All obstacles to the continuation of the Hungarian Grand Prix WTA women's tennis tournament in Budapest had been removed, license owner Jenő Márky told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday. After a spell of seven years (2014-20) in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, the Hungarian Grand Prix will again take place on July 12-18, 2021 […]
The Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation Nestlé has issued a statement explaining its top priorities for Europe, Middle East, and North Africa to reach its 2050 net-zero climate goal. Net zero means that the company drastically reduces greenhouse gas emissions throughout the value chain from raw material production to consumption (farm to […]
With the flooding of the Tisza River, a large amount of municipal waste arrives on the upper reaches of the river again in northeastern Hungary. Staff of the Upper Tisza-Rural Water Directorate removes the floodwaters from Ukraine and Romania 24 hours a day with a partial bed closure. By last Sunday morning, a total of […]
The capital's municipality has prepared a restart package for the companies involved in tourism and hospitality. Among other things, they will increase the possibilities of using public space, waive the rent for terraces almost completely and extend the discount on room rentals. Among other things, they want to increase the use of public space and […]
Surplus on external trade in goods amounted to EUR 310 million in December, exports decreased by 18% and imports by 14% compared to November. Latest figures by the Central Statistical Office suggest that in EUR terms, the value of exports was 12% and that of imports 9.2% higher in December 2020 than in the same period of […]
Both Tímea Babos and Márton Fucsovics mad it to to the second reound at this year's Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. The third Hungarian in the main draw, Attila Balázs will taken on his first round opponent tomorrow. Celebrating his 29th birthday, Fucsovics (No. 55 in the world rankings) took on local player world […]
From Monday, heavy trucks and buses will be increasingly checked by the police on public roads throughout Hungary in the framework of a European level inspection 'Truck and Bus'. At the initiative of the Europeam Roads Policy Network (ROADPOL), commercial buses and heavy goods vehicles are stopped and checked at the roadside in Hungary betwen […]
One-fifth of the adult Hungarian population is planning to buy real estate this year, and the majority of prospective buyers are the youngest, aged 18-29, according to a joint research by Duna House and Reacty Digital. Károly Benedikt, the head of analysis at the Duna House property agency, highlights that in the last two years, […]
The first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine, authorized by the European Medicines Agency, arrived in Budapest from Oxford this Saturday. The consignment placed at the Budapest site of the pharmaceutical wholesale company Hungaropharma will be enough to vaccinate more than 20,000 people. This vaccine is planned to be given to chronic patients under 60 years of […]
The Hungarian government has postponed the national census originally planned for 2021 by one year by amending the government decree on additional protection measures to be applied in times of emergency. According to the the Hungarian Gazette published Friday night, the census will have to take place in 2022. Data collection will be carried out […]
Another 96 Hungarians fell victom to the new coronavirus infection - most of them elderly, chronic patients -, bringing the official number of COVID-19 related deaths to 13,026 in Hungary. The new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was detected in another 1,561 Hungarian citizens in the apst 24 hours, thus increasing the number of infected people identified […]
As the economic malaise brought about by the pandemic is expected to stay with us in the first half of 2021, the property market will continue to be affected but a slow recovery may be in the cards. Analyses published recently by the Central Statistical Office, Takarékbank and real estate experts at Duna House project […]
Olympic, three-time world and six-time European champion gymnast Krisztián Berki announced his retirement at an online press conference of the Hungarian Gymnastics Federation (MATSZ). At the age of 35, Krisztián Berki decided not to compete anymore. He is Olympic gold medalist (2012, London), three-time world champion (2010, 2011, 2014), two-time World Cup silver medalist (2007, […]
As of February 1, XIXO’s carbonated soft drinks are packaged by HELL ENERGY Magyarország Kft. solely in 100% recyclable aluminum cans, which can be recycled an infinite number of times. The manufacturer says it will permanently stop using plastic bottles across this entire product line, another step that demonstrates the company’s commitment to the environment […]
18.1 degrees Celcius was measured this Thursday in Letenye, a town on the Croatian border in southwestern Hungary - a new Hungarian record measured on February 4. The National Meteorological Service said that this Thursday looked like a typical day in early February , but the temperatures were much more similar to the values recorded […]
