What happened in Hungary today? – August 2, 2021

Here is our daily debrief. Stories you might have missed:

• Despite being part of the European Union, there are still many differences between Hungary and other EU states. Factors that could be compared, such as the use of a common currency, the level of salaries, or food quality. Details HERE.
• Who inspired the statue of a naked, young boy, and what is the story?
• “The government is now making it easier for them to find employment so that foreign-owned companies based in Hungary can employ up to 20 per cent of their workforce with third-country workers.” Details HERE.
• Sebastian Vettel put on a rainbow-coloured mask and shirt and, in return, received a very harsh comment from Fidesz’s European Parliament Member. Read more HERE.
• Vettel was disqualified for failing to comply with a routine checkup after the race. Details HERE.

• Twenty-one border violators packed into a van were found on the Budapest-Vienna motorway on Monday morning. The van with Slovak licence plates was heading for the Austrian border and stopped near Győr, in north-western Hungary, details HERE.
• Hungary’s current high level of inflation is temporary and, as long as the central bank makes full use of the tools at its disposal, consumer prices may return to around 3 percent next year, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said today.
• 155 new coronavirus infections were registered in Hungary