Budapest Mayor Karácsony: ‘World is a better place’

"The world has become a better place after three important elections in our region," Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said on Monday, hailing the results of elections held in Romania, Poland and Croatia over the weekend.
Hungarian FM Szijjártó: UN declares May 19 World Fair Play Day thanks to Hungary

It is thanks to Hungary that the UN General Assembly unanimously has declared May 19 World Fair Play Day, Peter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said, noting that the International Fair Play Committee is holding its gala in Budapest on Monday.
Vienna Josephinum opens exhibition on Hungarian Nobel laureate Karikó

An exhibition on the life and work of Nobel laureate Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó has opened at the Josephinum, the Medical History Museum in Vienna.
Advisory body recommends temperature threshold for Paks discharge Danube stretch

An advisory body has issued recommendations for a temperature threshold along the stretch of the Danube into which cooling water from the Paks nuclear power plant is discharged, Energy Minister Csaba Lantos said at a press conference on Monday.
Markup cap on household products comes into effect in Hungary

The government has decided to mandate a 15pc cap on markups on household products in 30 categories from Monday to help protect families and pensioners, the National Economy Ministry said in a statement.
Hungarian opposition DK to file data request suit against PM’s Cabinet Office

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) will sue the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister for access to data.
Péter Magyar: Man convicted of sexual abuse against a child under 12 member of PM Orbán’s new campaign team

Péter Magyar wrote that PM Orbán's new campaign team includes a man who committed sexual abuse against a child under 12.
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Customs cooperation between Uzbekistan and the Organization of Turkic States is comprehensively expanding

It creates conditions for developing mutual trust, friendship and good-neighborly relations among Turkic-speaking states, ensuring peace in the region, creating favorable conditions for trade and investment and cooperating in all spheres.
Top Hungary news: raped girl taken, weather warning, cheap draught beer, crickets ice cream – 18 May, 2025

Top Hungary news: ciripella ice cream with crickets, cheap draught beer at festivals, raped girl taken, weather warning issued, Hungarian inventors.
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PHOTOS: Masses of people protested against PM Orbán’s new “spring clean-up” bill in Budapest

University students staged a demonstration against the passage of a bill concerning transparency in public life, in Budapest today.
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