What happened today in Hungary? — 8 July, 2024

• BREAKING: PM Orbán starts the day in Beijing, continues in Washington
• Multinationals in trouble: Hungarian government imposes new special tax, keeps excess profit tax

Shopping:

• Budapest secures 10th place in luxury shopping destinations list!
• Turkish fashion brand Koton enters Hungary with 8 new stores

Crime, police:

• 18+: Hilarion, head of Russian Orthodoxy in Hungary, accused of sexual misconduct
• PHOTO: Finnish boy goes missing in Hungary

Politics:

• Breaking: Budapest mayoral election votes to be recounted
• Fidesz’s Patriots for Europe EP group formed as third-largest

Travel:

• Romanian state airline Tarom cancels more than 20 flights, Budapest flights affected
• Shocking summer crime map: this is where the most thefts at Lake Balaton occur