"Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994, Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the U.S., Russia, and the U.K. In Budapest," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

Once suppressed under communist rule, the feast of St. Stephen is now the country’s defining civic and religious holiday.

In this historic Hungarian town visitors can feast their eyes on church ceiling frescos that rival the Sistine Chapel, and fill up on fun at summer festivals.

The same thermal waters that feed Budapest’s famous baths and spas have also created a subterranean underwater labyrinth that divers are still discovering.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said he is not in favour of potential talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin being held in Hungary, given that the Budapest Memorandum was signed there in 1994.

On Thursday, Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto was the guest on Balazs Nemeth's show. The FM has appeared on the Fighters' Hour before, often using the program to debunk false news.

"I demand clear assurances that the Russian Federation will refrain from any actions that could be deemed as interference in Hungary's domestic politics, including disinformation campaigns, cyber operations or the intimidation of politicians and citizens," Magyar said in the letter published on Facebook on Sunday.

On a visit to Budapest in the 1930s, an unimpressed H.L. Mencken remarked that the former imperial capital had the feeling of “an empty ballroom.” Having been shorn of half its territory after World War I,

Explore Budapest, the capital of Hungary, famous for the Parliament Building, Chain Bridge, Fisherman’s Bastion, and historic thermal baths.