Budapest

Budapest (Hungarian: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt]; names in other languages) is the capital and the largest city of Hungary, and one of the largest cities in the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre, sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary. According to the census, in 2011 Budapest had 1.74 million inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2.1 million due to suburbanisation. The Budapest Metropolitan Area is home to 3.3 million people. The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi). Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the unification of Buda and Óbuda on the west bank, with Pest on the east bank on 17 November 1873.

The history of Budapest began with Aquincum, originally a Celtic settlement that became the Roman capital of Lower Pannonia.Hungarians arrived in the territory in the 9th century. Their first settlement was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. The re-established town became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. Following the Battle of Mohács and nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule, the region entered a new age of prosperity in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Budapest became a global city after its unification in 1873. It also became the second capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great power that dissolved in 1918, following World War I. Budapest was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Republic of Councils in 1919, the Battle of Budapest in 1945, and the Revolution of 1956.

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Scholz ready for talks on early polls

Dawn 09 Nov 2024
Scholz’s political rivals have threatened to block his minority government from passing laws ... Speaking in his trademark unruffled tone on the sidelines of an EU summit in Budapest, Scholz urged a “calm debate” first among parliamentary groups on what laws can be passed this year....
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Germany's Scholz says open to discussions on election date

LBC International 08 Nov 2024
Speaking in Budapest, he urged a "calm debate" first on what laws can pass parliament this ......
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“Compliance with the Rule of Law Cannot Be Monitored within EU Institutions”

Hungary Today 04 Nov 2024
The current EU regulatory system does not allow for monitoring whether the rule of law is respected within the EU institutions. One of the aims of the Hungarian EU presidency is to examine how these shortcomings can be filled, EU Affairs Minister J�nos B�ka told an international conference in Budapest on Monday....

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