A total of 13,765 new infections have been confirmed in the past week in Hungary, bringing the total number of identified infections to 2,107,907 since the beginning of the epidemic, according to the government information website. A week earlier, there were 11,392 new infections. 73 people, most of them elderly and chronic, died, bringing the […]
The Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) has been voted Orchestra of the Year, the news was announced at the Gramophone Awards gala event in London on Tuesday evening. Iván Fischer's ensemble competed with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bavarian State Orchestra, among others, in the competition of the world's most prestigious classical music magazine, and […]
World Animal Day is celebrated around the world on October 4, the day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. It is a day to raise awareness not only of the diversity and curiosity of the animal world, but also of animal protection and the conservation of endangered species, according to a […]
Museum sustainability is at the heart of the 17th Fall Festival of Museums, which will bring together almost 40 museums in the capital and 80 in the countryside to offer more than 500 programs to visitors across the country over a month and a half from Tuesday. The festival is organized by the Szentendre-based Open-Air […]
Hungarian consumers believe it is important that their household appliances are energy efficient, and the majority are willing to pay a premium for appliances with a better energy rating, but many are not aware of the meaning of energy labels, according to a recent survey by Euronics, a chain of technical stores. According to the […]
Six hours of free mega-concerts with local stars, emerging talents and music together – that's what those interested can expect at downtown Szabadság Square in Budapest on October 8. The Yettel Stage platform has brought together established musicians with bands at the beginning of their careers to give a boost to newcomers, with the support […]
Overall, Budapest and the western part of the country offer better opportunities in education, culture, shopping and the labor market, while in Eastern Hungary, it is easier to get a home, according to the Takarék Index Livability Survey, conducted by Takarék Jelzálogbank [‘Savings Mortgage Bank’], a Magyar Bankholding member, on education, healthcare, culture, crime, the […]
Shocking, fascinating and you wonder how it's possible. These were the words visitors used to describe their experience at the opening ceremony of ‘The Art of The Brick’ exhibition in Budapest, according to a LEGO press release. The exhibition features sculptures and creations made exclusively from LEGO® building blocks by New York artist Nathan Sawaya. […]
This year, 130 exhibitors, more than 40 foreign authors and 150 programs await the public at the Festival from this Thursday until October 2 at the National Dance Theater and the Europa Pont, next to the Millenáris event center. After a two-year hiatus, the Budapest International Book Festival will reopen, said poet and writer Krisztina […]
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) will issue a collector coin of HUF 2,000 called ‘Király kis Miklós’ (King Little Cause) on writer Elek Benedek’s birthday, on the day of Hungarian folk tales. This collector coin is the second piece of the seven-piece non-ferrous metal collector coin series, launched last year, whose dedicated objective is […]
'Brave Warrior 2022', a large-scale multinational exercise, involving thousands of allied troops in the execution of joint tasks, takes place in the second half of September in Hungary. This Thursday, the participating troops were visited by the Hungarian and Croatian ministers of defense. It is a multinational (Hungarian, Croatian, Slovakian, Italian and American) complex combat […]
Innovariant Ltd. has expanded the capacity of its printing plant in Algyő, SE Hungary, with HUF 448 million, most of which is EU support, the company informed the state news agency MTI. According to the statement, Innovariant Ltd. was founded in 1996 in nearby Szeged and moved its headquarters to Algyő in 2011. Its main […]
Both the number of Hungarians infected with the new coronavirus and that of those dying as a result of this infection decreased in the past seven days, according to a weekly summary published by the related government website koronavirus.gov.hu. In the past week, 46 people died (two fewer than in the previous week), mostly elderly […]
The majority of Hungarians admit to consciously buying food, paying attention to the expiry date of food, yet they produce 65 kilograms of food waste annually, resulting in an annual loss of HUF 45,000, the Hungarian Food Bank Association told the state news agency MTI on Monday. According to the statement, the association, the National […]
Organized as part of the Budapest Running Festival, the 17th NATO Run in Budapest took place this Saturday. This time, the 10-kilometer route was exclusively on the Buda side, along the embankment of the River Danube, with the start and finish at the Vérmező park in the Hungarian capital's District I. The running race was […]
