Top Hungary news: guest workers, Magyar government, Zelensky meeting, midges at Lake Balaton, Orient Express – 28 April, 2026

Today’s top Hungary news

• Will the new Magyar government send guest workers home? Here’s what they can expect

Additional Hungary politics

• Outgoing PM Orbán says love was the focus of their campaign, hands in resignation from party chairmanship
• Péter Magyar announces additional ministers
• PM Péter Magyar and Ukrainian President Zelensky may meet very soon in Transcarpathia
• Former Foreign Minister Szijjártó’s sister’s house on sale for a mere EUR 1.2 million

Magyar government

• Tisza Party plans to launch healthcare reforms within 100 days – but challenges go beyond the short term

Travel and tourism

• Will midges swarm Lake Balaton’s shores once more this year, crawling into ears, noses, and mouths?
• Luxury train Orient Express is coming to Budapest in 2026

Education

• Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó to be awarded honorary doctorate of the world’s best university

Foreign issues

• Trump’s revenge risks reigniting war between NATO ally and Argentina

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