Budapest may be the region's crown jewel, but the rest of Hungary has amazing and affordable places to venture beyond the capital in search of a more authentic experience of the real country. The city of Győr offers exactly that. Trains from Budapest and ...

"Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994, Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the U.S., Russia, and the U.K. In Budapest," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said he is not in favour of potential talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin being held in Hungary, given that the Budapest Memorandum was signed there in 1994.

Once suppressed under communist rule, the feast of St. Stephen is now the country’s defining civic and religious holiday.

Video. Hungary celebrated its national holiday on Wednesday with a record-breaking fireworks display over the River Danube in Budapest, billed as the largest in Europe.

The same thermal waters that feed Budapest’s famous baths and spas have also created a subterranean underwater labyrinth that divers are still discovering.

Fireworks in celebration of Hungary's National Day are seen over Danube River in downtown Budapest, Hungary, on Aug. 20, 2025. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua) Fireworks in celebration of Hungary's National Day are seen over Danube River in downtown Budapest,

Russian crude oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline were halted on Monday, officials in Hungary and Slovakia said, with Budapest blaming a Ukrainian attack on a part of the network.

Explore Budapest, the capital of Hungary, famous for the Parliament Building, Chain Bridge, Fisherman’s Bastion, and historic thermal baths.