HATC SAMPLE EDITION:    Politics & Foreign Relations    Economic News    Business News    Other News of Interest    All stories	14th July, 2025 Sixth District aims to keep Airbnb ban The Budapest Government Office has formally called on Budapest’s Sixth District to repeal an October 2024 local decree effectively banning short-term rentals from January 2026 by reducing the number of allowable rental days to zero. District mayor Tamás Soproni rejected the call in a Facebook post. Soproni said the legal authority granted to municipalities by Parliament permits them to determine the number of days themselves. “That is precisely what we have done,” he stated. Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).
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