LAKE BALATON, Hungary -- On the busiest day of the summer at Balaton, the biggest lake in Central and Eastern Europe, around 500 boats with thousands of crew members roast under the hot sun, while ...

Hungary's Lake Balaton froze almost completely in recent days, marking the first time the massive lake has frozen in the mild ...

The rare winter phenomenon is also an indication that it is still dangerous to walk on the ice of the biggest Hungarian lake.

Long, narrow Lake Balaton (45 mi/70 km by 5 mi/8 km) offers a variety of watersports, including sailing, windsurfing, kayaking and paddle-boating, as well as topless sunbathing. But even those wh ...

As Hungary's central bank braces to be the first in the European Union to hike its interest rates since the pandemic, nowhere are the inflationary pressures that are building more tangible than in the ...

REVFULOP, Hungary (Reuters) - Under cloudless summer skies, thousands of competitors plunged into the balmy waters of Balaton on Saturday to swim across Central Europe's largest freshwater lake.

Hungarian authorities have started to crack down on illegal docks on the shore of Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe. Some vacation-home owners say they have a right to reach the water ...

A photographer captures the essence of summer in the turquoise shallows of Lake Balaton, central Europe’s largest lake. A boy dives into the shallow waters of Hungary’s Lake Balaton. The nearly ...

The state-of-the-art track is designed to deliver edge-of-the-seat action, complemented by its picturesque setting in the heart of Hungary. Why we love Hungary? Hungary is a country of contrasts, from ...