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 Eagerly Awaits NATO Accession, but Obstacles Are in the Way

Hungary Today 02 Jun 2023
In addition, Hungary is in no hurry either to ratify Sweden’s request, mainly because Swedish-Hungarian relations are currently somewhat rocky as Stockholm has repeatedly criticized the Hungarian government’s decision, and has also joinied an international legal challenge against Budapest’s child protection legislation ... .......
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Türkiye won’t attend key NATO meeting – Sweden

Russia Today 31 May 2023
Ankara holds the keys to the bloc’s enlargement, but Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will skip the gathering in Oslo ... Read more Sweden bans Koran burning protest ... Budapest has cited Stockholm’s support for legal action against its conservative LGBT and migration policies as the key factor behind the impasse. ....
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EU Funds: What We Get and What We Do Not

Hungary Today 16 May 2023
Ministers are going to Brussels, Commissioners are coming to Budapest, statements are being made, sometimes optimistic, sometimes stern, but we are still ... The government denies there was any legal basis for the claims, yet Budapest is ready to meet the conditions.Continue reading....

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