Top Hungary news: Sziget at half price, USD/HUF record, men freeze to death, HÉV, baths — 23 January, 2026

Featured Hungary news stories:

• Students can attend Hungary’s Sziget Festival at half price for the first time: here’s how!
• Hungarian forint hits four-year high against US dollar
• Two men freeze to death in Budapest, while a third one knew about it and refused to help
• Living in Budapest: Why a Swedish expat chose Hungary as his home
• Indian Motherson Group announces investment in Hungary worth nearly HUF 40 billion

Travel, tourism:

• Major track maintenance planned for Budapest’s HÉV suburban rail lines about to begin
• New regional e-vignette covers all toll roads in 4 Hungarian counties!
• Freight traffic to be blocked on the Hungarian and Serbian border
• Hungary’s hidden spa gems: The 10 cheapest thermal baths you can visit in 2026

Politics:

• Hungary bans reservist soldiers’ engagement in political activities
• PM Orbán and Volodimir Zelensky fired shots at each other in Davos

Mix:

• Inuit communities in Greenland were previously endangered by the interests of the United States

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