Consumer prices were 8.5% higher on average in March 2022 than a year earlier. The last time the inflation was as high was in June 2007. The highest price rise over the last 12 months was measured for food. In one month, consumer prices increased by 1.0% on average, the Central Statistical Office reports. In […]
101 patients have died, according to data from the official government site koronavirus.gov.hu website for the past four days, published on Tuesday morning. This brings the official number of deaths in Hungary to 45,611 since the start of the pandemic. During this period, 5,961 new infections have been confirmed, bringing the total number of identified […]
The last two years have seen a surge in the popularity of online shopping. In a representative survey, eMAG, the online retailer, has found out who, what and why they buy on online marketplaces: 89% of the respondents spend at least a few times a year on marketplaces, and more than a third shop on […]
In Hungary, the car is still the most important means of mobility, two thirds of Hungarians cannot imagine their lives without it, a representative survey commissioned by Robert Bosch and conducted by Medián shows. As the financial news suite portfolio.hu reports, the just published survey that examined car ownership habits and attitudes towards electromobility shows […]
Entitled 'Let it be over!', a civil solidarity demonstration was held in Budapest on Saturday for a free and independent Ukraine and against the "swing policy" of the Hungarian government. The demonstration, organized by the NGO 'One Million for a Free Ukraine', was held at the Pest end of the Elizabeth Bridge, on Szabad sajtó […]
The production unit of SK-Precíziós (‘Precision’) Ltd., formerly known as Schüssler Hungária Ltd., will be built with an investment of some EUR 6 million in Sárospatak to manufacture state-of-the-art CNC tooling systems. As a result, 29 new jobs are expected to be created. The German owners thus set up their first manufacturing plant outside Germany […]
Budakeszi Wildlife Park, located just west of Budapest, awaits its visitors with several new developments - aviaris, outdoor enclosures and an activity area - for the start of the spring season., the state news agency MTI reports. According to the Director of the Wildlife Park, Péter Szabó, the establishment is one of the most popular […]
The runway of the Ferenc Liszt International Airport of the Hungarian capital will be packed with competitors for the tenth time this September. To celebrate the anniversary, Budapest Airport is making the Runway Run charity race even more special. On the one hand, participants will be able to arrive at the finish line in the […]
In the past three days, 5,223 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed (some 700 per day less than the number published last Friday), while the number of fatalities related to the new coronavirus epidemic was 84 over the week-end (ten per day less than the number published last Friday), according to official figures […]
2,651 new infections have been confirmed in the past 24 hours – 251 less than a day before –, bringing the total official number of identified infections to 1,836,919 since the start of the outbreak, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday. Thirty-five mostly elderly, chronic patients died – seven fewer than a day before –, bringing the […]
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony and Rafal Trzaskowski, the Mayor of Warsaw, commemorated the Day of Polish-Hungarian Friendship with a joint video this Wednesday. In the video, Gergely Karácsony said that Polish and Hungarian patriots helped each other fight for civil transformation in 1848, for the overthrow of communist dictatorships in 1956 and in the 1980s, […]
The Merzse marsh, the only wetland habitat in Budapest, located in Rákosmente, in the southeast of of the Hungarian capital, has been threatened by a shortage of water for years, in spite of rehabilitation efforts by the Municipality of Rákosmente. Budapest Airport, the operator of Ferenc Liszt International Airport, says it has joined the leadership […]
Over the past three days, 134 patients have died, bringing the official number of new coronavirus related deaths in this country to 45,095. The government website koronavirus.gov.hu also reports that 5,839 new cases have been confirmed in this period. This is 1,946 more per day than the last figure the previous weekend. Since the beginning […]
The Hungarian government has ordered the evacuation of the refugee reception stations at Budapest's Keleti and Nyugati railway stations, where NGOs have been helping refugees from Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. These stations will now be used only as information points, and refugees fleeing the war will be transferred by bus from […]
From 8 am this Wednesday morning, the Teachers' Union and the Democratic Union of Teachers called a nationwide indefinite strike in Hungary. They are demanding a pay raise for teachers, a reduction in their compulsory teaching hours and an increase in the salaries of non-teaching staff working in schools. Teachers participated in the strike not […]
