On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), an international conference was held at the Academy's renovated headquarters in Budapest, attended by more than fifty academic leaders and heads of international research funding agencies. According to a statement released by the MTA on Wednesday, 51 academic […]

The Sopron Brewery and the northwestern Hungarian town of Sopron, the ‘town of loyalty’ have been shaping and enriching each other's history since 1895. Sopron contributes to this long-lasting cooperation by dedicatedly cultivating beer culture, while the brewery contributes as an employer committed to local values and a supporter of the city's cultural and sporting […]

Budapest’s international airport, the gateway to Hungary, was opened to the traveling public exactly seventy-five years ago, on May 7, 1950. Over the past seven and a half decades, hundreds of millions of passengers and millions of aircraft have used the runways and terminal buildings at the area called ‘Ferihegy’. The airport has been voted […]

“The bigger the daily drive, the more important it is to feel that you are not alone” - says the new advertisement of Soproni, celebrating its 130th anniversary. The beer brand, proud of its tradition and innovation alike, draws attention to the power of community and togetherness.  A statement by parent company Heineken calls attention […]

On March 29, renowned pianists and young talents will play the pianos located at the Hungarian capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport throughout the day. The airport operator company Budapest Airport, part of the VINCI Airports network, joins the Piano Day initiative for the first time in 2025, as part of a series of events celebrating […]

The Neumann Society, named after Hungarian-born American mathematician János Neumann, who became known for laying the foundations of the digital computer, paid tribute to 66 years of Hungarian computer science at a conference on Hungarian Computer Science Day in Budapest this Tuesday. The President of the János Neumann Computer Science Society (NJSZT) and Rector of […]

Hollywood producer Andy Vajna was born 80 years ago, on August 1, 1944, and to mark the occasion, the Hungarian Hollywood Council (MHT) has declared August 1 as Andy Vajna Memorial Day. According to Balázs Bokor, President of the MHT, Andy Vajna did a lot to bring Hungary back to the forefront of world cinema […]

This morning, many passers-by noticed that a figure with an umbrella is standing with playful ease on the façade of the Széll Kálmán tér building that houses the MNB's Supervisory Center and the Money Museum in Budapest. The special attraction created on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank is not […]

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) will issue a non-ferrous commemorative coin with a face value of HUF 3,000 depicting the 50-year-old Rubik's Cube on the inventor Ernő Rubik's 80th birthday. The focus of the commemorative coin is the globally popular spatial logic game, presenting the principle of operation of the invention. The commemorative coin […]

This Monday, on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), the Hungarian Post Office (Magyar Posta) issued an occasional stamp to commemorate the centenary of the Bank. One hundred years ago, on June 24, 1924, the independent Hungarian National Bank started its operations under the leadership of President Sándor […]

To honor the 100th anniversary of its foundation, the National Bank of Hungary ('Magyar Nemzeti Bank' - MNB) is issuing a 100-forint commemorative circulation coin at a ceremonial event. This anniversary also marks the foundation of the independent Hungarian financial system; therefore, the centenary is recorded by unique collector coins in addition to the circulation […]

Following a referendum on accessing the European Union, held on April 12, 2003, Hungary – along with nine other countries – joined the EU twenty years ago, on May 1, 2004. At the referendum, which had a turnout of 45.6%, 83.8% of the voters cast their ballots in favor of EU membership and polls suggest […]

The 25th anniversary of Hungary's accession to NATO is commemorated on Tuesday in Independence, Missouri, where Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic officially joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on March 12, 1999. Twenty-five years ago on this day, Foreign Minister János Martonyi presented the instrument of Hungary's accession to US Secretary of State Madeleine […]

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Bank of Hungary (Magyar Nemzeti Bank – MNB), which is commemorating the past 100 years with special programs, events and publications. A Tuesday statement by MNB says that the independent national bank is one of the most important symbols of Hungary's sovereignty, and […]

Today's Budapest was created on November 17, 1873. On January 1, 1873, Pest, Buda and Óbuda were united under the name of Budapest. On November 17, the new municipality took over the administration of the unified capital. On January 1, 1950, the municipalities around Budapest were annexed to form the so-called Greater Budapest, the population […]