When looking back at it, 2020 won’t be considered a good year for the world but could turn out to be a fruitful one for a Hungarian scientist. A year ago, in December 2019, no one suspected that the just discovered ‘Chinese pneumonia’ cases would spread worldwide and ignite the COVID-19 epidemic caused by the […]
The coronavirus vaccine arrives in Hungary on December 26, the vaccination of healthcare workers will start the next day, the authorities announced this Thursday. The consignment of the first authorized coronavirus vaccine in Europe, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, is expected to cross the Hungarian border early Saturday morning, from where it will first arrive at the […]
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Locals at Somoskőújfalu, a village of just over 2,000 people, located northeast of Budapest at the Slovak border, created a small scale replica of their village from gingerbread for Christmas. In view of last year's great success, the village leadership again asked the local community again to make a 'gingerbread village'. The diligent hands again […]
Hungary has become the first European country where the authorities have granted authorisation to the emergency use of US drugmaker Eli Lilly's Covid-19 antibody drug bamlanivimab, the Hungarian Ministry of Human Resources said on Wednesday. As the state news agency MTI reports, the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI) earlier this month approved the […]
The Hungarian pharmaceutical company Richter and the Belgian pharma firm Mithra strengthen their partnership with the signing of a license and supply agreement for the commercialization of a novel oral contraceptive to Latin America. Gedeon Richter Plc. and Estetra S.A, the wholly owned subsidiary of Mithra Pharmaceuticals, have announced that they extended their partnership and […]
The new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was detected in another 1,894 Hungarian citizens, increasing the number of infected people identified in Hungary to 308,262. 154 patients died, so the number of deaths increased to 8,616, writes the related government site koronavirus.gov.hu. According to the report, the number of people recovered is also constantly growing and it […]
13-year-old Hungarian Zsóka Gaál finished second in the girls' under-14 category at the FIDE Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Chess Championships. In Tuesday's final, the Hungarian teenager played the final against Eline Roebers of the Netherlands. The first match of the final was won by the Dutch girl with the second ending in a tie. […]
The Hungarian Olympic Committee (HOC) celebrates the 125th anniversary of its foundation this month. It was established at the meeting of a committee made up of the officials of Budapest sports clubs on December 19, 1895. Hungary's national Olympic Committee was the sixth in the world to be formed, following the French, Greek, American, German […]
Kedali Hungary Ltd. will invest EUR 40 million in a new factory in Gödöllő (just east of Budapest) that will become an aluminum structural component part provider for Samsung SDI. As the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency reports, the plant's trial run is expected to start in spring next year, while serial production will reach its […]
Norway has signed new memoranda of understanding with the Hungarian government on the EEA and Norway Grants, in which EUR 214.6 million in funding has been allocated to Hungary. However, the allocation of funds cannot begin until a fund operator for civil society funding is agreed upon. According to a statement by the Norwegian Ministry […]
GKI’s economic sentiment index rose sharply in December. It almost reached its October level again, which was much more favorable than the April low, but had been at a fairly low level since the beginning of summer. According to the survey conducted by GKI Economic Research Co. with the support of the EU, the improvement […]
At the 23rd General Assembly earlier this month, the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary (AmCham) membership elected Zoltán Szabó, Country General Manager of BT-ROC as President, succeeding Dr. Farkas Bársony after four successful years, a statement by AmCham says. As for other positions, Dr. Dávid Kőhegyi, Local Partner, Head of Compliance and Investigations at […]
The Hungarian oils and gas group MOL supports the large-scale Christmas relief campaign of the Hungarian Interchurch Aid with a donation of 2,300 liters of hand and surface disinfectant. The charity service will deliver 500 servings of hot meals a day to those in need for five days this year. Due to the epidemic situation, […]
From this week, Wizz Air Holdings Plc.’s shares are available on the 'BETa Market', an alternative platform of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE). The BETa platform offers the opportunity to trade securities of large European companies. As a result, the shares of the international airline, which has Hungarian origins, can be accessed without currency conversion […]
