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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.
'I Did Not Commit Insider Trading' According to Central Bank of Hungary, Says Magyar
- 26 Nov 2025 12:50 PM
- current affairs
Hungary's central bank (NBH) has ruled that opposition Tisza Party leader Peter Magyar did not commit insider trading or market manipulation. Magyar said in a statement on Tuesday that the NBH had terminated both proceedings against him.
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.
EC Still Shares Concerns that Triggered Article 7 Procedure Against Hungary, Says EU Commissioner
- 25 Nov 2025 7:20 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission continues to share many of the concerns expressed by the European Parliament in its 2018 reasoned proposal triggering the Article 7 procedure against Hungary, the European Commissioner for democracy, justice and the rule of law said in Strasbourg.
US Embassy Preparing for Trump-Putin Meeting in Budapest
- 20 Nov 2025 6:36 AM
- current affairs
The United States Embassy in Budapest is explicitly preparing for the possibility that Budapest will host a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, according to Robert Palladino, the outgoing US Chargé d’Affaires. Palladino’s post is expected to be filled by New York businessman Benjamin Landa as the permanent ambassador.
Crazy Burglary: Foreigners Caught After Driving Car into Luxury Shop in Budapest
- 19 Nov 2025 7:02 AM
- current affairs
The prosecutor's office of Budapest's sixth and seventh districts has pressed charges against a Montenegrin and a Croatian national that had deliberately reversed a stolen car into the shop window of a luxury outlet on Andrassy Avenue and looted goods from the shop.
Brussels Migration Policy 'Suicide', Says Hungarian FM
- 18 Nov 2025 6:46 AM
- current affairs
"Brussels' migration policy is suicide. Hungary's national government has put a stop to illegal migration and remains committed to doing so in the future," Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said on Monday, adding that for that reason, Hungary was calling for immediate humanitarian aid to Sudan.
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".
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.
'I Did Not Commit Insider Trading' According to Central Bank of Hungary, Says Magyar
- 26 Nov 2025 12:50 PM
- current affairs
Hungary's central bank (NBH) has ruled that opposition Tisza Party leader Peter Magyar did not commit insider trading or market manipulation. Magyar said in a statement on Tuesday that the NBH had terminated both proceedings against him.
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.
EC Still Shares Concerns that Triggered Article 7 Procedure Against Hungary, Says EU Commissioner
- 25 Nov 2025 7:20 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission continues to share many of the concerns expressed by the European Parliament in its 2018 reasoned proposal triggering the Article 7 procedure against Hungary, the European Commissioner for democracy, justice and the rule of law said in Strasbourg.
US Embassy Preparing for Trump-Putin Meeting in Budapest
- 20 Nov 2025 6:36 AM
- current affairs
The United States Embassy in Budapest is explicitly preparing for the possibility that Budapest will host a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, according to Robert Palladino, the outgoing US Chargé d’Affaires. Palladino’s post is expected to be filled by New York businessman Benjamin Landa as the permanent ambassador.
Crazy Burglary: Foreigners Caught After Driving Car into Luxury Shop in Budapest
- 19 Nov 2025 7:02 AM
- current affairs
The prosecutor's office of Budapest's sixth and seventh districts has pressed charges against a Montenegrin and a Croatian national that had deliberately reversed a stolen car into the shop window of a luxury outlet on Andrassy Avenue and looted goods from the shop.
Brussels Migration Policy 'Suicide', Says Hungarian FM
- 18 Nov 2025 6:46 AM
- current affairs
"Brussels' migration policy is suicide. Hungary's national government has put a stop to illegal migration and remains committed to doing so in the future," Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said on Monday, adding that for that reason, Hungary was calling for immediate humanitarian aid to Sudan.
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".