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.
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