The Hungarian capital Budapest could decide as soon as next week whether to drop its bid to hold the 2024 Olympics after a petition with over 266,000 signatures opposing the games was handed in. That's enough to force a referendum.
Hamburg, Rome and Boston have already abandoned their bids. That's been blamed on the cost of hosting such an event.
A recent opinion poll suggests that the bid has grown increasingly unpopular among Hungarians.
The president of the Momentum movement behind the …
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