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Budapest had a very hot day, and the city’s heat record was broken on Thursday afternoon. People were also talking about loud politics: a state party on the Danube quay was so noisy that several people called the police.
Road safety news: a body was found on the M5 motorway. City leaders also made plans around today’s big holiday, with a message about the military and an air parade over Budapest, as reported in this 20 August update.
On the social side, Péter Magyar spoke for the first 100 days at the Tisza Islands meeting, covered in his 20 August speech. There were also special plans for children connected to child protection, including evening fireworks, in this Karmelita fireworks story.
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