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Top Hungary news: train derailed, huge tax against short-term rentals, new train stations, Hungarians about the war, Dracula, cocktail bars — 21 October, 2024

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BREAKING NEWS: Train derailed at Keleti station, several trains delayed

Young people planning armed attacks against protected persons in Hungary, details HERE

Another huge tax hike from the Orbán cabinet: this time it’s on short-term rentals in Budapest – details HERE

Railway stations in major Hungarian cities to be completely rebuilt with private capital – details HERE

Politics

Is Orbán’s son-in-law on the brink of securing a big business?

Revealing survey: What Hungarians truly think about the war in Ukraine

Foreign minister: Hungarian authorities have recently prevented over 500,000 illegal entry attempts – Salzburg Europe Summit

Society, culture

House frozen in time: Inside Pest County’s abandoned modern villa – details HERE

A message from the legacy of Dracula: Béla Lugosi’s granddaughter speaks to fans

5+1 stylish cocktail bars in Budapest to explore with your friends after a long day – details HERE

Business

Hungarian farm groups slam European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy report, details HERE

Top Hungary news: Airbnb ban effect, 23 October road closures, iconic summer festival is no more — 20 October, 2024

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Top Hungary news: Detours at Keleti, iconic Bálna closes, artifacts at Buda Castle, Budapest taxi — 19 October, 2024

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Top Hungary news: disappointing railways, forint-weakening, new hotel, Airbnb restrictions, Christmas fair – 18 October, 2024

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Sport

  • Oktoberfest Polo Cup 2024: a day of sport, tradition, and German flair in Etyek – photos and more HERE

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  • Hungarian MRO Aeroplex opens new base in Bucharest

Politics

Top Hungary news: Szoboszlai’s engagement, Schengen Zone, guest workers, Wizz Air’s new flights – 17 October, 2024

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  • PHOTOS: Hungarian star footballer proposes to gorgeous model, celebrities around the world congratulate – read more and check out the photos of the engagement HERE
  • Will a huge residential area be built in Budapest? – read about Mayor Karácsony’s plan HERE
  • Will Hungary be thrown out of the Schengen Zone for letting Russians into the EU? – details in THIS article
  • Attention! Orbán cabinet introduces stricter rules on guest worker employment – HERE are the details and Foreign Minister Szijjártó’s reaction
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Travel and tourism

  • Wizz Air will introduce new flights in days, new TUI flight to Budapest! – read more in THIS article about their plans
  • 4 Hungarian tourism destinations recognised among Europe’s best!

Sport

  • English soccer fans outraged about Hungarian “worst food in football” – read more and check out what “zsíros deszka” is in THIS article

Hungarian economy

  • Minister talks about the Hungarian economy’s future: 3-4% GDP growth, SME program, strict rules for Airbnb, rentals – read about the ambitious plans HERE
  • Hungarian branch of Revolut opening postponed, MNB worried

Culture

  • Art Market Budapest opened! – read the details HERE
  • Budapest will become the world’s ballet capital in November

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Top Hungary news: Wizz Air, Hungarian man murdered, nuclear warheads, Jewish passengers – 16 October, 2024

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  • All Wizz Air flights cancelled to busy airport, new airlines may come to Budapest – read more HERE
  • Hungarian man brutally murdered during brawl in Germany – details in THIS article
  • Hungarian refugee in Russia, Béla Kovács, accuses Western media of misleading public – click HERE for more
  • The Telegraph: Washington will store nuclear-capable jets in Hungary – will nuclear warheads come?
  • More than a hundred Jewish passengers denied boarding Budapest plane: historic fine imposed
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PM Orbán’s programme

  • Viktor Orbán’s bold claims about Hungary’s safety contradicted by crime stats – read more HERE
  • Orbán government announces action plan with 21 measures, Magyar’s Tisza Party only 2% behind Orbán

Culture

  • Spectacular: Claude Monet -The Immersive Experience opens 1st time in Budapest – PHOTOS and more in THIS article

PHOTO GALLERIES

Top Hungary news: hundreds of homeless people, ETA launches, Hide the Pain Harold video, bear, bird flu, housing crisis – 15 October, 2024

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Hundreds of homeless people registered in downtown Budapest in a single night

New entry requirement for Hungarians traveling to the UK: ETA launches in 2025

Hide the Pain Harold shows dressed as Prodigy and Baby Shark in latest campaign video, watch here!

