Businessman László Baldauf, the founder of the CBA retail store chain in Hungary, has confirmed to the news agency 'Független Hírügynökség' that seven CBA stores (two of them in Budapest) would be taken over by the German retailer Lidl.

During the recent Italian week in Budapest, the movie ‘Finché c'è prosecco c'è speranza’ (As long as there is prosecco, there is hope), which debuted at Festival Venezia 2017, was screened for the first time in Hungary and followed by a tasting of the famous wine.

Wireless internet availability has been significantly improved in passenger areas of Liszt Ferenc International Airport. The new system promises better coverage and a stronger signal, offering a multiplication of capacity to passengers using Wi-Fi.

According to the European Commission (the quasi government of the EU), the European Union has approved that the parsley root grown in and around the southeastern Hungarian town of Makó can also be granted protected geographical indication.

Hungarian President János Áder was received at the Elysée Palace in Paris this Monday by French President Emmanuel Macron. The Hungarian head of state is in the French capital for the One Planet Summit climate conference.

Once again, people in Budapest have the opportunity to visit the Santa Claus Factory to donate gifts for poor children in Hungary and in Hungarian communities outside the border of Hungary. Besides giving gifts, you can also enjoy concerts and Christmas shows.

After London, BlackRock held its career-building and networking event in Frankfurt, Germany. The world's largest financial fund management company prmoted the operation of the Budapest office, available job opportunities and potential career paths.

Respect for the standards of rule of law is required for the proper spending of EU funds – this was the conclusion drawn by several speakers at an international conference organized by Transparency International Hungary (TI) in Budapest.

According to the trivago Rating Index (tRI), the southeastern town of Makó tops the list of Hungarian settlements as the town's hotels received the best reviews from travelers. Hungary was 13th in the ranking of European countries, MTI reports.

The Hungarian government is initiating the installation of long-term observers by the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) in Transcarpathia to monitor the situation of the Hungarian minority after a new education legislation there.

Traffic at Budapest Airport has broken another record, as the number of passengers exceeded 12 million by the end of November. Thanks to the dynamic growth, more than one million passengers used the terminals in November, for the first time ever.

A new promotional video showcases the Visegrád Cooperation in the spirit of the Hungarian Presidency’s motto: ‘V4 Together’. It was commissioned by the Public Foundation for the Research of Central and Eastern European History and Society.

Hungarian researchers work under extreme weather conditions on Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano on Earth, in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile from next year on, the expedition will have its own research center on the spot to analyze samples.

In the framework of Hungary's V4 Presidency, the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affiars and Trade held a meeting in Budapest on Monday with the participation of the foreign ministers of the V4 countries plus Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria.

The latest Economic Outlook published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says Hungary's recent strong economic performance is projected to continue into 2018, before softening somewhat in 2019.