In order to support domestic producers and further expand its supplier partner range, Lidl Hungary is launching a complex educational program called ‘Lidl Academy Plus’. The training focuses on the development of prospective partners, where market participants joining the program can not only participate in sector-focused professional presentations and forums, but also receive a supplier […]
A second round of call to receive support for the purchase of electric bicycles has started this Monday and lasts till Friday, January 8. The winners of the first stage receive a total of nearly HUF 110 million to purchase more than a thousand such vehicles. The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) announced a […]
The measure announced by Vodafone Hungary in April last year to replace its credit card-sized SIM card holders with ones half the size has since saved 1.6 tons of plastic. A press statement by the company says the initiative is part of Vodafone's existing sustainability program. The operator has agreed to phase out old SIM […]
The Democratic Union of Teachers (PDSZ) is demanding that the Hungarian government vaccinate teachers as soon as possible and introduce a digital work schedule. As the Hungarian news agency MTI reports, a letter with the demands was sent to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the Minister of Human Resources, Miklós Kásler, the Minister of Innovation and […]
Another 103 patients died by Sunday morning in Hungary due to complications related to the new coronavitus infection, bringing the official number of victims to 9,884. The coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was detected in another 1,307 Hungarian citizens in the past 24 hours, increasing the number of infected people identified in Hungary to 327,995, according to […]
Dr. Tamás Szakmány, a Hungarian doctor working in Wales, was made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the the British public healthcare system NHS during the COCID-19 pandemic. According to the local paper South Wales Argus, the doctor said he was “completely astonished and humbled” to receive the […]
Hungarians seem to be less disturbed than most other citizens of the Europoean Union by noise from their neighbors and from the street. In 2019, 17.3% of the EU population reported that they suffered from noise coming from their neighbours or from the street. Unsurprisingly, this proportion is more than twice as high for people […]
The presidency of the Hungarian Ichthyological Society has announced winner of the annual competition and the title "The fish of the year 2021 in Hungary" goes to the Ide (Leuciscus idus). 7,683 votes were received from the public on the website of the Hungarian Ichthyological Society by noon on December 31. 49% voted for the […]
By the first day of the new year, another 130 Hungarians died of the complications of the new coronavirus infection. The deceased were mostly elderly, chronic patients, thus, the official number of COVID-19 related fatalities rose to 9,667 in this country. The new coronavirus had been detected in 2,764 new Hungarian citizens, increasing the official […]
“It will be crucial when the protection of the population against infection can be achieved. If this is achieved in the first half of 2021, we expect the fastest economic recovery in Hungary in the last hundred years.” Even if the last half of this statement made earlier this week by the Governor of the […]
