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Hungarian physicist Zoltán Szabó | source: GE

Hungarian physicist wins GE’s global challenge

D&T
Sep 12, 2016

29 year old Hungarian physicist Zoltán Szabó has won GE’s unique global contest, “GEeks go for gold”, de-coding the conversations of some of the smartest GE machines. It took him two weeks to crack the code and win the USD 10,000 prize.

Faroe Islands 0 - Hungary 0 | Gábor Baricsa / Hungarian Football Federation

Kick-off to a bad start in World Cup qualification

D&T
Sep 6, 2016

Hungary's national soccer team drew 0-0 at the Faroe Islands in Group B of the European qualification series for the 2018 World Cup. The result at this first qualification match already lessens Hungary's chances of finishing first or second in the group.

György Budaházy at the trial | Balázs Mohai / MTI

Hungarian extremist sentenced to 13 years in prison

D&T
Aug 30, 2016

A Budapest court has sentenced in a non-binding ruling extremist György Budaházy to 13 years in prison for carrying out terrorist activity almost a decade ago. He and six of his accompliceswere placed under house arrest Tuesday afternoon.

Some of the Hungarian 'golden girls'

Hungary 12th on Olympic medal table

D&T
Aug 22, 2016

Hungarian athletes won eight gold, three silver and four bronze medals at the 31st Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this August. This tally of medals puts Hungary on 12th place on the medal table of nations.

Gabriella Szabó

Hungarians paddle to 8th gold in Rio

D&T
Aug 20, 2016

Hungary has defended the women's kayak-four 500-meter title at the Rio Olympics, bringing the country's gold medal tally at the 2016 Games to eight. Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Tamara Csipes and Krisztina Fazekas-Zur defeated Germany to win the race.

Danuta Kozák

Danuta Kozák wins 7th Hungarian gold in Rio

D&T
Aug 18, 2016

Hungary's Danuta Kozák defended her London Olympic title in the women's single kayak 500-meter event at the 31st Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, winning the 7th gold for her country at this Olympics and the 500th Hungarian medal in Olympic history.

Global Innovation Index 2016 | globalinnovationindex.org

Hungary moves up in Global Innovation Index

D&T
Aug 17, 2016

Hungary ranks 33rd in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2016, having advanced two places compared to the 2015 GII, a report by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, a specialised agency of the United Nations, showed on Wednesday.

Hungary's Gabriella Szabó (on the left) and Danuta Kozák with the gold medal they wone in the women's kayak double 500-meter event | Tamás Kovács / MTI

Gold No. 6 for Hungary in Rio

D&T
Aug 16, 2016

Gabriella Szabó and Danuta Kozák took the Olympic championship title in the women's kayak double (K2) event in the Rodrigo de Freitas Laguna in Rio de Janeiro this Tuesday. This is the 6th gold medal at the Rio Olympics for Hungary.

Hungary's Áron Szilágyi celebrating his victory in the men's individual saber fencing event at the rio Olympics. | Zsolt Czeglédi / MTI

Áron Szilágyi defends Olympic title

D&T
Aug 11, 2016

At the Summer Olympic Games, 26-year-old Hungarian saber fencer Áron Szilágyi defeated Daryl Homer of the United States 15-8 to defend the title he won four years ago in London. His victory is the 5th gold medal for Hungary in Rio.

Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú after winning the women's 100-meter backstroke event at the Rio Olympics | Tibor Illyés / MTI

Katinka Hosszú wins Hungary's third gold in Rio

D&T
Aug 9, 2016

27-year-old Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú won her second gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games by clocking 58.45 second to win the women's 100-meter backstroke event. On Saturday, she won the 400-meter individual medley.

Emese Szász (on the left) and Katinka Hosszú won gold medals for Hungary on the first day of the Rio Olympic Games | Zsolt Czeglédi and Tamás Kovács / MTI

Two golds for Hungary on first Olympic day

D&T
Aug 6, 2016

Hungary's Emese Szász won the women's individual epée fencing final at the 31st Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, while swimmer Katinka Hosszú smashed the world record to win the women's 400-meter individual medley.

Operation in the Uzsoki Street Hospital in Budapest | www.uzsoki.hu

Wage hikes to slow down healthcare emigration

D&T
Aug 3, 2016

Wage hikes in Hungary’s health-care sector are expected to slow down the emigration of doctors and other staff, the Hungarian news agency MTI quotes the government daily 'Magyar Idõk'. The government hopes this move helps keep staff in Hungary.

Hungarian soldiers leaving for Kosovo and Iraq | Boglárka Bodnár / MTI

Hungarian troops to Kosovo and Iraq

D&T
Aug 2, 2016

Close to 500 Hungarian troops to be deployed in foreign missions have been bidden farewell in Tata, NW Hungary: 354 to Kosovo to join the Hungarian KFOR contingent while 139 are going for the third rotation of the Iraqi training mission.

Hungarian kayaker Katalin Kovács retires | Zoltán Balogh / MTI

World class Hungarian kayaker retires

D&T
Aug 1, 2016

Three-time Olympic and 31-time world champion Hungarian kayaker Katalin Kovács has announced her retirement. She thanked her coaches, fellow competitors, sports clubs, the kayak and canoe federation and doctors who helped her.

Britain's Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton wins Hungarian F1 Grand Prix

D&T
Jul 25, 2016

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain claimed victory in the 31st Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring this Sunday, ahead of team mate Nico Rosberg from Germany and Red Bull’s Australian pilot Daniel Ricciardo.

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