Green opposition MPs took the floor for almost 24 hours to oppose proposed amendments to the 1993 Social Security Act that would see the state retreat into a position as social security provider of last resort

Oscar-winning Director László Nemes Jeles has been shooting his new film at Budapest’s Nyugati Station; travellers were met with an unexpected setting as part of the station was transformed into wartime France

Budapest first-ever double-decker ice rink has been inaugurated; Csepeli Ice Park features a the 60-metre ice corridor allowing skaters to access a terrace built atop the spectator area and glide down a 3,5-degree slope back to the lower rinks

The utility price cuts have been defended, and Hungary will receive full exemption from US sanctions on Russian energy Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced after talks with US President Donald Trump in Washington

László Krasznahorkai has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”