World Food Day has once again brought more than 20 trucks full of donated food into the heart of Budapest. As has been happening every year since 2006, the convoy, organized by FAO and the Hungarian Food Bank Association, made a short stop at Heroes’ Square before departing for the association’s warehouse to empty 90 […]
Paul Fox, the United Kingdom’s new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary has handed over his credentials to János Áder, President of the Republic of Hungary this Friday at Sándor Palace in the Buda Castle. Commenting on taking up his service in Hungary, Ambassador Fox said that "as Ambassador, I will do all I can in the […]
Another 33 chronic patients died in Hungary, bringing the official number of deaths to 1,085, yet again the highest number of new deaths per day (after yesterday's 29). 1,642 coronavirus patients are hospitalized, 171 of whom are on ventilators. Among the victims is a 20-year-old man, whose underlying diseases were described as bone marrow transplantation, […]
Hungarian health authorities have given green light to the clinical trial of a coronavirus drug manufactured by local pharmaceutical company Richter Gedeon. The drug containing the antiviral agent remdesivir may thus become available to Hungarian patients. Remdesivir is the most effective drug known to date in the treatment of coronavirus infections. Hungary’s largest drug maker, […]
The foundation stone of a new production facility for Béres Pharmaceuticals was laid this Thursday in Szolnok E Hungary. The Hungarian pharma firm is expanding its activities in Szolnok with an investment of more than HUF 6 billion (which is currently close to EUR 17 million). Finance Minister Mihály Varga announced at the ceremony that […]
Finland’s Wolt could become a success story and a global brand, according to Lukasz Gadowski, the co-founder of Delivery Hero, one of the largest online food ordering networks in the world, which also owns the Hungarian food delivery firm Netpincér. The German-Polish venture capital entrepreneur invests EUR 7.5 million in Wolt, which is present in […]
By Thursday, the new coronavirus infection had been detected in another 950 Hungarian citizens, increasing the number of infected people in Hungary to 41,732. 29 elderly chronic patients died, bringing the official number of deaths to 1,052. According to the relevant government website, 12,628 people in Hungary have already recovered from the disease. The number […]
In addition to expanding coverage, the company announced that it would make available 40 MHz of its own frequency spectrum for the establishment of the 5G Laboratory currently under construction in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). Vodafone Hungary says it will connect 5G at close to 200 base stations in and around […]
More than 10 centimeters of snow covered Hungary's highest peak, Kékestető by Wednesday morning, the National Meteorological Service reported. It is the first snowfall in the second half of the year in this country. At Kékestető, the temperature dropped below 0 degrees Celsius at dawn, followed by snowing all morning with varying intensity, and the […]
27 elderly chronic patients died in the past 24 hours, and thus, the official number of COVID-19 related deaths in Hungary has risen to 1,023, with 12,164 already recovered. The new coronavirus infection (Covid-19) was detected in another 920 Hungarian citizens, increasing the number of infected people in Hungary to 40,782. The number of active […]
The Hungarian air traffic service HungaroControl is updating its air navigation and voice communication systems, and is also renovating the control room equipment handed over in 2012. As the first step of the project, air traffic control was moved to the emergency center from Monday to Tuesday night, and the specialists are expected to perform […]
The Pulszky Society - Hungarian Museum Association has again presented the awards for the museums of the year and the exhibitions of the year. Founded in 1996, the annual Museum of the Year award is given by critics as they evaluate the development of museum institutions over the past year and compare strategic results. It […]
28 people died of the new coronavirus infection in Hungary in the past 24 hours – a record daily number of pandemic fatalities –, bringing the official total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 996. The number of confirmed people infected with the new coronavirus in Hungary now stands at 39,862. There are 21,990 people […]
At an international online conference organised jointly by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), presentations and discussions focused on the assessment and quantification of the adverse economic effects of climate change, the funding of renewable energy production and energy efficiency investments to achieve a green recovery […]
SungEel Hitech Co. Ltd. of South Korea has grown into one of the world's leading secondary battery recycling companies since its founding in March 2000 with the philosophy of “finite resources as infinite resources to preserve the green environment.” The plant of its Hungarian subsidiary was inaugurated in March 2019 in Szigetszentmiklós, just south of […]
