In a message from Los Angeles, Juliet Rózsa, the daughter of the three-time Academy Award winner composer of Hungarian origin, Miklós Rózsa, expressed her appreciation for the Hungarian Hollywood Council's mission to preserve her father's memory and keep his musical legacy alive. The Council's recent wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial plaque of Miklós Rózsa in […]
Starting out from the City Park, thousands of people cycled through the Hungarian capital on Saturday afternoon, with the traditional parade the aim of which, according to organizers and participants, was campaigning for more and safer cycle lanes. Following a tradition that started in 2004, participants stood up for cycling improvements. The event was secured […]
Kayakfirst Ltd., a manufacturer of sports equipment for the indoor imitation of kayak-canoe sports, is expanding its capacity with EU and national support in Szeged, SE Hungary the company informed the state news agency MTI. The company has won HUF 209.2 million in conditionally reimbursable subsidies for the HUF 300 million investment, which will be […]
The rich natural treasures of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are on display until June 12 in a photo exhibition on the ramps leading to Gloriett in Várkert Bazaar, organized to mark Earth Day. The photo exhibition ‘Natural Treasures of the Visegrád Group’, which gives a taste of the natural beauty of the […]
An aid shipment by the Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) including food, hygiene products and generators has reached Bucha in Ukraine, the organization’s director said on Friday. László Lehel, speaking from the Ukranian town of Zaporizhzhia, told state-run Hungarian Radio that the organization had been working in Transcarpathia, the Ukrainian region with substantial ethnic Hungarian population, […]
Phishers are increasingly targeting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises while the vast majority of these businesses are still unaware of how vulnerable their own IT solutions are and how much damage an incident can cause. According to a recent survey, the greater part of small businesses do not pay enough attention to protection against phishing, […]
In Diplomacy & Trade’s Witty Leaks series, diplomats give their personal account of the experiences of their 'excursions' to Hungarian culture, art, gastronomy and landscape. This time, it is about how musical collaboration becomes a tool of cultural promotion. It’s still a very fresh memory how I came to visit Hungary for the first time, […]
Mexicans, Argentinians, Peruvians, Colombians and Chileans, for example, are more interested in what is happening in the country under attack than Hungarians, according to an international survey by Ipsos. Compared with the data from the countries surveyed, a much higher proportion of our fellow countrymen (28 percentage points higher than the international average) think that […]
The National Residential Property Price Index of Duna House representing the overall average closed at a record high 231 points nominal again in Hungary in the first quarter of this year. In real terms, the increase was slower and the index currently stands at 144 points, compared to the previous 135, according to the latest […]
RÁBA Plc. has informed its shareholders and the participants of the capital markets on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange that based on the preliminary assessment of the unaudited information currently available in the course of the reporting for Q1 of 2022, it is deemed that the quarterly consolidated operating profit of the Rába […]
More than three quarters of Hungarians believe that the country should produce its energy needs at home and not depend on other countries, especially Russian gas, according to a recent opinion poll commissioned by Greenpeace and conducted by the Policy Solutions Institute and ZRI Závech Research in the last week of March. Greenpeace therefore expects […]
Open to the public from this Thursday, the Capa Center – named after the world-renowned documentarist and war photographer Robert Capa (born as Endre Friedman) – hosts a compilation of Hungarian press photography exhibitions in celebration of 40 years of such exhibitions. “Since 1981, the press has changed, the political situation in Hungary has changed; […]
29 mostly elderly, chronic patients died, bringing the official total number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours in Hungary to 46,000, as reported by the related government website koronavirus.gov.hu. In comparison, neighboring Austria (where population is about 90% of Hungary and where COVID-19 testing is extensive) has registered […]
The Russian invasion in Ukraine prompted a huge wave of refugees many of whom arrived to Hungary. On this side of the border, local people and civil organizations gathered to help those forced to flee their home. One of these volunteers is journalist Antal Marosi who tells Diplomacy&Trade about the work he and his fellow […]
Hungarian President János Áder has convened the inaugural session of the National Assembly for May 2, according to a resolution of the Head of State published on the website of the Office of the President of the Republic. According to the Basic Law (that replaced Hungary’s constitution in 2011), the President of the Republic convenes […]
