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Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's guest lecture at a Hungarian university has sparked condemnation from the Israeli Embassy in Budapest and the country's Jewish community alike. Ahmadinejad, who is known for his hostility to Israel and Holocaust denial, is to hold two lectures at the National University of Public Service (Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem, or NKE) on Tuesday and Wednesday at the invitation of its dean, Gergely Deli. According to Iranian newspapers, NKE invited the politician to a scientific meeting on "common values in the global environment". Persian outlet Hammihan ...
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EU election campaigning in Hungary kicked off on Saturday, allowing candidates to begin reaching out to voters. Both municipal and European Parliament elections are to be held for June 9th, consolidated by the Fidesz party to reduce expenses. Election experts note that the opposition faces limited means for promoting their campaign due to extensive media control by the current government. Zoltán Tóth, an election expert, highlighted the ownership of campaign infrastructure by businesses aligned with Fidesz, making traditional media and billboards inaccessible to the opposition. However, he men...
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Hungarian voters are divided over what voting in the upcoming European elections can accomplish, according to interviews done by Euronews. Hungarian public media has dominated the election campaign leading to the upcoming vote for European Parliamentary representatives. Many Hungarians form their image of the EU and its institutions on this basis. Among voters who spoke to Euronews in Southern Hungary, some did not believe that an election can change anything and others did not think the everyday man had the time to be informed carefully. "There are a lot of people here who don't go to vote," ...
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The first-ever Time Out Market opened in Lisbon in 2014. A decade later it’s still packed to the rafters with some of the Portuguese capital’s best food vendors and hungry punters looking to pair their meal with a port-and-tonic or a spot of salsa dancing. Now, a new market is launching in Budapest, Hungary, bringing a curated selection of the city’s food and culture to the grand Corvin Palace in Blaha Lujza Square. It is slated to open in 2025 and will join the ranks of existing Time Out markets in Miami, New York, Boston, Montreal, Chicago, Dubai, Cape Town and Porto \- which is due to launc...
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Does your dog understand when you talk to them? Yes, according to some owners. And that's what researchers think too. A recent study carried out in Hungary revealed that, apart from commands, man's best friend can understand words representing objects. In their study, researchers used electrodes to analyse what was going on in their brains. "We thought that if the dogs really understood the meaning of the word, the name of the object, they would expect to see that object. And that if the owner showed them another object, there would be a surprise reaction in the brain. And that's exactly what ...
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At the event held at Kossuth Lajos Square in front of Parliament, speakers from the Democratic Coalition (DK), Momentum, the Socialist Party and Parbeszed criticised Orbán's rule, as well as a pardon granted by outgoing President Katalin Novák to the deputy head of a children’s home convicted of covering up child abuse. The protests are the latest in a series engulfing the Hungarian leader, who is facing the greatest political crisis of his 14-year premiership. Novák and former Justice Minister Judit Varga stepped down earlier this month after it was revealed a man who covered up child sexual ...
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