The European Commission has published the 2022 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard. According to the document, Hungary continues to be in the lowest, 'Emerging Innovators' category along with Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The document says that compared to 2021, innovation performance in 2022 has improved for 19 Member States, and declined […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) share index fell on a downward trend this week, with the BUX index closing at 38,657.41 points on Friday, down 3.49% on the previous week, or 1,399.77 points, the state news agency MTI reported on Sunday morning along with a brief analysis. The weekly turnover on the stock market was […]
A gastronomic presentation by ethnic minorities living in Hungary was held in the Csaba Garden in Piliscsaba on Saturday. Visitors could taste the specialties of 13 nationalities. The aim of the festival is to give all 13 ethnic minorities of Hungary the opportunity to showcase their talents in food, dance and music. The mayor of […]
Germany's Tamara Korpatsch won the singles at the Budapest Ladies Open USD 115,000 WTA women's clay court challenger tournament at the Római Tennis Academy in the Hungarian capital this Saturday. Korpatsch, who started the tournament in the qualification stage, beat Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova in three sets in the final to win her first WTA title. […]
7,276 people entered Hungary on Friday, at the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, while 4,989 of those entering at the Romanian-Hungarian border the same day said they had come from Ukraine, the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) said. Of those who entered, police issued 254 people with temporary residence permits valid for 30 days. They will have to go […]
Qatar Airways, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2022, has been named ‘Airline of the Year’ by the international air transport rating organization, Skytrax, for an unprecedented seventh time (in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022). Qatar Airways also took home three additional awards including World’s Best Business Class, World’s Best Business Class […]
The real estate market has also started to reorganize in the premium segment: while the share of foreign investors has decreased in the capital and the agglomeration, luxury properties on Lake Balaton are still attractive to buyers from abroad, according to an analysis by the real estate agency Duna House. According to the company, demand […]
It was 150 years ago, on September 23, 1872 that a well-known pioneer of the Hungarian pharmaceutical industry, Gedeon Richter was born. Today, the Budapest-based company bearing his name is present in 50 countries of the world. In 1901, Gedeon Richter bought the Sas Pharmaceutical Factory in Budapest, where he set up a laboratory for […]
The Minister for Economic Development, Márton Nagy, outlined targeted steps to support the corporate sector threatened by the energy crisis and rising prices at AmCham Hungary's Business Forum in the Gundel restaurant in Budapest this Thursday. The manufacturing sector in Hungary, especially SMEs, are highly exposed to rising energy prices, and the energy intensity could […]
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Hungary held a reception at the Stefánia Palace in Budapest this Thursday evening to celebrate their country’s national day. The event was preceded by a concert with young performers from the Visegrád countries. As the Czech ambassador, Tibor Bial pointed out in his welcoming speech to the guests […]
The World Press Photo 2022 exhibition was opened at the Hungarian National Museum this Thursday, presenting close to 140 photographs from around the world. According to the organizers, the public can discover many carefully uncovered stories in the World Press Photo exhibition. The four global winners have each spent years working on their subject. Documenting […]
According to data published by the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH) September, the level of Hungarian natural gas storage facilities has exceeded 70% of the total capacity. It means that Hungary is the third best in Europe in terms of the level of storage facilities filled in relation to consumption. As of […]
Hungary may be the first European Union member state to see its funds frozen by the bloc over corruption concerns and repeated breaches of the rule of law. The government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán could face the suspension of a third of Hungary’s budgetary funds if the European Commission’s proposal is accepted. The European […]
Two more cases of monkeypox were confirmed in the laboratory of the National Public Health Center (NNK) last week, bringing the total number of cases diagnosed in Hungary to 77. The NNK told MTI on Thursday that the new cases – a 25-year-old man and a 38-year-old man – are in isolation at home, and […]
AutoWallis Group is opening up to online sales and the western region, the car company may acquire the company operating the JóAutók.hu and Autó-Licit.hu portals, and will enter the Austrian market with its SsangYong wholesale business, the CEO of AutoWallis Group said at a background meeting in Budapest on Wednesday. Gábor Ormosy said that the […]
