Top Hungary news: tax increases, Wizz Air flight, new pandemic, 2026 elections – 18 August, 2025

We’ve rounded up the top Hungary news from today: painful tax increases, Wizz Air resumes flight, new pandemic, 2026 elections, untold story of Prince Kálmán.
Featured Hungary news
- Painful tax increases coming in Hungary: petrol, cigarettes and more to cost extra
- Good news: Wizz Air resumes flights to eastern Mediterranean capital city
- New pandemic looms as threatening virus variant emerges; travel restrictions introduced
- IDEA Institute: Tisza Party’s rise halted; Péter Magyar claims supermajority ahead
- The untold story of Prince Kálmán: from a Russian principality to the Mongol invasion

Additional news
- Budapest Airport welcomes 2 Hungarian astronauts as small country makes big impact
- “Transylvanian Versailles” castle under ongoing reconstruction, Hungary’s President visits – PHOTOS
- Russian oil deliveries to Hungary halted following attack on Druzhba pipeline + Ukraine’s reaction
Featured image: illustration. The Hungarian Parliament. Source: depositphotos.com
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