to Hungary Soon

    • 7 Nov 2025 5:37 AM

    Some HUF 190bn of American corporate investments, the record of the decade, will come to Hungary this year, because of the new golden age of bilateral relations since US President Donald Trump took office, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday during a stop in Reykjavik on his way to Washington.

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  • 1956 Anniversary Marked in Hungary

    • 5 Nov 2025 7:30 AM

    The national flag was hoisted and lowered to half-mast in front of Parliament with military honours on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of November 4, 1956, when Hungary's anti-Soviet uprising was crushed.

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  • Discover What Budapest Festival Orchestra Has in Store for the Next Few Months

    • 4 Nov 2025 2:58 PM

    Although the Budapest Festival Orchestra has just returned from the wonderfully successful Vicenza Opera Festival, rehearsals are already underway for Iván Fischer’s next major concerts at Müpa Budapest.

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  • Sziget Festival Back in Hungarian Hands – 2026 Dates Announced

    • 4 Nov 2025 12:44 PM

    Sziget, one of Europe’s largest and best-known music festivals, is once again under Hungarian ownership. The festival will continue with its current management and organising team, now joined by founder Károly Gerendai, who returns as strategic director to help shape the event’s next chapter.

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  • Budapest Ballet Grand Prix, Dance Academy, 17 - 21 November

    • 4 Nov 2025 6:42 AM

    The Hungarian Dance University (MTE) will host the 3rd Budapest Ballet Grand Prix (BBGP) from 17–21 November, bringing together young dancers from around the world for a week of competition and performance across Budapest’s leading venues — the MTE campus, the National Dance Theatre, and the Palace of Arts (Müpa).

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  • Thomas Anders – The Iconic Voice Of Modern Talking Live At MVM Dome on 14 November

    • 3 Nov 2025 2:30 PM

    After a series of sold-out open-air shows, Thomas Anders brings his first-ever full-length arena concert to Hungary's most modern and exclusive venue – the MVM Dome – with a spectacular, never-before-seen production featuring breath-taking lights, monumental staging, world-class sound and stunning visual effects.

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  • Special Autumn Walks in the Most Famous Cemeteries of Budapest

    • 1 Nov 2025 10:09 AM

    It might sound like a bizarre idea at first to go for a walk in a cemetery, but the most famous cemeteries of Budapest are more like parks with a unique atmosphere - where you can slow down, spend some quiet time with your thoughts, while viewing tombs and mausoleums of famous Hungarians.

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