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Electric car drivers face growing charging difficulties in Budapest as parking rules tighten. Suburban rail services will be disrupted this weekend with the H8 line shortened and H9 suspended. Meanwhile, mobile ticket validation becomes easier but fare-dodging fines increase. A police chase on the M0 motorway ended in a crash after a driver entered against traffic.
Prosecutors seek a harsher sentence for the Irish man who killed an American woman in Budapest. A Romanian truck driver was caught using a creative but illegal license plate trick on the M4 highway. A fatal accident killed several people when a car with six occupants crashed into a dangerous corner. A man just released for robbery was arrested again at the prison gate.
The rector of Semmelweis University resigned citing trust issues with the governing board. An anti-drone system was installed at the Karmelita government site. Fidesz MP János Pócs appeals his parliamentary ban while Antal Rogán must testify before a committee on December 17. Air France-KLM will operate 48 weekly flights from Budapest this winter.
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