The National Meteorological Service (OMSZ) has confirmed that the average temperature in June and July this year was 22.9 grade Celsius in Hungary, the hottest since 1901, the state news agency MTI reports. According to OMSZ, 2021 saw the hottest July since the beginning of the 20th century, and the third-hottest June. Hungary has seen […]
Hungary's Tamás Lőrincz won the Olympic championship title in the Greco-Roman wrestling 77 kg category at the Tokyo Games after defeating Kyrgyzstan's Akzsol Mahmudov 2-1 in Tuesday's final - the second gold medal for the Hungarian delegation on this day. The 34-year-old wrestler crowned his career with this success after winning a world and four […]
The decline in sales of some contraceptives, the absence of major acquisitions and the exchange rate movements reduced the profit at the Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter Plc. The after-tax profit of Gedeon Richter Plc. fell by 9.3% to HUF 54.9 billion in the first half of this year. Yet the company's revenue rose to […]
Hungarian paddlers Bálint Kopasz and Ádám Varga have won a double victory for their country in the men's single kayak 1,000-meter event held in the Sea Forest Waterway at the Tokyo Olympic Games this Tuesday. The Hungarian medal collection was also enriched with a another silver and a bronze meal - both in water sports. […]
Construction work on four new studios at the Fót Film Studio will begin within weeks, the National Film Institute (NFI) informed the Hungarian state news agency MTI on Monday. According to the information, in the largest ever state-funded studio development, the production capacity of the Fót Film Studio, just northeast of Budapest, will be almost […]
Britain-based Leyland Hose & Silicone Services (LHSS) has established its first European manufacturing unit in Szigetszentmiklós, just south of Budapest. As an automotive supplier, the company has been engaged in the manufacturing and sales of silicone hoses for more than 30 years. LHSS decided in 2019 to open a new plant in response to market […]
Alpine's French driver Esteban Ocon won the 36th Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix at the Hungaroring on Sunday. It was the 24-year-old driver's first career victory. At the rainy start, defending champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) got away from pole position, but his team-mate, Valtteri Bottas misjudged the first braking distance, causing a pile-up: his car […]
The renewed Nádasdy Mansion in Nádasdladány, Fejér County, was inaugurated this Sunday and the 2,000-sqm building and the 29-hectare garden can be visited again from Tuesday. The reconstruction of the ground floor of the mansion has been completed, the fungus removal works have been finished, a modern museum shop, a projection room, a café and […]
An exhibition celebrating the 120th anniversary of Hungarian cinema and showing relics of various eras has opened in Budapest's Ludwig Museum, hirado.hu reports. “The exhibition presents a wonderful golden age with wonderful films, Hungarian artists and those born in Hungary making an international career, it showcases the Hungarian cinema universe,” Csaba Káel, the government commissioner […]
Hungary’s Kristóf Milák won the silver medal in the men’s 100m butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday with a European record. Milák, the winner of 200m butterfly event this Wednesday, swam in the final with the next to 100m freestyle winner Caeleb Dressel of the United States, the favorite in the 100m butterfly. The […]
This Friday the price of fuel increased in Hungary, the financial news site portfolio.hu reports based on information from the fuel price website holtankoljak.hu. The average price of gasoline per liter rose by HUF 5 to a historic high of HUF 454, while the average price of diesel per liter increased by HUF 6 to […]
Budapest Airport purchased 840 Mwh of green energy, taking another step towards its sustainability objectives. The purchased electricity equals the monthly electricity consumption of 3,500 households of a family of four people. The electricity company ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ issued a green certificate to the airport operator for this environmentally friendly decision. This document is provided to those […]
At its meeting on July 27, 2021, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (Magyar Nemzeti Bank – MNB) reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and decided to increase the central bank base rate by 30 basis points to 1.20% in effect from the next day. The goal of the measure is […]
In order to contain further waves of the coronavirus epidemic and protect patients, vaccination is now mandatory for healthcare workers in Hungary, according to a government decree soon to be published in the official Hungarian Gazette. In Hungary, the vaccination program started with the vaccination of health workers at the end of December last year, […]
This year's World Overeating Day falls on July 29 and serves as a wake-up call for the consumerist lifestyles. WWF and Tesco have therefore today launched a unique collaboration to promote affordable and sustainable food consumption in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia in the long term. World Overeating Day falling on this day means […]
