On December 16 Kazakhstan celebrated its national day, and due attention has been given to the bilateral relations between Hungary and the Central Asian country.

A three-day festival started in Pecs in the south of Hungary, culture capital of Europe in 2010, on Wednesday, to close a year-long series of concerts, exhibitions, film shows and many other events of culture and entertainment.

Hungarian energy group MOL is hiking the price of motor fuels further as of Wednesday, with the wholesale price of gasoline to rise by HUF 5 and that of diesel by HUF 6 per liter. The increase takes local prices to new all-time highs.

As a result of rain and melting snow, the local water management authorities reported rising river levels from north-eastern Hungary on Monday. Areas covered with inland water increase in various parts of the country.

In 2011 we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Ferenc Liszt’s birth. The year-round series of programs includes more than a thousand concerts, exhibitions and conferences worldwide, dedicated to one of the greatest piano virtuosos of all times.

Some 53 percent of Hungarians spent less on Christmas preparations this year than last year and only 7 percent said they had spent a significant amount, a survey by Nezopont Institute released on Wednesday shows.

The stability of the eurozone is a matter of key importance and all member states are ready to do more to ensure stability, president of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said on Tuesday in Budapest.

An exhibition displaying relics unearthed through cooperation between Hungarian and Syrian archaeologists at Syria's medieval Margat Castle has been opened to the public in the Hungarian National Museum.

The Hungarian Film Week, the country's most important film festival, has not been cancelled contrary to earlier reports by industry journal Variety, but no foreign guests will be invited, according to the general manager of Magyar Filmunió.

The Kodály Center, a major investment project of this year's European Capital of Culture project, was formally opened Thursday in Pécs, southern Hungary. It is to serve primarily as a venue for a venue primarily for conferences and concerts.

Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi and Radoslaw Sikorski, his Polish counterpart, met for talks on the upcoming European Union presidencies of their countries in Budapest on Wednesday, and discussed cooperation in several key areas.

Thе American envoy tο Afghanistan аnd Pakistan, Richard Hoolbroke whο came to fame when brokering a Balkan peace to end the war in Bosnia, died at the age of 69. He is survived by his third wife, Hungarian-born author Kati Marton.

Hungary's latest media bill poses a danger to press freedom, US-based Freedom House (FH) said on Tuesday. If passed, the bill would be "a major setback for press freedom in Hungary," FH said in a press release.

Several decisions have been made in Hungary over the past six months, which harm the rule of law, said a Monday statement by three civil groups based in Budapest. They also object to the government rusing to adopt a new constitution.

The the UN Climate Conference in Cancún, Mexico, has ended successfully, with the participating states approving a balanced package of resolutions that pave the way for a global convention on climate change.