What happened today in Hungary? — 4 July, 2023

Travel, tourism, recreation:

• 5 weekly flights between China’s most populous city and Budapest from August
• Price hike in Budapest’s historic baths today after years
• New railway day tickets introduced in Hungary
• Check out these lakes where you can bathe in Hungary outside Balaton – PHOTOS
• Gloomy prospects: Hungarian State Railway’s trains may not survive this summer
• Korean Cultural Festival in Budapest

Business:

• AI developed and tasted its own energy drink
• These are the cheapest shops in Hungary according to the price monitoring system
• Two weeks in Hungary’s capital through the eyes of a Canadian traveller
• Wizz Air launches new loyalty programme with unique discounts
• Remarkable achievement: Hungarian forint becomes one of the best in the world

Politics:

• The EU court rejected the Erasmus funds request of a Hungarian university
• Government official: Brussels decided excise tax of fuels must be raised in Hungary
• Huge deficit in the Hungarian government sector in first quarter
• Despite ongoing protests, Hungarian parliament passes new education law
• Hungarian government adamant: it will not allow aid to Ukraine
• Szijjártó: Integration in Western Europe a failure