A solidarity demonstration for teachers was held in Budapest on Sunday, the commemoration day of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence, jointly organized by the Adom Student Movement and the Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ), the state news agency MTI reported. The demonstrators gathered at Kálvin Square and then marched across Szabadság [‘Liberty’] […]
Unlike in the previous years, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán did not deliver a speech in Budapest on the national day of October 23 this time but instead, spoke in the southwestern Hungarian town of Zalaegerszeg to a group of invitees on the occasion of opening a memorial center dedicated to Cardinal József Mindszenty. October 23, […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) share index rose this week, with the BUX closing at 39,603.36 points on Friday, up 65.73 points or 0.17% on the previous week, the state news agency MTI reported this Sunday morning along with a brief analysis. Weekly turnover on the stock market was HUF 31.11 billion, up from HUF […]
An outdoor photo exhibition – Hope and Drama - Hungary '56 – opened on Saturday in the garden of the Hungarian National Museum (MNM) in Budapest. The exhibition commemorates the heroes of the 1956 revolution and the solidarity of the Polish people. The exhibition, organized by the museum, the National Remembrance Committee and the Polish […]
BlueVoyant, an industry-leading cyber defense company converging internal and external security, has opened a regional headquarters in Budapest. The headquarters includes a security operations center (SOC), which successfully monitors and protects the digital ecosystem of customers worldwide. BlueVoyant, which provides unique cybersecurity solutions, has been present in Hungary since 2021. The company chose Budapest as […]
On Friday, 6,419 people entered Hungary at the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, while 5,968 of those entering at the Romanian-Hungarian border said they had come from Ukraine, the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) said. Of those who entered, police issued 232 people with temporary residence permits valid for 30 days. They will have to go to the office […]
A new production hall has been added to the ice cream factory of Unilever Hungary in Veszprém, doubling the production capacity of Magnum ice cream with sticks, the director of corporate relations of Unilever Hungary told the state news agency MTI on Friday. Kálmán Molnár said that a new production line has been installed in […]
An investment of EUR 66 million further modernizes Viterra Növényolajgyártó [‘Vegetable oil production’] Ltd.’s oilseed crush plant in Foktő, Bács-Kiskun county, as a result of which an automated unit for vegetable oil further refining has been installed. About 8% of the investment was covered by Hungarian taxpayers’ money through a government decision. Thus, Viterra’s plant […]
Even though this year is marked by rampant inflation, soaring energy prices and sharply increasing interest rates, the economic situation is set to deteriorate in 2023. According to Economy Minister Mihály Varga, the worst is yet to come for the country’s economy. A recent international survey revealed that a third of European workers see the […]
Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter Plc. and Dr. Max BDC, s.r.o. (‘Dr.Max Group’) have announced that Richter’s indirect Romanian subsidiary, Armedica Trading S.R.L has signed a share sale and purchase agreement to divest the Richter Group’s Romanian wholesale and retail operations (Pharmafarm S.A. and Gedeon Richter Farmacia S.A., respectively) to Mediplus Exim S.R.L (“Mediplus”), a […]
The National Center for Public Health (NNK) has confirmed monkeypox infection in another person, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 79 in Hungary, the NNK told the state news agency MTI on Thursday. The infected man, a 43-year-old man, is isolated at home and does not require hospital treatment. An epidemiological investigation has […]
Vajda-Papír has donated a year's worth of sanitary paper products to the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service for three thousand people with disabilities, the charity organization told the state news agency MTI on Thursday. As they wrote, 22 residential institutions, 16 day-care centers and 27 support services of the Maltese Charity Service are supplied with hygienic […]
Slovakia is sending 40 police officers to help Hungary protect the Hungarian-Serbian border, which is plagued by illegal migration, the Slovak public news agency TASR reported on Thursday, citing a statement by Interior Minister Roman Mikulec. He said that the Slovak police officers would be deployed in mixed teams with their Hungarian counterparts, and that […]
Festék Bázis [‘Paint Base’] Plc. is building a new 300-square-meter production hall in Jánosháza, Vas County, with EU funding and the foundation stone of the new facility was laid on Wednesday, the state news agency MTI reported Thursday morning. As the company's CEO, Imre Hancs, CEO, pointed out, the company won more than HUF 160 […]
Compared to September last year, domestic sales of used cars declined in the previous month, but have been increasing since the beginning of the year compared to the same period last year, joautok.hu [‘Good Cars’] told the state news agency MTI on Wednesday. According to Datahouse, 68,586 used cars were sold in Hungary in September, […]
