Three patients died and the number of confirmed new coronavirus infections in Hungary increased by four in the past 24 hours in Hungary. With three deaths, the official number of pandemic related fatalities increased to 582 according to the government website dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country, and with four new cases, […]
In the first five months of 2020, the number of births (36,527) was 4.8% more and that of deaths (54,656) 5.8% less in Hungary than in the corresponding period of 2019 according to preliminary data by the country’s Central Statistical Office. As a result, the natural decrease declined by 22% or 5,042 compared to January–May 2019. […]
Possibly the most popular figure in Hungary, widely respected and loved horticulturist György Bálint passed away this Sunday evening, just over a month before his 101st birthday. A gardening expert and former TV host, best known for Hungarians as 'Bálint gazda' (Master Bálint) did even in the last days of his life what he had […]
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) issues a silver collector coin with a face value of HUF 10,000 and its non-ferrous metal version of HUF 2,000 to mark the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Budapest Stock Exchange on June 21, 2020. As a successor of the first stock exchange in Hungary established over […]
The number of deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic has not increased in the last 24 hours in Hungary. It remains at 568. The new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was detected in only two more people in the country, thus increasing the number of infected people identified in Hungary to 4,081. The number of people who […]
A woman has died in a sudden flood caused by a thunderstorm in Tótvázsony, north of Lake Balaton in Western Hungary on Sunday afternoon. A spokeswoman for the Veszprém County Police Headquarters told the Hungarian news agency MTI that the 66-year-old woman and her husband wanted to clean the bridge pillar at the end of […]
The number of confirmed people infected with the coronavirus in Hungary now stands at 4,064. There are 8,472 people in compulsory home quarantine, 2,476 recovered and 559 deceased. The total number of active COVID-19 cases is 1,029. The official government site finds it important to note that 40% of those infected, 60% of the deceased, […]
From Monday, June 15, all healthcare services can be provided without restrictions while maintaining anti-epidemic preparedness, the Minister of Human Capacities announced at a press conference in Budapest on Friday. Minister Miklós Kásler said that in the case of hospitals, this means that 80% of the beds previously set aside for the care of coronavirus-infected […]
Official figures about the COVID-19 situation in Hungary indicate that the number of confirmed people infected with the coronavirus in the country now stands at 3,990. There are 10,133 people in compulsory home quarantine, 545 persons deceased and 2,279 recovered. The government's COVID-19 information website says total number of active COVID-19 cases is 1,166. There […]
While outside Budapest, a private garage is worth on average HUF two million, you have to pay several times for that in the capital where a car storage place can be worth up to six million. The price is greatly influenced by the possibility of public parking and the built-up ratio of the area, according […]
Parking in public areas in Hungary has been free – by government decree – since April 5. Although, the government justified the measure by saying that this would make public transport vehicles less crowded, only a small percentage of people seem to benefit from it, according to a new survey. Making parking free is one […]
The epidemic has arrived at a rest point which is confirmed by the fact that in the past twenty-four hours there have been no significant changes in the epidemic data, the Chief Medical Officer is quoted on the Hungarian government's website. Speaking at the Thursday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the […]
Hungarian venture capital investor Ottó Albrecht purchased a PCR diagnostic equipment, the use of which is currently the safest means of detecting coronavirus infection, for the Heim Pál National Pediatric Institute in Budapest to treat new waves of the epidemic, napi.hu reports. The most reliable way to detect a coronavirus infection is through so-called PCR […]
"During the coronavirus epidemic, the Hungarian medical community, with the risk of their own lives and the lives of their loved ones, did their best, but at the same time, the epidemic highlighted that the structural and financial renewal of Hungarian healthcare has become urgent." That is how the letter, written by Dr. Gyula Kincses, […]
Hungarians are reminded that easing the restrictions are necessary to return to normal everyday life, but it does not mean that the protection measures proposed by the government and recommended by experts should be forgotten. Colonel Tibor Lakatos, Head of the Operational Group pointed out during today's Operational Group press conference that “keeping to a […]
