Top Hungary news: travel rules, guest workers, IMF warning, Doulingo, Zsolnay – 17 September, 2025
Hungary’s headlines today bring sweeping changes and high stakes: new EU travel rules requiring fingerprints and facial recognition, record numbers of guest workers, and an IMF warning of a looming global debt crisis with risks for Hungary. Politics, business, and culture also make waves — from Orbán’s clash with Brussels to the return of a lost Zsolnay masterpiece.
TOP Hungary News
Travel Alert: EU and Hungary require fingerprint and facial recognition
Featured news
Guest workers in Hungary reaches record high
Duolingo under fire: Hungary opens investigation into language app giant
IMF warns of looming global debt crisis as Hungary faces mounting risks
Politics, EU
EU eyes sanctions on Israel, Orbán likely to resist
One year after the Draghi report: Draghi speaks at conference, Orbán criticizes Brussels
Hungarian govt announces pension bonus, faces tax battle with Brussels and gun scandal
Business, economy
Two-year high: the future of the forint according to analysts
Hungary and Japan strengthen business, trade and tech ties in Tokyo
Hungary’s best pastry shop is back in Budapest’s city centre
Tourism
From perfumes to fashion: why Budapest isn’t on the shopping tourism map
Culture, history
Extraordinary 117-year-old time capsule found in Debrecen cathedral tower
Lost Zsolnay masterpiece returns to Hungary after a century