The Hungarian air ticket portal repjegy.hu conducted a survey among the Hungarian public this fall, as to what destinations Hungarians would prefer to travel to. This is the fourth time this survey has asked tens of thousands of internet users: “If you could travel anywhere in the world, what place would you choose? Based on […]
The importance of 4G networks continued to grow in the second quarter of 2019 with over 95% of mobile Internet traffic and 17% of domestic call traffic already on 4G , showing an increase of 1.4 percentage points and 5 percentage points, respectively, compared to the end of 2018, says the latest mobile market report […]
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and Hungary, Hungarian central bank (MNB) President György Matolcsy has received a delegation headed by his South Korean counterpart. A joint discussion was conducted about cooperation between the two institutions. No visit has been paid by representatives […]
Members of Hungarian Parliament have held a minute of silence to remember former MP János Horváth who died in Budapest last week in his 99th year of age. János Horváth was a member of the National Assembly between 1945 and 1947, and from 1998 to 2014. From 2003 to 2014, he was the oldest Speaker […]
Russia’s International Investment Bank, which relocated its headquarters to Budapest in April, expects its loan portfolio to exceed EUR 1 billion by the end of the year, executives of the bank said at a press conference. The bank’s loan portfolio expanded by 11% in the six months since moving to Hungary and the value of […]
On the fifth day of a joint operation of Hungarian and US special military units, a CV-22B Osprey type convertiplane of the US Air Force conducted a demonstration flight above the Hungarian capital this Tuesday. The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission, military aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing. It is designed […]
Children planted crocus bulbs in front of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest this Thursday. At the end of October, hundreds of thousands of students from 12 countries are planting flowers to commemorate the one and a half million children murdered in the Holocaust. The Hungarian program has begun with flower planting under the motto […]
Trucks loaded with food donations queued in central Budapest on World Food Day, in a bid to call attention to food waste and the importance of healthy diets. Beyond raising awareness, the joint action of FAO and the Hungarian Foodbank Association was also designed to help Hungarian families in need. In a bid to emphasize […]
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has announced this year’s winners of the prestigious EIT Awards. Michael Dittel, LeafTech (Germany), Marc Julien, Diabeloop (France), Matthew Dickson, CorPower Ocean (Sweden/United Kingdom), Sara Guimarães Gonçalves, Trigger.Systems (Portugal), and David Pistoni Perez, Zeleros (Spain), were awarded for innovations in the fields of climate, energy and health. […]
Organized by the Fridays For Future Hungary movement, thousands of young people took to the streets of the Hungarian capital in order to demonstrate for effective measures to combat climate change and to convince decision-makers that they should take responsibility for the future of planet Earth.
Hungary's Gablini Group signed an agreement with the luxury brand to open an Aston Martin salon in Hungary next May, state news service MTI reported. Hungary will be the first country in central and eastern Europe where the brand is available and the salon will serve the Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, and Albanian markets. The […]
Germany’s Angela Merkel will attend a commemorative event marking the 30th anniversary of the Pan-European Picnic, infostart.hu said, citing Bertalan Havasi, deputy state secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the German Chancellor will both deliver speeches at the event to be organized in Sopron, western Hungary. In an effort […]
Service providers and construction companies are the most successful enterprises in the Hungarian SME sector whereas agricultural companies are struggling to cope in today's business environment, according to a study commissioned by UniCredit Bank and carried out by Inspira Research. Industrial enterprises have the highest business potential and their ratio within the SME segment remained […]
On June 11, following several days of preparations, the wreckage of the 40-ton, 27-meter sightseeing boat Hableány (Mermaid) was lifted by rescue workers with the help of a crane vessel from the bottom of the River Danube onto a barge in Budapest. The Hableány sank almost two weeks before: shortly after 9 p.m. on May […]
In commemoration of the adoption of Article XXI, on March 16, 1848, on the mandatory use of the Hungarian flag on public holidays as well as on Hungarian ships, a flag of 1,848 meters was carried along Andrássy Avenue in Budapest this Saturday.
