Top Hungary news: expats in Budapest, Sziget Festival, stricter scholarship rules, Wizz Air – 29 October, 2025

We’ve rounded up the top Hungary news from today: Sziget Festival killed, scholarship contracts tightened, Wizz Air premium services, Budapest for expats.
BREAKING: Chance for Sziget Festival 2026 practically zero after Municipal Council vote
Featured Hungary news
- Thousands of international students’ scholarship contracts to be tightened after ELTE scandal
- Wizz Air’s brand-new premium service will also be available from Budapest
- Elite aircraft from Budapest to the Far Eastern metropolis from 2026: fresh details on the new route
- Is Budapest still affordable for expats in 2025? Rent, groceries, and daily life costs
- Geothermal heating of Zugló city centre could deliver fatal blow to Budapest’s thermal baths
Additional news
- Two Hungarian villages won the “Oscars of rural tourism”
- New Trump-Putin background agreement? Hundreds of American soldiers leaving Hungary and other Eastern Flank states
- Charming former Hungarian royal town will be the 2026 European Capital of Culture
- Will we pay more? Budapest taxi drivers demand fare increase – protest started

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