Mátyás Dobó will take over the position of Director of Vodafone Business Unit from István Király as of February 1, 2021, as part of the planned succession at Vodafone Hungary. István Király will leave Vodafone Hungary on March 31, 2021, having held the position of Director of Vodafone Business Unit since 2014. During the course […]
The number of tourism nights fell by 85% compared to November 2019, the number of domestic tourism nights decreased by 65% compared to the previous month, based on adjusted data. As a result of border crossing restrictions and Covid-19 protection measures for commercial accommodation, international tourists spent 93% fewer tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments […]
Political parties, scientists, doctors and other experts are calling on Hungarians to get inoculated against the coronavirus in an effort to defeat a high rate of vaccine weariness among the population. The un-orchestrated campaign comes in response to statistics showing that many Hungarians do not want to get vaccinated either because they are afraid of […]
Japanese companies are introducing new production technologies in Biatorbágy, Székesfehérvár and Esztergom. They invest a total of HUF 4.5 billion to which the Hungarian government adds HUF 2 billion of public funding. Alpine European Electronics Industry Ltd. in Biatorbágy, Denso Manufacturing Hungary in Székesfehérvár and Diamond Electric Hungary Ltd. in Esztergom (all in western Hungary) […]
An experienced manager replaces Eve Bader as the managing director of Roche Hungary: Martin Kikstein returns from the head of the global pharmaceutical group's Far East service center to the Hungarian capital. Eve Bader left Hungary at the end of December to continue her career in Germany. Martin Kikstein, who moved to Kuala Lumpur for […]
Another 118 patients died as a result of the new coronavirus infection in Hungary in the past 24 hours, bringing the official number of deaths to 11,066. By Thursday, the new coronavirus infection was detected in 1,926 more people, increasing the number of identified infections in Hungary to 347,636. 4,689 coronavirus patients are hospitalized, 344 […]
In order to strengthen its competitive market position, Heineken Hungária Breweries will invest HUF 540 million in its 125-year-old Sopron brewery. The Hungarian government is to cover half of the investment costs, the Hungarian news agency MTI reports. The Dutch company has undertaken to preserve 465 jobs and that it buying 85% of the raw […]
In spite of the global challenges caused by the pandemic, cargo traffic at Budapest Airport proved very strong in 2020. The airport handled 134,459 tons of air cargo last year and registered a record quarter at the end of 2020. A statement by the airport management company Budapest Airport says that BUD Cargo City has […]
With the ending a week ago of Qatar’s blockade, introduced in 2017 by several Arab states, Qatar Airways is allowed to use Saudi airspace again and it resumed daily flights from Doha to Saudi Arabia earlier this week. A plane operated by the national carrier of the State of Qatar landed in Riyadh earlier this […]
Lajos Tihanyi's painting 'Akt studium' (Nude study) was sold as the most expensive classic work at Hungarian art auctions in 2021. The hammer price for the Tihanyi work was HUF 95 million at the winter auction of the Judit Virág Gallery. On the back of the work, which has been hidden for a hundred years, […]
This Tuesday, the first shipment of Moderna vaccine arrived in Hungary shortly after 10 o'clock. A van with the vaccine shipment, accompanied by police escort, left Belgium at 4 pm on Monday afternoon and arrived to the Budapest site of Hungaropharma pharmaceutical wholesale distribution company. The consignment, which contains 7,200 vaccines enough to vaccinate 3,600 […]
The new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was responsible for 128 deaths by Tuesday in Hungary - more than in any one day in 2021. They were mostly elderly, chronic patients. Thus, the official number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection rose to 10,853 in this country. The related government website (koronavirus.gov.hu) also writes that […]
Judoka Hedvig Karakas and footballer Dominik Szoboszlai were chosen as Hungarian athletes of the year 2020 by the Association of Hungarian Sports Journalists. The winners of the 63rd annual voting were announced at the M4 Sport-Athlete of the Year gala at the National Theater, the award ceremony was held without spectators due to the coronavirus […]
Belgium based company group Roger&Roger will invest EUR 16.5 million to build a new tortilla chips production facility at the premises of its Hungarian subsidiary, SUGO Food Ltd., in Baja, S Hungary. While retaining 99 jobs, there will be also 60 new jobs created, a new production hall will be built, and the newly developed […]
Surplus on Hungary’s external trade in goods amounted to EUR 811 million in November, exports decreased by 0.5% and imports went up by 0.4% compared to October, according to the latest data published by the Central Statistical Office. In EUR terms, the value of exports was 6.9% and that of imports 1.9% higher in November […]
