The Hungarian government has announced restrictions on entry in into the country connection with the coronavirus epidemic. The Minister heading the Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyás said this Sunday that the government decided to classify countries into three categories – red, yellow and green – in terms of the severity of the coronavirus epidemic and […]

Lawyers – when not battling in a courtroom – are perhaps most widely identified in Hungary with the image of an attorney countersigning a document. Countersigning is indeed essential for most legal transactions, in some cases mandatory by law. The function of countersigning is on one hand to prove that an attorney has duly identified […]

CIG Pannonia Life Insurance Plc. has issued a statement informing its investors and other participants at the Budapest Stock Exchange that it has taken and implemented fast and effective measures to compensate for the effects of the emergency situation caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. At the beginning of the epidemic in Hungary, the management prepared […]

Another 14 people died of the Covid-19 disease in Hungary in the past 24 hours, raising the number of deceased in the current pandemic to 156 in this country. The confirmed number of people infected with the coronavirus now stands at 1,763. There are 12,401 people in compulsory home quarantine and 207 recovered. The official […]

14 more people died of the Covid-19 disease in Hungary, raising the number of deceased in the current pandemic to 99 in this country. The confirmed number of people infected with the coronavirus now stands at 1,410. There are 15,333 people in compulsory home quarantine and 118 recovered. The official number of samples tested in […]

As the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the new coronavirus infection in Hungary announced at its daily press conference that eight more people died of this disease, raising the number of deceased to 66 in this country. The confirmed number of people infected with the coronavirus now stands at 980. There are 16,006 […]

Another 11 people (most of them elderly) passed away in Hungary as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing the number of fatalities related to this disease to 58 in Hungary with the number of people recovering from the virus infection increasing to 94. As of this Wednesday, 895 people are registered to have been […]

The idea of ​​implementing a unique device was born at the University Research, Innovation and Service Center (EKIK) of the University of Óbuda in Budapest and the university’s János Neumann Faculty of Informatics, in line with the strategic direction of research and development of the University's cyber-medical systems. Researchers at the University are working at […]

The Hungarian subsidiary of JYSK, a retail chain of Scandinavian origin selling household goods, has donated 16 mattresses for the newly established center of the Szent-Györgyi Albert Clinical Center of the University of Szeged in Southeast Hungary for the treatment of coronavirus. The mattresses are for the convenience of short rest periods in the 12-hour […]

Two important novel features have been added to the LifeSaver application operated by the Vodafone Foundation and the National Ambulance Service (OMSZ) in Hungary. One of these is the Coronavirus Information button, which takes users to the Hungarian Government’s official coronavirus information site, making it directly accessible from the LifeSaver application. The other useful innovation […]

"We must simultaneously fight both the epidemic and its economic consequences: we must save lives and provide for the future. We must now adopt economic measures which will help us through the difficult phase which lies ahead of us," Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced. The PM said the goal of their economy protection action […]

After consultation with Budapest companies, the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK) developed measures and proposals that can be introduced quickly but can be applied for a limited time to deal with the economic situation caused by the coronavirus epidemic. These proposals were also sent to the competent bodies of the Hungarian government. Following […]

In order to reduce the severe consequences of the Covid-19 crisis on domestic restaurants, Wolt, a food delivery company, is asking the government to reduce the 27% tax rate of food consumed outside restaurants (takeaway, delivery) to 5% that applies to food eaten at restaurants. The turnover of restaurants has decreased dramatically in the recent […]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) published a new analysis showing that airlines may burn through USD 61 billion of their cash reserves during the second quarter ending June 30, 2020, while posting a quarterly net loss of USD 39 billion, ftnnews reports. This analysis is based on the impact assessment IATA released last week, […]

The government of Viktor Orbán has been granted sweeping new powers for an unlimited period of time to manage the country’s coronavirus epidemic. According to a government spokesman, this law – which allows the government to bypass parliament – makes it possible to introduce “extraordinary measures” that are needed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]