Organized as part of the Budapest Running Festival, the 17th NATO Run in Budapest took place this Saturday. This time, the 10-kilometer route was exclusively on the Buda side, along the embankment of the River Danube, with the start and finish at the Vérmező park in the Hungarian capital's District I. The running race was […]
The Hungarian capital has been and will continue to do its part to help refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, Mayor Gergely Karácsony said on Monday at the opening of the Budapest Helps information and community center. The war in Ukraine has put everyone in a new situation, and everything must be done to provide […]
The newest section of the bicycle path connecting the capital with Lake Balaton between Székesfehérvár and Balatonakarattya has been opened. Thus, cyclists can reach the shores of Lake Balaton from Budapest by bicycle on the more than 100-kilometer-long road section. The new 27.4-kilometer-long section is reported to make it easier for people living in the […]
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony has announced that the city is investing nearly HUF 4 billion in energy efficiency with support from the European Union. The mayor says the available resources will be used to completely renovate heat exchanges, install new pipeline sections, connect new consumers to district heating, upgrade district heating pipeline sections, replace hot […]
The 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships completed in the Hungarian capital this Sunday after over two weeks of competition, in swimming, artistic swimming, open water swimming, diving and waterpolo. The medal table of the event was topped by the United States with Hungary finishing on the 10th place. 17 days of competition at the 19th […]
Hundreds of aquatic athletes from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe have arrived in the Hungarian capital to vie for a piece of the USD 5.72 million prize money awarded over the next 17 days at the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships. Competitions began with artistic swimming’s preliminary rounds on Friday. The original 19th FINA World Championships were […]
Over a year ago, in the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was designated as the next Bulgarian Ambassador to Hungary. At the time, there were not too many options to travel by air, so I decided to reach Budapest by car and this gave me the freedom to pick the date of my entry. […]
Budapest's first Information Point for the Elderly opened in the City Hall building on Tuesday, offering help to elderly people with various issues. Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said at the opening ceremony that the opening of the information point is a seemingly small but important step towards making Budapest "truly for all of us." The […]
The renovated Kálvin tér, Corvin-negyed and Semmelweis Klinikák stations on the central section of the M3 metro line in Budapest have been opened, which means from Saturday afternoon, underground trains run from Kálvin tér to the southern terminal Kőbánya-Kispest station. The renovation of metro line 3 spans local government cycles, it is beyond party politics, […]
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 […]
The victory of Denmark, represented by Brian Mark Hansen and his Elisabeth Madsen commis at the Bocuse d'Or Europe 2022, the European selecting event of the famous gastronomy competition, closed two days of high-level competition in Hungarian capital. Ten European teams have now qualified for the grand Finale of the Bocuse d'Or which will be […]
The Money Museum of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) will open an interactive exhibition in the newly renovated Postapalota (‘Postal Palace’) from March 16, with a special focus on young people, the Hungarian state news agency MTI reports. The interactive exhibition on the history of money and the operation and future of money management […]
On Sunday, 4,006 people, including 1,239 children, arrived in Budapest by train to escape the war in Ukraine, the Budapest Metropolitan Police (BRFK) said on Monday on police.hu. According to the statement, most of them asked for information and travelled on individually or went to relatives. In the capital and in rural accommodation, 34 people, […]
From this Friday, refugees from Ukraine will be able to travel free of charge on public transport in the Budapest, and from Monday the municipality will set up an information center in the Nyugati Square underpass, the Mayor of Budapest announced at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday. Gergely Karácsony is quoted by the […]
Erzsébetváros ('Elizabethtown'), Budapest's smallest district and at the same time that of the largest population density, turns 140 this Monday. It was on February 7, 1882, that is, exactly 140 years ago today that the name of the 7th district, which had been separated from Terézváros (today's District 6) and named after the beloved Queen […]
