Croatia’s anti-graft authority USKOK has summoned Zsolt Hernádi, Chairman-CEO of Hungarian fuels group MOL, for a hearing on September 25 as a suspect in a bribery case that resulted in a ten-year prison sentence for Croatia’s former Prime Minister.

Hungary's national football side lost 3-0 away to Romania in Europe's qualifying Group D of the 2014 football World Cup. This defeat significantly reduces Hungarian chances to finish at least second in the group, a place in the play-off stage.

The Apostolic Nunciature and the Embassy of the Republic of Albania are inviting fellow diplomats to to participate in a mass and photo exhibition about the life of Mother Teresa, to be held this Thursday, September 5 at Szent István Bazilika.

Hungarian paddlers won 17 medals (including 7 gold) at the World Kayak and Canoeing Championships in Duisburg, Germany this past week-end, finishing second on the medal table behind the host nation but in front of Russia and Canada.

As part of the 16th Jewish Summer Festival, the Embassy of the State of Israel brought a unique experience to one of the most beautiful and colorful places in Budapest, the Central Market Hall. The Israeli Shuk in Budapest lasts 3 days: August 29-31.

Creating the conditions for energy security is among the biggest challenges facing countries today, Hungary's foreign minister János Martonyi told the international conference "Energy Security and Diplomacy in 2013" in Budapest on Monday.

Three-time Olympic champion waterpolo player, the holder of the ‘Athlete of the Nation’ title in Hungary, Dezsõ Gyarmati passed away at the age of 85 in Budapest. He was the most successful figure in the history of waterpolo.

Another giraffe baby – the second this year – was born in the Budapest Zoo by Wednesday morning. It was in the morning that the zoo staff got to see the baby that whose sex is not yet known and thus, no has been given to it, yet.

Police detained 24 people who possessed drugs in the vicinity of the OZORA Festival in southwest Hungary in the past 24 hours, the Fejer County police headquarters was quoted from its website on Thursday by the Hungarian news agency MTI.

This Wednesday, the national daily maximum temperature record was broken, as was the Budapest record - the National Meteorological Service told the news agency MTI. Thursday may see the absolute national record superseeded.

Four men have been found guilty of murdering six Roma (gypsy) people, including a child in Hungary, in a spree of killings that the court considered an act of racist motivation, Three of the accused were given life terms without parole.

Hungary's Katinka Hosszú won her second world title at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain this Sunday by beating the field in the women's 400-meter individual medley. A day earlier, Hungary won a gold in men's waterpolo.

The Hungarian men's national waterpolo team defeated Olympic champions Croatia 11-10 in the semifinal to face Montenegro in the world championship final Saturday night at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

Analog terrestrial television broadacsting ends this Wednesday, July 31st in most parts of Hungary, including Budapest and its vicinity, with the northeast and small areas in the south following suit at the end of October this year.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the 2013 Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit, east of Budapest. In the meantime, a new contract has been signed to secure the organization of the Hngarian GP till 2021.