What happened today in Hungary? – 1 January, 2024
Tradition keepers crack their whips at the Old Year's Eve chariot race in Hajdúszoboszló on 31 December 2023. According to a centuries-old tradition, on 31 December 1559, the locals scared off the invading Turkish army with the sound of bells, the cracking of whips, burning straw and the lighting of the church tower. Photo: MTI/ Zsolt Czeglédi
- Watch the first meteor shower of 2024 in Budapest!
- Interview with South Korean Ambassador Hong on foreign policy, investment in Hungary and more – interesting questions and answers here
- Hungarian President spoke of hope in her New Year’s speech, details HERE
- Hungarian national victim of the October Hamas attack revealed – details HERE
- Guess the only EU Prime Minister who received season’s greetings from Putin!
- Official: Hungarian government’s financial calculations failed in 2023 – details here
- New Ministry of Economy is powerful, and has immediately identified the priority sectors – details HERE
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