The new building of the Museum of Ethnography, which was built in the framework of the Liget Budapest project at the gateway to the City Park, was inaugurated on Sunday afternoon. It opens to visitors on Monday with temporary and permanent exhibitions. The project's Ministerial Commissioner, László Baán was of the view that the Liget […]

Named “II. András Aranybullája” (The Golden Bull of Andrew II of Hungary), the Magyar Nemzeti Bank is issuing a small-sized gold coin at a face value of HUF 10,000 and a non-ferrous metal coin at a face value of HUF 5,000, which is the same size as the seal on the Aranybulla, in Esztergom to […]

The Euronics technical goods chain has opened a robotized warehouse in Üllő, just outside Budapest where the HUF 1.6 billion investment has doubled the warehouse space and, thanks to automation, the dispatch of goods is about 30% faster. A statement sent by the company to the state news agency MTI stresses that the artificial intelligence-controlled […]

In addition to its internationally significant humanitarian role in Ukraine, the Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) is also a major participant in refugee aid work in Hungary. In order to provide more efficient and complex assistance to those in need arriving in Hungary from Ukraine, the Taipei Representative Office is supporting the establishment of a refugee […]

After one week, Hungarian authorities have again published data on the government coronavirus information page on the number of fatalities, new infections, those hospitalized, etc. A total of 4,749 new infections were confirmed last week, bringing the total number of identified infections since the beginning of the epidemic to 1,914,697 in this country. In the […]

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 510 million confirmed cases and more than 6.25 million deaths have been reported around the world. As nations continue to battle the pandemic, Taiwan’s achievements have been widely recognized. As of May 10, 2022, about 390,000 confirmed cases and 931 deaths had been reported in Taiwan, which […]

Continest Technologies Plc. has received a total of HUF 2.4 billion in capital from three domestic venture capital fund managers to support its growth plans. The Székesfehérvár Municipal Fund and Hiventures, a member of the MFB Group, each made a HUF 1-1 billion capital injection to become minority shareholders in the company, which develops and […]

The real estate investment company S IMMO Hungary, which manages the City Center office building that houses its headquarters in Budapest, has decided to renovate the lobby of the building. The highlighting elements of the decoration will be the Finta pencil drawings made during the design of the building. Work is expected to be completed […]

Women's leadership and the physical and mental presence of the glass ceiling in business and diplomacy. That was the topic of panel discussions by successful business leaders and diplomats at the residence of the Dutch ambassador in Budapest this Monday afternoon. Through personal stories and experiences, the panelists reflected on the theme and shared their […]

5,852 people entered Hungary on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border on Saturday, while 6,605 of those entering the country on the Romanian-Hungarian border said they had come from Ukraine, the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) told the state news agency MTI on Sunday. Of those who entered the country, police issued 353 people with temporary residence permits valid […]

Mobile phone manufacturers come out with new handsets every year, but it's as if the developer momentum ran out with no major new features coming with these updates. Older handsets serve the needs of the majority of people so well that even the two-year replacement cycle favored by operators is not widely adhered to. Hungarians […]

The Hungarian oil and gas company Mol is showing solidarity with the war-affected Ukrainian energy sector, and is providing equipment to support the continued and safe operation of the energy network, the group said in a statement on Saturday. Mol Group has also joined the initiative of the International Oil and Gas Producers' Association (IOGP) […]

The Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Section of the National Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ) has recognized the Ukrainian Ambassador to Hungary, Ljubov Nepop with the ‘For Our Europe’ award. In his laudation at the award ceremony this Thursday, Hungary’s former EU commissioner (2004) and foreign minister (2009-10) Professor Péter Balázs highlighted that Ambassador Ljubov […]

In March 2022, the volume of retail trade in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 16.2% higher in Hungary than in the same month of the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office reports. In March, calendar-adjusted sales volumes were essentially unchanged in specialized and non-specialized food shops and rose by 29.7% in non-food retailing […]

Another Hungarian police unit will be deployed to North Macedonia for border protection purposes, the communications service of the National Police Headquarters said on Tuesday on police.hu. According to the statement, the Hungarian police officers serving in the 29-member contingent in North Macedonia will carry out their duties with their own equipment, and will exercise […]