What happened today in Hungary? – June 8, 2021
Here is our daily debrief. Stories you might have missed:
- According to articles in Polish newspapers, Pope Francis does not want to meet up with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during his stay in Hungary at the International Eucharistic Congress. This is why Pope Francis will not meet Orbán
- As we reported last week, a young university student was arrested by Hungarian counter-terrorism officers. He supposedly had the intention to detonate a bomb during one of the matches of the European Championship played in Budapest and to drive into a crowd at Lake Balaton. How and why did a young man of 21 years of age decide to plan a terrorist attack?
- A court has ruled that Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony must issue an apology to István Tiborcz, Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law, for branding a property tax “the Tiborcz tax”. All details and Karácsony’s respons HERE.
- Hungary has hoarded a large number of vaccines – what now?
- Budapest’s central Nyugati (Western) railway station will be fully closed for revamp and modernisation from June 19 until July 18, all international international trains redirected.
- Parliament passes Hungary’s 2022 headline budget, details HERE
- Hungary reports 17 Covid-19 fatalities, 117 new infections – latest numbers HERE
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