Top Hungary news: highest flood alert, traffic change, Airbnb, Temu, Brussels and more – 16 September, 2024

We’ve rounded up the most exciting news and here are today’s top Hungary news stories: 

• Important: Budapest floods disrupt tram and bus services, cause road closures
• Highest-level flood alert in effect in Budapest – UPDATE
• Floods in Hungary, latest: Orbán postpones all international trips, near-record flooding expected, levee with 1,000 tonnes of rocks – photos
• Hungarian Defence Forces contribute 12,000 soldiers, helicopters and volunteers to flood protection, details HERE

Society, tourism

• Top thermal baths worldwide for ultimate relaxation, including a must-visit in Hungary
• Saddening figures: teenage crimes on the rise in Hungary
• Where does Hungary rank on the list of the best countries in the world?

Economy, business

• Hungary targets foreign retailers: Government aims to curb Temu’s market domination
• Will Brussels withhold further EU funds from Hungary?

Real estate

• August saw a significant rise in home rental rates in Hungary, latest avarage prices here
• Airbnb issue in Hungary: with low turnout and almost identical turnout, the VI district orders a ban