This year, the Budapest Beer Week (BPBW) 2018 International Beer Festival will be held for the first time in the Hungarian capital from May 20 to 27 with 160 different beers of more than 40 international craft breweries from 16 countries.

Budapest-based Central European University (CEU) has announced that University Professor Gábor Klaniczay, founding faculty of the Department of Medieval Studies, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

As of October 28 this year, the start of the winter schedule, Air France's new generation airline, JOON (founded in 2017), flies passengers from Budapest's Liszt Ferenc International Airport to the Charles DeGaulle Airport of the French capital.

The Startup Campus V4 Global Tour reached its second destination, the German capital, this April as participating startups attended and exhibited at Startup Camp Berlin 2018 and introduced themselves to the representatives of the German economy.

This is the fifth year Randstad Hungary rewarded the most attractive employers in Hungary. Mercedes Benz landed on the top of the list and previous consecutive victories earned Audi Hungária a place in the 'Randstad Employer Brand Hall of Fame'.

The painting entitled Architektur I or Konstruktion auf blauem Grund (Construction on a Blue Ground) by 20th century Hungarian constructivist László Moholy-Nagy has been granted to the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest.

Budapest Airport and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have concluded a partnership agreement. As a result, some of the international trainings organized by IATA can be held in the Hungarian capital, at Budapest Airport.

The French retail chain Auchan expands its services in Hungary, supporting multi-channel merchandise with online ordering stores. That was announced at Thursday's inauguration of a new store in Budapest by Auchan Hungary CEO Dominique Ducoux.

Spar Hungary is investing HUF 23 billion this year in development and has already spent more than HUF 2.1 billion this year in its modernization program, the company told the Hungarian news agency MTI this Thursday.

April 11 is the Day of Poetry in Hungary in commemoration of the great 20th century poet Attila József who was born on this day in 1905. This year, a pocket book ATM was put in operation in the capital to encourage people to read more literature.

In February 2018, the number of nights spent by international tourists increased by 7.4% and that of nights spent by domestic tourists by 11% compared to a year earlier. Total gross revenues grew by 12% at current prices in accommodation establishments.

According to unofficial results (based on 98,96% tally of the votes), the ruling party Fidesz and its satellite partner KDNP have won two thirds of the 199 seats in Hungarian parliament at the general elections held this Sunday.

The March issue of Diplomacy&Trade presented a special compilation of ties between the Republic of Korea and Hungary. In the leading article, Korean ambassador Kyoo-sik Choe talked about the various ascpects of relations and the 'Olympics of Peace'.

Hungarian movie director Ildikó Enyedi, whose recent film, 'On Body and Soul' was shortlisted for the Academy Award in the best foreign language film category, is to receive a lifetime award at the 'Festival del cinema europeo' in Lecce Italy this Tuesday.

Hungarians go to the polls this Sunday, to elect members of the national assembly. Eligible voters will elect 199 members of the national assembly in one round: 106 of them from single-member constituencies and 93 from national lists of political parties.