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Stunning PHOTOS: New hotel to open this autumn in the city centre of Hungary’s second-largest city
Daily News Hungary
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August 16, 2025
The international Handwritten Collection hotel brand is preparing to launch its first property in Hungary this autumn, unveiling a redesigned Hotel Lycium in Debrecen. With a fresh look and distinctive design, the new hotel promises to elevate the...
Hungarian Universities Featured in Shanghai Ranking
Budapest Business Journal
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August 16, 2025
In this year’s ranking, the University of Szeged was in the 401-500 category, Elte was in the 501-600 category, Semmelweis University was in the 601-700 category and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics was in the 801-900 category....
Hungarian Nobel laureate Karikó slams Kennedy, implying that he acts as if he worked for China
Daily News Hungary
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August 16, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of the late President Kennedy, has long criticised mRNA vaccines—including those shown to be effective against COVID-19. In a recent move, he has withdrawn approximately $500 million (around 169 billion forints) in...
Williams boss predicts “big driver market move” amid Max Verstappen-Mercedes rumors
Sportskeeda
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August 16, 2025
The Williams team boss, James Vowles, has predicted a big driver move in 2027 amid the Max Verstappen - Mercedes rumours that pop up every now and then. Verstappen, ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, confirmed that he will stay at Red Bull at...
Economic crisis and yen push Japanese students towards Asian universities
Asia News
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August 16, 2025
The depreciation of the local currency is making the costs of traditional universities in the West, from the United States to Europe, increasingly unsustainable. Hence the choice of alternative destinations such as Taiwan, Malaysia and South...
Sensational: Budapest rolls out its first-ever on-demand bus service!
Daily News Hungary
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August 16, 2025
Exceptionally passenger-friendly, innovative, and cost-effective—these are just a few ways to describe the new Route 274 “Csobajbusz”. The BKK’s new demand-responsive, flexible-route service is set to launch on Tuesday, 26 August, in Budapest’s...
ÉVOSZ shared positive news about building material prices in Hungary
Daily News Hungary
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August 16, 2025
Photo: depositphotos.com Demand for building materials remained modest in the first half of this year, industry association ÉVOSZ said on Friday. The building materials market has not recovered since 2023, Attila Juhász of ÉVOSZ said in a...
Home Start: Property developers in Hungary will price their apartments lower than previously planned
Daily News Hungary
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August 16, 2025
Photo: depositphotos.com State secretary Miklós Panyi held consultations with the Property Developers Roundtable Association (IFK) on Thursday regarding the government’s Home Start Programme. Lower property prices The government already held...
Budapest braces for 20 August festivities: Fireworks, free events… and even more road closures
Daily News Hungary
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August 16, 2025
Illustration. Photo: depositphotos.com There have been “brutal traffic jams” in Budapest for weeks while Mayor Gergely Karácsony is “somewhat ironically concerned about closures” in connection with preparations for the 20 August national holiday,...
Finance minister welcomes CrediaBank’s imminent HSBC takeover
Times of Malta
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August 15, 2025
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has welcomed the news of CrediaBank’s imminent takeover of HSBC, saying the move will “foster healthy competition” and strengthen Malta’s financial system. Describing the news as “a significant development,” Caruana...
Hungarian universities shine in global Shanghai Ranking – 12 in world’s top 5%!
Daily News Hungary
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August 15, 2025
Szeged University. Photo: Facebook/University of Szeged The Hungarian higher education sector is also performing outstandingly according to the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, the Culture and...
‘How could we not be Hungarians?’ — A Conversation with Elizabeth Szabó Vos from Indiana
Hungarian Conservative
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August 16, 2025
Liz is a third-generation Hungarian American raised in Youngstown, Ohio, studying and living in Nebraska, and settled in Evansville, Indiana, in 2006. She understands some Hungarian, but doesn’t speak it fluently; nevertheless, she considers...
Useful: Everything you need to know after arriving to Budapest Airport in 2025 – shuttle bus, taxi, public transport
Daily News Hungary
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August 16, 2025
Arriving at Budapest Airport (officially Liszt Ferenc International Airport) puts the vibrant heart of Hungary within easy reach. Whether you’re heading downtown for tourism, business, or connecting travel, there are several efficient options to...
Chinese BYD continues expansion in Hungary
Daily News Hungary
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August 16, 2025
Photo: FB/Orbán China’s BYD is further expanding its sales and service network in Hungary, opening five new dealerships in the fourth quarter, the company told MTI on Thursday. In cooperation with BYD, Pappas Auto will operate a new dealership in...
Scouts raise £22,000 for trip of a lifetime to Hungary
Wrexham.com
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Wrexham.com > News Posted: Sat 16th Aug 2025 A group of Scouts from across Wrexham and Flintshire have been on the adventure of a lifetime to Hungary. Forty teenagers and nine adult leaders from the K2 Explorer Scout Unit in Wrexham and Blaze...
What does the Hungarian government do to protect public transport passengers?
Daily News Hungary
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August 15, 2025
Photo: BKK In view of recent public bus fires in Budapest, the Budapest government office has launched an immediate, comprehensive review, the body said on Friday. “It is concerning and unacceptable that buses should be running in Budapest that...
Hungary Left Without Russian Oil Due To Strikes On The Druzhba Pipeline
Charter 97
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The WSU has imposed its own "sanctions." Hungary stopped receiving Russian oil due to a strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on a key distribution station of the Druzhba pipeline in the Bryansk region on August 12-13, foreign affairs and...
Hungarian Opposition Leader Accuses Russia of Election Meddling
Diplomacy & Trade
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August 15, 2025
Hungary’s political tensions deepened this week after opposition leader Péter Magyar accused Moscow of direct interference in the country’s domestic affairs. The charge came a day after Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) issued a...
Budapest takes immediate action: full fleet inspection ordered after bus fires
Daily News Hungary
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August 15, 2025
An immediate investigation is required on fires that occurred on three buses of Budapest transport company BKV on successive days, Budapest’s mayor said on Thursday. Gergely Karácsony said on Facebook that after Wednesday, two other buses caught...
From Budapest to Minsk, peace deals never stopped Putin's wars — why Ukraine fears US-Russia deal
Firstpost
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August 15, 2025
US President Donald Trump prides himself as a master dealmaker, but no deal has ever been able to prevent Vladimir Putin from invading a country. As soon as Trump announced the summit with Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected...