There were no employees of the Hungarian oil and gas company Mol were present at the company-operated wells in Pakistan where security forces were attacked. Production at the wells has been temporarily shut down by remote access and placed in security mode until the official on-site investigation is completed, Mol told MTI on Tuesday. The […]
Google is extending its flood prediction platform to Hungary, the company's press office told MTI on Tuesday. According to the statement, Google has been working for a long time to help tackle the climate crisis through artificial intelligence, and as part of its efforts, it is expanding its flood forecasting capabilities to 80 countries. The […]
Both the number of sales and the volume of lending in the real estate market declined in the first quarter of this year, and this low market activity is also affecting the supply side of the housing market, Sándor Winkler, head of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), said at an online press conference. Based […]
On Sunday, 5,543 people entered Hungary at the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, while 7,324 of those entering at the Romanian-Hungarian border said they had come from Ukraine, the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) said. As reported by MTI on Monday morning, of those who entered, police issued 49 people with temporary residence permits valid for 30 days. They […]
The Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) is supporting the victims of the flooding in northern Italy with HUF 3 million, the extraordinary donation will contribute to the humanitarian aid of the local community of Forli, the HIA told MTI on Sunday. They recalled that in recent days "the flood of the century" has caused unprecedented devastation […]
The renewed Zrínyi Fortress in Szigetvár, S Hungary, was inaugurated, which has seen more than HUF two billion worth of tourism improvements over the past three years. The fortress, which is famous for the heroic stand of Miklós Zrínyi and his fellow martyrs against the Turks in 1566, was renovated as part of the National […]
The concentration of the coronavirus hereditary material in wastewater is again decreasing, the National Public Health Center (NNK) said on its website. They wrote that after stagnating in previous weeks, the average concentration of the coronavirus hereditary material in wastewater decreased slightly again in the 19th week of the year. The concentration in question continued […]
The sailing season on Lake Balaton started on Saturday with the opening big boat sailing race and the wreath laying ceremony on the lake. This year, 235 people entered the race. The president of the Hungarian Sailing Federation, Csaba Haranghy, called the town of Balatonfüred the capital of Hungarian sailing in his speech before the […]
The Gyula Flowers Festival is held again this weekend, with sixty exhibitors presenting their special plants and horticulture-related products in the southeastern Hungarian town of Gyula. The town's chief gardener, Adrienn Várkonyi Szász said that ten percent of the exhibitors com to the event for the first time. Most of them offer annual flowers, but […]
The public session of the General Assembly began with a welcome speech by Tamás Freund, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA). "Only a meaningful academic role and cooperation between the Academy and the government can bring about a stable, predictable and efficient national RDI system that goes beyond governmental cycles, and the utilization […]
In the 125,000 or so transactions that took place on the Hungarian real estate market last year, there were 2,524 cases of foreign investors who had to apply for a property purchase because they were not citizens of the European Union, the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. This is a 7%% drop compared to […]
A free all-day festival was held in Budapest to celebrate Hungary's accession to the European Union. This year's event was packed with exciting and colorful activities. There was a chance to run with famous Olympians in the now traditional Europe Day running race, but music lovers and families were also in for a treat with […]
86% of Hungarian consumers are trying to cut their spending, according to research by Ernst&Young international consultants presented at the company's press conference in Budapest on Thursday. The survey was conducted in January-February this year, interviewing 1,000 people, and the results are representative of the Hungarian population aged 18-65. Price and value for money are […]
The Easter and spring break period caused a temporary decline in the Hungarian real estate market, with 6,787 residential properties changing hands in April, which is a thousand less than in the previous month, the real estate broker firm Duna House Group told MTI on Wednesday. According to Duna House's estimates based on its own […]
The audience was granted by official response from the Apostolic Nunciature to the Embassy of our country in Hungary, to receive the extraordinary Argentine violinist Pilar Policano accompanied by her mother Laura Minniti, her father Pablo Policano and her younger brother Julián, the Argentinian Embassy in Budapest says in a statement. The family was accompanied […]
