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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

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

American chess player Abhimanyu Mishra becomes the youngest Grandmaster (GM) in the world, at age 12, after defeating Indian GM Leon Luke Mendonca in Budapest.
2021-06-30

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

George Soros' Open Society Foundations announces that it is moving its operations in Budapest to Germany.
2018-05-15

Thousands of refugees arrive in Germany's München Hauptbahnhof from Budapest. Police and firefighters on the scene provide them with food, water and medical aid even as more continue to arrive.
2015-09-1

German chancellor Angela Merkel pledges 100 million euros of aid to flood victims as the death toll from ongoing flooding hits 11.
2013-06-4

Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang travels to Budapest and holds talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
2012-05-2

Ferenc Mádl, the President of Hungary (2000-2005), dies in Budapest.
2011-05-29

Three people are killed in a stampede at a three-storey nightclub in the Hungarian capital Budapest.
2011-01-16