An explosion occurred in a vacant shop along Europe's busiest tram line around 10.30 p.m. Saturday night in Budapest. Two police officers, reportedly passing by, were injured. Crime investihation is ongoing with the suspect's photo published.
An explosion occurred in a vacant shop along Europe's busiest tram line around 10.30 p.m. Saturday night in Budapest. Two police officers, reportedly passing by, were injured. Crime investihation is ongoing with the suspect's photo published.
Liberty Global Plc has announced a multi-year partnership with Netflix Inc. which will lead to Netflix’s content being made available to Liberty Global video customers across more than 30 countries around the world – including those of UPC Hungary.
Hungarian Paralympians won one gold, eight silver and nine bronze medals at the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. They won medals in six different sports. The only Hungarian victory was produced by swimmer Tamás Tóth.
A new set of data are evidence that labour shortage is becoming an increasingly pressing problem in the Hungarian economy. The number of job vacancies grew by over 3,000 in the second quarter since the end of March 2016, portfolio.hu reports.
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus has been voted Hungary’s Leading Business Hotel by World Travel Awards - a global recognition by the travel, tourism and hospitality industry as the definitive acknowledgement of excellence -, for the third time.
The Polish Ambassador to Hungary, Roman Kowalski, who is leaving his post in the near future, gave an interview to the news portal globoport.hu in which he explained the meaning of the expression ‘Pole and Hungarian, two good friends’.
29 year old Hungarian physicist Zoltán Szabó has won GE’s unique global contest, “GEeks go for gold”, de-coding the conversations of some of the smartest GE machines. It took him two weeks to crack the code and win the USD 10,000 prize.
A commemoration was held in Budapest this Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, DC. Those gathered in front of the US Embassy were addressed by the American Ambassador Colleen Bell.
Less than one third of those polled in Budapest would like to see the Hungarian capital organize the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, with 37% rejecting the idea. In the meantime, a question has been approvedabout a national referendum of hosting the Games.
The prime ministers of the four countries of the Visegrád cooperation (V4) and of Ukraine participated at the 26th Economic Forum held in Krynica, Poland to discuss the major current economic, social and political issues.
Hungary's national soccer team drew 0-0 at the Faroe Islands in Group B of the European qualification series for the 2018 World Cup. The result at this first qualification match already lessens Hungary's chances of finishing first or second in the group.
A law amendment changing the regulation of the excise tax on fuels will come into effect in Hungary in early September. In view of the current market developments, chances are high that the excise tax on both gasoline and diesel will rise as of October.
About 1 million 267 thousand students began a new school year in Hungary this Thursday. State secxretary in charge of education, László Palkovics said teachers' wages increase but trade unions believe overall conditions in education are not satisfactory.
The volume of investments in the Hungarian economy was 20.3% lower in the second quarter of 2016 than in the same period of 2015, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Wednesday. Compared to the previous quarter investments were down 0.8%.
A Budapest court has sentenced in a non-binding ruling extremist György Budaházy to 13 years in prison for carrying out terrorist activity almost a decade ago. He and six of his accompliceswere placed under house arrest Tuesday afternoon.
