Hungarian President János Áder has set the date for the government-initiated referendum on the EU’s mandatory migrant quota scheme for October 2. Opposition parties call for a boycott as they consider it a vote against EU membership.
Hungarian President János Áder has set the date for the government-initiated referendum on the EU’s mandatory migrant quota scheme for October 2. Opposition parties call for a boycott as they consider it a vote against EU membership.
16-year old Hungarian football talent Krisztofer Szeretõ has been signed by English Premier League club Stoke City where he is now the third Hungarian youngster. "Let's just follow the path we've designated for ourselves," he writes on his social media page.
Four military bomb-disposal technicians were killed in an explosion near Nádudvar, in eastern Hungary, on Friday afternoon, the Central Chief Prosecution Office of Investigation said. A fifth technician had suffered serious but not critical injuries in the explosion.
Budapest Airport Co. Ltd. will make a HUF 50 bn investment over the next five years. The program includes a new passenger pier, and the construction of an airport hotel as well as a series logistics and security-related investments will all begin shortly.
Celebrating the Summer Solstice, Diplomacy & Trade co-hosted a special event with NextArt Gallery complete with the opening of an exhibition by Géza Szöllõsi. The Party was inspired by Shakespeare's famous comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
31 embassies and the British council have issued a statement on the occasion of the 21st Budapest Pride Festival (June 24 - July 3) to convey their support to the LGBTI communities in Hungary and their right to express themselves peacefully and lawfully.
Hungary's national football team is back in Budapest after knocked out in the last 16 of the European Football (soccer) Championships. This past Sunday, the Hungarians suffered a serious, 4-0 defeat from Belgium.
The most important lesson to be learned from the referendum is that Brussels needs to listen to the voice of the people, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán said. Opposition parties warn that the Orbán government's anti-EU stance may lead the country out of the EU.
Hungary drew 3-all with Portugal in Lyon, France this Wednesday in Group F of the European Football Championships. Hungary finished on top of Group F (tied with Iceland on points) and will play against Belgium this Sunday for a place in the quarterfinals.
A meeting to review illegal migration in the Western Balkans was held in the Hungarian capital,
attended by representatives of 13 countries, the European Union’s border control agency Frontex and the European police cooperation organisation Europol.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is facing accusations of fraudulently using EUR two million of EU funding after he opened a vintage railway between his two childhood villages, the British newspaper 'The Telegraph' reports.
Hungarian oil and gas group MOL has announced on Friday a new oil and gas discovery in the TAL Block it operates in Pakistan. This marks the 8th discovery in the block and Mol's 12th discovery in the country, portfolio.hu reports.
Hungary’s GDP per capita (purchasing power parity) reached 68% of the European Union average in 2015, a Eurostat report showed on Wednesday. The Hungarian figure is better than Latvia’s and those member states that joined the EU after 2004.
The two-day Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence, held on 14–15 June in Brussels, has ended. It was aimed at paving the way for the decisions to be taken at the upcoming NATO Summit to be held in Warsaw on 8–9 July.
Budapest-born American actor and circus performer Mihály 'Michu' Mészáros died in Los Angeles. Mészáros was probably best known as the man behind costume of ALF, the extraterrestrial living with an American family in an NBC comedy series.
