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Budapest to withdraw bid for 2024 Olympics

Hungary is set to pull out of the race to hold the 2024 Olympics.

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Golden and silver Bears on awards night at the Berlinale

The bear hunt is over – in Berlin at least and the stars could relax.

World News

Eastern EU countries cry foul over "garbage can" food quality

Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic join forces in critiquing food companies they accuse of selling inferior foods compared to richer EU nations

Hungary

Referendum could force Budapest to drop 2024 Olympic bid

The Hungarian capital Budapest could decide as soon as next week whether to drop its bid to hold the 2024 Olympics after a petition with over 266,000 signatures opposing the games was handed…

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River Tisza: Hungary still on flood alert

Ice flows slowly along the River Tisza, Hungary.

Hungary

Four dead in Hungary in fog pile-up

Fatal foggy pile-up in Hungary

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Tisza River frozen in Hungary

A security guard was rescued on Monday (February, 13) from a ferry that was torn from its moorings on the Tisza River in Hungary.

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Flood alert in Hungary

Parts of Hungary are on flood alert, with melting ice causing mayhem.

Hungary

Hungarian PM: we welcome refugees fleeing Germany, France and Italy

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has offered to open up his country to refugees – but only those seeking sanctuary from the liberal policies of western…

Hungary

Thousands of visa abuses at Hungarian embassy in Moscow

Thousands of business visas were issued by Hungary’s embassy in Moscow in 2013 without proper checks, according to an internal report of the Hungarian foreign ministry…

Hungary

Hungary's Orban warmly welcomes Russian President Putin

The Hungarian Prime Minister said the country strove for 'open and transparent' relations with Russia, as the pair spoke trade, energy projects and sanctions.

Hungary

Orban waits to be on right side of new world order

Hungary's Viktor Orban has made a close friend of Vladimir Putin, who is rebuilding the country's nuclear reactor in exchange for Orban's political help in ending sanctions. In the meantime, Orban awa

Sport

'NOlimpia' referendum initiative grows in Budapest

The price tag of staging a global multi-sport event always divides the citizens of the country or city involved.

World News

Hungary's Orban : 'Make Europe great again'

Europe is starting a new era of political thinking, the situation is awfully bad and we need to change it – this is one of the main ideas of Hungarian Prime minister Viktor Orban who delivered a speec

Hungary

“My future is in danger if Budapest organises the Olympics"

A movement of young Hungarian activists have launched a campaign for the cancellation of Budapest's bid for the Olympic Games in 2024, pointing out the cost of the event and the risk of corruption.

Cinema

Marcelo Cake-Baly makes acting debut in 'The Citizen'

Hungarian film “The Citizen” tells of the compelling journey undertaken by an African who yearns to fit into Hungarian society.

Hungary

Day of mourning in Hungary for school coach crash victims

The flag flew at half mast over the parliament building in Budapest on Monday, as Hungary observed a day of mourning for the victims of Friday’s school coach…

Italy

Families of Hungarian bus crash victims arrive in Italy

Sixteen people, mostly students, were killed when the bus they were travelling in crashed while returning to Budapest from a ski trip in France

Italy

Bus tragedy heroes rescued 12 teens but couldn't save their own children

In the wake of the Hungarian bus tragedy in northern Italy, a story of heroism overshadowed by terrible sadness has emerged

Italy

Hungary declares national day of mourning for Italy bus crash victims

Relatives arrived in Verona after a bus carrying Hungarian students crashed in northern Italy, killing sixteen people, most of them teenagers.