Top Hungary news: quiz, knife attack, guest workers, Russian gas, Orbán successor – 29 January, 2026

We’ve rounded up the top Hungary news from today: castles quiz, knife attack, new bus line and party boats, guest workers, Russian gas, Orbán successor.

• How well do you know the most beautiful castles in Hungary? Test your knowledge

Featured Hungary news

• German husband knifed to death in Hungary as wife fights for life
• New international bus line to connect Budapest with Slovakian town
• Party boats may be banned from Budapest city centre riverside
• Hungary’s labour market tightens: Guest workers become essential due to shrinking workforce

Hungarian politics

• Monetising the Orbán-Putin friendship: the myth of cheap Russian gas in Hungary
• Is it really that bad? PM Orbán’s successor already being sized up – and the frontrunner may surprise many
• Orbán cabinet to pay weapons bonus for military personnel months before the elections

Additional news

• Ice vault in Antarctica: how researchers are preserving the secrets of melting glaciers for the future
• Plant, animal or fungus? A mysterious ancient life form may rewrite our understanding of evolution

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