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Hot weather slows Namibian swimmers in Singapore
Windhoek Observer
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Erasmus Shalihaxwe The World Aquatics Championships in Singapore has postponed the event yesterday, after extreme heat pushed temperatures to 31 degrees Celsius The organisers said the event will proceed once the water temperature has dropped to...
Family influence led Hungarian water polo brothers Vince and Vendel Vigvari to sporting heights
The Straits Times
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July 16, 2025
SINGAPORE – For as long as he can remember, sport has been a part of Vince Vigvari’s life. Coming from a sporting family, the support of their household is what drove the 22-year-old and his brother, Vendel, who is a year older, to excel with the...
Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language family’s origins
Harvard Gazette - Massachusetts
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July 16, 2025
Where did Europe’s distinct Uralic family of languages — which includes Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian — come from? New research puts their origins a lot farther east than many thought. The analysis, led by a pair of doctoral candidates working...
Budapest’s Liberty Statue Renovation Reignites Political and Cultural Tensions
Hungarian Conservative
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July 16, 2025
A major restoration project on Gellért Hill—one of Budapest’s most iconic locations—is nearing completion. By next spring, the Liberty Statue and the surrounding Citadel area will fully reopen to the public. The redevelopment is being presented as...
What? Where? When? Reflection of climate risks in financial stability reports
LSM
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July 16, 2025
The topic of climate is becoming increasingly prominent in society, as people grow more aware of climate change and feel it firsthand. Google Trend data (Chart 1) show the following trends: The relevance of the climate topic grew rapidly in 2018,...
Uzbek-Hungarian Talks Focus On Nuclear Energy And Industrial Collaboration
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, July 16. Deputy Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade of Uzbekistan, Khurram Teshabayev, held a meeting with a Hungarian delegation led by Csaba Marosvári, Deputy State Secretary for Energy...
Uzbekistan discusses Hungarian dry cooling system for nuclear project
World Nuclear News
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Tuesday, 15 July 2025 The Uzatom Atomic Energy Agency, the Hungarian Foreign and Trade Ministry and MVM EGI have signed a protocol on agreements reached on cooperation relating to proposed nuclear energy projects in Uzbekistan. (Image:...
Beetle infestation threatening thousands of ancient books in Hungary's oldest library
FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona
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FILE - The Library of Archabbey Saint Martin. Pannonhalma Hungary. (Photo by: Martin Zwick/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are in jeopardy of being destroyed due to a beetle infestation. Books...
Farmers Secure Hungary’s Bread Supply
Hungary Today
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July 14, 2025
Thanks to the hard work and diligence of farmers, the country’s bread supply is secured, with the autumn barley harvest complete and more than half of the wheat harvested, the Ministry of Agriculture told MTI on Sunday. The Ministry’s statement...
Hungary’s oldest library battles beetle infestation
Telengana Today
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July 13, 2025
Hungary’s 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey is battling a severe beetle infestation threatening its historic library. Restoration teams are removing and disinfecting 100,000 books to preserve centuries-old manuscripts, with climate change...
Beyond the Óperencia — A Settlement Founded on the American Frontier by Hungarian Emigrants: New Buda
Hungarian Conservative
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July 13, 2025
The following is an adapted version of an article written by Lázár Pap, originally published in Hungarian in Magyar Krónika. America—the new world, the land of opportunity, the land of the free. In the 19th and 20th centuries, hundreds of...
Medieval Hungarian library battles beetle infection to save national treasures
Euronews
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July 13, 2025
By Andreas Rogal with AP Published on 13/07/2025 - 10:55 GMT+2 Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could...
Hungarian Inflation Persists Despite Government Interventions
Diplomacy & Trade
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July 11, 2025
Hungary continues to face entrenched inflationary pressures, with new data confirming that price growth remains stubbornly high despite regulatory efforts by the government. Analysts expect this volatile trend to continue in the months ahead....
Hungary, Switzerland and India explore mining partnership with Lands Ministry
Joy FM
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July 10, 2025
Ghana’s push toward responsible and sustainable small-scale mining has gained renewed international support as envoys from Hungary, Switzerland, and India held separate meetings with the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Emmanuel...
Climate change is already rewriting the job market in the Western Balkans
Gazeta Tema
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July 10, 2025
By Majlinda Bregu Secretary-General, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) “What remains of life when illusions are gone? Responsibility.” Imre Kertész, Hungarian Nobel Laureate, posed this question with haunting precision. Today, it echoes far...
Budapest Airport welcomes Condor and its new Frankfurt service in 2026
Travel Daily News
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July 10, 2025
Condor will launch thrice-daily Budapest–Frankfurt flights from May 2026, boosting capacity and connectivity between Hungary and Germany’s financial hub. Budapest Airport, part of the VINCI Airports network, announces that Condor, one of Germany’s...
‘Outdated, feudal agriculture’? EU and Hungary clash over the future of farming
Daily News Hungary
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July 12, 2025
The resources of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must be distributed more fairly so they are accessible for the most disadvantaged sectors and regions, Christophe Hansen, the European Commissioner for agriculture and food,...
Debrecen among Europe’s greenest cities? Hungarian city makes final 3 for top EU award!
Daily News Hungary
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July 12, 2025
Photo: depositphotos.com The northeast Hungarian city of Debrecen has been shortlisted by the European Commission as one of the TOP3 finalists of the European Green Capital 2027 competition, according to the list published on Friday, the city’s...
Weather Record: Strongest Wind Speeds Ever in Hungary on Monday
XpatLoop
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Monday saw record high temperatures and the strongest winds ever measured in Hungary, weather service HungaroMet said on its website. In Devavanya, in south-eastern Hungary, the mercury hit 38.9 C, breaking an earlier record for the day of 38.7 C...
Hungarian Government Eliminates Online Toll Sticker Fees, Saving Drivers Billions
Hungarian Conservative
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July 9, 2025
Hungarian motorists will no longer have to pay convenience fees when purchasing motorway toll stickers online, starting this September—a move that could save consumers around 2 billion forints per year. The announcement was made by State Secretary...