The oldest person in Hungary, Veronika Zsilinszki, died this week at the age of 113, the national news site telex.hu reports quoting the website of the southern Hungarian town of Baja. Veronika Zsilinszki was born on 4 February 1908 in Kevevara, Vojvodina (then Austria-Hungary, now Serbia), from where she moved to the town of Baja […]
The Japanese firm Nissin Foods, which makes instant pasta dishes, is expanding its capacity in the east-central Hungarian city of Kecskemét. During the project, new machinery and equipment will be installed in the plant and the storage area will be expanded. The project of EUR 12 million to be realized by 2024 creates 20 new […]
In the current situation dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, the simple observer – at first glance - may think that the economic downturn (or in some cases, freefall) caused by COVID has taken its toll on the world of startups and on venture capital markets as well. Despite the troublesome circumstances, the truth is that […]
The pandemic caused the deepest economic disruption worldwide since World War II, triggering severe disruptions in both supply and demand. The way ahead is extremely uncertain but there are signs that the stars may align for the global economy after the COVID-19 crisis. Despite unprecedented pressure and high levels of uncertainty, the global corporate community […]
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai was awarded the Austrian State Prize for European Literature this year. Krasznahorkai's "novels and short stories, written in a unique style, with an impressive visual expressiveness, uninhibited in their search for real and surreal scenes, with cool irony and a keen mind, are well thought out, perfectly written and clearly composed", […]
Antal Dreher’s legacy over the past 166 years shows the spirit of a company that is always renewable and mindful of sustainability. The family company, the brand, the factory survived the crises of the 20th century. The large-scale brewery in Kőbánya (Budapest’s District 10) is one of the largest and best-known companies in Hungary today, […]
The number of daily deaths of Hungarian patiens infected with the new coronavirus is has again been over 200 in the past two days. By Thursday morning, another 214 Hungarians died, increasing the official number of COVID-19 related fatalities to 26,001 in this country. In the past 24 hours, 3,607 new infections have been registered […]
During an online award ceremony held this week, Budapest Airport honored airport partners who made outstanding contributions to the sustainability of the airport and of aviation over the past year, despite the negative impacts of the global pandemic on aviation. It is now more than five years since the airport operator launched the Greenairport program, […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó signed investment agreements worth HUF 14 billion in Switzerland earlier this week, the state news agency MTI reported. He said the Hungarian delegation reach agreements with three Swiss companies to partly expand their activities in Hungary and partly to enter the Hungarian market as new investors, creating […]
Every April since 1970, Earth Day reminds people of the need to find a way out of negative trends that threaten our environment, such as overexploitation of natural resources, drastic reductions in biodiversity, and the massive increase in non-recycled waste and greenhouse gas emissions. Rondo Hullámkartongyártó (‘Corrugated Cardboard Manufacturing’) Ltd. believes that the key to […]
Search statistics on the used cars website Használtautó.hu show that in the pandemic situation, more and more people are looking to buy a car. In addition to rising prices, there is an increasing interest in cheaper models. The domestic car fleet, which is on average 14.7 years old, can only be renewed – in part […]
According to a recent representative survey by Szallas.hu and Ipsos, a third of the Hungarian population is confident again that they can go on holiday. Further relaxation measures in the coming period and an increase in the number of vaccinated people could have a positive impact on travel uncertainty, including domestic tourism. While last year, […]
Due to the unusually cold weather, the bees have hardly flown out of the hives so far, and 50-60% of the acacia trees have frozen over, so there will be hardly any honey this spring, the president of the Hungarian National Beekeepers' Association Péter Bross told InfoRadio. It has been an extremely unfavorable spring for […]
Konkoly Observatory is the Astronomical Institute of the Research Center for Astronomy and Earth Sciences (CSFK), which belongs to the Eötvös Loránd Research Network, has announced that it joins Europe’s largest ground-based astronomy collaborative network. Two major collaborative networks for ground-based astronomy, one in the optical domain (OPTICON) and the other in the radio-wave domain […]
The European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs accepted the application for registration of ‘Budaörsi őszibarack’, a peach from Budaörs, a town just southwest of Budapest. According to the registry, the name ‘Budaörsi őszibarack’ may be used for peaches for fresh consumption of the local varieties Schafnose and […]
