Starting Thursday, the national chief medical officer has raised the current second-level heat alert to the highest, third level, and extended it until midnight on Saturday across the entire country.
Keleti Railway Station will be closed for four weeks starting from August 25 due to renovation works, the CEO of the MÁV Group announced. Zsolt Hegyi recalled that two derailments at the end of last summer and the beginning of autumn highlighted the urgent need to accelerate the renovation of Keleti, Hungary’s busiest railway station. […]
Starting this weekend, Hungary can expect another period of persistent heatwave conditions. Therefore, the National Chief Medical Officer has issued a level 2 heat alert from Sunday until midnight on Thursday.
On Wednesday, strong, stormy winds blew in many places, and temperatures were well below the long-term average, with the country experiencing nearly 9 degrees Celsius cooler weather — reported HungaroMet Ltd. on their Facebook page on Thursday.
Potentially life-threatening dietary supplements may have entered the market, the National Consumer Protection Authority (NKFH) has warned, after identifying several potency-boosting products containing banned substances.
Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport is once again operating with both runways, and air traffic is gradually returning to normal — the airport operator announced on its website Monday evening.
Budapest Liszt Ferenc Airport was temporarily closed due to a storm, the Budapest Airport told MTI on Monday.
In a public appeal published on Monday, the Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society (MME) is asking everyone not to feed waterbirds under any circumstances. They emphasize that feeding them is not only unnecessary but can endanger and sicken large numbers of animals.
According to preliminary data, 5,696 children were born in May 2025 and 9,639 people died. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the number of births decreased by 10%, and the number of deaths dropped by 2.3%, while the number of marriages increased by 2.5%, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on […]
The heatwave is expected to temporarily ease over the weekend, with daily high temperatures around 30°C. According to the forecast from HungaroMet Nonprofit Zrt., shared with MTI on Thursday, showers and thunderstorms are still likely on Friday—primarily in eastern Hungary—but sunny and dry weather is expected for the rest of the weekend.
