The documentary 'Queen of Chess', chronicling the life of Hungary's Judit Polgár, the greatest female chess player of all time, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this Tuesday. Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy, the film explores Judit Polgár's extraordinary journey. "Two years ago, Rory Kennedy approached me about making this documentary," the former chess […]
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, "in the first place, we commemorate a Hungarian national tragedy, of which we were a part both with several hundred thousand innocent victims and having participated on the side of the perpetrators" the head of the Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyás was quoted by MTI as saying at a commemoration […]
Take-up on the industrial property market in and around Budapest reached 261,600 sqm in the fourth quarter, the Budapest Research Forum (BRF) said on Tuesday. According to a summary sent to MTI, the largest handover of the quarter was the first hall of CTPark BudapestÉrd, with a floor area of 53,000 sqm. New leases accounted […]
The number of new passenger car registrations in Hungary rose 6.4% to 129,440 in 2025, data compiled by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show. Hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles accounted for 56% of sales, cars with petrol engines made up 24% and vehicles with diesel engines 11%. Fully-electric vehicles accounted for almost 9% […]
Investors became more cautious as buyers, but remained very active as sellers on the real estate market in 2025, real estate broker Duna House told MTI on Monday. According to the company's data, investment purchases accounted for approximately 23% of total national turnover for the year as a whole, down from nearly 27% at the […]
The 44th AGROmashEXPO and Agricultural Machinery Show, which ended over the weekend in the Hungarian capital, welcomed nearly 35,000 visitors, the Hungexpo Budapest Congress and Exhibition Center told MTI on Monday. According to the event venue, this was the most successful agricultural exhibition in recent years. The outstanding interest confirms the international significance of the […]
Hungarian medical device manufacturer Medicontur Orvostechnika is investing nearly HUF 8 billion in three development projects at its base Zsámbék, on the outskirts of Budapest, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday. Over one third of the cost of the investmentprojects is covered by Hungarian taxpayers as the government is supporting […]
Interest in newly built homes in Hungary rose to a multi-year high at the beginning of 2026, while demand for used homes fell significantly compared to the same period last year, ingatlan.com told MTI on Wednesday. The announcement highlighted that the year got off to a mixed start on the Hungarian housing market, with the […]
The number of flights HungaroControl's air traffic controllers managed in Hungarian airspace rose 8.2% to 1,245,813 in 2025, the state-owned company told MTI on Monday. Overflights, that is, transit traffic accounted for nearly 85% of air traffic in Hungary, reflecting the country's key transit role in European air transport. HungaroControl expects further traffic growth in […]
Provident Financial Ltd., celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, has been awarded Top Employer status, one of the world's most prestigious independent human resources certifications. The title is awarded by the Top Employers Institute to organizations that pay special attention to employee experience and people-centered corporate culture in their operations. The certification is not just […]
On January 1, 2026, Zoltán Magyari, previously Deputy CEO, took over the management of Continental Tobacco Corporation from Csaba Füzi, who had served as CEO since June 2005. Following in the footsteps of his predecessor, the new CEO considers predictable growth and increased operational efficiency to be his primary tasks, while adapting to changes in […]
“The performance of the Hungarian stock market set a number of new records in 2025, which says a great deal about the state of the Hungarian economy,” according to Governor of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) Mihály Varga, speaking at the start-of-the-year press conference held at the Budapest Stock Exchange. He added that last […]
Both core segments of the real estate Group (formerly called Duna House) grew by nearly 30% year-on-year, reaching all-time highs, according to a company report published on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange. Financial intermediation was supported by the favorable interest rate environment and OSP, while the volume of real estate services was boosted […]
The number of electric vehicles registered in Hungary reached 101,534 by the end of December, the Energy Ministry said in a post on social media on Wednesday. The number of electric passenger cars climbed over 94,000, the ministry said. The number of electric vehicles has doubled in the past two years and nearly one-third were […]
A commemorative plaque was unveiled at the childhood home of the 2025 Nobel laureate in literature, Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai in Gyula, SE Hungary this Monday, marking the writer's 72nd birthday. The limestone plaque, installed by the local government, was unveiled by the writer's brother, Géza Krasznahorkai, a former director of the Mogyoróssy János City […]
