Tag Archives: Budapest

“Festivals should make us more appreciative of the little wonders of everyday life: the smile of our children, the gentle gestures of family members, the wisdom of the elderly”, András Heisler, the head of Hungarian Jewish federation Mazsihisz, said late on Monday. Heisler addressed a celebration marking the second day of the …

Hospitals in terrible condition, long waiting lists, and doctors understaffed. These are the most important problem groups of the devastating Hungarian health care system. The French Le Monde magazine did a local report in the issue writing that the health care system got worse in every post-Communist country in Eastern …

The government decided  to provide hospitals with a total of HUF 79.4 billion to implement health improvements and reduce debts, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office said in a press conference in Budapest. Gulyás Gulyás explained that the government funding package will include HUF 36.6 bln for healthcare modernization …

The rapid increase in the price of flats in the capital has not stopped for six years. For this reason, recent statistics revealed the current flat prices in Budapest for the last time in 2019. Foreigners buying the most flats in Budapest? Portfólió reported that District 5 is still among …

Opposition Jobbik party lawmaker Ádám Steinmetz, a former water polo player and Olympic champion, on Wednesday criticised the government for billions of forints of “wasteful spending” on sports projects in recent years. Problematic areas include how training programmes for young soccer players are implemented, the misguided creation of sports facility development projects in neighbouring countries in regions …

Two more years and an additional subsidy of 20 billion HUF (Eur 60,5 million) is needed for the completion of the biodome (biodóm), a state-of-the art, huge glasshouse part of the Pannon Park Project in the refurbished Budapest Zoo. Following Népszava’s article about the sky-rocketing building costs and huge maintenance costs (equal …

Hungary officially started to prepare for Christmas, as the capital and many other major cities opened up their Christmas markets. Eger is no exception, and with sparkling lights, exciting programs, and delicious food and drinks, the city’s Christmas market is a must. Szeretlek Magyarország reported that the Christmas market of …

The government is working to further reduce the public debt, aiming to push it under 60 percent of GDP by the end of 2022, Finance Minister Mihály Varga told a press conference on Thursday. The debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to fall to 66 percent by the end of this year from 70.2 …

The Advent Feast at the Basilica, Budapest’s most festive Christmas market, has been voted first on the list of Best Christmas Markets in Europe in 2020, organized by European Best Destinations. More than 280,000 people have voted for the best Christmas markets in Europe, and Budapest finished first, preceding Vienna, Gdansk, and Brussels. photo: Advent Feast at the Basilica …

Parliament on Tuesday approvedamendments to the laws regulating its operation involving the introduction of stricter fines against MPs who violate house rules. The amendment was approved with 135 votes in support and 54 against. Two new disciplinary elements are included in the new law, one concerning those that blatantly disturb MPs’ speeches …

Over the past thirty years, Hungary’s foreign economic relations have changed significantly. As a result of globalization, many non-European countries play a significant role in the economic performance of Hungary. South Korea, one of the largest economies in the world, stands out among those. It surprised many when the Hungarian …

Recently, CNN paid a visit to Budapest in their special program “Iconic Budapest,” in order to find out whether the Hungarian capital really is the Paris of Central Europe. They took their audience on a tour of the city, including its stunning architecture, and moving from the monuments and statues …

Budapest’s new municipal assembly on Wednesday unanimously votedto support measures proposed by the mayor to improve winter care of the city’s homeless. The measures include the coordinated disinfection of night shelters, ensuring accessibility to care facilities and increasing the number of active recovery beds. The assembly has approved 47 million forints …

Sándor Schwartz, the first Hungarian to receive a heart transplant, has died at the age of 56, according to the Facebook post of Károly Kós Elementary School in Kispest, where he worked as a school janitor. Sándor Schwartz’s heart transplant was performed on January 3, 1992 at the Budapest Vascular and …

Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, has set conditions for going ahead with the 2023 World Athletics Championships and giving his consent to the construction of the stadium needed to host the event. One condition is that the government should increase the budget for the Healthy Budapest Programme by 50 billion forints (EUR …

After the joint left-liberal opposition parties secured their majority in Budapest, the investments the previous city administration made with the government became a key question. One of the greatest debates has been the flagship development project in City Park. After the latest resolution of the General Assembly, and newly elected …

Italian world-traveler and photo enthusiast Marco DiLeo visited Budapest earlier this year and uploaded his photos of the stunning Hungarian capital to his flickr page. We have collected some of the best shots of the most spectacular sights and buildings of Budapest, including Parliament, Heroes Square, Buda Castle, and the Citadel …

The international Wild Code School opens its 24th campus in the Hungarian capital. From January 2020 the institution will offer extraordinary and unique education. HVG reported that alongside international opportunities the school offers a 5-month-long intensive web developing course in English-language. According to the school’s owners, Budapest is an attractive …

The Westend Shopping and Entertainment Centre is celebrating its 20th birthday this year, and as a present, it will be renewed. The mall welcoming 20 million visitors per year is going to get a new design, and new shops and services will be placed there, using the opportunities offered by …

The government sees the new Budapest leadership as “partners”, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. Gergely Karácsony, the new mayor of Budapest who also attended the meeting at Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s invitation, told a joint press conference that it would be “much easier” to …

By 2023, three “super-hospitals” are to be developed by the government in Budapest. One of them, referred to as the last hundred year’s biggest healthcare investment project – a huge, state-of-the-art complex dubbed South-Buda Central Hospital (DBC) is planned to be built. Budapest’s new opposition leadership, however, insists that this …

Gergely Karácsony, Budapest’s new mayor, has set out the principleswhich he said would guide the city’s leadership in the next five-year municipal cycle. Speaking at the new municipal assembly’s first meeting after his oath-taking, Karácsony said there should not be any “second-class” citizens in the city. He said municipal leaders must …

Russia considers Hungary an important partner in supplying gas to Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a joint news conference with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest on Wednesday. The mechanism allowing Hungary and Russia to cooperate at the highest level has been in place for several years now and has …

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó met leaders of Russia’s national gas company Gazprom and Russian nuclear energy giant Rosatom for talks in Budapest on Wednesday. After talks with Gazprom’s chief executive Alexei Miller, Szijjarto said that Hungary’s gas supplies had “never been this secure” and added that “for the first time …

After lectures in Kolozsvár and Sepsiszentgyörgy, the world-famous Christian motivational trainer and speaker Nick Vujicic, who was born without limbs, gave a full house lecture in Budapest in front of about 12,000 people on October 25th. He said that if one has faith and is surrounded by family or friends, …

During the past week, the weather in Hungary was unseasonably warm, which made people – tourists and Budapest citizens alike – go on a hike, or stroll around the capital last weekend and yesterday, enjoying their day off on the national holiday, commemorating the 1956 Revolution. Now that a drop in …

Hungary’s national flag was hoisted in front of the Parliament building on Wednesday, in a state commemoration marking the anniversary of the anti-Soviet revolt which started on October 23, 1956. The ceremony was attended by House Speaker László Kövér, government members, leaders of the military and state organisations, and diplomats. …

To show the true face of Hungarians, strengthen Hungary’s image, and provide journalists with genuine information on what is actually happening in Hungary, this our aims with the event –E. Sylvester Vizi, the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Friends of Hungary Foundation, said at the opening of the …

Flight Network set out to name the World’s Best Cities© by asking the experts — a 1000+ Travel Writers, Travel Bloggers and Travel Agencies from all around the globe, who have seen and experienced the best the planet has to offer. This extensive collaboration produced the most thoughtful and definitive …

During the last couple of years, Airbnbs spread like wildfire all over the globe, and Budapest was no exception. There are a lot of options to choose from. These five in the city centre, however, come highly recommended by The Culture Trip. J28 – Joy of Wine (District VI) The …