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Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony was recently honored with a prestigious human rights award for his work in the capital. Meanwhile, news reports show that many Hungarian politicians now earn monthly salaries of more than 2.5 million forints. In local politics, an association in the 1st district that supports a candidate received 11 million forints in public funds.
Large crowds gathered across the city to celebrate the March 15th national holiday. The Hungarian Tourist Agency is working to estimate the exact size of the celebrations. This day is important because it marks when the hero Mihály Táncsics was released from his prison in the Buda Castle during the 1848 revolution.
The famous Corvin Department Store is also in the news as historians look back at how the building survived many wars and major changes in Budapest. Finally, the airline Wizz Air announced that it will soon start flying new routes from the city to beautiful locations in the Balkans.
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