This year’s Sziget Festival has attracted visitors from 112 countries across all six inhabited continents, with foreigners accounting for around half of the audience. The event has also drawn journalists from more than 40 countries and hundreds of international media outlets.

Foreign online marketplaces are accounting for an increasing share of Hungary’s e-commerce turnover, prompting the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) to increase its scrutiny of the sector. The authority said it has recovered tens of billions of forints for Hungarian consumers since April 2020.

Budapest is heading towards a future with significantly more heatwave days and tropical nights, according to climate simulations cited by Mayor Gergely Karácsony. By mid-century, most of the city could see temperatures rise by 3–5 degrees Celsius, with some outer districts facing increases of more than 6 degrees.

Nearly one-fifth of Hungary’s music royalty revenues could be at risk by 2028 because of the unregulated expansion of artificial intelligence, according to a new ProArt report. The organization estimates that cumulative losses between 2025 and 2028 could reach 12 billion forints.

The Hungarian government has ordered the immediate construction of a submerged weir on the Danube between the Paks nuclear power plant and Dunaszentbenedek to counter record-low water levels. Two 80-metre barges will also be placed on standby as a temporary measure that could raise the water level near Paks by up to 20 centimetres.

Hungary will mark its 20 August national holiday with a three-day programme across Budapest, with events taking place at ten locations. This year’s fireworks display will last 10 minutes, shorter than usual, and the celebrations will cost 4 billion forints.

A 49-year-old man fled from police near Lake Velence after officers attempted to stop him over an expired vehicle inspection. His car eventually caught fire in a sunflower field, where police located and arrested him using a drone.

The Aeropark aviation museum will welcome visitors on Saturday with a programme exploring the past, present and future of flying. The Night Of Aviation event will feature historic aircraft, illuminated cockpits, engine demonstrations, airport tours and talks with aviation professionals.

A total of 570 kilometres of main and secondary roads will be renovated at 210 locations across Hungary this year at a cost of nearly 149 billion forints, Transport and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy said. More than half of the renovated road network will be financed through EU funding.

The ninth Budapest Classic Film Marathon will screen 100 restored films from September 15 to 20, including the original version of The Match Of The Century starring Ferenc Puskás and Tony Scott’s The Hunger featuring David Bowie. The festival will also mark the 70th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 revolution.