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Coronavirus Roundup: Restrictions Extended but is That Light at the end of the Tunnel?

“Stay-at-home” restrictions due to the coronavirus outbreak were extended by the government for another week from April 18, with Gergely...

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That it Will Hurt, all Agree, but Opinions Vary as to How Much

The government has been fine-tuning its economic plan to weather the crisis, and further steps are yet to be seen....

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Patiently Awaiting the Slow Awakening

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Danube bridge construction at Komárom on schedule

The construction of the new Danube bridge connecting Komárom (88 km northwest of Budapest) with Komárno, Slovakia, is continuing and...

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UN finds Hungary responsible for violations of disability rights

The United Nations has today Hungary responsible for "grave and systematic" violations of the human rights of persons with disabilities...

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Orbán urges businesses, workers to prepare to adapt post-pandemic

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán urged businesses and workers hit by the coronavirus crisis to weigh ways they can adapt to...

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30 Years of Freedom: Testing Moscow With a Picnic

Last year, German chancellor Angela Merkel and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán celebrated together the anniversary of the Pan-European Picnic,...

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15 Hungarian economists criticize governmentʼs economic response to crisis

A group of Hungarian economists have published a statement critical of the governmentʼs economic response to the COVID-19 crisis....

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Hungarian ambassador in Washington leaving for private sector

László Szabó, Hungaryʼs ambassador to the United States, is leaving his post to take a job in the private sector,...

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Slovenia’s Adria Mobil to resume production after coronavirus break

Slovenian manufacturer of camper vans and caravans Adria Mobil was planning to resume production yesterday after shutting it down temporarily...

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Tungsram sends aid delivery to Zagreb

Hungarian lighting company Tungsram sent one truckload of lighting products from its Nagykanizsa-based plant to Zagreb, a city recently hit...

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30 Years of Freedom: The Opposition Roundtable Laying the Groundwork for Democratic Hungary

Led by different opposition and reform groups, the Opposition Round Table (Ellenzéki Kerekasztal or EKA) was set up with the...

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State of emergency must be limited in time, says TI Hungary

Transparency International Hungary says that while decisive action is clearly needed due to the extraordinary circumstances brought about by the...

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Parliament to vote on extending state of emergency

Hungaryʼs government submitted a bill to Parliament late Friday that would extend a state of emergency declared on March 11...

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Coronavirus update for CESE region

As of Sunday evening, 4,909 cases COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic had been reported in the Central East and Southeast European (CESE)...

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More Than 200 WWII Explosives Found at Budapest Construction Site

Bomb disposal specialists recovered more than 200 World War II explosive devices and fragments at a construction site on Üllői...

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Hungary to Open Communist-Era Secret Service Files on November 4

Hungary’s government will make communist-era secret service documents public on Nov. 4, fulfilling one of the ruling Tisza Party’s main...

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Grandfathers and Revolutions: The Film Hungarian-Australians Tried to Ban

With the approach of the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Australian filmmaker Peter Hegedüs says his documentary on...

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Hungary’s Presidential Sándor Palace to Reopen to Visitors

The presidential Sándor Palace in Budapest will reopen to visitors from Aug. 1-8, the speaker of parliament, who is exercising...

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From Piquet’s Powerslide to Norris’ Triumph: 40 Years of Formula One in Hungary

Formula One’s arrival in Hungary in 1986 was remarkable long before the cars reached the starting grid. At the height...

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Hungary to Release Some Communist-era Secret Service Files on Oct. 22

Some secret service files from Hungary’s Communist regime will be made public from Oct. 22, the eve of the 70th...

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Mákos Pite and Red Dope

It’s spring, and the poppies of Hungary are blooming in the field. Sitting outside a café in Szeged, I’m munching...

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Budapest’s Renewed Citadella Reopening This Week

Budapest's Citadella will reopen to visitors on March 28 after a multiyear restoration that has transformed the deteriorating fortress into...

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Budapest’s Citadella to Reopen after 4‑Year Restoration

The historic Citadella atop Gellért Hill in Budapest has undergone a comprehensive four‑year renovation and is set to reopen to...

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Budapest Ghetto Wall Exhibition Loses Focus of Core Historical Horror

In some countries, a city’s “ghetto” refers to a historical quarter, long populated by an ethnic or religious minority, possibly...

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Hungarian Jazz Guitar Great Gábor Szabó Honored in Budapest

In October, a plaque commemorating quietly influential Hungarian-born jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó was erected at the site of his family’s...

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Ralph Brewster: the Would-be American who Couch-surfed WW2 Budapest

What existed on the plot now occupied by the Mammut 2 shopping mall on Margit krt? Who was Aladár Rácz?...

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Obituary: Péter Pallai – Revolutionary Fighter, Builders’ Laborer, Teacher, Journalist, Jazz Ambassador

Péter Pallai, probably best known globally as a BBC Hungary correspondent, won affection in whatever role he took on. He...

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National Flag Honoring March 15 Heroes Raised in Front of Parliament

The national flag was raised with military honours to commemorate the March 15th national holiday on Saturday in front of...