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Budapest’s young people are joining the ranks of generation rent

Budapest’s young people are joining the ranks of generation rent

When I left my family home to study at university in 2007 and moved to downtown Budapest, housing costs were hardly a topic of conversation among my friends. I rented rooms in centrally located flats for £80-£100 per month. Fast forward to 2025...

Hungary Launches $443 Million Homebuyer Subsidy Amid Economic Stagnation

Hungary Launches $443 Million Homebuyer Subsidy Amid Economic Stagnation

The Hungarian government will provide up to $443 million (150 billion forints) annually in interest subsidies to first-time homebuyers as part of a new housing support programme, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s administration announced this week....

Hungarian unions to government: Follow EU rules or risk losing jobs, rights, and investment

Hungarian unions to government: Follow EU rules or risk losing jobs, rights, and investment

Illustration. Photo: depositphotos.com The Hungarian Trade Union Federation issued a statement on Thursday insisting that the government was obliged to enact laws and implement rules drawn up by the European Commission “on the creation of quality...

Hungary just had its driest June in over 120 years

Hungary just had its driest June in over 120 years

The Sebes-Körös River near Körösszakál on 30 June 2025, with low water levels. Photo: MTI/Czeglédi Zsolt This June was the driest and second hottest recorded since 1901, weather forecaster HungaroMet said on Thursday. The national median...

Boiling in Brussels: Climate fights and Orbán vs. Pride

Boiling in Brussels: Climate fights and Orbán vs. Pride

Europe baked, the Atomium shut early — and Brussels finally unveiled its long-delayed climate target. Host Sarah Wheaton speaks with POLITICO Climate Reporter Louise Guillot, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Nick Vinocur and EU Politics...

Democracy Digest: Hungarian PM May Find Pride Comes Before a Fall

Democracy Digest: Hungarian PM May Find Pride Comes Before a Fall

The Polish government announced the reintroduction of temporary controls on its borders with Germany and Lithuania, effective July 7. The move, most observers argue, is because of pressure from nationalist citizen patrols that have been conducting...

I Just Found Out This McDonald’s In Budapest Turns Into A Nightclub And I Have So Many Feelings

I Just Found Out This McDonald’s In Budapest Turns Into A Nightclub And I Have So Many Feelings

Sri Lanka secures € 30 m debt relief deal with Hungary

Sri Lanka has taken another key step in its ongoing external debt restructuring process, signing a bilateral agreement with Hungarian Export Credit Insurance PLC to reschedule outstanding loans valued at around € 30 million (approximately Rs. 10.5...

Globalist Denmark Wants to Deploy ‘Nuclear Option’ to Remove Conservative Hungary’s Voting Rights in the European Union

Globalist Denmark Wants to Deploy ‘Nuclear Option’ to Remove Conservative Hungary’s Voting Rights in the European Union

Conservative champion, Hungary PM Viktor Orbán, and Globalist Danish PM Mette Frederiksen. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is the man that the Brussels Globalist establishment ‘loves to hate’. And the sentiment is mutual: he has been very...

Ukraine Summons Hungarian Ambassador Amid EU Membership Dispute

Ukraine Summons Hungarian Ambassador Amid EU Membership Dispute

On July 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine summoned the Hungarian ambassador to Kyiv, Antal Heizer, in response to hostile statements from the Hungarian authorities. This was reported by the MFA press service. During the meeting, Deputy...

Top Hungary news: Flights cancelled, first food outlet opens, Wizz Air problem, Liverpool mourning — 3 July, 2025

Top Hungary news: Flights cancelled, first food outlet opens, Wizz Air problem, Liverpool mourning — 3 July, 2025

Orban sees Ukraine trying to get even with Hungary over blocked EU bid

Orban sees Ukraine trying to get even with Hungary over blocked EU bid

BUDAPEST, July 3. /TASS/. Ukraine is trying to get back at Hungary after Budapest blocked its accession to the European Union, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, commenting on reports that Ukrainian special services have been trying to...

Hungary’s Gamma Technical expands vehicle range

Hungary’s Gamma Technical expands vehicle range

Hungary’s Gamma Technical Corporation has expanded its range of Komondor 4×4 and 6×6 Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs) to fit different users’ missions. These have been developed by the Special Vehicles Division of the company using internal research...

Hungary to start large-scale construction of Paks-2 NPP as soon as possible — Rosatom

Hungary to start large-scale construction of Paks-2 NPP as soon as possible — Rosatom

MOSCOW, July 3. /TASS/. The Hungarian government is demonstrating its desire to start a large-scale construction of the Paks-2 nuclear power plant (NPP) as soon as possible, Chief Executive Officer of Russia’s state-run corporation Rosatom Alexey...

Slovakia, Hungary voice concerns over EU roadmap on Russian energy phase-out

BRATISLAVA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Slovakia and Hungary share reservations over the European Union's (EU) roadmap for stopping imports of strategic energy raw materials from Russia, local media reported on Thursday, citing Slovak President Peter...

Can EU invoke nuclear legal option against Hungary for blocking Ukraine membership? Denmark at it

Can EU invoke nuclear legal option against Hungary for blocking Ukraine membership? Denmark at it

Denmark is pushing the EU to consider triggering Article 7—its so-called “nuclear option” against Hungary for violating EU principles and blocking Ukraine’s membership bid. As frustrations mount, the bloc faces a critical decision on whether to...

Hungary launches cheap loans to rescue tourism: can small businesses survive the season?

Hungary launches cheap loans to rescue tourism: can small businesses survive the season?

Hungary’s government is creating new targeted loan programmes for the tourism industry, the National Economy Ministry told MTI on Thursday. The ministry will be establishing the Kisfaludy Tourist Credit Centre (KTH) with the goal of providing...

Hungary’s big housing push: Cheap loans with 10% down, student hostel plans

Hungary’s big housing push: Cheap loans with 10% down, student hostel plans

The government’s Home Start programme marks a “big step forward” for young Hungarians seeking to buy their first home, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said at a weekly press briefing on Thursday. Home Start programme...

Hungarian Liverpool player Szoboszlai mourns late teammate Jota: “Words cannot describe how heartbroken and devastated we are”

Hungarian Liverpool player Szoboszlai mourns late teammate Jota: “Words cannot describe how heartbroken and devastated we are”

A heartbreaking tragedy has shaken the international football community: Diogo Jota, the Liverpool FC and Portuguese national team forward, has died alongside his brother, André Felipe, who played in Portugal’s second division for Penafiel. The...

Hungary Pride 2025 was a dazzling show of defiance

Hungary Pride 2025 was a dazzling show of defiance

It was on the fifth floor of an old Soviet building with a creaking lift and wood-panelled halls where a group of activists had organised to meet in Budapest. The building was once a telephone exchange, built in the 1970s and equipped with the...

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