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People enjoying the beach at Lake Lupa on the northern edge of Budapest | Tibor Illyés/MTI

Scorching heat hits Hungary

D&T
Jul 10, 2017

Temperature reached 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale) in Budapest this Monday afternoon, followed by a severe storm late at night. Southeast Hungary experienced even higher temperature: 38 degrees Celsius (101 degrees F).

Saber Guardian 2017 exercise on the Danube | Csaba Krizsán/MTI

Saber Guardian NATO exercise in Hungary

D&T
Jul 5, 2017

Szentes Axe 2017 in Gyõr, NW Hungary conducts tactical bridging and water crossing operations for the 2nd Cavalry Regiment freedom of movement from home station into Hungary and many joint operations area locations.

Solar panels on the Margit Hospital in Budapest | Zoltán Balogh /MTI

Solar panels for a Budapest hospital

D&T
Jul 5, 2017

Through an energy renovation project of close to HUF 130 million (appr. EUR 420,000), the Margit Hospital in Budapest was fitted with solar panels. As a result, substantial part of the energy need of the institution will be received from renewable source.

Multimedia fountain on Budapest's Margaret Island | Zoltán Balogh /MTI

Multimedia fountain on Margaret Island

D&T
Jun 30, 2017

A multimedia fountain and Budapest's first 'light garden' were inaugurated on Margaret Isalnd on the river Danube this Friday. The municipal council voted earlier this month to enhance the light and water show elements of the musical fountain.

In the fountain at Széll Kálmán square in Budapest | Balázs Mohai/MTI

Heat alert in Hungary

D&T
Jun 22, 2017

A second-degree heat alert has been issued for Hungary by Deputy State Secretary Tamás Szentes, who also acts as Chief Medical Officer.The waring is effective to midnight next Monday based on a forecast by the National Meteorological Service.

Market hall in Budapest | Sándor Laczkó

Hungary in OECD's Better Life Index

D&T
Jun 9, 2017

Hungary ranks above the average in work-life balance and education and skills in OECD's Better Life Index but below average in social connections, civic engagement, environmental quality, income and wealth, housing and many other issues.

CEU President Michael Ignatieff | Zoltán Balogh/MTI

CEU to stay in Budapest

D&T
May 30, 2017

CEU President Michael Ignatieff has announced that the university will continue in Budapest in the 2017-2018 academic year. The announcement comes as the future of CEU is uncertain due to legislation put through parliament by the Hungarian government.

ELI Szeged Laser Center | Károly Árvai/kormany.hu

EU Laser Research Center Opens in Szeged

D&T
May 26, 2017

The European Union's ELI-ALPS laser research center was inaugurated in Szeged, SE Hungary. The center's budget was HUF 70 billion (EUR 22.6 million), from which 85% was provided by the European Union’s Regional Development Fund.

Ágnes Keleti | source: Hungarian Olympic Committe

96-year-old Hungarian gymnast receives Israel Prize

D&T
May 3, 2017

Hungary's five-time Olympic gold medallist Agnes Keleti received the Israel Prize for Sport and Physical Culture, the state’s highest honor, on May 2 in Jerusalem. The 96-year-old Olympic legend is considered as the founder of gymnastics in Israel.

Ágnes and Zoltán Keszy-Harmath | source: apollofox.hu

Hungarian couple to fly around the world

D&T
May 2, 2017

Zoltán Keszy-Harmath and his wife, Ágnes set out from Hungary on May 1 in their Hungarian manufactured Apollo Fox small light aircraft with the aim of becoming the first married couple who circumnavigate the Earth on airplane.

The announcement of the Manager Open 2017 series | Sándor Laczkó

Manager Open 2017

D&T
Apr 20, 2017

It is for the 13th year that a national series of tennis tournaments for businesspeople takes place in Hungary. The Manager Open series starts in the northwestern city of Gyõr. It will be followed by eight more regional events and the final in Budapest.

March of the Living 2017 in Budaoest | Bea Kallos / MTI

March of the Living

D&T
Apr 16, 2017

Thousands of people participated in the 'March of the Living', commemorating the victims of the Holocaust in Budapest this Sunday afternoon, remembering the 550,000 Hungarian Jews who died during the Holocaust.

Austria-Hungary cross-border development announced | source: Landesmedienservice Burgenland via kormany.hu

Austrian-Hungarian cross-border project

D&T
Mar 30, 2017

A concept regarding an Austrian-Hungarian cross-border railway network and road infrastructure development has been presented in Parndorf in Burgenland, the Austrian province bordering on Hungary. Six new road transport routes will also be built.

The Kõbánya reservoir in Budapest | Zoltán Balogh / MTI

World Water Day in Hungary

D&T
Mar 22, 2017

The reservoir in Budapest's 10th disctrict was opened to the public this Wednesday as March 22 is World Water Day (as declared by the United Nations in 1993). This reservoir is an important source of drinking water people in the Hungarian capital.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán (on the left) told IOC President Thomas Bach last August that Budapest was the best candidate for the 2024 Summer Games | Tibor Illyés / olimpia.hu

Hungary withdraws Budapest 2024 Olympic bid

D&T
Feb 22, 2017

The Hungarian government suggests that the Budapest City Council and the Hungarian Olympic Committee withdraw from the bid to host the 2024 Summer Games. Over quarter of a million signatures were collected to force a referendum on the issue.

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