The Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary (BCSDH) s establishing a ‘For a Sustainable Future’ prize with the purpose of recognizing and disseminating to a wide audience the activities of leaders and companies in the field of sustainability.
More than 5,000 local government employees took part in the twp-hour warning strike organized by the Trade Union of Hungarian Civil Servants and Public Employees (MKKSZ) Monday morning in order to accentuate demands of wage increase.
27-year-old Hungarian researcher Gergely Raccuja, living in Britain since 2011, has won the most prestigious British economics prize, the Wolfson Economics Prize, which the second largest recognition in economics in the world after the Nobel Prize,
The 17th FINA World Acquatics Championships that takes place in Budapest in the next two weeks was declared open Friday night by Hungarian President János Áder. The opening ceremony took place on a stage built on the river Danube.
A special livestock shipment set out from Budapest Airport this Wednesday: Hungarian breeding calves were flown to Qatar for further breeding. The special charter-charter flight was completed by a Boeing B-777F aircraft from Qatar Airways Cargo.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
