Hundreds of exhibitors, including 160 winemakers, are awaiting guests at the Szeged Wine Festival, the country's largest wine festival, which starts on Thursday and will last eleven days this year, the managing director of Szeged Cityscape and Market Ltd., the organizer of the series of events, told MTI. Attila Rácz said that visitors can meet […]
The winner of last year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology, Hungarian mRNA researcher Katalin Karikó has donated a copy of her Nobel Prize and the prize money to her former alma mater, the University of Szeged (SZTE). In a lecture this Tuesday, during which she reported on the events of last December's Nobel Week in Stockholm, […]
The investment of the telecommunications company Optiwella was opened on Monday in the south-eastern Hungarian city of Szeged. The HUF 860 million development has created a new generation of service and production capacity in the plant, which processes and refurbishes a variety of devices, and was needed to improve international competitiveness. The project was supported […]
The foundation stone of the new factory of the German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall was laid in Szeged, SE Hungary this Tuesday. At the event, Christoph Müller, head of the Rheinmetall Power Systems division, said the Szeged plant will be the group's first hybrid site, where civil business and defence technology activities will be […]
The world’s leading manufacturer of electric and plug-in hybrid cars, BYD, is planning to make a historic investment in Szeged, SE Hungary. The Chinese company aims to develop its first European electric vehicle manufacturing plant on a ca. 300-hectare site in Hungary. Due to the investment, thousands of high-added value jobs will be created, and […]
Goodwill Pharma Plc. is investing more than HUF 3.5 billion in capacity expansion in Szeged with EU support. The company, which manufactures and distributes dietary supplements and pharmaceuticals, has received HUF 1.766 billion in conditional reimbursable funding from the Hungarian Multi Program (MMP) of the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Program plus (Ginop plus). The […]
This Tuesday sees the start of the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in the southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged, with around a thousand participants from ninety countries around the world, the organizers told MTI. The International Olympiad in Informatics has been held annually since 1989 for secondary school students from the participating countries. The IOI […]
Since the country's largest wine festival first took place in Szeged, SE Hungary, in 1995, the largest number of exhibitors, 160, will be welcoming guests at the Szeged Wine Festival starting this Friday. As the managing director of Szeged Városkép és Piac Ltd., the organizer of the series of events, Attila Rácz told MTI, visitors […]
The southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged will stage the 2027 World Canoe Sprint and Para Championships ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The decision was made by the governing body of the International Canoe Federation (ICF), the board, at its meeting in Budapest, and announced by the organization’s president, Thomas Konietzko. "We are very […]
The 35th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) will be held in the southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged from August 28 with the participation of about a hundred countries. This is the second time after 1996 that Hungary hosts the prestigious scientific competition. According to an announcement Deputy State Secretary for Technology in the Ministry of […]
Avidin Ltd., based in Szeged, SE Hungary, has expanded its diagnostic range with high-sensitivity solutions based on fluorescence technology with an investment of over HUF 305 million, half of which is funding from the European Union. Founded in 2002, Avidin Ltd.'s main goal is to identify new small molecules that can be the starting points […]
Ten new CNG (gas-fueled) buses with Euro 6 environmental classification have been put into service by Volánbusz in the southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged, according to an announcement this Thursday. The almost HUF one billion investment saw the arrival of low-floor vehicles with visual and audio passenger information systems, suitable for wheelchairs and prams. The […]
A community space has been created on the first floor of the Belvedere Palace in Szeged, SE Hungary, with support from the European Union, the Csongrád-Csanád County Municipality, has announced. According to the press release, the investment will enable the municipality to provide the population of the county with a worthy and accessible space for […]
More than 100,000 people visited the Ferenc Móra Museum and its exhibition spaces last year in the southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged, the institution informed MTI on Wednesday. According to the statement, the Ferenc Móra Museum in Szeged closed an outstandingly successful year: in 2022 more than 100,000 visitors visited the museum's main building and […]
A new Thyssenkrupp engineering development office was inaugurated in Szeged, SE Hungary reflecting the German behemoth’s effort to intensify related activities as part of its Hungarian operation. Up to 65 automotive engineers can look forward to be hired in the near future in three locations, Szeged being the flagship venue of the development. Being among […]
