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Business

Fitch Ratings: Hungary could meet eurozone entry criteria by 2030

According to the credit rating agency, Hungary’s 2027 draft budget supports its aim of meeting the conditions for adopting the euro by the end of the decade.

23 October 2026

Climate

Hungary's 2026 drought is its most severe in 126 years, data shows

The central European nation has been facing a critical water shortage following a drought that began in the second half of 2025.

Destinations

Four hidden trails with medieval roots in the Eastern Alps

Celtic tribes, Roman soldiers and medieval knights paved the way in the forests of the Eastern Alps. These trails are still there and can be discovered by history lovers during a sunny autumn weekend.

Mexico

Polo makes landfall in Mexico as Category 3 hurricane

This year's Pacific hurricane season is shaping up as more severe than usual, as a Super El Niño, an extreme version of a recurring weather pattern, wreaks devastation, in the form of historic droughts and flooding.

29 September 2026

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Culture news

'Enemy of the people': Writer Kati Marton marks Budapest return

The American-Hungarian writer, a Peabody Award winner, has avoided Budapest for years but she's now returned to because her novel about her parents, "Enemies of the People", has been adapted for the stage.

10 September 2026

Climate

Hungarian beekeepers' association warns bee population at risk

By August, the drought and extreme heat have all but wiped out natural sources of pollen, leaving bees starving and parched.

Climate

Austria’s most famous gorge has been bled dry by 2026's weather

Heatwaves and lack of winter snow and summer rain have dried up the waterfalls in the Bärenschützklamm.

Travel News

Oak forests to steppe lakes: Central Europe's best summer destinations

Bored of the crowded seasides, the heat island big cities? Visit Central Europe's lakes, zoos and other exciting places that can unite all generations.

Europe News

Hungary: Tamás Sulyok will not step down as president

The government’s deadline for his resignation passed on Sunday night, but Sulyok said he would wait for the Venice Commission’s opinion and insisted that the matter should be handled in line with the constitution.

Earth News

Ending Europe's fossil fuel habit requires 'bravery', says IPCC expert

'Budapest will also hit 50°C, the only question is when', predicts Hungarian climate scientist Diána Ürge-Vorsatz, a professor at CEU.

Health news

Three people die on a cruise ship, authorities suspect hantavirus

Three more people on the Dutch cruise ship have fallen ill, one of them has been taken to a hospital in South Africa. The hantavirus is spread by rats and very rarely spreads from human to human.

Czech Republic

Czech 2026 budget passes but defence outlays fall short of NATO pledge

Czech lawmakers approved the 2026 budget, keeping defence at 1.7% of GDP despite NATO and President Petr Pavel’s calls to reach the targets outlined by the US following a push from the Trump administration to aim for 5% of total spending.

Hungary

Hungary blocks EU sanctions package until transit oil flow resumes

No EU loans can be handed to Ukraine until oil deliveries to Hungary are resumed, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after a meeting with the Energy Security Council.

22 February 2026

Hungary

Tens of thousands gather to mark Budapest Pride despite Orban ban

Budapest Pride's 30th anniversary saw tens of thousands defy a government ban, with dozens of European Parliament members showing solidarity for civil liberties.

Culture news

Wagnermania: Monumental Flying Dutchman in an Austrian quarry

Wagner's The Flying Dutchman can be seen from 9 July in a quarry outside Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland.

World News

Greenpeace to sue Hungary over Lake Ferto construction project

Greenpeace is challenging a development project that the Hungarian government has put up for tender, claiming that it threatens a lake which is classed as a Unesco world heritage site.

Hungary

Hungarian rapper calls for climate action in his latest hit

The call to arms for the climate emergency has penetrated politics and is now heading into rap. Watch Hungary's influential artist Áron Molnár in his new video.

2 December 2019

Hungary

Meet the Hungarian animal trainer who works with Hollywood's biggest s

Zoltan Horkai's four-legged crew have worked alongside multiple Hollywood stars

China

Connecting to China's patchy Internet freedom

Hungary

Volunteers left to clean up rubbish at refugee centres in Budapest

9 September 2015

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