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

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Hungary opens sluice and sinks barges to protect Paks nuclear plant

Emergency engineering work is under way as authorities brace for a further sharp drop in river levels before conditions are expected to improve later this week.

Europe News

Romania shuts down Cernavodă nuclear plant as Danube water level drops

Nearly two-thirds of the Danube has seen flow rates that are the lowest on record for a month of July in 34 years, according to an analysis published on Monday by the European climate change observatory, Copernicus.

Culture news

Mystery solved: story of Wehrmacht motorbike found in the Danube

Record low water on the Danube has revealed in Budapest a perfectly preserved Wehrmacht DKW NZ 350-1 motorbike from WWII. Euronews investigates its role, its factory origins, when it may have sunk, and whether the dead nearby were its riders.

Europe News

Danube water level rising: Another Paks NPP turbine may restart

The Danube's level at Paks, south of Budapest, has risen by about 19 centimetres from its previous low, allowing the first additional Paks nuclear plant turbine to be restarted and reconnected.

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Europe News

Water levels across the Balkans have fallen to record lows

Record-low water levels are disrupting navigation on Croatia’s Danube and Drava rivers.

Europe News

River droughts reveal hunger stones, warships and mammoth remains

Water levels across Europe have plunged to record lows due to the ongoing drought, exposing a host of long-hidden relics; here is a selection.

World News

Party in the dry Danube riverbed: many call it a natural disaster

Just as musicians kept playing on the Titanic while the ship went down, in Budapest, the exposed bed of the shrinking Danube River has become a party spot.

Europe News

Hungary's PM optimistic about Paks nuclear power station restart

According to Péter Magyar, the water level has already climbed several centimetres above the critical threshold.

Europe News

Record low Danube levels prompt governments to take emergency action

It comes amid soaring temperatures across Europe, as the continent grapples with yet another heatwave.

Climate

Woolly mammoth bones exposed as Danube water levels hit record low

Record-low water levels have exposed the bones of a large mammoth in the riverbed near the village of Ryahovo in Bulgaria. Experts believe it is a woolly mammoth.

Climate

Receding Danube reveals potential centuries-old catapult stone

Experts at the Matthias Corvinus Museum in Visegrád must still examine the stone ball to confirm if it is a catapult projectile, but it could well be a historic find.

Business

European industry faces further disruption as waterways run low

Prolonged low water levels have forced several European industries, including oil refining, nuclear power and chemicals, to reduce output because of raw-material and cooling-water shortages.

Travel News

Europe's largest river cruise ship to launch on the Danube next spring

The AmaRudi, AmaWaterways’ second double-width vessel, will accommodate 196 guests across 98 staterooms and suites when it launches in April 2027.

Hungary

Thousands march over alleged child abuse at Hungarian state facilities

Tens of thousands of Hungarians marched in the capital, Budapest, to decry a leaked video showing children in a juvenile correction facility being subjected to abuse. The march was organised by Viktor Orbán’s main challenger in the upcoming elections, Péter Magyar.

14 December 2025

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Hungary stages Europe’s largest fireworks display for national holiday

Hungary celebrated its national holiday on Wednesday with a record-breaking fireworks display over the River Danube in Budapest, billed as the largest in Europe.

Culture news

Space Waltz: ESA to put Strauss among the stars on his 200th birthday

The Waltz King's Blue Danube was left out of the 'Golden Records' attached to the Voyager probes in the 1970s. The city of Vienna, with the help of the European Space Agency, is correcting the mistake in 2025.