What happened today in Hungary? – 4 March, 2024

• The shocking reason behind companies choosing guest workers over Hungarian labour, details HERE
• Pricing paradox: Hungarian food costs less abroad – here is why
• Orbán: there must always be an entity between Hungary and Russia

Business

• Budapest Airport loan faces OLAF investigation: Allegations of misconduct surface 
• Hungary’s economy minister admits inability to keep the deficit below target by 2024, details HERE
• MKIK head: foreign guest workers should be employed in a regulated way to strengthen the economy, details HERE

Politics

• Influence peddling: Hungarian Prosecutor General requests suspension of immunity of opposition MP, details HERE
• New, influential Hungarian party born from the presidential clemency scandal?
• Trump ‘guarantee of peace, good Hungary-US relations’, says Hungarian foreign minister in NY
• Budapest Balkans Forum 2024: Western Balkans integration discussed in Budapest – details HERE
• Orbán cabinet establishes a new security advisory body, details HERE

Program guide

• Performances with English subtitles at Vígszínház from March