Bear crosses the Danube from Slovakia, now feared in Hungary

Tourism

This rural Hungarian town among the best in the world: a cheap pearl for tourists, details here

Summer success: Here are the most popular Hungarian destinations among foreign tourists

Politics

Budapest Mayor Karácsony urges Orbán to address housing crisis as rent prices soar – UPDATE

Business, economy

Hungary’s property market on track for 30% sales increase in 2024, details HERE

Orbán government celebrates success, but Hungary faces its steepest economic decline of the year

Bird flu detected at more farms in Hungary

Culture, History

5+1 abandoned buildings in Hungary you must see

Handy guide to the most important Hungarian holidays and folk customs connected to the autumn season, details HERE

Top Hungary news: Russia’s 2021 security proposals, Kamala Harris, The Offspring, demographic catastrophe, red line – 14 October, 2024

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Hungarian Foreign Minister says Russia’s 2021 security proposals to end Hungary’s NATO membership acceptable? Ria Novosti interview and denial – VIDEO

Transforming Budapest: Pest quay to be renewed greener and more welcoming – details HERE

Will it be more favourable to be a pensioner in Romania than in Hungary? Here’s what the expert says

Hungarian foreign minister condemns Kamala Harris for labeling Orbán an autocratic dictator, details HERE

Culture, society

The Offspring set to return to Budapest after 7-year break

Everybody cherishes the American guy who ordered in Hungarian! – VIDEO

Alisher Navoi, icon of Uzbek literature, honoured with statue unveiling in Hungary – photos

Economy, business

Big changes are coming: Orbán cabinet presents a deregulation package for tourism

Politics

Magyar: Hungary heading towards demographic catastrophe

Hungary draws red line: firmly opposes sending EU military advisers to Ukraine

Trade neutrality as an EU member? Fidesz launches ‘National Consultation’ on economic issues

Sovereignty Protection Office: Transparency International Hungary activity harmful for country

Top Hungary news: airport shuttle confused, road development, 72h in Budapest, guest workers needed – 13 October, 2024

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  • Shuttle driver confused planes at Budapest Airport: hundreds of passengers could not fly – read more HERE
  • Hungary’s road development project: Massive upgrades announced
  • Spending only 3 days in Budapest? Here’s our detailed tour guide!
  • Good news for guest workers: minister says Hungary needs them!
  • 1st Hungarian luxury bitter brand ready: the Zwack Unicum’s Trezor XO – details in THIS article
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Moving to Hungary

  • German pensioners adore Hungary, but not why you would think – read more HERE
  • PHOTOS: Hungarian National Kayak-Canoe Academy opened near Lake Velence

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Top Hungary news: guest workers, property, parking in Budapest, Hungarian hotels won Spa Oscar – 12 October, 2024

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  • Will employment of guest workers in Hungary face further restrictions soon? – read more HERE
  • Here’s what to expect from Budapest’s real estate market in 2025
  • Parking fees in Budapest areas may double if new proposal gets green light
  • These two Hungarian hotels won the 2024 Spa Oscars
  • Budapest chosen as one of the top 15 affordable destinations to visit this autumn – read more HERE

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  • Orbán cabinet will continue to block EUR 45 billion loan scheme for Ukraine until the US elections – read more HERE
  • Hungary has “increasingly close” ties with this authoritarian Asian country, says minister – details in THIS article

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  • Budapest mayor to veto this government restriction – read more HERE

Top Hungary news: Chimney cake festival, best places to live, Budapest’s flexible bus service, Restaurant Week — 11 October, 2024

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Top Hungary news: Minister’s offensive remarks, drastic HÉV cuts, Budapest’s dessert, traffic restrictions — 10 October, 2024

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Top Hungary news: Revolut branch, Orbán in Strasbourg, forint, new flight, orient express – 9 October, 2024

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  • Revolut’s Hungarian expansion: Hiring in progress for local branch – read more HERE
  • Good news from the Hungarian economy: National Bank prepared to protect the Forint, inflation likely to fall
  • Hungarian universities up in the Times Higher Education rankings – read more HERE
  • New flight from Budapest Airport to the idyllic Spanish Riviera
  • Válasz Online: Hungary’s strongest allies view PM Orbán as a traitor – check out the details HERE
  • Explore stunning Central European capitals this Christmas with the Hungarian Orient Express – PHOTOS and more HERE

PM Orbán in Strasbourg

  • PM Orbán in the ‘lion’s den’: can he convince the European Parliament that he wasn’t a traitor? – details in THIS article
  • Hungarian PM Orbán blackmailed by Putin? – read more HERE

Construction

  • PHOTOS: Budapest-Belgrade rail line upgrade reaches milestone today

Politics

  • Rapporteur on Hungary: Situation on rule of law further deteriorating in Hungary – read more HERE

 

Top Hungary news: Counter-protester shouted at Orban, tourist traps, buying property as a foreigner, aurora, Margaret Island – 8 October, 2024

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Counter-protester interrupts start of Viktor Orbán’s press conference in Strasbourg – VIDEO and details

Planning to come to Budapest? Here are 8 tourist traps you should avoid

It’s worth buying property in Hungary: you may even become an EU citizen!

