Sources: BBC Sky News
Thousands of people march in a pride parade in Budapest, Hungary, to protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's anti-LGBTQ+ policies. 2024-06-22
Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov accuses Hungary of having advance knowledge of the Russian invasion, saying that Hungary was warned by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that Hungary had plans to annex parts of Western Ukraine. 2022-05-2
Five people are killed and ten others are injured when a train collides with a pickup truck in Mindszent, Hungary. 2022-04-5
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán signs a decree allowing the deployment of NATO troops in western Hungary, and the transfer of lethal weapons across its territory to other NATO member states. However, the decree does not allow weapons shipments across its territory to Ukraine. 2022-03-7
The Hungarian government announces that it will require face masks to be worn on public transport beginning on November 1 and will also allow companies to impose a vaccine mandate for their employees in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Additionally, all non-essential medical appointments will be temporarily suspended. 2021-10-28
Hungary approves the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine and Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the first European Union member state to approve the Russian vaccine. 2021-01-21
Hungary begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran. The first vaccinations are being delivered at two hospitals in Budapest. 2020-12-26
Hungary reports a record 182 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 5,324. 2020-12-3
The Hungarian newspaper "Népszabadság" shuts down after 60 years amid significant financial losses. 2016-10-8
98-year-old László Csatáry is charged in Hungary and Slovakia with participation in Nazi war crimes. 2013-06-18