Orbán cabinet raises terror threat level: heightened security measures at Budapest Airport

The Hungarian government has raised the country’s terror threat level in response to the US-Israeli war against Iran, Deputy Interior Minister Bence Rétvári announced.

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More police officers will now be visible at key infrastructure sites, including Budapest Airport and the roads leading into the capital.

Mr Rétvári said the measures would bolster security at police facilities storing weapons, with regular patrols ordered at sites critical to the state’s functioning and the population’s supply chain.

There will also be an enhanced police presence on major public thoroughfares, in crowd-gathering areas, and at the terminals, entrances, and access roads of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, where a constant police presence is expected. Officers will conduct random checks at internal Schengen borders, he added.

Police checks will be carried out on roads into Budapest, while enhanced protection will be provided at certain embassies, Mr Rétvári listed. “I emphasise that these are all preventive measures by the police to protect Hungary’s peace and security (…) and we ask for the patience and cooperation of citizens,” the politician said.