Hungarian footballer Krisztián Németh was named as Sporting Kansas City's best newcomer this season as the American soccer club presented its annual awards. The 26-year-old Hungarian international was honored based on votes from fans, journalists and coaches.
A record number of participants - 27,860 runners - took part at the two-day Spar Budapest Marathon Festival this week-end, making it the most populous sports event ever in Hungary. People running at the competition represented 80 countries altogether.
NATO would set up new force integration units (NFIU) in Slovakia and Hungary to complement the six existing units in Eastern Europe. Hungarian Defence Minister István Simicskó says the unit will boost Hungary’s security without endangering anyone.
Hungary's green LMP party organised a demonstration in protest against the privatisation of state land, blocking one lane of several major roads throughout the country. The move is against “one of the biggest privatisation deals of the past 25 years.”
Hungary's László Barta won the Goldsteig Ultrarace in Germany by completing the 661 kilometer long cross-country distance in 143 hours and 57 minutes while compatriot Anna Örsi clocked 169 hours and 45 minutes to win the women's competition.
The oldest living Olympic Champion, Sándor Tarics, who won gold in the 1936 Olympics with the Hungarian water polo team, turned 102 this Wednesday. He moved to the United States in 1948 where he taught at university and worked as construction engineer.
40 Croatian police officers accompanying a train carrying migrants from Croatia to Hungary were disarmed by Hungarian police on Friday. According to the spokesman of the Hungarian government, 4,400 migrants arrived to Hungary from Croatia on this day.
Hungarian police stopped a crowd of migrants that broke the gate at a crossing point of the Röszke-Horgos station on the border between Hungary and Serbia on Wednesday. The law inforcement units used tear gas and water cannons against the crowd.
Hungarian police closed an unofficial crossing point along a train track between the Serbian village of Horgos and the Hungarian village of Röszke to stop the influx of illegal immigrants. while the government declared a state of crisis in two southern counties.
No. 2 seeded Dalma Gálfi of Hungary defeated No. 9 seed Sofia Kenin of the United States in the final of the junior girls' competition at the US Open tennis tournament. 17-year-old Gálfi is the first Hungarian to capture a title in the history of the US Open.
Some 3,800 soldiers were deployed at Hungary's southern border with Serbia by Friday, the new defense minister István Simicskó said. The main task of the troops is to help build a fence that PM Viktor Orbán claims will protect Hungary from the influx of migrants.
22 non-governmenatl organizations have signed a petition to call on the Hungarian government to tackle the refugee crisis humanely. They believe they need to speak out in a critical situation like this and alleviate the plight of refugees in Hungary.
Sóstó Zoo, the country’s largest animal park, located in Nyíregyháza, NE Hungary, has recently received the director and chief vet of the Jakarta Ragunan Zoo. Both parties are interested in signing a new cooperation agreement.
Hungary is in charge of the protection of the airspace of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for a period of four months as of 1 September as part of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission. Hungary took over the mission at the Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania from Norway and Italy.
The 15th Smart Times international car meeting was held this Friday and Saturday in and around Budapest. The aim of these gatherings s to forge together the Smart community and establish relationship with Smart fans from all around the world.
