What happened today in Hungary? — 8 July, 2024

- BREAKING: PM Orbán starts the day in Beijing, continues in Washington
- Multinationals in trouble: Hungarian government imposes new special tax, keeps excess profit tax
Shopping:
- Budapest secures 10th place in luxury shopping destinations list!
- Turkish fashion brand Koton enters Hungary with 8 new stores
Crime, police:
- 18+: Hilarion, head of Russian Orthodoxy in Hungary, accused of sexual misconduct
- PHOTO: Finnish boy goes missing in Hungary
Politics:
- Breaking: Budapest mayoral election votes to be recounted
- Fidesz’s Patriots for Europe EP group formed as third-largest
Travel:
- Romanian state airline Tarom cancels more than 20 flights, Budapest flights affected
- Shocking summer crime map: this is where the most thefts at Lake Balaton occur
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