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Budget Crisis Threatens Budapest’s Public Services, City Hall Rejects Insolvency Ultimatum
- 2 Dec 2025 6:15 AM
- current affairs
The financial stability of Budapest is currently at the centre of a fierce political standoff between the City Assembly and the national government. The dispute intensified this week after Mayor Gergely Karácsony and the city administration rejected a government proposal to declare the capital insolvent, an act the government had framed as a prerequisite for offering financial aid.
'Budapest Pride 2.0' on Monday at Clark Adam Square Called for by Mayor
- 28 Nov 2025 8:34 AM
- current affairs
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony announced on Thursday that he had convened an extraordinary assembly for Monday to reaffirm the "true financial situation" of the municipality. The decision will later be delivered to the Prime Minister’s Office in Buda Castle during a demonstration, he told a press conference.
Hungary Vetoes EU Higher Education Strategy
- 28 Nov 2025 8:07 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has vetoed the European Union's four-year higher education strategy, Balazs Hanko, the minister of culture and innovation, said in Brussels on Thursday, adding that Hungary made clear that only once Hungarian students are restored their rightful access to the Erasmus programme will Hungary approve the higher education strategy.
Mayor Asks PM for Cooperation to Keep Budapest's Basic Public Services Functioning
- 26 Nov 2025 6:24 AM
- current affairs
Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, on Tuesday said he has written a letter to the prime minister requesting the government's cooperation in the interest of keeping the capital functioning.
Union: 'Christian Culture' Ideology in Hungarian Kindergartens 'Unacceptable'.
- 14 Nov 2025 8:27 AM
- current affairs
The PDSZ teacher union has slammed what it called "ideological interference" in kindergarten education "under the pretext of Christian culture" as "unacceptable", emphasising that kindergarten education "cannot be a venue for political propaganda or religious conversion".
Hazardous Chemical Found Next to Budapest Ice Rink
- 31 Oct 2025 6:26 AM
- current affairs
The government office of Budapest has ordered "immediate measures" after the Budapest Sports Services Centre, a non-profit company owned by the municipality of Budapest, was found to have stored ammonia haphazardly next to the City Park's ice skating rink.
Updated: Why Budapest for US + Russia Peace Summit?
- 23 Oct 2025 6:59 AM
- current affairs
The United States has not cancelled the peace summit with Russia planned for Budapest, the timing alone is questionable, but preparations against fake news are still underway, said Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, following his meeting with his American counterpart in Washington on Wednesday 22 October.
Hungarian Spy Network Exposed in Brussels
- 16 Oct 2025 6:31 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian intelligence services operated a spy network in Brussels during the 2010s, targeting the European Union by attempting to recruit Hungarian nationals working within EU institutions. Their activities were unusually blatant and careless, resulting in the exposure and collapse of the entire network by 2017, as revealed by investigative reports by Direkt36 in collaboration with Belgian and ...
H.E. Mr. Justin McKenzie Smith is the New British Ambassador to Hungary
- 14 Oct 2025 4:57 PM
- current affairs
H.E. Mr. Justin McKenzie Smith, the United Kingdom’s new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary presented his credentials to H.E. Dr. Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary at Sándor Palace. In line with diplomatic tradition, he then laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Heroes’ Square.
Budget Crisis Threatens Budapest’s Public Services, City Hall Rejects Insolvency Ultimatum
- 2 Dec 2025 6:15 AM
- current affairs
The financial stability of Budapest is currently at the centre of a fierce political standoff between the City Assembly and the national government. The dispute intensified this week after Mayor Gergely Karácsony and the city administration rejected a government proposal to declare the capital insolvent, an act the government had framed as a prerequisite for offering financial aid.
'Budapest Pride 2.0' on Monday at Clark Adam Square Called for by Mayor
- 28 Nov 2025 8:34 AM
- current affairs
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony announced on Thursday that he had convened an extraordinary assembly for Monday to reaffirm the "true financial situation" of the municipality. The decision will later be delivered to the Prime Minister’s Office in Buda Castle during a demonstration, he told a press conference.
Hungary Vetoes EU Higher Education Strategy
- 28 Nov 2025 8:07 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has vetoed the European Union's four-year higher education strategy, Balazs Hanko, the minister of culture and innovation, said in Brussels on Thursday, adding that Hungary made clear that only once Hungarian students are restored their rightful access to the Erasmus programme will Hungary approve the higher education strategy.
Mayor Asks PM for Cooperation to Keep Budapest's Basic Public Services Functioning
- 26 Nov 2025 6:24 AM
- current affairs
Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, on Tuesday said he has written a letter to the prime minister requesting the government's cooperation in the interest of keeping the capital functioning.
Union: 'Christian Culture' Ideology in Hungarian Kindergartens 'Unacceptable'.
- 14 Nov 2025 8:27 AM
- current affairs
The PDSZ teacher union has slammed what it called "ideological interference" in kindergarten education "under the pretext of Christian culture" as "unacceptable", emphasising that kindergarten education "cannot be a venue for political propaganda or religious conversion".
Hazardous Chemical Found Next to Budapest Ice Rink
- 31 Oct 2025 6:26 AM
- current affairs
The government office of Budapest has ordered "immediate measures" after the Budapest Sports Services Centre, a non-profit company owned by the municipality of Budapest, was found to have stored ammonia haphazardly next to the City Park's ice skating rink.
Updated: Why Budapest for US + Russia Peace Summit?
- 23 Oct 2025 6:59 AM
- current affairs
The United States has not cancelled the peace summit with Russia planned for Budapest, the timing alone is questionable, but preparations against fake news are still underway, said Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, following his meeting with his American counterpart in Washington on Wednesday 22 October.
Hungarian Spy Network Exposed in Brussels
- 16 Oct 2025 6:31 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian intelligence services operated a spy network in Brussels during the 2010s, targeting the European Union by attempting to recruit Hungarian nationals working within EU institutions. Their activities were unusually blatant and careless, resulting in the exposure and collapse of the entire network by 2017, as revealed by investigative reports by Direkt36 in collaboration with Belgian and ...
H.E. Mr. Justin McKenzie Smith is the New British Ambassador to Hungary
- 14 Oct 2025 4:57 PM
- current affairs
H.E. Mr. Justin McKenzie Smith, the United Kingdom’s new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary presented his credentials to H.E. Dr. Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary at Sándor Palace. In line with diplomatic tradition, he then laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Heroes’ Square.