Guest-Worker Crackdown & Environmental Oversight: Hungary tightens rules for guest workers from the Philippines, Georgia and Armenia, ending the accelerated entry route from Friday, while also moving toward a stricter environmental liability framework, reviewing waste management, tightening battery-industry regulation, and granting temporary protection to protected forests. Water & Biodiversity Under Pressure: New research flags major flaws in how temporary rivers are monitored, warning that drought-driven drying can be misread as human damage when biodiversity indicators were built for permanent waterways. Climate Reality Check: A Copernicus-linked review reiterates that Europe is the fastest-warming region, with 2025 marked by droughts, heat waves and wildfires rather than the prior year’s flood-heavy pattern. Lake Velence Alarm: Experts say Lake Velence is short by about 20 million cubic meters due to prolonged drought, threatening tourism, local income and the lake’s ecological balance. Weather Whiplash in Hungary: HungaroMet forecasts a week starting with 30°C+ heat, then storms and a sharp cooldown later in the week. EU Climate Policy Context: The European Commission’s 2026 Semester Spring Package pushes competitiveness and decarbonisation alongside housing and social fairness, framing climate-related pressures as a structural challenge.