The EU has reached a deal to overhaul air passenger rights, maintaining 3-hour delay compensation payouts and introducing new transparency requirements for hand baggage fees. The reform is also intended to make claims easier to process.
Hungary's deputy foreign minister has stated that officials from the previous Orbรกn-era government used a discretionary 'national interest' pathway to grant EU citizenship to Canadian applicants with no Hungarian ties in exchange for payment. The route reportedly bypassed standard eligibility requirements.
Hungary's National Directorate for Aliens Policing (OIF) will no longer accept new guest worker residence permit applications effective June 6, 2026. Applications submitted by June 5, 2026 with the administrative fee paid will still be processed, and existing permit holders may still apply for extensions.
Australia and the EU have concluded a trade agreement after eight years of negotiations that includes labor mobility provisions allowing professionals to work for up to four years. Ratification is expected to take approximately two years before the provisions take effect.
A podcast episode covers reported capital flight from Canada, initial details of a proposed Paraguay investor residency program, and the implications of a political change in Hungary. These topics are discussed as separate news items without a single unifying policy change.