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Motorway Vignette Prices Are Changing in 2027
Drivers planning to visit Hungary next year or commute there regularly should prepare for changes to motorway toll prices. Toll rates will rise moderately under the official 2027 tariff schedule, in line with the August inflation rate of 1.3%, turizmus.com reports. However, some regions and types of e-vignette are subject to exceptions, and there are…
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Szeged Zoo’s Hand-Reared Penguin Chick Set to Join the Colony
Caretakers are raising the spectacled penguin chick at the Szeged Wildlife Park; it hatched at the end of August, and the bird will be able to join the zoo’s penguin colony in a month. The chick—whose parents were both born at the Szeged Wildlife Park—hatched on August 27. Its mother died, and its father was…
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Authorities Suspend Operations at Volta Energy Plant
The environmental protection authority has temporarily suspended operations at part of the Volta Energy Solutions Hungary Kft. plant. The South Korean subsidiary, based in Környe in northwestern Hungary and regarded as an important supplier to Europe’s battery and electric vehicle industries, has completely halted production in Manufacturing Hall 101 until further notice. The authorities intervened…
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Bomb Threats Across Europe Put Hungarian Gripen Fighters on Alert
Three passenger aircraft facing bomb threats triggered Hungarian military alerts in a single day, prompting Gripen fighter jets to take to the skies and NATO to order additional air patrols, Honvédelem reported. Defense Minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi has explained why such incidents require more than simply escorting threatened aircraft, warning that the unusual frequency and geographical…
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Spa Town Hévíz Earns International Recognition
Hévíz has received international professional recognition for its efforts to develop a sustainable tourism destination; alongside awardees from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Taiwan, it has earned the Green Destinations Bronze certification. In his statement, Mayor Péter Naszádos noted that the Green Destinations Standard is based on a compliance assessment by the Global Sustainable…
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Betlehem Claims Two Podium Finishes at Open Water Swimming World Cup
Dávid Betlehem impressed with two podium finishes at the first stop of this year’s Open Water Swimming World Cup in Cancún, Mexico. The Paris Olympic bronze medalist claimed medals in both the 10-kilometer race and the 3-kilometer knockout event. The Hungarian swimmer demonstrated his class in the Olympic 10-kilometer event on Friday. In the challenging,…
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More →Police station for Budapest party district opened
A police station for Budapest’s party district has been opened which will serve the safety of tourists, as well as local residents, an official of the ministry of the interior said at…