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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Since Thursday last week, 4,978 new cases of new coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Hungary and 106 people have died, according to the government website koronavirus.gov.hu. This brings the total number of identified infections since the beginning of the outbreak to 1,884,458, while the number of people who have died from coronavirus infection has […]

Avian influenza has been detected at a farm in southern Hungary, food safety authority NÉBIH said on its website. The virus was detected at a goose farm in Bács-Kiskun County. The 3,500 birds have been culled, the state news agency MTI reports. The laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Office ( NÉBIH ) has […]