Sources: Index.hu
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok signs a bill formally authorizing the Foreign Ministry to ratify Sweden's accession to NATO. 2024-03-5
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
In association football, Sevilla win a record-extending seventh UEFA Europa League title after defeating A.S. Roma 4–1 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time in the 2023 UEFA Europa League final at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary. 2023-05-31
Katalin Novák takes office as the first female President of Hungary. 2022-05-10
Fidesz's Katalin Novák is elected the first female president of Hungary by the National Assembly. 2022-03-10
Thousands of people join the pride march in Budapest, which was also in protest of the newly passed law that prohibits teachings about homosexuality in schools. Organizers criticized the government and said that the ruling party was making "laws to make members of the LGBTQ community outcasts in their own country". 2021-07-24
The "Hableány", a sightseeing river cruise ship on the Danube in Budapest, capsizes and sinks with 34 South Korean tourists on board. At least seven people are killed and 19 remain missing. 2019-05-29
The Momentum Movement holds a pro-EU, anti-Russia march attended by approximately 10,000 in Budapest, Hungary, chanting “Europe, not Moscow” in support of the EU and against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. 2017-05-1
Researchers from Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary, reveal that (225088) 2007 OR10 is the third largest dwarf planet in the Solar System. 2016-05-12
Hundreds of people, tired of waiting for promised transportation, broke out from Hungary's first migrant holding center near the Serbian border, past police overwhelmed by their numbers, to start the march north toward Budapest. The asylum seekers - migrants, now accompanied by groups of police, advanced along the edge of the main highway to the capital. 2015-09-7