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Thousands of people protest in Budapest, Hungary, against the attempt by prime minister Péter Magyar to oust president Tamás Sulyok, whom Magyar accuses of failing to "live up" to his role by not opposing what he calls antidemocratic measures by former prime minister Viktor Orbán. 2026-07-9
Moody's downgrades the credit rating of the city of Budapest, Hungary, to Ba1 and places it on review for a further cut, citing weak liquidity, uncertainty over state transfers, rising solidarity tax obligations, and the partial suspension of European Union funds to Hungary. 2025-12-30
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands in Budapest, Hungary, a signatory of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for a state visit in defiance of the international arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes. 2025-04-3
President of Hungary Katalin Novák resigns one week after news media revealed that she had pardoned a person who had been convicted of aiding in child sex abuse. 2024-02-10
Pope Francis begins his four-day apostolic journey to Hungary and Slovakia, his 34th apostolic journey outside Italy during his eight-year pontificate. At Budapest Pope Francis met with President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The Pontiff then met with other Christian and Jewish leaders. Pope Francis celebrated the concluding Mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress at Heroes’ Square in Budapest. 2021-09-12
President Janos Ader receives his first dose of Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine. 2021-02-26
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
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirms that Steven Dick, a 37-year-old diplomat to their mission in Budapest, has died from COVID-19. 2020-03-25
János Áder is re-elected President of Hungary by the National Assembly. 2017-03-13
Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang travels to Budapest and holds talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. 2012-05-2