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Inside Budapest Pride: How organisers defied Orbán's ban
Context
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What’s the context? Budapest Pride's organisers defied a ban and won but what lies ahead for LGBTQ+ rights in Hungary? Law to ban Pride events in Hungary passed in March Organisers of Budapest Pride pushed forward with plans Prime Minister Orbán...
Clear Angle Studios puts F1: The Movie in pole position
TVBEurope
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July 4, 2025
3D scanning specialists Clear Angle Studios worked with the producers of F1: The Movie to seamlessly integrate the fictional drivers (played by Brad Pitt and Damson Idris) into real F1 tracks. During the 2023 and 2024 seasons, Clear Angle’s team...
New Weather Record: This June Driest & Second Hottest Ever in Hungary
XpatLoop
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This June was the driest and second hottest recorded since 1901, weather forecaster HungaroMet said. The national median temperature averaged 22.3 C this June, 2.5 higher than the average in the years 1991-2020, and the second hottest since 1901....
Police Launch Probe into Budapest Mayor's Ties to Pride Rally
XpatLoop
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Police have ordered an investigation into the organisers of the Pride rally held in Budapest on Saturday, the deputy leader of opposition Mi Hazánk said. Elod Novak said on Facebook on Thursday that "an investigation has been ordered following a...
Hungarian Liverpool player Szoboszlai mourns late teammate Jota: “Words cannot describe how heartbroken and devastated we are”
Daily News Hungary
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July 3, 2025
A heartbreaking tragedy has shaken the international football community: Diogo Jota, the Liverpool FC and Portuguese national team forward, has died alongside his brother, André Felipe, who played in Portugal’s second division for Penafiel. The...
Hungary Pride 2025 was a dazzling show of defiance
Dazed & Confused
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July 3, 2025
It was on the fifth floor of an old Soviet building with a creaking lift and wood-panelled halls where a group of activists had organised to meet in Budapest. The building was once a telephone exchange, built in the 1970s and equipped with the...
Lower Prices More Passengers on Balaton Ferries in Hungary
XpatLoop
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Passenger numbers on vessels of Lake Balaton ferry operator Bahart rose 7pc year-on-year to 157,000 in June, the company said on Thursday. Passenger numbers on Bahart ferries reached 504,000 and 51,000 passengers took cruise boats. The number of...
Inside Budapest Pride: How organisers defied Orban’s ban with 100,000-strong march
The Independent
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July 4, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
20 Years On, New Threats Worsen Outlook for Free Media in Balkans
Balkan Insight
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July 4, 2025
In the early 2000s, when big and established electronic and printed outlets dominated the Balkan media landscape, and when their websites drew by far the most traffic, BIRN’s Balkan Insight was launched as one of the first primarily online media...
Police Launch Investigation Against Budapest Mayor Over Pride March
Hungary Today
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July 4, 2025
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony at Pride The police have ordered an investigation into the organization of Saturday’s “Budapest Pride” event, Előd Novák, Vice President of the “Mi Hazánk” (Our Homeland) Party, announced on his Facebook page on...
Ukraine Launches Active Intel Operations in Hungary to Influence 2026 Elections - Orban
Sputnik News
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July 4, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250704/ukraine-launches-active-intel-operations-in-hungary-to-influence-2026-elections---orban-1122394656.html Ukraine Launches Active Intel Operations in Hungary to Influence 2026 Elections - Orban Ukraine Launches...
Struggling to buy a home in Hungary? Orbán says help is coming this September
Daily News Hungary
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July 4, 2025
The government wants to help young people with the 3pc fixed-interest Home Start scheme launching in September, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a weekly interview with public radio on Friday. Below, you can read all the topics he talked about...
Summer of Classics is back at Cinema Akil
What's On
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July 4, 2025
Picture this – 17 legendary movies, from across eras and genres, all packed into one season. That is the Summer of Classics at Cinema Akil this season, back to our screens for another run. We love Cinema Akil and we’re positive they love us...
GRANTS: NFI Announces Production Grants for TV Projects
The Film New Europe
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BUDAPEST: The National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) has distributed 2.3 m EUR in production grants to five TV projects including fiction films, one documentary and documentary series. The largest grant of 1,526,000 EUR / 610,400 000 HUF went to...
Copenhagen To Exert “Maximum Pressure” on Hungary Over Ukraine’s EU Accession
Hungary Today
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July 4, 2025
Danish Minister for European Affairs Marie Bjerre told reporters that Denmark wants to speed up the Article 7 procedure against Hungary, reported Politico. “We are still seeing a violation on fundamental values,” Danish Minister for European...
Gümüşlük Music Festival to blend music, cultural dialogue
Hurriyet Daily News
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MUĞLA The Gümüşlük Music Festival, one of Türkiye’s summer festivals, returns for its 22nd edition on July 16 with an ambitious program blending music, environmental awareness and cultural dialogue. What began as a modest piano festival in one of...
F1 Practice Today: British Grand Prix 2025 start times, schedule, TV channel and FREE live stream
GPFans
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July 4, 2025
The F1 circus heads to the jewel in the UK's motorsport crown this weekend as Silverstone hosts the 2025 British Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton has solidified his reputation as king of the legendary circuit following his fairytale win at last year's...
Budapest’s pride parade was a massive victory for European values
Taipei Times
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July 2, 2025
Trailing in the polls, Hungary’s prime minister resorted to his polarizing playbook by attempting to impose a ban. Mass defiance suggests a shift in the political zeitgeist. In late 1980s Hungary, courageous environmental protests against an...
53 Scarlett Johansson Movies Ranked (Jurassic World Rebirth)
Rotten Tomatoes
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July 3, 2025
(Photo by Universal Studios/Courtesy Everett Collection. JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH.) The latest: Johansson got her professional wish and is starring in a new Jurassic movie: Jurassic World Rebirth, out three years after the closing of the initial...
Slovakia, Hungary voice concerns over EU roadmap on Russian energy phase-out
Xinhua News Agency
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BRATISLAVA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Slovakia and Hungary share reservations over the European Union's (EU) roadmap for stopping imports of strategic energy raw materials from Russia, local media reported on Thursday, citing Slovak President Peter...