The state of emergency introduced in 2022 due to the war in Ukraine has been extended, leaving wider decision-making powers to the Orbán government and to rule by decree, thus also passing laws with no parliamentary procedure until at least May 2025

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”