Delivery platform Wolt has made a substantial donation of EUR 1,500,000 to support aid organisations working in the war in Ukraine. Wolt Hungary has also made it possible for users to directly support UNICEF's work to help children trapped in Ukraine or displaced by the war. Wolt is deeply saddened by the war situation in […]
Following weeks of protests in the form of civil disobedience, teachers in Hungary called a nationwide strike demanding higher wages and a fairer workload. While acknowledging some of their demands, the government called on teachers to postpone their strike in view of the war in neighboring Ukraine. Following weeks of protests in the form of […]
KOMETA 99 Plc.’s EUR 94.9 million capacity expansion investment kicked off with foundation stone-laying in Kaposvár as a result of which the volume of processed meat can go up by over one-third, whereas the export to sales ratio is also to soar substantially. The project that is set to create 280 jobs will improve production […]
A Solaris hydrogen-powered bus is being tested in the capital by ArrivaBus Ltd., the operator of the Center for Budapest Transport (BKK). The vehicle, which will produce water instead of exhaust gas, will be available to the Budapest public on the No. 105 bus line between March 16 and 18. The bus can be test […]
Audi Hungaria closed the 2021 fiscal year with a stable result, despite challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic and semiconductor shortages. The world’s largest engine manufacturing plant produced 1,620,767 engines while in vehicle production, 171,015 cars rolled off the production line – a record in the history of the company. Last year, the company generated […]
The number of tourism nights grew five-and-a-half-fold compared to January 2021 in Hungary but decreased by 38% compared to the same month of 2019, the Central Statistical Office reports. The number of nights spent by domestic guests at commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) increased – mainly due […]
From 8 am this Wednesday morning, the Teachers' Union and the Democratic Union of Teachers called a nationwide indefinite strike in Hungary. They are demanding a pay raise for teachers, a reduction in their compulsory teaching hours and an increase in the salaries of non-teaching staff working in schools. Teachers participated in the strike not […]
The number of people actively infected with the new coronavirus in Hungary has fallen by more than 8,000, and the number of hospitalized people by 79 over the long week-end. The number of fatalities went up by 178 to a total close to 45,000. Since last Friday, 4,902 people have been diagnosed with the new […]
As we have entered a new year, I look back at 2021 with very mixed feelings. As in 2020, the COVID pandemic continued to affect our lives negatively, sometimes even with tragic effects. One year ago, my father passed away in Switzerland – not from COVID, but with COVID – and we were not able […]
The Money Museum of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) will open an interactive exhibition in the newly renovated Postapalota (‘Postal Palace’) from March 16, with a special focus on young people, the Hungarian state news agency MTI reports. The interactive exhibition on the history of money and the operation and future of money management […]
The prime ministerial candidate of the opposition parties running with joint candidates in the April 3 parliamentary elections, Péter Márki-Zay expressed his belief in Hungary's return to the "good side of history" at a rally held on the occasion of the March 15 national holiday in Budapest on Tuesday. Speaking at the Technological University of […]
On Hungary’s national holiday marking the outbreak of the 1848 revolution, Viktor Orbán referred to the “youth of March,” who said at that time that “let here be peace, liberty and concord.” Addressing a crowd on Kossuth Square in front of the building of Hungarian Parliament, the prime minister added that “we need the same […]
A poetry flashmob, a poetry stage, unique outdoor installations, gastronomic specialties and renewed exhibition spaces await visitors in Kiskőrös, the hometown of the best-known Hungarian poet of the 19th century, Sándor Petőfi in connection with the Petőfi Memorial Year. Sándor Petőfi, the Hungarian poet with works translated into the most (about 150) languages, was born […]
The Japanese widow of Hungarian sculptor Nándor Wagner passed away last October. For three decades, Mrs. Chiyo Wagner was a true companion of her husband and – after his death – she worked to preserve his artistic legacy. Born in Sapporo on September 22, 1930, she was the fourth daughter of the Akiyama family, one […]
On Sunday, 4,006 people, including 1,239 children, arrived in Budapest by train to escape the war in Ukraine, the Budapest Metropolitan Police (BRFK) said on Monday on police.hu. According to the statement, most of them asked for information and travelled on individually or went to relatives. In the capital and in rural accommodation, 34 people, […]
