Hungexpo is preparing for the opening in full swing, and will welcome exhibitors and visitors again in the Budapest Congress and Exhibition Center from September, Gábor Ganczer, CEO of Hungexpo Plc. told the state news agency MTI. He pointed out that they have developed an application to make the entrance touch-free. The entry gates can […]

There have not been so few new infections in Hungary for nine months as in the past 24 hours, according to daily epidemiological data. However, the number of daily fatalities per population in the pandemic still features this country amon the world in the world. 258 new cases of the coronavirus have been identified, bringing […]

The popularity of cycling has been further boosted by the coronavirus epidemic, while the shortage of spare parts is expected to curb bicycle production in Hungary this year, Róbert Sipiczki, President of the Hungarian Cycle Industry and Trade Association, told the Hungarian state news agency MTI. In 2020, 390,000 bicycles were produced in Hungary, the […]

Unlike in other countries, the government in Hungary ties - from time to time - the lifting of certain pandemic restrictions to the offical number of people inoculated with at least the first dose of any vaccine against the new coronavirus infection. Thus, the five million number means the further easing the regulations. As of […]

In the Management’s opinion, Q1 2021 results have massively confirmed ALTEO’s strategy along with the successful investment projects of the recent period. As results for 2020 also showed, the COVID pandemic still has only moderate impact on ALTEO’s profitability compared to other, more pro-cyclical sectors, thanks in part to the protective measures put in place […]

The official number of fatalities related to the new coronavirus infection has fallen under 100 a day in the past week but with the 71 Thursday deaths reported Friday morning, the total number is now 29,041. This number per 100,000 people of the population puts Hungary among the worst-hit countries of the world. 1190 new […]

Hungary’s government submitted plans to Brussels on how the country would utilize more than 2,500 billion forints (EUR 7bn) distributed from the bloc’s recovery and resilience fund (RRF). The money can be spent on strategic development projects over the next six years. Earlier, the Cabinet indicated it would not make use of the EU’s credit […]

In its monthly Transaction Number Estimate and Mortgage Forecast, the Hungarian real estate firm Duna House shows that in April 2021 13,511 property transactions were concluded and residential mortgage contracts worth HUF 92-93 billion were signed in the whole of Hungary. The report states that following the exceptional rally of Q1 2021 property market activity […]

This morning, more than 330,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines have again arrived in Hungary. This is the 21st shipment of the Comirnaty vaccine, bringing the total in Hungary to more than 3.2 million doses, the company said in a statement. Pfizer and BioNTech are currently forecast to produce and supply more than 2.5 billion doses […]

As the world enters into the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter Plc. continues to regularly provide a brief update of its impact on the health and wellbeing of its employees and its operations at large. According to OECD Statistics, global GDP declined by 4.2 % in 2020 due […]

98 Hungarians died as a result the new coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, bringing the total official number of deaths realted to the COVID-19 desease to 28,602. The last time the daily death toll was below 100 was on February 28. A total of 1,145 new infections were registered in the past day, […]

Due to the uncertainties caused by the epidemic situation, Sziget will not take place this year as it did last year. The organisers have announced that one of Europe's biggest festivals, which is Hungary's most important tourism event, is planning a big comeback in 2022. As the festival's website puts it, "Due to the global […]

In week 17, the results of wastewater samples for coronavirus show strong fluctuations, with the decline of previous weeks halted. Sewage from most of the cities surveyed shows a stagnating trend, according to the National Center for Public Health. While in the northern and southern wastewater treatment areas of Budapest, Debrecen and Szolnok (the latter […]

188 Hungarian patients have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total official number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection in this country to 27,172. By Wednesday morning, 1,692 new infections have been registered, bringing the total number of identified infections to 774,399 since the start of the outbreak. The number of […]

1,936 new infections have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of identified infections to 771,454 since the beginning of the outbreak, according to the government website koronavirus.gov.hu. 176 patients have died, bringing the total official number of deaths to 26,801. The last time the number of patients who died within […]