11% more tourism nights were recorded in Hungary in August this year than in the same month of 2020, but 24% fewer than in August 2019, the Central Statistical Office reports. In August, domestic guests spent 1.9% more tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) than […]
Duna House Group reached strong volume growth during the summer months of Q3 2021. Franchise real estate brokerage grew by 20%, own office real estate brokerage by 27% and loan brokerage by 103% on a year-on-year basis. In Q3 2020, COVID-19 already had no negative influence on the real estate markets, while some negative impact […]
Lidl Hungary set a record last year, both at home and abroad, selling 28.5 million bottles of Hungarian wine in 2020, a 21% increase compared to the previous year. By selling HUF 6.3 billion worth of domestic wine to foreign markets, the discount chain accounted for 33% of total Hungarian wine exports in bottles, thus […]
On this day in 1849, thirteen Hungarian rebel generals were executed by the Austrian Empire in the city of Arad, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary (now in Romania), after the Hungarian War of Independence (1848–1849). The same day, Hungary's first prime minister was executed in Pest. The national flag was ceremonially raised on […]
In August 2021, the volume of sales in retail trade increased by 4.6% according to raw data and by 4.1% when adjusted for calendar effects compared to the same period of the previous year. A fresh report by the Central Statistical Office says that in August, calendar-adjusted sales volumes rose by 1.7% in specialized and […]
The statue of world-renowned Hungarian natural scientist, physicist, politician and academic Loránd Eötvös was inaugurated this Tuesday in the Gesztenyés Garden in the Hungarian capital. The sculpture, by Kossuth Prize-winning sculptor Tibor Rieger, was to have been unveiled in November last year to mark the end of the Eötvös Loránd Memorial Year, but due to […]
Each year, the 'Effect 2030 - Community Investment' award is given to corporate responsibility and sustainability programs that make a demonstrable positive difference to society and the environment. This year, one of the winners is UniCredit Bank Hungary. The Effect 2030 Community Investment Award is an annual recognition of exemplary, innovative and effective environmental and […]
The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev jointly opened the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Budapest on Monday. In the context of the relations between Hungary and Kyrgyzstan, the Hungarian minister said it was important that there were no outstanding political issues between the two governments and […]
31 patients infected with the new coronavirus died over the weekend, nearly 1,500 new infections were registered, 560 patients were hospitalised and 87 were put on ventilators. In the past three days, 1,492 new cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in Hungary, bringing the total number of identified infected people to 824,876 since the […]
Millennium Gardens, developed by TriGránit in the Hungarian capital, has received the Access4you Gold certification based on the project’s construction plans. As a press release by Colliers International points out, meeting the needs of tenants is crucial for the developer, and an increasingly important element of that is to serve employees with special needs or […]
The Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden is holding its 'Love of Animals and Plants Festival' this Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The three-day event - held on the occasion of the October 4 World Animal Day - raises awareness of the important role of animals and plants. At the station near the Great Lake, visitors can […]
The new office building, which was created from EUR 6.2 million, comprising 13,200 square meters of office space and a 2,500-square-meter laboratory complex, provides space for 1,200 workstations. The German-owned company currently employs more than 1,000 highly qualified engineers at its headquarters in Budapest. Thyssenkrupp is one of the world's top component suppliers, whose clientele […]
The Tokaj-Hegyalja Harvest Days is one of the oldest harvest events in Hungary, so it is also one of the most important events in the capital of the Tokaj World Heritage wine region, which will be held in a new location in 2021. This year, the place Fesztiválkatlan and its immediate surroundings are the base […]
Over the past five years, 18,000 shops have closed in Hungary, leaving a retail network of 116,000 shops at the end of last year. And there are huge differences in daily spending across the country, the business news site napi.hu reports. The number of retail outlets including tobacco shops has decreased significantly in recent years, […]
The Board of Trustees and the Founders of the Bolyai Prize Foundation have announced that in 2021, the most prestigious award in Hungarian academia will be received by Katalin Karikó. Established in 1998 and awarded every two years, the Bolyai Prize (named after world-renowned 19th century Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai), the first major private scientific […]
