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Police removes environmental activists in Budapest's City Park | Zoltán Balogh/MTI

Controversial building project starts in Budapest

D&T
Jul 6, 2016

Demolition works have started in Budapest’s City Park. Dozens of activists trying to prevent workers from starting the demolition of an old building to create space for the House of Hungarian Music were removed by police.

Illegal migrants at Budapest's Keleti railway station in the summer of 2015 - will there be legal migrants in Hungary? | Dávid Harangozó

Anti-quota referendum date set

D&T
Jul 5, 2016

Hungarian President János Áder has set the date for the government-initiated referendum on the EU’s mandatory migrant quota scheme for October 2. Opposition parties call for a boycott as they consider it a vote against EU membership.

Hungarian teenager Krisztofer Szeretõ (in white) | magyarfutballakademia.hu

English club signs 16-year old Hungarian footballer

D&T
Jul 4, 2016

16-year old Hungarian football talent Krisztofer Szeretõ has been signed by English Premier League club Stoke City where he is now the third Hungarian youngster. "Let's just follow the path we've designated for ourselves," he writes on his social media page.

The scene of the bomb explosion in the Hortobágy area | Zsolt Czeglédi / MTI

Bomb-disposal experts killed in Hungary

D&T
Jul 1, 2016

Four military bomb-disposal technicians were killed in an explosion near Nádudvar, in eastern Hungary, on Friday afternoon, the Central Chief Prosecution Office of Investigation said. A fifth technician had suffered serious but not critical injuries in the explosion.

Hungary's national football side leaving for home from France | Tibor Illyés / MTI

Hungary home after Eu Champs defeat

D&T
Jun 27, 2016

Hungary's national football team is back in Budapest after knocked out in the last 16 of the European Football (soccer) Championships. This past Sunday, the Hungarians suffered a serious, 4-0 defeat from Belgium.

Hungary 3 - Portugal 3 | Tibor Illyés / MTI

Hungary to face Belgium in EuChamp 8th final

D&T
Jun 22, 2016

Hungary drew 3-all with Portugal in Lyon, France this Wednesday in Group F of the European Football Championships. Hungary finished on top of Group F (tied with Iceland on points) and will play against Belgium this Sunday for a place in the quarterfinals.

| www.frontex.europa.eu

Migration issue meeting in Budapest

D&T
Jun 21, 2016

A meeting to review illegal migration in the Western Balkans was held in the Hungarian capital,
attended by representatives of 13 countries, the European Union’s border control agency Frontex and the European police cooperation organisation Europol.

| valvolgyikisvasut.hu

EU to investigate Hungarian PM's vintage railway

D&T
Jun 20, 2016

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is facing accusations of fraudulently using EUR two million of EU funding after he opened a vintage railway between his two childhood villages, the British newspaper 'The Telegraph' reports.

Hungarian striker Ádám Szalai (on the left) after scoring the first Hungarian goal against Austria | Tibor Illyés / MTI

Hungary defeats Austria in Euro soccer

D&T
Jun 14, 2016

Hungary's national football team won the first game in Group F of the 2016 European Championship by defeating Austria 2-0 in Bordeaux, France. The two goals were scored by Ádám Szalai (min. 57). and Zoltán Stieber (min. 86.).

Migrants in a guarded center in Békéscsaba

Migrant protest in Hungary

D&T
Jun 6, 2016

Migrants in a guarded center in Békéscsaba, SE Hungary, have demanded - in messages written on bedsheets - that they should be allowed to leave the center and they believe the processing of their asylum requests are too slow.

Germany 2 - Hungary 0 in Gelsenkirchen | Tibor Illyés / MTI

Hungary loses last EuChamp preparation match

D&T
Jun 4, 2016

Hungary's national football team lost 2-0 to host Germany in a friendly game that served as a prepration match for both teams for the European Football (soccer) Championship that will be held from June 11 to July 10 in various cities in France.

A participant at the First National Gravedigger Contest in Hungary | Zsolt Czeglédi / MTI

Gravedigger competition in Hungary

D&T
Jun 3, 2016

The National Association of Cemetery Maintainers and Operators in Hungary held its First National Gravedigger Contest in the public cemetery of the city of Debrecen. Competitors had to dig a grave of 2 meters long, 0.8 meters wide and 1.6 meters deep.

Tandetron high voltage power supply | mta.hu

Unknown force discovered by Hungarian researchers

D&T
May 31, 2016

An extraordinary phenomenon has been discovered in Debrecen: the fifth fundamental force in nature. Laboratories worldwide will attempt to reproduce the results achieved in the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA Atomki).

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Smoking to be banned in downtown Sopron

D&T
May 30, 2016

The general assembly of the northwest Hungarian town of Sopron decided last week to ban smoking in the downtown area. According to ikvahirek.eu news portal, it has not been finalised when the regulation enters into effect.

Gripen aircraft over their home base in Kecskemét

Hungarians at NATO Tiger Meet

D&T
May 27, 2016

Gripen fighter planes of the Hungarian military have returned to their home base in Kecskemét from NATO's Tiger Meet international exercise in Spain. The Hungarian contingent included five aircraft and 50 soldiers in personnel.

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