Top Hungary news: explosion in Budapest, Trump Tower in the capital, Orbán veto – 24 January, 2025

We’ve rounded up the top Hungary news from today: check them out below.

Featured Hungary news

• Modul University Vienna kicked out of Erasmus due to close ties with Orbán government – read more HERE
• Devastating explosion in downtown Budapest, multiple injuries, 40 firefighters against the flames – PHOTOS and details HERE
• Hungarian State Railways upgrades its fleet with Vectron locomotives – VIDEO
• Hungary closes its last coal-fired power station, builds first gas-fired power plant

Hungary and the Trump family

• Trump Tower can be built in Budapest! – details in THIS article
• This is when Trump may visit Budapest to bolster Orbán ahead of 2026 elections

Hungarian politics

• PM Orbán vetoed the extension of the anti-Putin sanctions!
• PM Orbán talks about new Constitution amendment: there are two sexes, a person is either male or female – read more HERE

Hungary tourism

• New York Café, the World’s Greatest Coffee House, opens at night from March in Budapest – read more HERE

• National Hauszmann Programme reaches new milestone: Here are the plans for the renewed Hunyadi Court

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