Aurora was visible in Hungary – impressive PHOTOS and VIDEO

Railway

Ambitious: Hungarian railway company MÁV embarks on a massive EUR 2 billion railway development, details HERE

MÁV-START tests used French Alstom electric locomotives to modernise Hungarian railways

Society

Belgian Three Corners hotel chain expands with 5th location in Budapest – details and photos

Flood in Hungary: Margaret Island is accessible again

Anniversary of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack commemorated in Hungary – details and photos

Business, economy

Magyar: ‘No real utility price caps in place’ in Hungary

EU presidency – Minister Varga: Finance ministers’ decisions must contribute to building more resilient Europe

Hungarian-Serbian Joint Economic Commission meets in Budapest, details HERE

Top Hungary news: Europe’s friendliest city, Orbán in Italy, Laser show coming, corruption against the poorest, pink Chain Bridge — 7 October, 2024

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Is Budapest among Europe’s friendliest cities? Condé Nast Traveler unveils the 2024 rankings

Orbán’s Italian getaway: luxury hotel stay and exclusive seafood dinner – details and VIDEO

Laser show to bring Budapest’s iconic Liberty Statue to life

Odd phenomenon: Hungary’s Lake Balaton has been getting saltier and saltier over the years

Society

Gas explosion in Tapolca, Hungary forces 200 residents to evacuate

Olympic study reveals Hungary is World’s most improved nation

Business, economy

26 professional associations unite in opposition to Hungary’s full short-term rentals ban

Euro millions stolen from those in need: Hungarian Integrity Authority exposes overpricing in EU-funded projects, details HERE

Budapest tests Mercedes-Benz eCitaro fuel cell bus, you can try it for free

Modest retail sales growth in Hungary, decreasing trade surplus, but ministry still celebrates – details HERE

Politics

Hungary strengthens ties with Equatorial Guinea during first-ever ministerial visit, read details HERE

Tineke Strik in Budapest: EU aims to protect the Hungarians from concentration of power and corruption – details HERE

President of Kazakh parliament visits Hungary, details HERE

Culture

Budapest’s Chain Bridge lit up in pink again – pictures, video

Ballin’ on a budget: 5 unmissable programmes in Budapest for autumn

Hungarian wine highlights: Villa Gyetvai’s new portfolio embodies the true essence of Balaton

Top Hungary news: National day, Wizz Air flight reductions, plane crash, Egyptian businessman — 6 October, 2024

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Top Hungary news: Budapest traffic paralyzed, Woody Allen’s message, Wizz Air, wage rise – 5 October, 2024

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  • Budapest traffic to be paralysed from Saturday due to car-free weekend and WWII bomb disarmament – read more HERE
  • Woody Allen sent a heartwarming VIDEO message to Hungary and Budapest
  • Surprising: Wizz Air abolishes “last passenger-friendly discount”, flies longer to the Middle East
  • Türkiye’s fashion giant Koton opens first store in Hungary, with more to come – PHOTOS and more HERE

Forint’s future

  • Experts worried that PM Orbán’s brutal wage rise will bring inflation and a HUF 500/EUR exchange rate – read more HERE
  • Hungarian central bank launches new 200-forint coin alongside commemorative coins – PHOTOS and details in THIS article

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Evacuation from the Middle East

  • Surprising? Slovak plane evacuates Hungarians from Lebanon, says FM Szijjártó – photo and more HERE

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Top Hungary news: Woody Harrelson statue, public transport upgrades in Budapest, Veszprém’s gold – 4 October, 2024

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  • Important milestone in Budapest’s public transport: new electric buses to come soon
  • PM Orbán promises incredible wages in Hungary, says Brussels bureaucrats destroy our lives – read more HERE
  • Victoria Beckham shares viral VIDEO of Hungarian supermodel Barbara Palvin – check out the video and the details in THIS article
  • Incredible! Veszprém wins IHF Men’s Club World Championship – PHOTOS
  • Brand-new Spanish trams come to Budapest, public bike system to be renewed, extended – read more HERE

Culture

  • This Budapest statue is the spitting image of Woody Harrelson: and he found it
  • Astonishing! Hungary is Europe’s 2nd filmmaking hub after London, official says

Society

  • ECtHR ruling: Hungary unlawfully detained, mistreated Iranian Christian, must pay compensation – read more HERE
  • Hungary’s industrial sector struggling, no sign of improvement, recession may affect eberybody

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