In February 2021, 7,055 children were born and 11,024 people died in Hungary, according to preliminary data. Compared to February 2020, the number of live births and that of deaths was nearly the same. As the Central Statistical Office reports about the February 2021 figures, 4,096 couples got married, which was 9.3% less compared to the same […]

Coca-Cola HBC Hungary is launching an investment with a total cost amounting approximately to HUF 30 billion in Dunaharaszti, south of Budapest, as a result of which the Hungarian plant will become the largest Central European Manufacturing center of the Coca-Cola system by the end of 2025. Coca-Cola established its operation in Hungary in 1993, […]

There are 11,779 coronavirus patients cared for in hospital in Hungary, 1,512 of them – more than ever in this pandemic – are on ventilators. By Saturday, 10,167 new coronavirus infections had been registered in Hungary, bringing the total number of identified infections to 624,779 since the outbreak began. Officially, there were 253 deaths, mostly […]

The number of new and active infections, fatalities and those on ventilators are also at their peak. 275 people have lost their lives in the last 24 hours due to the coronavirus epidemic. This is a record, yesterday's reported figure of 272 victims was overwritten by this statistic. As regards, the number of coronavirus deaths […]

After the pandemic decimated Hungary’s economy last year, the question on everyone’s mind is whether the nation’s GDP will be able to climb out of the hole. While the National Bank of Hungary is confident that 2021 will be a strong year for the economy, the country’s protracted struggle to stem the spread of the […]

Siemens Mobility will create 120 new R&D jobs in its Budapest office in order to implement the 'Digitalization of track-based transport modes', by increasing the number of those employed in this field to 169. The development of driving IT systems, operational security diagnostics, and engineering systems allowing flexible configuration of the railway operations will be […]

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 […]