Hungary fireworks go on but weather agency controversy stays

Fireworks explode above the River Danube (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI/AP)

An elaborate fireworks display took place on Saturday under calm skies in Hungary’s capital, after a postponement of the show last weekend caused controversy when it led to the firing of the country’s top meteorologists over their weather predictions.

Saturday’s event, a rescheduling of the display planned for Hungary’s national holiday a week earlier, drew tens of thousands to the Danube River in Budapest in what was billed as Europe’s largest fireworks show.