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    • Next steps for the Family Protection Action Plan: 5 percent VAT on newly built homes, plus government to cover half of renovation costs for families with kids

    Stay tuned, these two steps are only the first in a long line of measures to be introduced by the Hungarian Government.

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    CORONAVIRUS: Here's the latest

    A regularly updated feed of the latest information about coronavirus in Hungary.

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    CORONAVIRUS: 52,212 infected. In compulsory home quarantine: 24,764. Recovered: 15,254 Deceased: 1,305.

    If you have a question call + 36-80-277-455 and + 36-80-277-456 or email koronavirus@bm.gov.hu.

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    “Führerdemocracy?” Really?

    Yes, Paul Lendvai really used that term that when referring to Hungary’s current political situation.

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    Anti-Semitism and the Opposition: Here’s what’s at stake in this weekend’s by-election.

    An alliance of left-liberal opposition parties have jointly nominated a candidate with a deeply disturbing history of anti-Semitism to win this weekend’s ballot.

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    Hungary-Germany Relations

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    Blog Prime Minister

    PM Orbán: Freedom fighters like us always knew there was one, single Europe

    Aug 19, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács

    Even at times of division, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, “freedom fighters like us always knew that there was only one, single Europe.” As the prime minister reflected on the historic significance of Hungary-Germany relations, Hungary’s role in German reunification and the future of Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel named the Pan-European Picnic a symbol of unity and thanked Hungarians who 30 years ago helped overcome the lines of division.

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