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Finding delight in the ordinary

It seems like an easy thing, to find beauty in everyday life. Yet for many of us, including myself, it requires a conscious effort, particularly when we’re fighting the tide of madness and mayhem that is engulfing our world.

Construction data improves slightly

Construction output volume, based on raw data, lagged behind the previous year’s level by 3.4% in March 2025. Among the main construction groups the construction of buildings lessened by 0.1%, that of civil engineering by 8.9%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices ...

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Máté Kocsis: Hungary under political attack from Ukrainian intelligence services

Following a closed session of the National Security Committee, Fidesz parliamentary leader Máté Kocsis and State Secretary Zsolt Barthel-Rúzsa, responsible for overseeing the Military Intelligence Services (KNBSZ), held a joint press conference warning of a coordinated political campaign targeting Hungary. The statements focused on ...

Industrial production stagnated

The volume of industrial production remained in March 2025 at the same month of the previous year’s level, while, based on working-day adjusted data, it lessened by 5.4% year-on-year. Compared to crude data, the significant difference is due to the fact that there were ...

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"The Hohenzollerns and the Nazis: A History of Collaboration" by Stephan Malinowski (published by Allen Lane)

Expedience to fore as ex-royals jostle to return

Your family – your dynastic family – the Hohenzollerns, has reigned in Brandenburg-Prussia from 1415 to 1918 and in imperial Germany from 1871 to 1918. But Kaiser Wilhelm II leads the country into the First World War in 1914, and defeat in November 1918. ...

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Egis favipiravir drug licenced for Covid-19 treatment

A new drug with the active ingredient favipiravir manufactured by Hungarian pharmaceutical company Egis has been licenced for treatment of Covid-19 by the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI), the institute said on Saturday.

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Orbán: New EU migration pact could force Hungary to welcome migrants

Hungary does not support the new migration and refugee package presented by the European Commission on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Reuters newswire on Friday. Under the package, Hungary's commitment to send people back from the southern EU states like Italy or Greece, ...