Once again, more people died of the new coronavirus infection in one day in Hungary than ever before: 272 more victims were reported on Thursday morning. This increased the official number of COVID-19 related deaths to 19,224. The number of new infections was 9,637, bringing the total number of identified infections to 603,347 since the […]
On March 24, the 45th anniversary of the civil-military coup that institutionalized 'state terrorism', through the kidnapping, torture, murder and forced disappearance of tens of thousands of inhabitants of the Argentine Republic, the country's government launches the 'Campaign for the Right to Identity'. The Argentine Ambassador to Hungary, Hernán María Patiño Mayer, calls attention to […]
Although 31% of leading companies already have net zero emissions targets, this figure is below the international benchmarks and below the level required for real change For the first time, a research has been conducted on the status quo of the Hungarian business sector in relation to carbon-neutral operations. The picture is not so bright, […]
The President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary (CCiU), Francesco Maria Mari passed away in Rome this Tuesday morning, the Chamber has announced. The announcement, signed by CCiU Vice President Ferdinando Martignago and CCiU Secretary General Stefania Speziani, says that "it is with much regret and sadness that we communicate to all of […]
The dramatic prognosis about over 250 fatalities a day has come true with 252 Hungarians falling victim to the new coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours. The 252 dead were mostly old, chronic patients, increasing the official number of COVID-19 related deaths in this country to 18,703. In the past 24 hours, another 5,481 […]
Anna Szilágyi's picture 'European Champions' has been chosen as the best at the AIPS Sport Media Awards of the International Association of Sports Journalists in the category of photojournalists under the age of 30. "The European Waterpolo Championship was a great experience, it was my first official international work. There three photographers working at the […]
Erste Group helps socially beneficial businesses in Central and Eastern Europe during the coronavirus epidemic with interest-subsidized loan. The Erste Group's Social Banking program helps companies in Central and Eastern Europe that do socially useful work by providing them with an emergency working capital loan at which the interest is paid by the Erste Foundation […]
A Canadian Hungarian man left about 300,000 Canadian dollars to the Foundation for the Géza Hetényi Hospital in Szolnok, E Hungary. The amount was intended for the cardiology department of the institution. An announcement sent to the state news agency MTI quotes Miklós Piroska, director general of the health care institution, who said that the […]
More than a thousand people were taken to hospital last weekend due to the new coronavirus infection and now, 11,276 coronavirus patients are being hospitalized. This number shows a significant increase – this time more than 600 patients were hospitalized in one day after the previous increase of 2-300 people. Of those hospitalized, 1,340 are […]
85% of Hungarians would find it a powerful help if tourism operators received some form of VAT rebate. The proposal came up in a European Parliament committee because it is seen as a useful tool for improving liquidity for players in the troubled sector. According to a joint representative survey by the Hungarian business news […]
The stock index of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) rose in increasing turnover during the four-day trading week; the BUX index closed at 44,042.12 points on Friday, 330.28 points, or 0.76% higher than the previous week’s closing value. The stock market turnover was HUF 58.04 billion after last week's HUF 48.03 billion, with the leading […]
The Hungarian women's handball team made it to the Tokyo Olympics postponed to this summer as Russia defeated Kazakhstan 33-26 in Saturday's second round of the qualifying tournament. This result at the qualification tournament in Győr, NW Hungary decided that the Hungarians would finish in one of the first two places that are worth Olympic […]
Szombathely, in the Western part of the country, is the happiest city in Hungary, followed by Nyíregyháza, according to research conducted on the occasion of World Happiness Day by the Jobb Veled a Világ (The World is Better with You) foundation. According to an announcement carried by the state news agency MTI, the Positive Psychology […]
11,132 new infections and 227 fatalities in the past 24 hours - these are highest figures in both categories in Hungary since the start of the new coronavirus epidemic. It means that the official number of identified infected people increased to 560,971. The majority of the 227 deaths were elderly, chronic patients and the number of […]
As a result of border crossing restrictions and Covid-19 protection measures for commercial accommodation, domestic tourists spent 86% fewer tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) compared to the same period of the previous year. International guests spent 94% fewer nights. As the Central Statistical Office […]
