The national flag of Hungary was raised in the presence of President of the Republic Katalin Novák on Saturday morning in front of the Parliament building in Kossuth Lajos Square in Budapest, during the state holiday of 20 August, with military honors. The flag was raised to the sound of the Hungarian National Anthem by […]

The daily heat record in Hungary was broken again on Friday, with almost 40 degrees Celsius recorded in Bács-Kiskun county, the National Meteorological Service (OMSZ) reported. According to OMSZ, based on preliminary data, the national heat record for August 19 was broken with 39.6 degrees Celsius in Baja, south-central Hungary. The Budapest heat record was […]

The Hungarian Defense Forces are using military helicopters to help extinguish drought fires in several parts of the country. On Thursday, the so-called Bambi Bucket was also deployed in the Táborfalva and Pécs areas, the Ministry of Defense said on Thursday. Due to the high heat, undergrowth caught fire in the training area of Táborfalva […]

Residential property prices have risen sharply in all areas of Budapest's agglomeration in the first half of the year, with most settlements seeing a 30-40% increase in prices compared to last year's average price, the property agency Otthon Centrum says in an analysis based on its own data. The real estate brokerage network recalls that […]

There have been reports of a steep rise in the number of infections in recent weeks, but last week's figures show that the epidemic is slowing down again in Hungary. This week's figures confirm this trend. The sad news is that the number of deaths from coronavirus infection in this country has passed the 47,000 […]

The price of one euro (EUR) was 405 forints (HUF) by midday this Tuesday. The Hungarian forint started the week at HUF 392/EUR, and has been free-falling for the second day in a row, the business news site napi.hu writes. The forint weakened sharply on Tuesday after Monday's plunge. At the end of last week, […]

A replica of a 4th-century guard boat cruises the Roman-heritage settlements along the River Danube. The special ship passed through Budapest in the morning and docked at the University of Technology and Economics. The aim of the project is to interpret the Danube as a route linking the former Roman Empire. This will include research […]

The real estate market continues to be summer-like: with extreme holiday season and the changing economic and social environment have resulted in a strong drop in the number of transactions last seen in the epidemic-hit May 2020, according to the executive summary of the latest Duna House barometer. In July 2022, the property agency Duna […]

8,867 people entered Hungary on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border on Saturday, while 11,344 of those crossing the Romanian-Hungarian border said they had come from Ukraine, the Hungarian National Police Headquarters (ORFK) told the state news agency MTI on Sunday. Of those who entered, police issued 470 people with temporary residence permits valid for 30 days. They […]

The popular western Hungarian spa town of Bük will turn into a real dog paradise after Nestlé Hungária's PURINA division launches the program ‘Dog-friendly Bük’ in cooperation with the local authorities and local entrepreneurs. A statement by the company says that in Hungary and globally, pets are gaining ground in tourism. More and more people […]

Hungary is free of avian influenza once again, and there is no obligation to keep poultry indoors, the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) said on its website on Thursday. According to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), Hungary has regained its freedom from avian influenza, the statement is quoted by the state news […]

Low-cost airliner Wizz Air is offering another 100,000 free tickets to Ukrainian citizens on Wizz Air Hungary and Wizz Air UK flights, the airline told the Hungarian state news agency MTI on Thursday. Wizz Air is continuing its earlier initiative to offer free tickets for flights departing between September 15 and December 8, thus helping […]

The recovery of hospitality may continue in the coming months, supported by the strengthening of international tourism, which may also help the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in the coming quarters, according to the tourism economic analysis of Gergely Suppan, senior analyst at Magyar Bankholding. The improvement in tourism will also support the balance […]

While in recent weeks, there had been reporting of a steep rise in the number of infections, last week's figures show the epidemic is slowing down again. Aggregated data published on the related government website koronavirus.gov.hu, 18,078 new infections have been confirmed as opposed to 21,840 new infections in the previous week; 80 patients have […]

Hungarians consider scientists the most trustworthy and politicians the most untrustworthy of all professions, according to a global survey published recently by Ipsos. Across 28 countries around the world, a Global Country Average of 59% rate doctors as trustworthy, while 57% say the same about scientists, with teachers in third place at 52%. As in […]