The National Center for Public Health has released aggregated data for the past week. They show that 1,636 new infections were confirmed last week, about 20% more than in the previous week, bringing the total number of identified infections since the start of the outbreak in Hungary to 1,923,122. 32 deaths, nine more than in […]
According to police data, 14,162 people arrived in Hungary from Ukraine on Saturday, the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) informed the state news agency MTI on Sunday. At the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, 7,134 people entered the country, while 7,028 of those entering the Romanian-Hungarian border said they had come from Ukraine, the statement said. Of those who […]
The renewal of the electricity network is continuing in the framework of the Danube InGrid project, a Hungarian-Slovak cooperation, with priority developments in Budapest and Pest County, as well as in the North-Eastern Hungary region, in the second phase of the program, which is now starting. Speaking at Thursday's public online consultation on the program, […]
The National Center for Public Health has released aggregated data for the past week. They show that 1,636 new infections were confirmed last week, roughly the same as in the previous week, bringing the total number of identified infections since the start of the outbreak in Hungary to 1,923,122. 23 deaths, mostly of elderly chronic […]
The number of companies planning digital development has increased, while K&H's innovation index has also risen, and the positive trend of the indicator has not been interrupted by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Balázs Németh, Head of Innovation at K&H Bank, said at the bank's online press conference. The latest research, conducted in the first half of […]
The Hungarian Ministry of Technology and Industry announced on Saturday that Hungary is releasing part of the country's strategic petrol and diesel reserves to secure domestic fuel supplies, helping to address the situation caused by the longer-than-planned shutdown of ÖMV’s Schwechat oil refinery near Vienna. ÖMV will replenish the released strategic gasoline and diesel reserves […]
The Balaton Shipping Company (Bahart), which expects to break previous traffic records, has expanded its summer schedule, launched online ticketing, renewed its image and renovated its fleet for this summer season, according to the announcement at its shipping season launch press conference on Friday. CEO Gábor Veigl said that in the first five months of […]
Hungary's first ever diver training tank has been inaugurated in Baja, southern Hungary on the occasion of the third anniversary of a deadly boat collision, on the River Danube in Budapest, which took the lives of many South Korean tourists in 2019. On May 29, 2019, the Viking Sigyn cruise ship collided with the Hableány […]
The stock index of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) rose on a downward trend this week, closing at 41,304.36 points on Friday, up 6.88% on the previous week's close of 2,659.79 points, the state news agency MTI reported on Sunday morning. Turnover fell from HUF 132.69 billion the previous week to HUF 99.98 billion, with […]
In honor of György Békésy, the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) issued a commemorative silver coin with a face value of HUF 7,500 and the non-ferrous metal version thereof with a face value of HUF 2,000 on the anniversary of the Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist's birth. The special oval-shaped collector coins augment the series presenting Hungarian […]
On Friday, 6,729 people crossed the Ukrainian-Hungarian border into Hungary, while 4,986 of those entering the Romanian-Hungarian border said they had come from Ukraine, the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) told the state news agency MTI on Saturday. Of those who entered, the police issued to 248 people temporary residence permits valid for 30 days. They […]
The 54th Kékszalag (‘Blue Ribbon’) Raiffeisen Grand Prix will start on July 14, 2022. The Hungarian Sailing Federation is expecting more participants than ever before in Europe's largest and most popular around-the-lake sailing race. This year's regatta will be a multi-day sailing celebration, with exhibitors, shore programs and a giant projector in Balatonfüred. This year's […]
Budapest Airport, the operator of the Hungarian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport, opened a 120-square-meter airport playground at Minipolisz, on Király Street in downtown Budapest. From the last day of May, children will be able to try themselves as airport workers at the mini-city, where the airport environment will be complemented by a duty free […]
A total of 2,063 new infections were confirmed last week, bringing the total number of identified infections since the start of the outbreak to 1,919,840. In the past week, 40 patients have died, bringing the total number of deaths to 46,547, the official government site koronavirus.gov.hu reports. The number of cured patients is now 1,847,746, […]
The monkeypox infection has also appeared in Hungary, a 38-year-old man was diagnosed with the disease, the national chief public health officer, Cecília Müller announced, at a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday. She said that the epidemiologists are currently investigating whether the man had been abroad, as well as other circumstances related to the […]
