The head of the Public Service University in Budapest, András Patyi and that of Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, Matthew D. Shank signed have signed a five-year agreement on cooperation primarily in law enforcement and cybernetics.

Corruption affecting public decisionmaking, public healthcare and public procurement remained a cause of concern in Hungary, the European Commission said in its latest country report cited by the Hungarian financial website portfolio.hu.

The Embassy of Sweden, Business Sweden, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) and leading Swedish companies have inaugurated the Swedish Student Corner, an inspiring, creative space at the BME this week.

The SPAR supermarket chain has been present in Hungary for 25 years. Austria SPAR International AG purchased a Hungarian chain of stores in 1991. The national network is now of 32 hypermarkets, 349 supermarkets and 75 franchise stores.

Governing parties in Hungary passed a bill that exempts the country's national bank (MNB) from disclosing where and how the foundations it created spends public money. The government's justification is that this money "loses its public asset quality".

The Son of Saul, a recent winner at the Golden Globe Awards, a movie by Hungarian director László Nemes Jeles has been given the Academy Award in the foreign-language film category by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán dedicated most his traditional annual speech, delivered in front of his followers, to the issue of migrants, blaming EU leaders for not willing to act properly and stop the flow of people to the European continent.

A candidate by the Hungarian Socialist Party (in opposition in parliament), supported by other leftist and liberal parties, won the race for the post of mayor in the town of Salgótarján, north of Budapest, beating that of the nationally ruling Fidesz party.

The Hungarian University of Fine Arts opened a 19th century photo art exhibition in Budapest in order to introduce to the public the pictures of studio photographers whose work was largely ignored by photographic historians in the 20th century.

The European Commission has opened infringement proceedings against Hungary over the ban on loss-making in the retail sector, in the form of a Formal Notice, arguing that it may restrict the freedom of establishment for businesses.

Hungary’s population decline accelerated in 2015 as the number of births rose less than in 2014 and the number of deaths increased after a decline in the previous year, according to a report this week by the Central Statistical Office.

Five days to go before the 88th annual Academy Awards and my interviewee, producer Gábor Sipos, along with the whole crew that is “traumatized in a very positive way,” have high hopes of seeing their film win the Academy Award.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced that his government decided to call a referendum to reject the European Union's mandatory quota system on the settlement of migrants in Hungary. Many say such a referendum is unconstitutional.

Diplomacy&Trade held a special ICT Club event at the Baraka restaurant on Tuesday. CEO-s of leading international IT companies and representatives of the government attended the event which focused on the opportunities of the growing ICT sector in Hungary.

Opposition parties in Hungary have accused the governing force Fidesz of hiring hooligan-looking people to prevent an opposition member of parliament from initiating a referendum on canceling a law that orders most supermarkets to be closed on Sundays.