Over the past week, 140 chronic patients, mostly elderly, died (22 more than in the previous week), bringing the total number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection in Hungary to 47,938, according to the government portal koronavirus.gov.hu. 9,023 new cases of new coronavirus infection were confirmed over this period, thus, the total number […]
The Best Actress award was given to Natasa Stork, the lead actress of the Hungarian movie ‘Ice Cream Can Be Dangerous’ at the New York Film Week, the Hungarian National Film Institute reports. Fanni Szilágyi's first feature film, which will be released in mid-November, follows the tumultuous relationship of an identical twins, both played by […]
A solar park was inaugurated this Tuesday at the brickworks site of Hajdúsági Industrial Plc. (Hajdu) in Téglás, eastern Hungary, as part of a HUF 180 million investment in a HUF 1.6 billion development project, the state news agency MTI reports. For the project, the government provided a total of almost HUF 780 million in […]
Archaeologists and volunteers of the Damjanich János Museum in Szolnok, E Hungary, have recently discovered a 1,700-year-old Roman gold coin on the outskirts of Törökszentmiklós, Péter Kovács, archaeologist of the museum, told the state news agency MTI on Tuesday. The find is also significant for the Damjanich János Museum because no Roman gold coin has […]
Hungarian phrama company Gedeon Richter Plc. has announced that it has submitted a Type II Variation application for RYEQO® to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis in adult women of reproductive age with a history of previous medical or surgical treatment for their endometriosis. RYEQO® […]
The Cave Bath in Miskolctapolca, NE Hungary, will reopen this Friday thanks to the cooperation of local businesses, Tamás Bihall, president of the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BOKIK), told the state news agency MTI on Monday. The chamber president recalled that two weeks earlier, it had been decided in Miskolc that all […]
More than two million people travelled in the Balaton Shipping Company's (Bahart) 176th Balaton shipping season, which ended at the weekend, and the number of passengers on scheduled vessels and ferries has increased since last year, the state-owned company told the state news agency MTI on Monday. They noted that although this year's scheduled sailing […]
With a performance of five petaflops, Komondor, the newest and most powerful supercomputer in Hungary, debuts in the world's TOP 500 supercomputers. The system, which is operated by the Governmental Information-Technology Development Agency (KIFÜ), will soon be available to users after testing. High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure, a supercomputer with enormous computing power, is now […]
To commemorate the 66th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence, Niagara Falls was once again lit up in Hungarian national colors on October 23, 2022, the Hungarian state news agency reported on Monday morning. It was for the third time, the Canadian and US sides of the falls were lit in red, […]
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 […]
