Transparency International Hungary has rewarded the exploration of corruption in the municipality of Ferencváros with the Göbölyös Soma Prize. The author of the winning entry, a series of articles was Dániel Ács, a journalist at the news portal 444.hu.
Traffic at Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport in 2017 grew at an unprecedented pace: 13.1 million passengers used the airport last year, and the volume of air cargo also broke the record with more than 127.000 tons in total.
Japan's GS Yuasa Corporation, which is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has announced to establish a manufacturing subsidiary company, GS Yuasa Hungary Ltd. in Hungary and to construct a new plant for lithium-ion batteries.
Hungarian President János Áder has announced that the parliamentary elections in Hungary will be held on Sunday, April 8. Those eligible to vote will elect 199 members of the national assembly, 106 of them from individual constituencies.
Great talents from all over the world have gathered in the Hungarian capital for an exciting and inspiring competition at the 12th Budapest Circus Festival. It is a festive year of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the modern circus art in Europe.
Hungary’s first airport hotel with direct terminal connection opened in early January. The ibis Styles Budapest Airport Hotel, built by the Hungarian company WING Co. Ltd. for HUF 3.2 billion has 145 rooms and is able to accommodate 300 guests.
The starter motor and generator division of the Bosch Group has completed its transition to an independent company: it will operate in Hungary under the name of Starters E-Components Generators Automotive Hungary, effective immediately.
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, and one of Europe’s fastest growing airlines, has announced that it would add Austria as the 44th country in its network, by establishing base operations at Vienna Airport.
Qatar Airways will introduce the Airbus A330 on the Budapest-Doha route in summer 2018. The addition of this aircraft will increase seat capacity by more than 53% over the current A320 aircraft that currently operates both of the double daily frequencies.
The Japanese Ambassador to Hungary, Kuni Sato handed over Japan's state award, the Order of Gold and Silver Rays of the Rising Sun to Kossuth Prize winner Hungarian conductor Dénes Szabó in the Kodály Zoltán Primary School in Nyíregyháza.
It was forty years ago, in January 1978, that the United States returned to Hungary the alleged crown of Hungary's first king Stephen I (St. Stephen). On this occasion, a conference was organized at the Pázmány Péter University in Budapest.
In December 2017, 9,787 real estate transactions took place in Hungary, which is a decrease compared to November, but still higher than in the last month of the previous year, according to Duna House's latest transaction estimate.
Although Hungary and Australia have very different histories and are far from each other geographically, we have our hearts in the right place and have a lot to share, according to the Ambassador of Australia to Hungary, Dr. Brendon Hammer.
For the first time in the history of the Hungarian-Croatian touristic relations, the number of guest nights by Hungarians in Croatia exceeded three million in 2017, the Croatian Tourist Board informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday.
AImotive, a Hungarian startup developing self-driving car technology that relies on cameras to detect cars, obstacles, and signs, has received funding to be used to increase global scale and accelerate autonomous driving software via simulation technology.
