Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a congratulatory letter on the occasion of Joe Biden’s inauguration as President of the United States of America. In the letter, the Hungarian PM is of the view in the message that "the past four years have proved that friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation between US and Hungary could bring […]
Based on the estimates of Duna House. a total of 34,000 transactions were concluded in Q4 2020, which reflects almost the same activity level as a year before. December 2020 was marginally stronger than the same month in the previous two years and brought more than 10,000 property sales in total. The combined figures published […]
The National Film Institute (NFI) is celebrating the 120th anniversary of the first Hungarian film with several programs that will include film screenings, exhibitions and other activities, NFI said in a statement to the Hungarian news agency MTI that the programs will begin with the Day of Hungarian Film on April 30. In July, NFI […]
"Dr. Katalin Karikó has accepted the title of honorary citizen of Szeged. It is a great honor for all of us," the mayor of the southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged, László Botka announced Tuesday evening. "Our city, our country, and the whole world can be grateful to her for her exceptional scientific work in the […]
During the past two years, Budapest Airport implemented EUR 167 million worth of investments at the airport, whereby the regional significance of BUD has been greatly enhanced, while maintaining a high level of safety and security. According to a statement by Budapest Airport, the management company of the Hungarian capital's Liszt Ferenc International Airport, the […]
Another 111 Hungarians succumbed to the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the official number of COVID-19 fatalities to 11,520 in this country. With 573 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hungary, the number of active coronavirus cases now stands at 109,841 while the total number of cases reported int he country so […]
One of the first things a law student learns at university is the structure of the different legal systems, a topic in which professors place particular emphasis on the contrast between the continental and the common law legal system. The two legal systems differ significantly in several aspects, but the main flagship of the differences […]
This past Sunday, Qatar Airways celebrated ten years of linking the Hungarian capital with the capital city of Qatar, Doha and the Qatar Airways global network. Ir was on January 17, 2011, that the inaugural flight, an Airbus A320 carrying VIP guests touched down in Budapest and was greeted with a traditional water-cannon salute (see […]
By Monday, the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) had been detected in another 875 Hungarian citizens, increasing the number of infected people in Hungary to 352,703. 68 Hungarians died in the past 24 hours, mostly elderly, chronic patients, so the official number of deaths rose to 11,409. The number of recovered people is also constantly increasing, […]
Linde Gáz Magyarország, founded in 1992, produces industrial and medical gases. They will now build a new air-separation unit in Kazincbarcika with an investment of EUR 41.6 million, retaining 430 jobs. The project, where the Hungarian government is to cover about 13% of the investment costs, primarily aims to serve the needs of the factory […]
With increasing turnover, the stock index of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) decreased this week, the BUX closed at 44,204.45 points this week. The closing figure of the BUX index was 188.76 points, 0.43% lower than the previous week's closing value. The turnover of the stock market was HUF 74.05 billion after HUF 58.16 billion […]
Vaccination continues in nursing homes of more than 100 residents, peoplee living there receive the American Moderna vaccine. According to the Hungarian news agency MTI, since Saturday, the vaccination campaign has been running in Hungary with two types of vaccines: the American Moderna works on the same principle as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine first approved in […]
With the arrival of the 'real winter' with snow on the Mátra hill, the ski season has kicked off in Mátraszentistván, east-northeast of Budapest. The local ski park draws attention to the fact that only skiers and snowboarders can stay in the area of the Ski Park, and for recreational purposes only, due to the […]
With the completion of the one-month maintenance break, the Mercedes plant in Kecskemét will restart this Sunday, but production will stop again on Wednesday due to the non-availability of a part manufactured in Japan. On December 18, production stopped at the Mercedes factory in Kecskemét, where in addition to the usual maintenance work, reconstructions were […]
By Saturday, 1,438 more Hungarian citizens had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus infection, increasing the number of infected people in Hungary to 350,587. 87 people died of the infection in the past 24 hours. The majority of them were elderly and chronic patients, bringing the official total number of deaths to 11,264. The number […]
