158 elderly and chronic patients have died in Hungary in the past 24 hours, bringing the official number of fatalities related to the new coronavirus infection in this country to 16,146. 6,494 new coronavirus infection cases were found, which has increased the number of identified infected people to a total of 475,207 since the beginning […]
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be the world’s first airline to pilot the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Travel Pass mobile application for digital health verification, starting with passengers travelling from Singapore to London from 15 to 28 March 2021. A SIA press statement says that this marks the second phase of its digital health verification […]
At the initiative of Vodafone Hungary, the Women in Technology Hungary Association – which aims to bring together women working in the field of technology – is launched by co-founders, Lenovo Hungary and BOOKR Kids. Vodafone Hungary says that with the establishment of Women in Technology Hungary Association, they want to create a common knowledge […]
There are 7,924 coronavirus patients hospitalized in Hungary, 806 of them on ventilators. 2,696 new infections have been identified in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of identified infections to 468,713 in this country. By Monday, 115 patients died, bringing the official number of deaths to 15,988. The number of people recovered from […]
Shaoang Liu of Hungary was crowned overall champion at the 2021 ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Dordrecht, the Netherlands this Sunday – with a huge helping hand from his brother, Shaolin Sándor Liu. As the tournament's website puts it, "the Liu siblings put on a tactical masterclass to help 22-year-old Shaoang seize […]
In the WittyLeaks series, Diplomac&Trade regularly publishes the personal accounts of ambassadors and other diplomatic mission leaders accredited to Budapest. This time, the Irish ambassador shares the story of an artist connecting his country with Hungary. Art and culture has the power to connect people, to bridge divides, either physical or emotional. I come to […]
The Park Atrium office building, overlooking Budapest's City Park, welcomes 2021 with a new identity, rearranged and optimized functionalities, and fresh interior design ideas for its ground floor lobby, main reception, conference center and community garden. A press release by the Landlord – a property fund based in Luxemburg and managed by REInvest Asset Management […]
Vodafone is the first among domestic service providers to enable 5G connection to its customers in the majority of the residential areas of Budapest: 5G has been connected to more than 200 base stations in the capital and in the surrounding metropolitan area. Vodafone has also announced that by the end of the first quarter […]
The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), the oldest political foundation in Germany, has been represented in Budapest since 1990. Its goal in Hungary is to promote political dialogue between Hungary and Germany as well as member states, the exchange of analysis, views and concepts. As the leadership of the Foundation tells Diplomacy&Trade, when the Friedrich Ebert […]
7,269 new infections were registered in Hungary in the past 24 hours. There have never been so many new infections in one day in Hungary in this pandemic, the highest number so far was 6,819 on November 29. Officially, a total of 459,816 people have been infected with the virus in this country since the […]
In January 2021 the volume of industrial production fell by 6.7% year-on-year. Based on working-day adjusted data production declined by 2.8%, the Central Statistical Office reports. Compared to crude data, the significant difference is due to the fact that there were two less working days in January 2021 than in January 2020. Industrial output was […]
This March, Nestlé will launch a new coffee pod collection and recycling system for NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto capsules, so the company can take another significant step towards achieving a circular economy by working with consumers. For the time being, coffee fans can dispose of the used pods in five designated Media Markt stores, but the […]
The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), a German foundation that has over 110 offices worldwide, has been in Hungary for more than three decades. The Foundation was established some 60 years ago to promote democratic development in Germany. It stands close to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and is governed by Christian values. Its guiding principles […]
Speaking at the weekly government info event, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, announced that all shops must close between March 8 and 22, with primary schools and nurseries remaining shut until April 7. The government information website's English version quotes Minister Gulyás as saying that “while Hungary is currently the third […]
In January 2020, companies had plans, thoughtful road maps to guide organizations, technology and lives through the months to follow – up until COVID-19 punched the entire world in the mouth, rendering useless many of these best-laid plans. Seemingly overnight, a strange, historic event disrupted assumptions and forced us, with a shocking degree of urgency, […]
