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Drug patrols, arrests and a water crisis: what the local press is writing about now
Residents fed up with the drug situation have launched patrols in a Hajdú-Bihar village Few weeks have been as intense in Hungarian domestic politics as the one that began as September gave way to October.
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Empty rental flats, a million-forint deputy mayor’s home and the public-works trap — what the local press is writing about now
The independent local press looks at empty municipal flats in Eger, a Kecskemét deputy mayor living in a social rental despite earning nearly HUF 3 million, the trap of public works, public funding for organisations in Debrecen, a cracked railway bridge and a volunteer watch being organised at Szolnok railway station.
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Battery-factory scandal, Chinese workers and a shrinking population — what the local press is writing about
Debrecen’s EcoPro cathode factory public hearing ended in scandal.
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HUF 250 million consulting, a Chinese battery plant and soaring rents — what the local press is writing about
A HUF 250 million consulting contract in Kecskemét, a Fidesz–Tisza meeting in Eger, continuing battery-industry controversies in Debrecen, plans for Penészlek, the question of whether Hungarians will profit from the Chinese BYD factory, a shortage of GPs in Szolnok and soaring rents in Veszprém — a selection from last week’s reporting by independent local online […]
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A billion-forint factory failure, a fatal accident and the secret of Túró Rudi — what the local press is writing about now
A factory standing empty despite billions in subsidies, endangered city bus services, a state secretary calling for solidarity, safer streets in Kecskemét, a fatal workplace accident in Szeged, a new political initiative in Veszprém — and the story of how electric street lighting, Túró Rudi and local pride are connected in Mátészalka.
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