Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán put forward USD2 billion in income tax refunds for families as the government gears up its campaign ahead of next year’s general elections. Polls suggest that Orbán’s cabinet faces a competitive race for the first time in a decade in the 2022 vote. Millions of Hungarian parents will receive partial […]
The Budapest Wine Festival is held this year for the 30th time between September 23-26, 2021 in the Buda Castle. Visitors will be able to taste thousands of wines from Hungarian and foreign exhibitors in a World Heritage site, enjoying the most impressive panorama of the capital. The excellent wines and professional programs will be […]
The World Press Photo (WPP) exhibition opened on Thursday at the Hungarian National Museum, where 151 press photos will be on display again this year. The exhibition was selected by an international jury from 74,470 photos taken by 4,315 photojournalists from 130 countries, and last year's theme was the coronavirus epidemic, which was prominent in […]
Hungarian ultra-runner László Barta has achieved another fantastic result by wining the world's longest cross-country race, the 1001-kilometer Megarace, which was held for the first time this year, the news site telex.hu reports. Barta completed the distance - where competitors also have to overcome 24 kilometers of difference in altitude - in 254 hours and […]
A Japanese garden was inaugurated in the courtyard of the library in Gyula, SE Hungary on Wednesday. Otaka Masato, Japan's Ambassador to Hungary, described the community space created by a Gyula-based NGO as a link between the two countries. The Ambassador said that Japan has a long tradition of Japanese gardens, with records dating back […]
Insulation could be a hot topic in the next 3 years. 32% of the population are planning to do this kind of work, according to the latest representative survey by újHÁZ Centrum. According to the survey, 68% of Hungarians have some form of thermal insulation - 29% of which is complete - while nearly a […]
The Disciplinary Committee of the international football federation FIFA has imposed a ban and a substantial fine on the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) in relation to the racist behaviour of numerous supporters during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ qualifying match between Hungary and England on September 2, 2021. A statement by FIFA adds that […]
The 8,000-square-meter new Railway Service Center of the world leading manufacturer of brake systems for railway and road vehicles, Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems Hungária Kft., has been inaugurated in Budapest. As a result of the investment, which includes on-site infrastructure and building development, as well as technology development, the range of the company's service competencies […]
Budapest Airport is a member of the consortium which won nearly EUR 25 million of support from the European Commission, as part of a sustainability project called STARGATE. As part of the project, Budapest Airport can implement developments to a value of EUR 1.53 million, 70% of which (EUR 1.07 million) is provided by the […]
The Presidency of the Association of Hungarian Publishers and Book Distributors has decided to postpone the Budapest International Book Festival scheduled for November due to the currently increasing number of cases of the disease and the gradual deterioration of the epidemic situation, the news site 24.hu reports, quoting the association. The reasoning is that they […]
According to the Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index 2021, Hungary ranks 32nd in the world. Compared to last year, Hungary has dropped seven places. Hungary ranks 4th in Eastern Europe and comes behind Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland. This year, the study covers 90% of the global population and indexes 110 countries by looking […]
A total of 1,072 new infections have been confirmed in the past three days, bringing the total number of identified infections in this country to 818,231 since the beginning of the outbreak, according to the government website koronavirus.gov.hu. 13 patients died from Friday to Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths in this pandemic in […]
Kevin Chen of Canada won the Grand Prize of the Liszt Ferenc International Piano Competition, followed by Giovanni Bertolazzi of Italy and Gergely Kovács of Hungary. The official competition program of the long-established Ferenc Liszt International Piano Competition at the Liszt Academy of Music came to an end with the final on Saturday. Of the […]
The last month of the summer was characterized by increasing passenger numbers and stable cargo traffic at the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport. The gateway handled 702,524 passengers in August, which constitutes a 78% growth from the same period of 2020. Thus, a total of 1,507,079 passengers used the airport during the three summer […]
Balaton cheese, produced by Balaton cheese, produced by Vászolyi Cheese, was the only Hungarian brand to receive a gold medal from the French jury at the Mondial du Fromage. Cheese, was the only Hungarian brand to receive a gold medal from the French jury at the Mondial du Fromage. The award was handed over to […]
