Tag Archives: Hungarians

In January, the number of Hungarians applying for settled status in the United Kingdom due to Brexit reached a milestone. With more than 9,000 new applications, the number of those applied surpassed 88,000, which means that by now more people have requested settled status than those whom the Office for National …

As the year has ended and everyone is preparing for 2020, we take a dive into Hungary’s most beloved online photo archive, Fortepan.  By collecting the best amateur pictures of the celebration of the end of the year, we are trying to evoke the atmosphere of a typical  20th century Hungarian  …

At the end of the year, Hungarians spent money like there is no tomorrow. According to the Hungarian Trade Association (OSZK), commercial traffic in Hungary exceeded 3.63 billion Euros. Hungarians spent over 300 million Euros on gifts alone. End-of-the-year sales in Hungary broke every record imaginable, Hvg reports. Hungarians spent …

Europe is going in the wrong direction but there is an opportunity to reform the bloc and “make Europe great again”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at an event in Brussels. Orbán said the primary question is to what extent Europe and the European Union are ready to adapt to …

Nearly one in four (23.8 percent) Hungarians regularly go without food, and one in three do not have access to adequate food, reports vg.hu citing data collected by Élelmiszerbank (Food bank). According to an OECD study, the number of Hungarians who do not have enough to eat increased from 17.4 percent to 30.6 …

 Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said democracy had emerged strengthened from an “unprecedented election campaign”. He said a new era has begun in global politics as well as in the economy which poses historic challenges to the whole world. Tackling these challenges requires “a new and courageous approach and new …

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reportedly discussed ending the program, whereby foreigners can acquire the right to reside within Hungary and move freely about the EU, with Fidesz party elites as early as September. Recently, Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona conditioned his party’s support of a Fidesz proposal to amend the constitution …

A minority of Hungarians feel they can exercise influence over the government’s work, reports Magyar Nemzet, citing a poll conducted by Pew Research. Only 31 percent of Hungarians  feel if they have any effect on the government. The poll also found that a higher proportion of Polish citizens believe the government is interested …

Hungarians have voted to reject the EU’s migrant quotas in a referendum, however, the turnout was below the 50% threshold to be valid, according to an opinion poll from Nezopont think-tank.  

Close to half of young Hungarians are living with their parents and a further one-third in a single-person household, a survey commissioned by the French-owned loaning company Cofidis shows. According to the nationally representative poll, over one-third of Hungarians between the age of 18 and 36, the so-called Y Generation, …

    Ráhel Orbán Held Energy Policy Talks In Bahrain On Behalf Of Hungary as well which impower rumors of her being the most Influential Woman in Hungary.   In response to the widespread criticism circulating in the Hungarian media, Ráhel Orbán has issued a press release, firmly denying any …

Forbes.com made a list about the world’s highest-paid models. Although in the ranking we can find a Hungarian beauty Barbara Palvin but let’s start with the bigger picture. For fashion’s elite follower count has finally turned into fiscal fortitude, forbes.com writes. What does it mean in numbers? Though still the …

The Hungarian capital Budapest kicked US taxi app Uber out of its city in July, when it passed a new law denying Uber internet access. That meant that the company had to pull out, but an Estonian company has now rushed to plug the gap.

Hungarians are the most fearful of refugees among European nations, according to a survey conducted by the prestigious Pew Research Center. When asked whether they think refugees increase the likelihood of terrorism in their country, 76 percent of Hungarians said ‘yes.’ In comparison, 40 percent of Spaniards had the same opinion even though – …

The Hungarian Team plays nice football with good results on the 2016 European Football Championship in France. After 44 years the Hungarians are on the field again at the continental competition and what’s more; the goalkeeper of the team instead of retirement Gábor Király who turned 40 in April is …

Thousands of Hungarians March in Marseille Streets as a pre-match Fiesta! Album : Via : Index.hu Fotó: Szilli Tamás / Index

The national smoking rate in Hungary has declined in recent years, but the number of young smokers has grown, the state secretary for health care said. Speaking at a press conference on the occasion of the upcoming World No Tobacco Day, Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs called the law protecting non-smokers one of …

Vast Majority Of Hungarians Will Say No To Mandatory Migrant Quotas, Fresh Poll Reveals Hungary’s quota referendum could be a success comparable to the 2008 “social referendum”, according to pollster Nézőpont Institute. The Budapest-based think tank representative public opinion poll completed on behalf of conservative weekly Heti Válasz shows that …