Last year, the Hungarian government ordered the scrapping of parking fees in public areas, a measure they claimed would help avoid the spread of the new coronavirus infection. A new survey suggests the step did not really count for the population. The Hungarian government may soon end one of its most controversial pandemic measures, free […]
The European Parliament and the European Council accepted the application of 'Nagykunsági szilvapálinka’ (a plum brandy from the region of Nagykunság, E Hungary) in a resolution for the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks. Regarding the chemical and physical properties, the ddescrition in the resolution says‘Nagykunsági szilvapálinka’ has […]
The PRIMUS Private Healthcare Providers Association was established in March 2017 by twelve key members of the domestic private healthcare sector with the intention of promoting the emergence of an ethically functioning, private healthcare sector that fully complies with patient safety requirements. “When PRIMUS was established, our primary objectives were to clean up the sector,” […]
In March this year, 7,759 children were born and 16,379 people died in Hungary according to preliminary data, the country's Central Statistical Office reports. Compared to March 2020, the number of live births rose by 9.5% and that of deaths by 40%. 5,135 couples got married, which was 5.1% more than in the same period of the […]
This weekend, in the days leading up to the matriculation exams, students were due to have their graduate ceremonies but not held due to the pandemic. A foundation is to plant tens of thousands of fruit trees to commemorate their years as students. According to data from the Education Office and the National Office for […]
In Budapest, the millennium underground railway, the first underground tram on the continent, was launched on May 2, 1896. Even Franz Joseph I of Austria took a trip on the underground tram constructed for the opening of the monumental, millennial exhibition spanning across Hungary. In the course of its construction, state-of-the-art solutions in architecture were […]
The Dutch dairy company FrieslandCampina invests in capacity expansion and infrastructure modernization in Mátészalka, NE Hungary. The project related to the production of high value-added desserts and fermented milk products is to be realized from more than EUR 14 million, some 20% of which is covered by Hungarian taxpayers. FrieslandCampina is the world's largest cooperative-owned […]
Ericsson Hungary that supplies telecommunications and IT systems and is also engaged in research and development, will develop the next generation of the cloud-based IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) in the framework of an almost EUR 8.4 million R&D project. The project will be the cornerstone of cutting-edge telecommunications systems, according to the Hungarian Investment Promostion […]
Hungarian enterprises are slow to adapt to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for business purposes as only 3% of local companies use AI in some form. This is less than half of the EU average, putting Hungary on the 25th slot on the list of 27 EU member states. Meanwhile Brussels is working on […]
LINDE GÁZ Magyarország Zrt. has announced that it has taken the lead in hydrogen mobility by being the first company in Hungary to install a hydrogen filling station. LINDE inaugurated the country's first hydrogen filling station on April 29, 2021 at the company's Budapest site. The ceremony was attended by Dr. László Palkovics, Minister of […]
Thanks in part to its exceptionally flexible working arrangements, Roche's Budapest-based service center was awarded first place at this year's CEE Business Services Summit & Awards. With 31 employees of different nationalities and a large number of female managers, the office in the Hungarian capital further strengthens its role within the global group, a press […]
One of the most significant investments of the Hungarian air trafic control firm HungaroControl has been completed, where the company's air navigation and voice communication systems and controller working positions have been completely renewed in the last six months. Thanks to the development, controllers will continue to be able to ensure flight safety from one […]
Architectural visualization has been an important subset of DVM group’s integrated design offer since 2017. The increasing internal project volume and the international demand for renders, movies, 360° and VR environments, as well as the company’s new affiliation with Studio Alliance all played into DVM Group’s recent decision to set up a dedicated ARCHVIZ division. […]
Having reached the significant milestone of having 3,000 stores worldwide, JYSK, a Danish retail chain selling household goods such as mattresses, furniture and interior décor, has set itself the next target: 5,000 stores in total. This means that the store chain will soon need a lot of new store managers. A major Employer Branding campaign […]
188 Hungarian patients have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total official number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection in this country to 27,172. By Wednesday morning, 1,692 new infections have been registered, bringing the total number of identified infections to 774,399 since the start of the outbreak. The number of […]
