Sales of the Volkswagen brand grew by 6.8% in 2025 on the Hungarian new car market, slightly exceeding the 6.5% growth of the overall passenger car market. The brand sees potential for growth this year in targeting private buyers, according to Zoltán Papp, brand director at Porsche Hungaria, which imports Volkswagen Group brands. In 2025, […]
Dogs can pick up more from human speech than what was previously thought, with some capable of learning new words from their owners' conversations, according to a new study published in the journal Science with the contributions of Eötvös Lóránd University's (ELTE) ethologists. The study found that certain canines have the ability to learn new […]
Staff turnover has slowed at Hungarian companies, which have been increasingly cautious in their recruitment in recent years. Currently, many employees would like to change jobs, but their options have become more limited, according to a statement released by the job portal Profession.hu to MTI on Friday. The announcement highlighted that since 2023, the proportion […]
Both core segments of the real estate Group (formerly called Duna House) grew by nearly 30% year-on-year, reaching all-time highs, according to a company report published on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange. Financial intermediation was supported by the favorable interest rate environment and OSP, while the volume of real estate services was boosted […]
Retail sales in Hungary rose 2.5% year-on-year in November, MTI quotes data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Friday. Retail sales also rose 2.5% when adjusted for calendar year effects. Adjusted food sales increased 2.6%, non-food sales climbed 4.6% and vehicle fuel sales edged up 0.7%. Online and mail-order sales volume, which accounted […]
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is looking across the Atlantic for a financial lifeline as Hungary heads toward a pivotal 2026 election. After a first bid for U.S. assistance fizzled, Orban revealed that his government has yet to secure the kind of American financial backstop it initially sought, though talks remain underway. Orbán’s overtures to the […]
The 45th Hungarian Film Festival, held from February 2 to 8, will feature 220 films screened at Budapest's Corvin Cinema and the Inga Cultural Cafe, organizers said on Thursday. Festival director András Muhi said that over 450 submissions have been received, adding that the event would "present the broadest spectrum of Hungarian films produced last […]
The number of guests at commercial and private tourism accommodations in Hungary rose 7.9% to 1,355,000 in November from the same month a year earlier, while the number of guest nights climbed 5.8% to 3,036,000, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Thursday show. The number of domestic guests was flat at 611,000 […]
The year begins with an exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center in Budapest: the exhibition entitled 'Echoes of Korea in Hungarian Handicrafts' shows how the spirit of traditional Korean art meets the creativity of Hungarian artists. The exhibition is not just a presentation of a distant culture, but rather the story of a living, evolving […]
With the addition of a new aircraft, Wizz Air's Budapest fleet will expand to 19, enabling the airline to launch five new routes exclusively available from Wizz Air from the Hungarian capital and to increase its flights on six routes, Wizz Air told MTI on Wednesday. The statement highlighted that from June, two new destinations […]
Industrial producer prices were 2.7% lower on average in November 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices fell by 1.8% and non-domestic ones by 3.1% compared to November in the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices rose by 0.3% and non-domestic output prices […]
The number of electric vehicles registered in Hungary reached 101,534 by the end of December, the Energy Ministry said in a post on social media on Wednesday. The number of electric passenger cars climbed over 94,000, the ministry said. The number of electric vehicles has doubled in the past two years and nearly one-third were […]
Snowfall had stopped at Ferenc Liszt International Airport and its surroundings by the morning of January 7, and the airport has been back in operation with two runways since dawn. The morning peak was completed with some delays, but safely, the airport's operator, Budapest Airport reports. Due to heavy snowfall last night, more than twenty […]
In November 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,637,000. The number of unemployed persons was 213,000 and the unemployment rate was 4.4%, according to the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH). In the period September–November 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,656,000, 36,000 fewer than a year earlier. […]
Béla Tarr, the renowned Hungarian filmmaker, died on Tuesday at the age of 70, Bence Fliegauf, a fellow film director, announced on behalf of the family. Born in Pécs in 1955, Tarr began his career as an amateur filmmaker at the age of 16. He later worked at the Béla Balázs Studio, the hub of […]
