Demand for food rebounded during the epidemic. The number of online purchases increased by 15% in the first quarter*, but due to increased consumption, unfortunately, more household waste and wasted food may end up in the trash. While there is more and more talk about a sustainable lifestyle, sustainable transport, many still do not rethink […]
Earlier this year, two Swiss companies announced that they had chosen Hungary to invest in: Sensirion is establishing its first European production site outside Switzerland in Debrecen, while Flisom chose Kecskemét for the location of its first plant of industrial capacity. As the Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Switzerland in Budapest, István […]
The Hong Kong-based electronics company Lenovo will manufacture products for data centers and desktops in its brand new facility in Üllő, south of Budapest, in the framework of an investment worth EUR 24.7 million, creating a total of almost 1,000 new jobs. Lenovo was founded in 1988 in Hong Kong and gained global significance in […]
Samsung – such a familiar word for most people – but just a few know what it really means. Samsung in Korean means and symbolizes ‘Be strong and shine brightly forever’. The company was established in 1938 by Lee Byung-chul and over the next three decades, the group dealt with food processing, textiles, insurance, securities […]
The Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest has presented the remains of a few centimeters, an oval-shaped egg with a peculiar surface that were discovered during the excavations at Iharkút, NW Hungary. The first Hungarian dinosaur egg was identified by versatile examination of a few millimeters of 85 million-year-old eggshell fragments. The remains are thought […]
The top Hungarian tennis player, Márton Fucsovics defeated No. 4 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia in four sets (6:4, 7:6, 2:6, 6:1) in the first round of the men's competition of the 2020 French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros in Paris. 63rd in the ATP World rankings, the 28-year-old broke Medvedev's serve at […]
HungaroControl Co. Ltd. has received the Transport Company of the Year award from the 170-year-old Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK) in recognition of the Company's outstanding activities in the field of aviation. BKIK presented the award to the Hungarian air traffic service in recognition of the company's exemplary activities in the framework of […]
Last year, the Republic of Korea overtook Germany as the top source country of foreign direct investments in Hungary. The Korean Ambassador Kyoo Sik Choe explains to Diplomacy&Trade the reasons behind this development. He also talks about the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in his country and how much he appreciates the sympathy of Hungarians […]
Thirteen patients died, bringing the number of new coronavirus fatalities to 749. 5,152 people have already recovered. There were this many deaths in one day in Hungary on May 9, at the time of the first wave of the epidemic. According to figures published by the government, another 702 citizens were diagnosed with the new […]
The management company Budapest Airport has announced that the renovation of runway 2 of Budapest's Liszt Ferenc International Airport begins this Monday and it will be carried out by Budapest Airport in a single phase. According to the airport operato, travel restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus epidemic again resulted in a significant reduction in […]
The Hungarian Polo Club held this Saturday the first week-end of the Count Andrássy Picnic, its last event of this year's Hungarian horse polo season at its venue in Tabajd, southwest of Budapest. Before World War II, the horse polo sport had great traditions in Hungary and it was only after the change of the […]
The most interesting moments of the last two hundred years of shipping in the capital are presented at the new, 'Budapest on the Danube. Pictures from the 200 years of shipping in Budapest' exhibition at the Hungarian Museum of Science, Technology and Transport. In the summer of 1820, Carolina, the first steamer suitable for passenger […]
This Saturday, the Hungarian League Against Cancer organized a motorcycle parade in Budapest for the 4th time to draw attention to screening and early detection of breast cancer. Participants marched through the city on motorcycles in a pink T-shirt and accessories (corresponding to the color of breast cancer. The event was hosted by Balázs Rozványi, […]
The American entertainment magazine Variety has released this year’s list of '10 Screenwriters to Watch', a list that includes a Hungarian artist Kata Wéber. Variety executive editor Steven Gaydos called the 2020 selections “emblematic of what is needed from filmmakers in this unsettled and challenging time. These screenwriters are taking on the big issues confronting the […]
The number of confirmed people infected with the coronavirus in Hungary now stands at 23,077. There are 25,017 people in compulsory home quarantine with 5,099 recovered. Twelve patients died in the past 24 hours, the youngest of them a 47-year-old man, bringing the number of deaths to 730. The total number of active COVID-19 cases, […]
