What happened today in Hungary? – August 16, 2022

  • A young man was nearly beaten to death at Budapest’s Sziget Festival last Friday evening. The perpetrator only stopped when the victim lost consciousness yet he still took a last swing at him. Check out the video and the details HERE
  • Attention! Wizz Air suspends several flights in the winter – read more HERE
  • Government may not stop until Ryanair leaves Hungary – HERE is why
  • Hungarians may baulk a Huxit decision of the parliament on referendum
  • After the reconstruction works planned for the summer along metro line M3 have been finished, from 15 August, the service of metro line M3 will resume on the southern section – HERE are the details
  • The Hungarian National Mountaineering Team has become the first in the world to climb the 5,984 m high Bondit Peak in Pakistan. Read more HERE
  • Monkeypox vaccine arrived in Hungary
  • Hungary faces persistent droughts over the next few decades unless measures are taken to stop climate change, researchers of Budapest’s ELTE university said. Read HERE why they think the worst-case scenario is that the Great Plains in Hungary will dry out.
  • Survey shows that the Hungarians are more optimistic about future than French, Italians. How can that be? Read more HERE
  • Hungary’s drinking water supply in danger?