What happened in Hungary today? – 22 June, 2021

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• Foreign minister welcomes UEFA decision ‘not to assist to political provocation’, details
• Thirteen European Union countries have expressed concern over Hungary’s new law against paedophiles, saying that it discriminates against the LGBT community and violates “the right to freedom of expression under the pretext of protecting children”, read details HERE
• This is how we can travel abroad from July – how will the EU certificate work
• European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Hungary is in the safest green zone. As a result, Hungarians can visit two more popular foreign destinations without any test or certificate – where can we travel from now on?
• Young man fell from a theatre in Budapest – Watch the VIDEO HERE
• NBH policy makers had kept the base rate on hold at 0.60 percent since last summer, but inflation reached 5.1 percent in both April and May – Hungarian central bank raises base rate 30 bp to 0.90 pc
• Hungarians travel to Romania for the Pfizer vaccine?
• Minister Judit Varga said on Facebook in an English-language post that on the agenda of a General Affairs Council meeting, “the last point is once again Europe’s sick, tired political stick, aka the Article 7 procedure”. Read more HERE.
• 6 super places to watch the European Football Championship in Hungary — PHOTOS