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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Sweden hopes to join NATO by July - foreign minister

RTE 26 May 2023
"There isn't going to be any plan B or anything like that ... Hungary has also objected to Sweden's application citing grievances over Swedish criticism of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's record on democracy and the rule of law. Mr Billstrom said it was unclear what objections Budapest had to Sweden's membership ... ....
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Swedish foreign minister says ambition is to join NATO by July

Arab News 26 May 2023
STOCKHOLM ... “There isn’t going to be any plan B or anything like that ... Hungary has also objected to Sweden’s application citing grievances over Swedish criticism of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s record on democracy and the rule of law. Billstrom said it was unclear what objections Budapest had to Sweden’s membership ... .......
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Sweden hopes to join NATO by July

The Eastern Herald 26 May 2023
“There won’t be a plan B or anything like that ... determined ... Hungary is also delaying a vote on Sweden’s candidacy, citing Swedish criticism of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s work on democracy and the rule of law. Tobias Bilstrom pointed out that Budapest’s specific objections to Sweden joining NATO are unclear....
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Orban: Ukraine cannot Win the War with Russia

Beijing News 24 May 2023
However, Sweden's application to join the alliance has yet to be granted because of Turkey and Hungary, with Budapest highlighting Sweden's criticism of Orban's stance on democracy and the rule of law, the agency noted ... Qatar is also interested in the Budapest airport, Orban said at the forum, adding that "Qatari citizens are welcome" to Hungary ... -....
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Hungary's Orban: better relations with Sweden needed before NATO membership

Reuters 23 May 2023
BUDAPEST, May 23 (Reuters) - Relations between Hungary and Sweden must improve before the Nordic ... But Sweden's application has been held up by Turkey and Hungary, with Budapest citing grievances over Swedish criticism of Orban's record on democracy and the rule of law....
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Hungary's Orban Says Better Relations With Sweden Needed Before NATO Membership

Radio Free Europe 23 May 2023
... up by Turkey and Hungary, with Budapest citing grievances over Swedish criticism of Orban's record on democracy and the rule of law....
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Hungarians protest against new teachers’ law, police brutality

Press TV 20 May 2023
Thousands of Hungarians rallied in Budapest on Friday to protest a new law that would remove teachers’ civil servant status, as well as police tear gas against teenagers in earlier demonstrations ... Protesters marched on Friday against the new so-called status law, which also significantly increases the workload of teachers....
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Hungary’s Fierce Critics to Visit Budapest

Hungary Today 12 May 2023
German Green MEP Daniel Freund ... Related article. German MEPs Pressure Brussels to be Tough on Hungary ... It is clearer than ever that Brussels is withholding the EU funds to which we Hungarians are entitled by law for the most primitive political pressure, and their latest visit to Budapest fits this pattern,” ... .......
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What Turkey’s elections mean for Sweden’s NATO membership

Al Jazeera 12 May 2023
Budapest followed Ankara’s lead in the case of Finland. “Hungary’s Viktor Orban claimed that Finland and Sweden’s accusations of Budapest’s rule of law was one of the main reasons behind Hungary holding back their NATO membership ratification, but Orban is just playing a political game,” Bildt said, speaking of the Hungarian prime minister....
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Viktor Orbán: The Left is Inciting People Not to Obey the Law

Hungary Today 09 May 2023
we will obey and enforce the law, but you are doing the opposite. You are constantly inciting people not to obey the law ... In Budapest, after a demonstration permitted by local authorities on 3 May 2023 in Budapest, a group of participants moved unannounced to the Carmelite Monastery which is the Prime Minister’s office....
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Romania: After EU Accession, Restitution Claims Put on Hold

Hungary Today 09 May 2023
“The rule of law does not work in Romania; in a society based on rule of law, justice cannot depend on luck and the person,” Attila Markó said on Monday at a press conference in Sfântu Gheorghe (Szepsiszentgyörgy) ... to the law and not according to orders.”....
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Concerts, Lectures and Armored Vehicles at the Ludovika Festival

Hungary Today 08 May 2023
Scott Donovan, Director of the Budapest Chapter of the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA), will speak on US law enforcement trends, and Dave Walsh, Professor of Criminal Investigation at De Montfort University, will give a presentation on interrogation techniques....

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