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 […]
The Budapest Transport Center (BKK) has submitted a bid to the European Union to finance to its plans to replace trees and renew public spaces along the city's Grand Boulevard, BKK said on Tuesday. The metropolitan project aims to increase the number of trees, add more green surfaces and provide more room for pedestrians, BKK […]
Hungary's government sector had a HUF 909 billion deficit in the third quarter of 2025, equivalent to 4.2% of GDP, MTI quotes data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday. Government sector revenue rose 6.3% to HUF 8,875 billion, while expenditures climbed 6.8% to HUF 9,783 billion. For the period Q1-Q3, the government […]
4iG Group on Monday announced the acquisition of a 74.34% stake in automotive industry company Rába from state-owned N7 Holding National Defense Industrial Innovation and the foundation that runs Széchenyi István University. SDT EGY, a project company established by 4iG Group member 4iG Space and Defense Technologies, acquired a 54.34% stake from N7 Holding and […]
The deficit of Hungary's external trade in goods was EUR 121 million last November compared to the same period of the previous year. The volume of exports lessened by 8.6%, that of imports grew by 3.8% over that period, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. The EUR 121 million deficit means that the balance […]
A commemorative plaque was unveiled at the childhood home of the 2025 Nobel laureate in literature, Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai in Gyula, SE Hungary this Monday, marking the writer's 72nd birthday. The limestone plaque, installed by the local government, was unveiled by the writer's brother, Géza Krasznahorkai, a former director of the Mogyoróssy János City […]
