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Jobbik-Conservatives elect Bela Adorjan as leader

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The opposition Jobbik-Conservatives have elected Bela Adorjan as the party's leader. The sole candidate won 91 percent of the votes at the party's congress in Budapest on Saturday.

“The Labyrinth Makers” by Anthony Price (published by Penguin Books)

Buried treasure in the ground, in the back pages

Written by Christopher Osterberg

This is the riddle that lies herein – what was it that was of such great interest for the Russians to seize in defeated Germany in 1945, was attractive enough for a private individual to steal it from them and fly it to Britain, ...

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Guest nights up 13 percent in May

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Guest nights at commercial and private accommodations in Hungary rose by an annual 13 percent to 3.7 million in May from the same period a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday.

“I Married a Dead Man” by Cornell Woolrich (published by Penguin Books)

Never too late to discover a master of crime

Written by Christopher Osterberg

Now, how can you go past a title like that – “I Married a Dead Man”? Ditto a tantalising blurb we saw somewhere – “A chance encounter leads a pregnant woman to assume the identity of a deceased woman, only to become embroiled in ...

May jobless rate 4.3 percent

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Hungary's jobless rate was 4.3 percent in May, edging down from 4.4 percent in April, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday.

Menczer: Weber, EPP approved 21 ‘anti-Hungary resolutions’

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Manfred Weber "and the European People's Party he has pushed to the left approved 21 anti-Hungary resolutions" in the European Parliament, the communications director of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance, Tamas Menczer, said on Friday.

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Flood alert issued for Budapest

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Based on forecasts by the national water-level service, Gergely Karacsony, the mayor of Budapest, has issued a first-degree (lowest) flood alert along four stretches of the River Danube in Budapest, the mayor's office said on Tuesday.

Szijjarto welcomes Brazil-China statement on Ukraine war

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Hungary welcomes the statement signed by Brazil and China on how to resolve the war in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in St Petersburg on Thursday, saying the statement promoted peace in the country, which was in Hungary's interest.

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Egis favipiravir drug licenced for Covid-19 treatment

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A new drug with the active ingredient favipiravir manufactured by Hungarian pharmaceutical company Egis has been licenced for treatment of Covid-19 by the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI), the institute said on Saturday.

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Orbán: New EU migration pact could force Hungary to welcome migrants

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Hungary does not support the new migration and refugee package presented by the European Commission on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Reuters newswire on Friday. Under the package, Hungary's commitment to send people back from the southern EU states like Italy or Greece, ...

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