Last December, the real estate market began to revive again in Hungary with 9,646 residential properties changing hands nationwide, representing a 1.5% increase compared to the previous month, but a 5.7% decrease compared to the previous year, according to estimates based on its own data, Duna House told MTI on Tuesday. They added that December […]
The Szeged Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence at its New Year's concert on January 5, director Sándor Gyüdi told MTI. The conductor recalled that, in keeping with a tradition that began in the mid-19th century, the Szeged Symphony Orchestra used to give […]
According to the results of a recently published international study, conscious choice and moderation in alcohol consumption have become an increasingly strong cultural trend. Saying no has now become acceptable, does not raise embarrassing questions, and does not require explanation. This change has also triggered a spectacular transformation in the beverage market, according to a […]
MOL ends the year stronger than ever: 2025 brought an absolute record for Fresh Corner's two iconic products, coffee and hot dogs. Sixty-six million cups of coffee were sold in the region, and 12.4 million in Hungary – the company has never achieved such high figures in a single year before. Hot dogs also broke […]
2025 is an important year in the history of Ferenc Liszt International Airport, which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its opening in May this year. To mark the occasion, the airport's operating company, Budapest Airport, part of the VINCI Airports network, was preparing a year-long celebration focusing on Ferenc Liszt’s legend and the 75-year-long history […]
National Bank of Hungary (MNB) governor Mihaly Varga announced the loan of 1,422 contemporary works of art to 30 museums nationwide at a press conference in Budapest on Friday. "The central bank's new management believes the place of art is not in offices or warehouses, but museums," Varga said. He added that the works would […]
Hungary's MOL expects repairs at its Danube Refinery, following a fire in October, to finish in Q3 2026, the oil and gas company said in an announcement on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange. MOL said the time required for repair was "subject to change" as a damage probe was still underway and the […]
American medical technology giant Becton Dickinson (BD) is expanding its Hungarian operations by introducing new service and manufacturing functions. BD is set to build a sterilization facility at its site in the industrial park of Környe, near Tatabánya, western Hungary, which has been operating for more than fifteen years. Supported by the Hungarian Investment Promotion […]
Eelection forms for the Hungarian parliamentary elections to be held in 2026 will be supplied by ANY Security Printing Company PLC, the company announced on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange. The National Election Office signed a framework contract with ANY Security Printing Company Plc. on December 17, 2025 covering the production and supply […]
American cleaning product company Scrub Daddy is set to develop its Hungarian operation into a global production hub. After acquiring Rosmarin Plc., a Hungarian manufacturer of environmentally conscious household cleaning products in 2023, Scrub Daddy will expand the production unit in Mártély, south-east Hungary, with a EUR 3.8 million investment. Supported by the HIPA Hungarian […]
4iG Space and Defence Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lockheed Martin Global to explore and prepare potential defence cooperation, parent company 4iG said in an announcement on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange on Wednesday. "According to the MoU, the cooperation aims to assess the preparation for the integration of advanced […]
Klaudia Pataki, the mayor of Kecskemét, southeast of Budapest, presented Markus Schäfer, a member of the board of Mercedes-Benz AG, with the Key to the City award at a ceremony in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budapest on Tuesday. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó called […]
In June 2025, in time for the jubilee 40th Hungarian Grand Prix, the renewed 25,000 m² paddock building and the new 10,000-seat grandstand of the Hungaroring were inaugurated in Mogyoród, based on the designs of DVM Group Ltd. and SAMO Architects Ltd. Together with the pit building completed in an earlier phase of the development, […]
The number of patent applications filed in Hungary climbed 17% in 2024, well over the 4.9% global increase, the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) said on Monday, citing the latest World Intellectual Property Indicators report. The global leaders in patent applications were China, the United States, Japan and South Korea, according to the report. According […]
The real estate development company WING has won this year’s Art is Business Award in the 'Corporate Art Project' category for the creation of Modernism in Pieces, an architectural history exhibition. The pop-up exhibition, held in November 2024, presented the historical, architectural, and art historical significance of the renovated Liget Center in a unique way. […]
