The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has proposed a full election observation mission to Hungary for the April 3 parliamentary elections, the major Hungarian blog on EU affairs, Eurologus reports. So far, only EU member country where such a mission was deemed necessary has been Bulgaria. The so-called needs assessment mission studied […]
Hungary’s mixed short track speed skating relay team of Sándor Liu Shaolin, Liu Shaoang, Petra Jászapáti and Zsófia Kónya won the bronze medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Saturday. The title in this event that made its Olympic debut in Beijing went to the host country China with Italy taking the silver medal. The […]
In December 2021, the volume of industrial production grew by 5.8% year-on-year. Based on working-day adjusted data production rose by 3.6%. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data industrial output was 0.1% lower than in November 2021, the Central Statistical Office reports. Out of the manufacturing subsections production decreased only in the largest weight representing […]
Hungexpo Plc. is expanding its international relations, establishing a network of partners in eighteen new countries, including Great Britain, Germany, Spain and France, the exhibition organizer announced on Friday. Hungexpo has so far been present in Italy, Turkey, Romania and Slovakia, and will now have a permanent representation in 22 countries. A statement by the […]
105 patients have died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official total number of deaths in this country to 41,741, according to the relevant government website. Also in the last 24 hours, 16,435 new infections have been confirmed. That's down 8% from a week ago. It looks very much like Hungary is past the […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concluded extensive talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow this week as tensions simmer between Russia and the West. The Hungarian premier stressed that proposed sanctions against Moscow would be “pointless” and offered that the gap between Russia’s “security demands” and NATO members’ willingness can be bridged. After nearly […]
The year 2022 started very well for the Rippl-Rónai Museum in Kaposvár, southern Hungary. The museum staff, together with museum-friendly volunteers, discovered a very special coin while exploring a new archaeological site. The coin, weighing 5.62 grams and struck in gold, was made in the Roman Empire in the mid-3rd century. The coin was minted […]
The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest will soon present its "strongest ever line-up" featuring exhibitions by Bosch, Matisse and El Greco in 2022, the museum's director said on Thursday. The comprehensive revamp project of the museum building will be completed this year, the director, László Baán told a press conference. The Bosch exhibition opening […]
In December 2021, the volume of sales in retail trade increased by 6.7% according to raw data and by 6.2% when adjusted for calendar effects compared to the same period of the previous year, Hungary’s Central Statistical Office reports. Calendar-adjusted sales volumes rose by 2.7% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by 8.7% in non-food […]
LogMeIn Inc., a developer of telecommuting and remote access software with annual sales exceeding USD 1.3 billion last year, will now operate as GoTo and plans to expand its workforce in Hungary by at least 20% this year, John Ford, GoTo's Hungarian managing director announced at a background meeting in Budapest on Wednesday. LogMeIn, which […]
Erste Bank Hungary has completed the first international bond auction in its history, issuing EUR 350 million worth of securities with a significant oversubscription of more than 40%, the financial institution informed the state news agency MTI on Wednesday. The statement said that the bonds, with a fixed interest rate of 1.25% per annum and […]
19 690 new infections have been confirmed in Hungary in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of identified infections to 1,582,517 in this country since the start of the epidemic, the government information portal said. 77 patients have died over the past day, and thus, the official total number of deaths related to […]
When asked about future car purchases, 72% of Hungarian car buyers say they would choose either a hybrid or electric car. This figure is 44 points higher than the percentage of Hungarians who said they would buy a diesel or petrol vehicle (28%). More specifically, 37% would purchase a hybrid vehicle and 35% would opt […]
The real estate investment company S IMMO Hungary, which manages the property, will install more than 400 solar panels on top of the Blue Cube office building in the Hungarian capital. The company, which is also listed on the Austrian stock exchange, aims to minimize its ecological footprint, including the transformation of the Blue Cube […]
Online sales of food, household goods and drugstore products grew by almost 45% in Hungary in the first nine months of last year, and this sector grew fastest in online retail in 2021, according to a research by GKI Digital Online Retail Big Picture. According to the summary sent to the state news agency MTI, […]
