The Kieselbach Galery in Budapest has been dedicated to ‘nursing’ and scientific processing of art. Recently, they held a press conference to announce the First Hungarian Painting and Art Evaluation Office that is to help exclude fraudulent works of art.
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies announced a long-term strategic collaboration with the Hungarian ZEN Studios, a global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment software.
European Union member states are free to decide on which pension system they adopt, so the European Commission will not interfere with Hungary's planned changes, according to Employment Commissioner László Andor.
In July this year, the European Union saw the start of the second half of its current seven-year budgetary period (2007-2013). Overall, Hungary has access to about HUF 4,000 billion (EUR 14.4 bn) left until 2013.
Recent downgrade of Hungary by the international credit rating agency Moody's is completely unjustified, Foreign Minister János Martonyi told the BBC on Wednesday. Moody's downgraded Hungary on Monday to just a notch above junk status.
In the presence of the EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Belgium's federal Secretary of State for Social Affairs, the European Year of Volunteering 2011 was launched in Brussels.
The Hungarian army's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) based in Afghanistan's Baghlan Province does not participate in armed action and has never had a mandate to do so, the Defence Ministry said in reaction to a report by Wikileaks.
Hungary's Ferenc Szõnyi won the world's longest triathlon race, the Double Deka World Challenge 2010 in Monterrey, Mexico, swimming, bicycling and running a distance of over 4,500 kilometers. Last year, he was the world's best in the 10-time triathlon
Yesterday, the American Chamber of Commerce held its 5th Corporate Governance Workshop, entitled ‘Corporate Governance Considerations for Non-listed Companies – Lessons for Practice, Research and Education’
The American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary (AmCham) held its 21st Annual General Assembly Meeting December 1. István Havas, Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Hungary was elected President and four new members to the Board.
The European Commission projects Hungary's economy will expand by 2.8 % in 2011, unchanged from its projection in the spring. The Commission forecasts that Hungary will meet the 3.8 % public finance deficit target for 2010 but will overshoot the respective targets for 2011 and 2012.
The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary increased the prime interestó rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 percent on Monday with effect from November 30. The base rate had stood at 5.25 percent since April 27.
’Obama – the road to the White House and always further…” is the title of a new book in Hungarian by Pál Bokor, a former Hungarian correspondent in the United States about the election and the presidency of Barack Obama.
"All our current programs and projects, such as Active Citizen, Rivers of the World, Challenge Europe, aim to contribute to social change and to make this world a better place to live,” director Simon Ingram-Hill says.
The government adopted a package of bills designed to force people to switch from a private to a state-managed pension scheme. Those not willing to switch will lose the considerable amount of state pension they are now entitled to.
