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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...
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...
Former British Army Colonel Warns UK Is Heading Toward Civil War as Political Leaders Fail to Address Rising Extremism
[your]NEWS
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August 17, 2025
By Gloria Ogbonna Retired British Army Colonel Richard Kemp has issued a stark warning about the future of the United Kingdom, stating that the country is facing an unprecedented threat from a growing alliance between far-left activists and...
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...
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...
Incredible India meets Hungary: Embassy event showcases tourism opportunities and direct flights
Daily News Hungary
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August 15, 2025
The Embassy of India, Budapest, organised an event on “ India Tourism Meet” on 13 August 2025, bringing together representatives from International Airlines, Media Personalities and Tour Operators. Engaging sessions and presentations showcasing...
Hungary sweet corn harvest split north and south
Fresh Plaza
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August 14, 2025
According to an overview published by the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) and the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Association (FruitVeB), weather conditions in the northern part of Hungary have been favourable for sweet corn development this...
Steeped in the horrors of post-war Hungary, these are not ordinary Holocaust stories By Aviya Kushner 5 min read
Forward
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August 15, 2025
Screenshot Courtesy of Restless Books By Aviya Kushner August 15, 2025 1945 and Other Stories By Gábor T. Szántó Translated by Walter Burgess. Marietta Morry, TLR Bass and Ivan Sanders Ceeol Press, 272 pages, $19 Gábor T. Szántó’s stories examine...
Wizz Air Adds 16 Italy Routes, LCC Market Share Climbs
Routes
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Wizz Air is doubling down on its largest market by launching 16 new routes from four Italian airports as low-cost operators grow in the country and competition between them continues to intensify. The expansion will add connections over the coming...
Children from afar spend their holidays in Hungary
Daily News Hungary
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August 15, 2025
Armenian children from Nagorno-Karabakh are spending a week-long holiday in Hungary with the support of the government’s Hungary Helps programme, the state secretary for aiding persecuted Christians said on Facebook on Thursday. In a live-stream...
EU states, except Hungary, back Ukraine’s right to shape its own future
Daily News Hungary
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August 15, 2025
Ahead of the Alaska summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, European Union states, except Hungary, on Tuesday reiterated the need for Ukraine’s freedom to decide its own future. “The people of Ukraine...
China Plus One Strategy Masks Hidden Supply Chain Dependencies
WebProNews
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August 17, 2025
In the evolving dynamics of global supply chains, multinational corporations have increasingly adopted the “China Plus One” strategy, aiming to diversify manufacturing footprints beyond China’s borders to mitigate risks from geopolitical tensions,...
Meet David Cronenberg & Atom Egoyan at Budapest Classic Film Marathon this September
XpatLoop
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Canadian film directors David Cronenberg and Atom Egoyan, as well as Robert Lantos, the producer of several of their works, will be the guests of honor at the Budapest Classical Film Marathon, a festival of the National Film Institute (NFI) in...
Hungary’s railway company launches gigantic station upgrade at dozens of locations across the country!
Daily News Hungary
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August 14, 2025
The train station in Esztergom-Kertváros. The photos was taken in 2009 but the station has just gotten more dilapidated since then. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Villy State-owned railway company MÁV is starting a HUF 15bn station renovation programme,...
Budapest plans major overhaul of nighttime public transit
Daily News Hungary
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August 14, 2025
The Budapest Transport Center (BKK) is planning significant improvements to the city’s nighttime public transportation network, guided by the opinions of local residents. Huge plans to renovate Budapest’s nighttime transit According to plans, the...
One of the Largest Shopping Malls in Budapest Launches 'Hackathon' to Redefine Visitor Experience
XpatLoop
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The Westend shopping center in Budapest, part of the Gránit Pólus Group, has launched its first-ever competition aimed at elevating the visitor experience, called "HackTheMall: The Westend Experience". The competition invites innovative ideas to...
US, Europe still doing billions of dollars' worth of business with Russia
RNZ
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August 15, 2025
By Lauren Kent, CNN A ship carrying Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) unloads gas in the port of Bilbao, Spain, on March 10, 2022. Photo: Vincent West/Reuters via CNN Newsource US President Donald Trump is threatening an additional 25 percent...
Third Budapest Bus Fire in Two Days Sparks Political Row
XpatLoop
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A bus caught fire on Alkotás út in downtown Buda yesterday, the third such incident in just two days. The blaze broke out in the engine compartment at a time when the bus was stopped with no passengers on board. The driver extinguished the blaze...