What happened today in Hungary? — 8 June, 2023

Politics:

• Orbán: What Hungary is about to do is almost unprecedented in Europe
• Hungarian FM: Europe needs strategic autonomy, advocacy
• Hungary finally complies with OLAF, details HERE
• The US ambassador harshly attacked the Hungarian government
• PM Viktor Orbán negotiates with one of the world’s toughest dictatorships, details HERE
• Hungarian FM: Global security at greatest risk in 70 years

Business:

• Price cuts at Hungarian supermarket chain: dozens of products to be cheaper
• Hungarian inflation down but still above 20 percent, details HERE
• Wizz Air performs well, but Ryanair even better

Society:

• Hungary university leaders attend EP hearing, details HERE
• Lightning destroyed a trolleybus in Budapest, read more details HERE
• Hungarian battery factory workers fall ill, strike and investigation launched, read more details HERE
• Hungarians would rather be closer to the Austrians and Germans than to the Russians, details HERE

Culture and sports:

• You only have to go as far as downtown Budapest to taste authentic Brazilian flavours – A la Gringa
• VIDEO: US CNN promotes a Hungarian event