The National Association of Cemetery Maintainers and Operators in Hungary held its First National Gravedigger Contest in the public cemetery of the city of Debrecen. Competitors had to dig a grave of 2 meters long, 0.8 meters wide and 1.6 meters deep.
An extraordinary phenomenon has been discovered in Debrecen: the fifth fundamental force in nature. Laboratories worldwide will attempt to reproduce the results achieved in the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA Atomki).
The general assembly of the northwest Hungarian town of Sopron decided last week to ban smoking in the downtown area. According to ikvahirek.eu news portal, it has not been finalised when the regulation enters into effect.
Gripen fighter planes of the Hungarian military have returned to their home base in Kecskemét from NATO's Tiger Meet international exercise in Spain. The Hungarian contingent included five aircraft and 50 soldiers in personnel.
At the 2016 World Championship in Spaghetti Bridge Building in Budapest, The winner in the Bridge category was the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca from Romania, while the Support category title went to the Technical University of Riga from Latvia.
Hungary has sent a third police contingent to help patrol the Greek-Macedonian border. According to the website of the national police force, the contingent consisting of 25 officers will mainly be carrying out border patrol tasks with their Macedonian colleagues.
Hungarian swimmers won ten gold, four silver and five bronze medals at the European Swimming Championship held in London this week. This achievement earned them the top position on the medal table ahead of host Great Britain and Italy.
Hungarian engineer Sándor Tarics, who won gold at the 1936 Olympics as member of the Hungarian water polo team, passed away in his home in Belvedere, California in the United States. He celebrated his 102th birthday last September.
A new shift of Hungarian soldiers have travelled to the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif from a Hungarian military base to replace the Hungarian contingent there. Their main task is to provide protection for Hungarian military advisors in the region.
Hungarian badminton player Laura Sárosi has qualified for the Summer Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this August. She gained fair play fame at the European championship this April when she loaned a pair of shoes to her German opponent.
Hungary's national ice hockey team defeated Belarus 5-2 at the men's world championship to score the first Hungarian victory in the top division since 1939. Hungary avoids relegation if it scores as many points against Germany as Belarus against France.
Busy Széll Kálmán Square has been renovated in the framework of a HUF 5.3 billion project. Online and print media reports suggest many of the project elements were extremely overpriced - something denied by the Center for Budapest Transport.
Hungarian chef Tamás Széll and his team have won the European final of Bocuse d’Or - the world’s most prestigious contest for chefs - that ended in Budapest this Wednesday. Norway came in second and Sweden third in the contest that began the day before.
Hungarian mountain climber Dávid Klein has returned to his native country this Monday. He is the first Hungarian to have reached the 8.091-meter high Annapurna peak in the Himalaya mountains without auxiliary oxygen and the help of sherpas.
Hungarian side Dunaújváros defeated Germany's TuS Metzingen 29-21 in the second leg of the final of the women's EHF Cup (the second most prestigious competition of the European Handball Federation), to win the trophy with an aggregate result of 55-49.
