Hungary
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Soviet troops invaded Hungary in 1956 to put down a revolution against the communist government.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire, in which Austria and Hungary were equal partners, was established in 1867 and collapsed in World War I.
Hungary is a former Eastern Bloc country.
Hungary held multiparty free elections in October 1990, ending forty-two years of communist rule. In 1999, it joined NATO.
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Neighbouring Hungary has so far been able to avoid a complete shutdown of its only nuclear plant, Paks, whose four reactors are also cooled by the Danube.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Born in London to parents who fled conflict in their native Hungary, Hilton began a career in politics with Britain’s Conservative Party after graduating from Oxford University.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
New research from evolutionary biologists at Syracuse University, University of Siena, Italy, and University of Szeged, Hungary, points to a more complex picture.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
“In Hungary, the Paks nuclear power plant was taken offline over the weekend after cooling-water levels from the Danube River fell to their lowest in more than four decades,” says Antonia Syn from Rystad Energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
She worked hard to regain the confidence of her former customers, except, of course, for Graciela Moreira, who’d taken to wearing synthetic wigs imported from Hungary.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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