Surpassing expectations by most officials and fans alike, Hungarian competitors won eight gold, four silver and five bronze medals at the 30th Summer Olympic Games that ended this past Sunday, earning the 9th place on the medal table of nations.
Surpassing expectations by most officials and fans alike, Hungarian competitors won eight gold, four silver and five bronze medals at the 30th Summer Olympic Games that ended this past Sunday, earning the 9th place on the medal table of nations.
Thursday produced two more gold medals for Hungary at the London Olympics: one, by Danuta Kozák in the women's 500-meter single kayak event, more or less expected; and a quite unexpected one by Éva Risztov in the women's 10-km marathon swim race.
Hungarian kayakers paddled to two gold medals at the London Olympics on Wednesday. Victories in the men's kayak double in 1,000 meters and the women's kayak four in 500 produced the 5th and 6th gold for Hungary at this Olympics.
Gymnast Krisztián Berki won the men’s pommel horse event Sunday afternoon to take Hungary’s third Olympic gold at this Olympics, while compatriot Krisztián Pars followed suit in the evening by conquering the title in the men’s hammer throw.
Hungarian Olympic champion swimmer at the current Olympics, Dániel Gyurta will send a replica of his Olympic gold the family of his friend, Norway’s world class swimmer Alexander Dale Oen who died of heart attack three months ago.
Hungary's Dániel Gyurta has won the men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 30th Summer Olympic Games in London this Wednesday. This is Hungary's fourth medal at the 2012 Games after a gold in fencing and a silver and a bronze in judo.
The US State Department has criticised parts of Hungary's church that substantially cut the number of recognized churches and the strengthening of the radical nationalist Jobbik party in its international report of religious freedom for 2011.
Hungary’s Áron Szilágyi won the men’s individual saber fencing competition to take the Hungarian delegation’s first gold medal at the 30th Summer Olympic Games in the British capital Sunday. The week-end also produced a silver and bronze for Hungary.
At the previous Olympic Games, Hungarian athletes have won 160 gold, 144 silver and 164 bronze medals and the 157 competitors representing Hungary at the 30th Summer Olympic Games in London hope to increase this medal collection.
170 women of Soroptimist International of Europe (SIE) will gather in Budapest July 13-15 for their Annual Governors’ Meeting. They belong to the world’s largest women’s service-organization with 90.000 women in 126 countries.
The Embassy of the United states of America in Budapest held its traditional Independence Day celebrations at the Táncsics compund in the Buda Castle in Budapest this week with hundreds of guests invited by Ambassador Kounalakis.
Day by day new heat records are broken in Hungary with the maximum daily temperatures reaching 38 degrees Celsius (about 100 degrees Fahrenheit) and even the dawn temperatures are higher than ever before. No improvement expected before next week.
The Budapest embassies of 16 countries have issued a joint statement expressing support for the Budapest EuroGames 2012, this year’s European Gay & Lesbian Championships, an annual European event, and the Budapest Pride Festival.
Eighty posters of environmental subject could be seen for five days in the hall of the Representatives Office (Képviselõi Irodaház) in Budapest to coincide with the Rio+20 international environmental conference in Brazil.
In 2011, price levels for consumer goods and services differed widely across the European Union. The lowest price levels were found in Bulgaria and Denmark had the highest price level. Compared to the EU27 average, Hungary’s prices are at 62%.
