The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Hungary held a reception at the Stefánia Palace in Budapest this Thursday evening to celebrate their country’s national day. The event was preceded by a concert with young performers from the Visegrád countries. As the Czech ambassador, Tibor Bial pointed out in his welcoming speech to the guests […]
The World Press Photo 2022 exhibition was opened at the Hungarian National Museum this Thursday, presenting close to 140 photographs from around the world. According to the organizers, the public can discover many carefully uncovered stories in the World Press Photo exhibition. The four global winners have each spent years working on their subject. Documenting […]
According to data published by the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH) September, the level of Hungarian natural gas storage facilities has exceeded 70% of the total capacity. It means that Hungary is the third best in Europe in terms of the level of storage facilities filled in relation to consumption. As of […]
Hungary may be the first European Union member state to see its funds frozen by the bloc over corruption concerns and repeated breaches of the rule of law. The government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán could face the suspension of a third of Hungary’s budgetary funds if the European Commission’s proposal is accepted. The European […]
Two more cases of monkeypox were confirmed in the laboratory of the National Public Health Center (NNK) last week, bringing the total number of cases diagnosed in Hungary to 77. The NNK told MTI on Thursday that the new cases – a 25-year-old man and a 38-year-old man – are in isolation at home, and […]
AutoWallis Group is opening up to online sales and the western region, the car company may acquire the company operating the JóAutók.hu and Autó-Licit.hu portals, and will enter the Austrian market with its SsangYong wholesale business, the CEO of AutoWallis Group said at a background meeting in Budapest on Wednesday. Gábor Ormosy said that the […]
At its recent annual award ceremony in London, Air Cargo News, one of the largest international cargo agencies, Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport has received this year’s accolade, dubbed the Oscars of the aviation industry, in the ‘Cargo Hub of the Year’ category. Cargo received huge recognition at the prestigious Air Cargo News Awards 2022, […]
Budapest Nyugati [‘Western’] Railway Station has been selected as part the ‘Treasures of European Film Culture’, the European Film Academy has announced. Treasures of European Film Culture is a growing list of places of a symbolic nature for European cinema, places of historical value that need to be maintained and protected not just now but […]
Both the number of Hungarians infected with the new coronavirus and that of those dying as a result of this infection are increasing, according to a summary published by the related government website koronavirus.gov.hu about the past seven days. In the past week, 48 people died, mostly elderly and chronically ill – six more than […]
Following the example of a tree planting two years ago, the Swiss-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce (Swisscham Hungary) came up with the idea of another green project: an insect hotel in Népliget park in Budapest in order to provide these small creatures with a safe, reliable place to survive bad weather, find food or even build […]
The Hungarian Drone Coalition, in cooperation with HungaroControl and the Neumann Technology Platform, hosts the 4th Drone Summit and Expo at the Hungexpo fairgrounds in the Hungarian capital. The presentations at the conference aimed, among other things, to raise awareness of the importance– and to highlight the indispensable role – of technological developments in the […]
Tatabánya-based Motor-Classic Plc., a manufacturer of precision metal parts and restoration of veteran cars, is expanding its plant with a new production hall and a modern machining center. According to marketing director Viktor Tamás, the company is expanding its 5,000-square-meter production area with a new 2,000-square-meter hall, which will house a five-axis machining machine and […]
Hungarian artist Tamás Dezső's exhibition ‘Hypothesis: Everything is Leaf', exploring the connections between the living world and man, will be on view at the Capa Center in Budapest from September 22 to December 23. The series, which explores the complex relationships of the living world, was inspired by the artist's philosophical studies and is seen […]
The e-commerce market in Hungary is growing dynamically, with turnover in 2021 reaching more than HUF 1,200 billion, up 32 percentage points in the past year, according to a representative Payment Experience Report, supported by Mastercard, which was published in a statement on Monday. Mastercard's marketing manager in Hungary, Péter Mondovics, said in the statement […]
Bread prices in the EU rose by an average of 18% on an annual basis in August this year, significantly up on the 2.7% increase recorded in the same period in 2021 compared to the same period the year before, the business news site napi.hu reports based on information from Eurostat. Hungary is the absolute […]
