Top Hungary news on 17 September: flood, wineries, World Nomad Games, Budapest Airport changes

Here’s what happened today in Hungary:

Travel & Tourism

• Budapest Airport eliminates baggage theft with a world-first innovation – read more HERE
• Hungarian wineries won gold, silver at CSWWC Championships: here are the 4+1 best!

Hungary endangered by extreme flood

• Extreme flood reached Hungary: Danube bridge, border crossing closed, ferry service halted, train service changed – HERE are the details
• Cyclone Boris also hit Lake Balaton: the Hungarian sea is shifted – details in THIS article
• Hungary flood crisis: 540 km defence effort mobilised amid near-record water levels – news roundup in THIS article

Hungarian economy

• Orbán family profits from Budapest-Belgrade railway renovation through quarry contracts – read more in THIS article
• Attention – Vodafone Hungary changes name in 2025!

Brussels vs Orbán cabinet

• European Union bypasses Hungarian veto for U.S. support in Russia sanctions
• Former Communist state agent appointed to head Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Research Institute?

Championship successes

• Hungarian team proves at 5th World Nomad Games that we may be descendants of ancient steppe Nomad empires – read the details HERE
• Hungary takes a gold at WorldSkills – read more HERE

Featured image: Flood in Győr.