U.S. President Barack Obama pledged expanded support for society groups and "embattled NGOs" at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, mentioning Hungary as one of the countries where the civil society is increasingly the subject of intimidation.
The European Court of Justice has ruled in favor of several opposition members of Hungarian Parliament and stated that their rights to freedom of expression were violated when Speaker László Kövér fined them for displaying anti government banners.
Some 370 hectares are flooded near the Hungarian-Slovenian border in SW Hungary due to heavy rains in the past week. Streams have exited their bed and flooded roads, lands and houses as a result of which dozens of people have had to be evacuated.
The Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade follows with deep concern recent developments in Eastern Ukraine. One of the opposition parties calls on PM Viktor Orbán to take a stance by Ukraine's territorial integrity and independence.
The President of the Republic János Áder presented internationally acknowledged Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertész and internationally renowned inventor Ernõ Rubik with the Order of Saint Stephen at the proposal of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
The Pan-European picnic that eventually led to the fall of the Iron Curtain was celebrated with a family day on the Hungarian side of the border on the 25th anniversary of the August 19, 1989 event and with a conference in the nearby town of Sopron.
The most successful in chess history, Hungary's Judit Polgár, has announced that she retires from competitive chess at the age of 38. She will now concentrate more on her chess foundation and the further popularization of chess education in schools.
Last year, the number of visitors at the 200 most significant Hungarian baths, also frequented by tourists, was some 31 million and development projects related to these are to be continued in the coming European Union fiscal period.
The Hungarian Prime Minister has nominated Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Tibor Navracsics to serve as Commissioner in the next European Commission (EC). Before the official announcement, Navracsics revealed his nomination on Twitter.
Daniel Ricciardo of the Red Bull team won the 29th Hungarian Grand Prix car race at the Hungaroring circuit just east of Budapest on Sunday ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and 2013 winner Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.
15-year-old Bence Balzam from the northern Serbian settlement of Op¹tina Beèej (or Óbecse, with substantial Hungarian population) won this year's cross-Balaton swimming between Révfülöp and Balatonboglár this past Saturday.
The European Commission opened infringement proceedings against Hungary last week over the country’s new electronic toll collection (ETC) system and the unsatisfactory implementation of several EU directives, the MTI news agency reports.
The Hungarian capital welcomes the continent's best waterpolo teams in the next two weeks, starting on Monday, July 14. At the tournament, the host nation is among the favorites both in the men's and the women's fields.
Northern Budapest side Újpest FC (the 2014 Cup Winners) won the Hungarian football Super Cup on Friday after a penalty shoot-out against this year's league champions Debrecen following a golless draw in the Hungarian capital's Puskás Stadium.
Lieutenant-General Frederick Ben Hodges, Commanding General, NATO Allied Land Command has paid a visit to Hungary where he met with several commanders of the Hungarian defence forces, discussing Hungarian contributions to NATO operations.
