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Continued Flow of Ukrainian Refugees to Hungary

D&T
May 3, 2022

More than ten thousand people arrived in Hungary from Ukraine on Monday, the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) told the state news agency MTI on Tuesday morning. 4,664 people entered Hungary on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, while 5,510 of those entering through the Romanian-Hungarian border said they had arrived from Ukraine. Of those who entered, police issued […]

COVID-19: 65 Dead and 2,183 Newly Infected Since Friday

D&T
May 2, 2022

65 patients have died in the past three days in Hungary, bringing the total official number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection in this country to 46,266, according to the related government information website. Since Friday, 2,183 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed, which means the total number of identified infections […]

Trade Unions Need to Adopt a New Way

D&T
May 1, 2022

Trade unions need to renew themselves, because in the times ahead, they need strong, organized employee interest groups in partnership with political parties, the Hungarian Trade Union Confederation (MASZSZ) said at its traditional Labor Day workers’ gathering (May Day picnic) in Budapest on Sunday. Speaking at the event in Városliget (City Park), recently elected MASZSZ […]

War in Ukraine: Demonstrations in the Hungarian Capital

D&T
Apr 30, 2022

Early afternoon on Saturday, pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian solidarity demonstrations were organized roughly at the same time in the center of Budapest, not too far from each other. Organized by the Hungarian Ukrainian Cultural Association and the Unity Ukrainian Association, more than a thousand people arrived at Deák Square at 1 pm to protest against the […]

Hungarian Population Continues to Decrease

D&T
Apr 30, 2022

In March 2022, 6,970 children were born and 11,746 people died according to preliminary data published by the Central Statistical Office. In the last twelve months, between April 2021 and March 2022, the number of births diminished by 2.2% and that of deaths by 0.9%, while the number of marriages increased by 5.2% compared to […]

Hungary’s Top Banker Sees Need for Severe Austerity Measures

D&T
Apr 29, 2022

Sándor Csányi, chairman of Hungary’s largest commercial bank OTP, warned that the Hungary needs a budget adjustment of up to HUF 1,700 billion. The war in the Ukraine, international energy prices and the outcome of Hungary’s standoff with the European Union will decide the exact extent and nature of the budget adjustment, according to Csányi. […]

Rule of Law Mechanism Formally Started Against Hungary

D&T
Apr 27, 2022

The European Commission on Wednesday initiated against Hungary a never-before-used procedure, the rule of law mechanism, that could see the Hungarian government stripped of funding for flouting democratic standards. As the Hungarian state news agency MTI reports, Johannes Hahn, the EU Commissioner for Budget and Administration, was authorized to send a written notification to Hungary […]

Fuel and Food Price Freeze Extended Until July 1

D&T
Apr 27, 2022

The Hungarian government has decided to extend the price restrictions on fuel and certain food products until July 1, PM Viktor Orbán announced this Wednesday. He said in a video on social media that the government had discussed the issue of fuel and food prices at its meeting on Wednesday. He stressed that prices are […]

COVID-19 Week-End: 53 Deaths and 3,325 New Infections

D&T
Apr 25, 2022

Since Friday last week, 3,325 new cases of the new coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Hungary, with 53 fatalities over this period, according to the related government website koronavirus.gov.hu. The new cases bring the total number of identified infections to 1,894,278 since the beginning of the outbreak, while with the 53 patients, most of […]

The ‘March of the Living’ in Budapest

D&T
Apr 24, 2022

The ‘March of the Living’ in memory of the victims of the Holocaust is also held in Budapest every year. This year's parade in the Hungarian capital took place on Sunday afternoon. Following two years of hiatus due to the new corovirus pandemic, thousands of people marched in the city on Holocaust memorial day to […]

I Bike Parade in Budapest

D&T
Apr 23, 2022

Starting out from the City Park, thousands of people cycled through the Hungarian capital on Saturday afternoon, with the traditional parade the aim of which, according to organizers and participants, was campaigning for more and safer cycle lanes. Following a tradition that started in 2004, participants stood up for cycling improvements. The event was secured […]

Hungarian Interchurch Aid Sends Aid to Bucha

D&T
Apr 22, 2022

An aid shipment by the Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) including food, hygiene products and generators has reached Bucha in Ukraine, the organization’s director said on Friday. László Lehel, speaking from the Ukranian town of Zaporizhzhia, told state-run Hungarian Radio that the organization had been working in Transcarpathia, the Ukrainian region with substantial ethnic Hungarian population, […]

Most Hungarians Think the War is Ukraine's Problem

D&T
Apr 21, 2022

Mexicans, Argentinians, Peruvians, Colombians and Chileans, for example, are more interested in what is happening in the country under attack than Hungarians, according to an international survey by Ipsos. Compared with the data from the countries surveyed, a much higher proportion of our fellow countrymen (28 percentage points higher than the international average) think that […]

Strong Investor Activity on Hungary's Property Market

D&T
Apr 21, 2022

The National Residential Property Price Index of Duna House representing the overall average closed at a record high 231 points nominal again in Hungary in the first quarter of this year. In real terms, the increase was slower and the index currently stands at 144 points, compared to the previous 135, according to the latest […]

COVID-19: No. of Fatalities Reaches 46,000 in Hungary

D&T
Apr 20, 2022

29 mostly elderly, chronic patients died, bringing the official total number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours in Hungary to 46,000, as reported by the related government website koronavirus.gov.hu. In comparison, neighboring Austria (where population is about 90% of Hungary and where COVID-19 testing is extensive) has registered […]

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