Ferenc Liszt International Airport has been awarded the international WELL Health-Safety Rating. The rating confirms that its operator, Budapest Airport, is taking all necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of passengers and staff. During the rating process, independent experts examined five focus areas at the passenger terminals (cleanliness, emergency preparedness, health, air and […]
According to a survey conducted by K&H Group in the first quarter of this year, 49% of young people aged 19-29 in Hungary had financial reserves, compared to 56-60% in previous quarters. Results of the K&H Youth Index, which examines the financial situation of young people, suggests that nearly 38% of young people with savings […]
The retrospective exhibition of Lajos Gulácsy, one of the most unique figures of twentieth-century Hungarian art, opened in the National Gallery this Thursday, April 6. Entitled 'The Prince of Na’Conxypan. The Art of Lajos Gulácsy (1882–1932)', the large-scale show of some two hundred works, including eighty-four paintings, reveals the diversity of Gulácsy’s profound art by […]
The AutoWallis Group closed another record year in 2022 despite another external environment full of challenges last year. The automotive company registered on the Hungarian stock exchange achieved revenue of HUF 270 billion with an EBITDA of HUF 14.5 billion and earnings per share surpassing HUF 19. The growth was primarily organic and exceeded even […]
The average concentration of the SARS-CoV-2 hereditary material in wastewater is rising, the National Center for Public Health (NNK) said on its website. As they wrote, the trend is rising in the supply area of the Budapest Central Wastewater Treatment Plant, in the agglomeration settlements around Budapest, as well as in Győr, Kaposvár, Pécs, Salgótarján, […]
In February 2023, the volume of retail trade in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 10.1% lower than in the same month of the previous year, the Central Statistical Office reports. In February, calendar-adjusted sales volumes decreased by 8.6% in specialised and non-specialised food shops, by 9.8% in non-food retailing and by 14.5% in automotive […]
An exhibition on the wine regions and wine-making traditions of the Carpathian Basin has opened this Wednesday at the Ópusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park in SE Hungary. As the marketing manager of the institution, Csengele Kodácz, told MTI, the exhibition, the title of which is inspired by a motto – "In the end there are […]
95% of small and medium-sized enterprises have external sources of finance, 67% of which are bank loans, the Macronóm Institute said, according to its latest corporate research. It was highlighted that 52% of companies received an advance from the Hungarian Development Bank or the EU, 37% received funds from the Growth Loan Program and 35% […]
The volume of industrial production declined in February 2023 by 4.6% year-on-year in Hungary, the Central Statistical Office reports. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data industrial output was 0.3% higher than in January 2023. The majority of the manufacturing subsections contributed to the […]
An exhibition of photographs, video animations and space installations inspired by the Hungarian painter and sculptor Victor Vasarely open in Pécs, S Hungary on Wednesday. The works were created in the framework of a course organized by the Photography Department of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in collaboration with the Janus Pannonius […]
A farewell ceremony for the Hungarian police contingents leaving for Northern Macedonia was held in Budapest on Tuesday. One of the contingents will be deployed on the Serbian - North Macedonian border, while the other will be on the North Macedonian - Greek border. Both units will consist of about thirty members. Earlier, Hungarian police […]
Fewer apricots and peaches may be harvested this year due to spring frosts, especially of the early varieties that can be harvested in June, FruitVeb Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interbranch Organization and Product Council said in a summary published on its website on Tuesday. The arctic cold snap on March 15 has not yet caused […]
According to preliminary data reported by the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH), the deficit of the general government sector in 2022 was HUF 4,159 billion, 6.2% of GDP. The balance deteriorated year-on-year by HUF 209 billion, and improved by 0.9 percentage points as a proportion of GDP. KSH says it reported the data to Eurostat, […]
The Korean Cultural Center's exhibition ‘Insights into Nature and Humanity’ provides a comprehensive overview of Korean contemporary photography. The selection of more than 100 images, on display from Tuesday until June 30 as part of the Budapest Photo Festival, spans the past 40 years of South Korean photography through the personal journeys of twelve well-known […]
29,561 new passenger cars were registered in Hungary in the first quarter of this year, 1.2% more than in the same period last year, the Hungarian Association of Motor Vehicle Importers (MGE) told MTI on Monday. The professional organization assessed the growth as encouraging, indicating that this is mainly due to the improvement of the […]
