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Budapest drug problems

Budapest in deep trouble: more threatening individuals on streets, cheap drugs becoming increasingly widespread

Budapest public safety enhanced by Hungarian police and civil guards

Budapest public safety operation ‘a success’, says ministry, civil guard patrols come to help public safety

Fluor Sziget Festival

Popular Hungarian rapper delivers pointed political message to PM Magyar from Sziget Festival’s main stage

DJ OTI's Budapest concert on the venue of the Sziget Festival

Young women collapse one after another at Budapest concert: police investigate as victims recount same story

Murdered Japanese mother Megumi Anderson

Chilling details emerge about how Japanese mother Megumi was brutally murdered by foreigner ex-husband

WWII bombs found at Budapest Airport

Alert: A WWII bomb may have been stolen from the Danube in Budapest

Russian discount store Mere in Serbia Hungary's cheapest shop

Why Hungary’s cheapest shop may have closed – and shoppers are already furious

Fradi against Real Madrid groupama arena friendly game

Ferencváros narrowly beaten by Real Madrid at packed Groupama Arena

Russian discount chain Mere's store

Did Russian Mere’s only Hungarian store suddenly close? Questions surround the discount chain’s future

wild boar roams in budapest metro station

Video: Wild boar storms Budapest metro station, forcing line to shut down

Sziget Festival Budapest 2026

Sziget Festival to kick off on Sunday – everything you need to know

axis budapest hungary

A taste of summer at Axis Café & Lounge: a lunch well Spent

Budapest festival orchestra concert

Budapest Festival Orchestra to give free open-air concert at Heroes’ Square

German motorbike found in the Danube in Budapest

Treasure hunt: what experts found around the German motorbike recovered from the Danube in Budapest – photos

Sziget Festival

Power and water concerns at Sziget Festival? Founder reveals what’s really going on

Valuable WWII German motorcycle emerged from the Danube in Budapest

Soviet shell, cannonball and German Panzerfaust warheads found near Budapest university

Elizabeth Bridge Danube Budapest medieval sword Happy City Index

Budapest city centre roads to be closed this morning after explosives found in the Danube

Valuable WWII German motorcycle emerged from the Danube

Valuable WWII German motorcycle, human remains and explosives pulled from the Danube in Budapest – photos

Ancient suburban rail carriages

Ancient suburban rail carriages to be replaced soon, Hungarian minister vows

Not enough water in the River Danube in Budapest

A parched Danube: should Budapest worry about its water supply? Expert highlights a surprising fact

New Budapest bridge will be built

Photos, video: new Budapest bridge to be built as project reaches important milestone

Heatwave breaks another heat record in Hungary

Heat record broken again, Hungary one of the hottest countries in Europe

Sweltering heatwave in Hungary River Tisza

Heatwave peaking: could the record temperature be broken? Latest forecast

Zenit Corso mall in Zugló Péter Magyar

PM Magyar scraps Orbán-era €830 million office deal and demands the money back

Water-use restrictions in Hungary

Water-use restrictions and other extraordinary measures introduced in Hungary to avert crisis

MOL Bubi

Budapest launches upgraded bike share scheme Mol Bubi – photos

Danube drought Budapest Parliament

The full damage is only visible at record-low water levels – why is the Danube still being polluted? – photos

margaret island musical fountain water energy heatwave budapest

Budapest shuts down 40 fountains as emergency water-saving measures begin

Budapest transport bus tram

Car crashes into Budapest tram stop, smashing glass shelter

sziget festival energy crisis

Will Hungary’s energy crisis derail Sziget Festival? Organisers reveal emergency power plan

budapest airport

Budapest taxi fares rise from today – airport pickups also become more expensive

budapest public transport metro map

Budapest slows trams and metro trains to cut electricity use during energy crisis

fortepan Franz Joseph Bridge budapest

Ghost bridge emerges from the Danube: Extreme drought reveals long-lost WWII relic in Budapest

Budapest at night Hungary news orbán decorative lighting

Budapest landmarks to go dark: Parliament, Buda Castle and Citadella lights switched off

budapest heatwave temperature record summer

Budapest smashes 105-year heat record as brutal heatwave tightens grip on Hungary

ÖBB RailJet Budapest-Vienna train service railway

Man in custody after attacking train conductor on Budapest-Vienna service

Hungary news Budapest at night

Possible energy crisis: decorative lighting in Budapest may be switched off!

Budapest Airport budapest taxi

Getting to Budapest Airport by taxi will be very inconvenient from August but anger mounts over new rule – updated

Mol Bubi

Budapest’s renewed bike-sharing scheme Mol Bubi to kick off in days

National Museum American Dream exhibition

Hungarians in America: National Museum’s new exhibition explores their fate – video

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