The Travel & Tourism sector faces a staggering 100 million jobs losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) as reported on ftnnews.com. The startling figure, based on research from WTTC, has increased by over 30% in the last four weeks, indicating the sheer crisis affecting the sector. […]
The European Commission has issued a practical guide to facilitate the free movement of priority workers and frontier workers between EU member states. The Commission thus supports governments in creating the conditions under which cross-border commuters can cross borders, where appropriate, without circumventing controls, with proportionate health measures. It is a positive development in this […]
Eight people died of the Covid-19 disease in Hungary in the past 24 hours, raising the official number of deceased in the current pandemic to 280 in this country. The confirmed number of people infected with the coronavirus grew by 83 and now stands at 2,583. About 13% of them are healthcare workers according to […]
The recommendation prepared by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, compiled by immunologists, physicians, and biologists, makes specific professional recommendations to the government and authorities for the short- and long-term treatment of the Covid-19 epidemic. According to the recommendation, the continuous application of tests of the right quantity and quality is an essential condition for both […]
Wizz Air CEO and co-founder József Váradi donates over GBP one million for scholarship programs at the University of London where he completed his LLM postgraduate academic degree in 2014, specializing in International Business Law. "The Váradi Scholarships, open to all University of London flexible and distance learning programs, will offer up to 100 scholarships […]
On the night of April 24, Zermatt Tourism officials projected the Hungarian flag onto the 1.000-meter-high east wall of the Matterhorn mountain situated on the border between Switzerland and Italy. With the #hope project whose motto is ‘Light is hope!’, the Swiss town of Zermatt wants to give people hope and strength in this difficult […]
The Acting President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), Ursula Papandrea is expected to move the headquarters of the organization as soon as possible to Lausanne, Switzerland as the relocation is underway from the IWF offices in Budapest, home city of outgoing President Tamás Aján who resigned on allegations of corruption. “The Executive Board has […]
Lawyers – when not battling in a courtroom – are perhaps most widely identified in Hungary with the image of an attorney countersigning a document. Countersigning is indeed essential for most legal transactions, in some cases mandatory by law. The function of countersigning is on one hand to prove that an attorney has duly identified […]
As of Monday, April 27, people in Budapest are required to wear face masks on public transport, in shops, markets and taxis. People visiting shops, markets and traveling in taxi in Budapest will be mandated to wear face masks or otherwise cover their faces as part of the protection efforts against the new coronavirus epidemic. […]
Ferenc Liszt International Airport has lost more than 99% of its passenger traffic in April, on account of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and thus, headcount reduction among the employees has become inevitable, according to a statement by the facility's management company Budapest Airport. The document says that since the beginning of the […]
Residential tops the sectors in one deal across the CEE region but, offices (27% share) have maintained their place in the order of preference, closely followed by Industrial and Logistics (26% share) in the first quarter of 2020, according to the latest market report by Colliers International. Transaction volumes were very healthy in Q1 at […]
Another 14 people died of the Covid-19 disease in Hungary in the past 24 hours, raising the official number of deceased in the current pandemic to 239 in this country. The confirmed number of people infected with the coronavirus now stands at 2,284. There are 10,942 people in compulsory home quarantine and 390 recovered. The […]
The world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has named the Budapest Millennium Underground line as one of the technical milestones of the world. Built between 1894 to 1896, the Millennium Underground Railway was the first underground line on the […]
The Hungarian government increased its support for the construction of the Bozsik Stadium in Budapest’s District 19 by more than HUF one billion and provided more than HUF 450 million for the preparation of three projects of the Budapest Honvéd Sports Club for which the new stadium will be built, the news site napi.hu reports. […]
In recent weeks, Qatar Airways has carried over one million people home, plus transported over 70,000 tons of medical equipment and aid relief, ensuring it is a reliable partner for passengers, governments, travel trade and freight companies in extremely challenging circumstances. The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented challenge for Qatar Airways and the aviation […]
