During the weekend test, the trains ran for hours on the Hungarian section between Budapest and Kelebia as if scheduled passenger service had actually begun. Although the safety systems operating at speeds of 160 kilometers per hour performed excellently, there are still areas for improvement in…
The Association of Local History Museums and Open-Air Museums awarded the title of “Local Heritage House of the Year” to the Dr. Kéri Museum Collection, which operates in Galoșpetreu (Gálospetri) and Sălacea (Szalacs), villages located in Bihor County, northwestern Romania. The award was presented…
The Reformed church in Radostyán, northeastern Hungary, which was designated as a historic monument, and its separate wooden bell tower were completely destroyed; only the walls of the building remain, a spokesperson for the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Disaster Management Directorate told MTI after…
The annual Hungarian-Serbian “Live-Fire Exercise” took place in late September on the Serbian section of the Tisza River, marking a significant shift in scope. For the first time, observers from the Romanian Danube Flotilla joined the drill, signaling a move toward broader regional cooperation…
Laura Csiki, a rider from Szentkirály, won the final of the 19th National Gallop on Sunday at the Lipizzaner Equestrian Center in Szilvásvárad with her horse named Jimmy. Laura Csiki, who was named the fastest rider of 2026, received the National Gallop challenge trophy—an 1848 hussar saber—as well…
Ukraine is set to outmaneuver the TISZA government once again: it appears that neither Péter Magyar nor Anita Orbán learned anything from their complete diplomatic failure in mid-summer, and now they are once again triumphantly announcing that Ukraine is ready to guarantee the language rights of…
Based on passenger votes, Budapest-based Wizz Air was named the second-best airline in Central Europe at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, turizmus.com reports. The award recognizes the dedication of Wizz Air’s employees and the airline’s ongoing commitment to providing an affordable…
The spectacularly improving sentiment among Hungarian businesses lasted only a few months. The K&H Bank’s SME Confidence Index shows that, following the sharp rise seen in the previous quarter, the indicator measuring businesses’ expectations fell by 7 points to 6, erasing one-third of the 21-point…
András Tombor, founder of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), sharply criticized the TISZA government’s measures regarding the institution. In a press release, he wrote that the institution had been dismantled over the past few months for political reasons, and that the dissolution of the…
Hungary’s election was presented as a democratic correction. In reality, it signals something more consequential: the dismantling of a sovereign, conservative democracy and the restoration of a liberal order increasingly governed from Brussels, writes Czech political analyst and journalist Ladislav…