The European Space Agency (ESA) in cooperation with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) has opened a business incubation center in Budapest. It is to fund startups using space technology solutions in products and services developed for everyday life.

Due to favorable consumer feedback, HEINEKEN Hungária decided to continue its campaign promoting plastic-free glassware launched in May. 93% of Hungarians prefer plastic degradable packaging, willing to pay more for environmentally friendly solutions.

As it has been a tradition since 2005, the Diplomats Polo Cup in Hungary is held at the last week-end of May. The venue of the three-day BMW Diplomats Polo Cup is the Hungarian Polo Club in Tabajd in the Váli valley, southwest of Budapest.

This is already the secornd year that the 'TechGirls' series of events is organized by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK). The aim of the series is to raise interest in technical and natural science studies among girls.

The Startup Campus V4 Global Tour journied across the United States East Coast this May May with five Hungarian health care startups having had the opportunity to validate themselves in the US market and to develop further cooperative relationships.

Hungarian celebrities will also be involved in the new primary school diabetes education program. The aim of the initiative is to spread comprehensive knowledge of this condition and that children with diabetes are accepted in schools.

In commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust, thousands of people walked across the river Danube and along the embankment of the river in the traditional 'March of the Living'. Speakers of the event talked about the importance of rememberance.

On the 14th anniversary of Hungary's accession to the European Union, a day-long festival was held in Budapest this Sunday. It was for the fifth time that a running race also took place - this time, the distance was 14 kilometers.

Education is held by the General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences among the most important tasks of the Hungarian state - the Academy's decision-making body declared in its resolution with a majority of over 80%.

Rapid development of solutions for improving the legal industry world-wide is the goal of the Global Legal Hackathon competition where the winner this year in the private sector category was Revealu, an application from Hungary.

Four catering places in Budapest will break with the tradition of plastic cups and start offering beer in biodegradable, plant-based cups. With the spreading of environment-friendly Polylactic Acid (PLA) cups, the carbon footprint of companies may be reduced.

This year, the Budapest Beer Week (BPBW) 2018 International Beer Festival will be held for the first time in the Hungarian capital from May 20 to 27 with 160 different beers of more than 40 international craft breweries from 16 countries.

A memorial to the former Polish president Lech Kaczyñski and the other victims of the Smolensk (Russia) tragedy in 2010 was unveiled in Budapest this Friday in the presence of Jaroslaw Kaczyñski, the brother of Lech Kaczynski.

The College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism of the Budapest Business School in the Hungarian capital hosted the regional section of the Olivier Roellinger chef competition young chefs from eight countries of East and East Central Europe.

Forbes magazine has published its latest World’s Billionaires list that contains the world’s 2,208 wealthiest people. Among them is Hungarian banker Sándor Csányi who is back on the list - on place 1,999 - after 2016.