‘We help them so that they can help’ is the motto as Audi Hungaria provides support to six healthcare and social institutions in and around the city of Győr, NW Hungary to successfully fight the coronavirus. A press release by the company says that as the largest employer in the region, Audi Hungaria plays a […]
A memorial will be erected at the Pest end of the Margaret Bridge in Budapest to the victims of the crash of the Hableány (‘Mermaid’) river cruise ship that happened a year ago. As the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó put it at a memorial ceremony at the scene this Friday, it […]
Outdoor sporting and cultural events, restaurants and hotels to reopen across Hungary this week. At today’s Operational Group press conference, Róbert Kiss, Lieutenant Colonel of the Hungarian Police Force, announced that a new phase of protection measures will enter into force in Budapest tomorrow. “This means, people can consume food and drink inside restaurants and […]
Renowned British engineer George Weisz, born in Hungary in 1929 as György Weisz, has passed away. He was also known as the father of Academy Award and Golden Globe Award actress Rachel Weisz. As The Times notes in its obituary of George Weisz, "in 1972, aged 42, he invented a pioneering artificial ventilator pneumatically powered […]
Another six people died of the Covid-19 pandemic in Hungary in the past 24 hours – all of them elderly with chronic diseases –, raising the official number of deceased in the current pandemic to 505 in this country. The confirmed number of people infected with the coronavirus now stands at 3,793 (1,432 of them […]
The Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has shipped more than two million liters of its hand and surface disinfectants to hospitals, state and municipal institutions, public utilities and law enforcement agencies since late March when it began the production of these products. The company also started serving wholesale partners last week, reaching about 600 […]
The Mexican Embassy in Budapest has announced that the Mexican government and the shipping company Carnival Corporation are working together to repatriate 799 crew members of ships docked in ports off the west coast of the United States, including Hungarian, Croatian and Bulgarian nationals. Flights from the area of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco in Mexico, are […]
The Hungarian Chamber of Health Care Professionals (MESZK) recognizes the irreplaceable work of health care professionals who are at the forefront of work during the coronavirus epidemic: workers will receive a thousand tablet computers. As the Chamber told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday, an appeal was made for charity in March, to which […]
During today's Operational Group press conference, Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller said the epidemic curve is still pointing downwards. There are currently 483 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. According to official figures, the number of confirmed people infected with the coronavirus in Hungary now stands at 3,678. There are 11,688 people in compulsory home quarantine, […]
The Hungarian Banking Association has elected as its new President Radován Jelasity, Chairman and CEO of Erste Bank Hungary. The previous President, András Becsei will stay in the leadership of the association as Vice President. Radován Jelasity has been Chairman and CEO of Erste Bank Hungary since June 1, 2011. He is a recognized banker, […]
The Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, Gergely Gulyás, was of the view today that the measures taken to fight the coronavirus in Hungary have been successful, but the situation is still very fragile, so it is important to follow the rules. “A proposal will be submitted next Tuesday, which begins the process of abolishing […]
In the framework of the Social(i)Makers project, an international partnership of seven countries can create a Central European social innovation network whose members implement socially useful ideas. In the framework of this project implemented as part of the Interreg Central Europe Program, local pilot programs have been carried out in all participating countries over the […]
In the period since the start of production in 1982 until this Tuesday, May 19, the Paks Nuclear Power Plant has generated a total of 500 terawatt hours, or more than 500 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. Such an amount of electricity would be able to supply the entire world with electricity for a full […]
Approximately 10,600 people took part in a national coronavirus screening test launched two weeks ago with the participation of four Hungarian medical training universities and the country’s Central statistical Office (CSO), the results of which thus became representative. The outcome: very low average rate of infection. The Statistical Office selected 17,787 people for the national […]
Eleven people died of the novel coronavirus in this country in the past 24 hours, according to the Covid-19 information website of the government, bringing the official death toll to 462. In the meantime, restrictions have been eased in Budapest, as well. The confirmed number of people currently infected with the coronavirus in Hungary is […]
