Hungarian astronomer Miksa Hell (a.k.a. Maximilian Hell) was born as Rudolf Maximilian Höll on May 15, 1720 in the northern Hungarian town of Selmecbánya (present-day Slovakia). He became an internationally known scientist. The crater Hell on the Moon is named after him. In 1770, Miksa Hell took part in the Hungarian expedition to Norway to […]
A press release by Qatar Airways says the airline will allow unlimited date changes, and passengers can change their destination as often as they need if it is within 5,000 miles of the original one. The airline will not charge any fare differences for travel completed before December 31, 2020, after which fare rules will […]
Budapest ranks 49th on the 'Best Cities for Jobs Index' compiled by FutureLearn to show the post-pandemic job prospects for people in 100 cities around the world. Topping the list is Singapore, ahead of two northern European cities, Copenhagen and Helsinki. The Hungarian capital is preceded in the ranking by two Eastern European cities, Bratislava […]
Life is slowly returning to airports from May; aviation has restarted in several European countries, amidst heightened safety measures. From May 1, traffic has resumed at Budapest Airport as well, albeit only gradually, as more and more airlines announce the relaunch of flights to Budapest. According to the latest Airport bulletin, the coronavirus pandemic had […]
Total revenues at the Magyar Telekom Group in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to HUF 159.333 billion, which is 0.2% higher compared to the corresponding period in 2019, according to the Group’s latest financial report. The operating profit in the first three months of the year was HUF 12.723, 1.1% more than a year […]
Although, it is not advised to visit the area en masse during the pandemic, experts have found that so far, there is nothing unusual concerning the water of Lake Balaton: it is of good quality as in previous years, and the number of algae is relatively low. Gergely Boros, senior researcher at the Balaton Limnology […]
Wishing to highlight the work of healthcare professionals fighting in the frontline against the new coronavirus and untiringly defying the danger, a young Japanese chef has decided to donate Japanese food to the workers of a hospital in Budapest. Japanese chef Takashi Nagatake (pictured in the middle, in blue shirt) opened a new restaurant in […]
Hungary produced the largest increase in new passenger car registrations in the first quarter of 2020 among the member countries of the EU and EFTA in the alternatively powered vehicles (APV) category that includes all vehicles not running on petrol or diesel (that is, electric chargeable, hybrid and other alternative powered ones. According to the […]
The global quest for effective treatment for the quickly spreading COVID -19 pandemic demands a review and amendment of the regulations on clinical trials carried out on human subjects. To expedite market access to rapid tests, vaccines, and newly developed drugs, both the US FDA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have recently published recommendations […]
Partial results of a nationally representative coronavirus screening test show that there are 2.4 infected people per ten thousand people, which means a maximum of 7,230 people infected if the results are projected to the total population. So far, 46.5% of the nearly 18,000 people to be tested in the study have been screened by […]
Hungary's OTP Bank Plc. has announced that the summary of its first quarter 2020 results has been prepared on the basis of its non-audited separate and consolidated IFRS financial statements for March 31, 2020 or derived from that. Q1 2020 results were shaped mainly by the surging risk costs due to the assumed negative impact […]
Qatar Airways will give away 100,000 free tickets to frontline healthcare professionals to say thank you for their heroic work looking after people during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The giveaway will open at 00.01 AM on 12 May and close at 23:59 on 18 May (Doha time). Healthcare professionals can register for this exclusive offer […]
There is ample scope for a ‘green’ recovery of the Hungarian economy. That is the conclusion drawn by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), which, at the end of March, initiated a call for consultations with environmental experts, non-governmental organizations and institutes on the environmentally sustainable restart of the economy following the epidemic caused by […]
Developed by the Hungarian company ID&Trust, the solution 'GoodID COVID-19 Green', which is being tested for the first time at the Róbert Private Hospital in Budapest, is making its debut these days. Thanks to this, one can get a free digital certificate about the result of the coronavirus test performed by the healthcare institution. The […]
Ferenc Liszt International Airport has won the award for best airport in Eastern Europe for a record seventh time this year. The Skytrax award, handed out – unconventionally, in virtual form – at the World Airport Awards, is one of the greatest accolades in the industry, as it is decided by passengers themselves based on […]
