Some four thousand Budapesters have joined tens of thousands of citizens of 100+ cities around the world to participate in the local event of the 7th annual International Pillow Fight Day on Heroes’ Square this Saturday afternoon.

Legendary Hungarian footballer Ferenc Puskás beat his Real Madrid 'teammate' Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo in an internet voting (organized by goal.com) as to who has been the world's best soccer player ever. Over a million votes have been cast.

According to the organizers, at least 300 schools and over 7,000 people all around Hungary took part in a one-hour demonstration this Wednesday morning to demand for changes to the way public schools are run in this country by the government.

Members of the Hare Krishna movement distributed cooked food and food packages in downtown Budapest this Easter Monday to thousands of poor families: the needy had access to 1,600 portions of meals and tons of non-perishable food.

Hungary drew one-all with Croatia in a friendly soccer game in Budapest this Saturday. Mario Mandzukic took the lead for Croatia in the first half while the equalizer came in the second half through a free kick by Balázs Dzsudzsák.

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has written to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, calling on him to open a dialogue with the country’s trade unions as public outrage grows over changes to the education system.

Andy Grove, one of the key figures in Intel rising to become a large, worldwide-known international technology company, has died in Los Altos, California at the age of 79. He was born in Budapest on September 2, 1936 as András István Gróf.

Until the conclusion of the probe the European Commission (EC) is currently conducting in the issue of possible distortions of competition, the Hungarian government will not draw from a EUR 10 billion loan facility provided by Russia.

Yemen-born Dr. Abdulrahman Abdulrab Mohamed has been voted as the doctor of the year in Hungary. He is a pediatrician and a specialsit neonatologist at the Department of Pediatrics of the Pándy Kálmán Hospital in Gyula, SE Hungary.

A man armed with a Kalashnikov began shooting in the courthouse in the southern Hungarian town of Kiskunhalas this Wednesday morning. He reportedly wanted to go to the chief prosecutor's office to kill him but he was wrestled down by security guards.

Hungary's Sándor Liu Shaolin won the 500-meter event at the World Short Track Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea this Saturday with his brother, Shaoang coming in third. Shaoang secured another medal for Hungary: a silver at 1,500 meters.

Two young Komodo dragons have arrived to the Sóstó Zoo in Nyíregyháza, NE Hungary from the Prague Zoo. Florian and Durian, both of them aged five years, replace the well-developed pair of Indri and Bagol that perished at the end of last year.

Rail traffic between Hungary and Croatia suspended months ago due to the flow of illegal migrants has been resumed in the spirit of the fact that the two countries have always regarded each other as good neighbours and important partners.

The Embassy of Sweden, Business Sweden, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) and leading Swedish companies have inaugurated the Swedish Student Corner, an inspiring, creative space at the BME this week.

Hungary’s population decline accelerated in 2015 as the number of births rose less than in 2014 and the number of deaths increased after a decline in the previous year, according to a report this week by the Central Statistical Office.