Hungary’s government has set a 2030 target for meeting the criteria needed to adopt the euro, while revising its 2026 budget to address a much larger-than-expected deficit. The amended plan projects a 7.5 per cent GDP deficit and the state’s debt-to-GDP ratio rising from 74.6 per cent to 77.5 per cent.

Hungary’s 4iG Group and US-based SpaceX have signed agreements to introduce Starlink Mobile and secure Sovereign Solutions satellite communications services, the companies said on Wednesday. The partnership will initially cover Hungary and the Western Balkans, combining commercial satellite-mobile connectivity with protected communications capabilities.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will meet in Leipzig on Wednesday to discuss a failed drone attack at the city’s airport that German authorities have attributed to Russia. EU leaders have vowed to strengthen support for Ukraine and prepare further sanctions against Moscow.

Centre for Budapest Transport’s former deputy CEO for mobility Ádám Bodor has been appointed to lead the company from 1 September. The appointment comes after the transport company operated under interim management following the departure of Katalin Walter in 2025.

Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old Bank of America vice president, was killed in a random and unprovoked stabbing in Times Square on Monday, according to the NYPD. Police said attacker Pamela Cisneros stabbed a 68-year-old man seconds earlier, then later advanced on officers with two knives before being shot dead.

British comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen is returning as his iconic character from the 1990s and 2000s, Ali G, in a new mockumentary. However, despite the character’s immense popularity in past decades, Cohen is now constantly being attacked for being racist, doing blackface, and supporting Israel while promoting his new film on social media.