The 21st Balaton Wine and Fish Festival will be held in Balatonfüred on the Pentecost weekend, with children's day programs also taking place in the town located on the northern shore of the lake. As festival organizer Anett Kositzky told MTI, the four-day festival will offer a selection of Balaton wineries, artisanal cheeses and fish […]
The Gyula Pálinka Festival, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year and features 19 Hungarian commercial distilleries, will be held between May 26 and 28 this year in the southeastern Hungarian town of Gyula. According to Imre Bora, the head of the company organizing the event, the festival has become a cross-border event, […]
The ÉLETJEL Fire & Rescue Team has received a donation of HUF 1 million from Provident Financial Ltd. The check symbolizing the support was handed over by the company's Guardian Angels at a festive event combined with a round table discussion. The event was attended by one of the association's search dogs, Smile the dachshund […]
According to preliminary data by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) of Hungary, 6,352 children were born and 10,096 people died in April 2023. The number of births lessened by 2.7% that of deaths by 10% and marriages by 31% compared to April 2022. The current population of the country is estimated by KSH to be […]
Hydrogen associations from nine Central European and Baltic states have founded the 3 Seas Hydrogen Council. One of its main tasks will be to represent the sector before the European Commission and the European Parliament, the Hungarian Hydrogen Technology Association has informed MTI. The body brings together professional organizations from Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia, […]
Uncertainty surrounding EU tenders has only slightly dampened the confidence of companies, with around half of them still considering it realistic to obtain such funding, K&H told MTI on Wednesday, based on the first quarter results of the Hungarian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Confidence Index. K&H has been compiling a quarterly SME confidence […]
Magyar Telekom, the leading Hungarian telecommunications service provider, has announces that as the next phase in its mobile network modernization program, from June 1, 2023, it increases its population-based outdoor 5G coverage to 60%. Magyar Telekom is continuing its multi-year mobile network modernization program this year, aiming to upgrade, maintain and improve service quality and […]
ALD Automotive has successfully completed the acquisition of 100% of LeasePlan, one of the world’s leading fleet management and mobility companies, from a consortium led by TDR Capital. This transformative acquisition represents a step-change which positions the combined group as the leading global sustainable mobility player with total fleet of 3.3 million vehicles managed worldwide. […]
15% of companies already use artificial intelligence solutions, and one in five is planning to introduce such software to increase efficiency, according to a survey of 197 companies published by profession.hu on Tuesday. 62% of respondents said they had never used an AI-based solution, while a quarter did not know if they had used one. […]
There were no employees of the Hungarian oil and gas company Mol were present at the company-operated wells in Pakistan where security forces were attacked. Production at the wells has been temporarily shut down by remote access and placed in security mode until the official on-site investigation is completed, Mol told MTI on Tuesday. The […]
Gedeon Richter Plc. has announced on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange that its Brazilian affiliate Gedeon Richter do Brasil Importadora Exportadora e Distribuidora SA signed an agreement with Grünenthal do Brasil Farmaceutica Ltda on the commercialization of the latter‘s Women’s Healthcare portfolio. The portfolio includes oral contraceptives Belara and Belarina and food supplements […]
Google is extending its flood prediction platform to Hungary, the company's press office told MTI on Tuesday. According to the statement, Google has been working for a long time to help tackle the climate crisis through artificial intelligence, and as part of its efforts, it is expanding its flood forecasting capabilities to 80 countries. The […]
The participants of the four-day Maros PET Cup, which started in Apátfalva and ended in Szeged, collected 607 bags, an estimated 3.6 tons of waste, the organizer Természetfilm.hu Association informed MTI on Tuesday. According to the press release, the Tisza PET Cup has been organising waste collection competitions for more than ten years, and this […]
Both the number of sales and the volume of lending in the real estate market declined in the first quarter of this year, and this low market activity is also affecting the supply side of the housing market, Sándor Winkler, head of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), said at an online press conference. Based […]
The Hungarian University of Fine Arts (MKE) has won a non-refundable grant of HUF 804.93 million from the European Union for the development of a complex digital infrastructure. The long-term objective of the project, which is funded by the EU's Instrument for Recovery and Resilience, is to develop the infrastructure, organization, education, research and development […]
