Relief and disappointment as Budapest gives up 2024 Olympic dream

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarians displayed a mixture of disappointment and relief on Thursday after the government ended Budapest's bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games in the face of growing popular opposition.

The Momentum movement, a new force in Hungarian politics, last week submitted a petition with 266,000 signatures demanding a local referendum on an event seen as symbolically important to Prime Minister Viktor Orban.