Tag Archives: Hungary

The Tatra 202-type Gingerbread tram of Miskolc successfully retained its title as Europe’s most beautiful Advent tram. The competition started in the middle of December 2019. Another victory The competition is organised each year by the Czech MHD86 online portal. Twenty-three cars entered the competition this year. The voting period …

Hungary’s two heart transplantcentres performed a record 72 transplants last year, the National Blood Supply Service (OVSZ) said on Friday. Of the operations, 64 were carried out at the Budapest Semmelweis University’s Heart and Vascular Centre and eight at the Gottsegen György National Cardiology Institute. Overall, 440 organ transplants were performed in Hungary …

Deputy Mayor of Budapest Erzsébet Gy Németh, who is a board member of the national opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), said on Friday that independent theatres were fighting for their survival, as the government was intentionally keeping them in a state of uncertainty. Contradicting government resolutions have been published causing uncertainty as to …

Healthy human life depends on the health and completeness of nature, President of the Republic János Áder said in his New Year’s greeting broadcast on public television. “Preservation of the natural world is the responsibility of us all,” Áder said, calling for a national consensus on the matter. He said that humanity …

The minimum wages for both skilled and unskilled workers will rise by 8 percent next year, in line with an agreement reached a year earlier between unions, employers and the government, Finance Minister Mihály Varga announced on Monday. A decree will be published in the official gazette setting the gross monthly minimum …

The current internal control system of the public sector fails to fulfill its purpose and a full review of the system is justified, the State Audit Office said on Monday, citing the results of audits carried out between 2015 and 2018. The office has revealed that internal controls did not work effectively in …

After the handrail of the balcony came out of the structure, two partying foreigners fell off from it in Budapest, District 8, during the night of December 25, around 2 am. HVG reported that the two men stayed in the five-storey house on Harminckettesek tere next to József Boulevard, Budapest. …

The price of climate protection must be paid by those destroying the climate, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interviewpublished by pro-Fidesz daily Magyar Nemzet on Tuesday. The largest, richest states and the largest international companies are primarily responsible for the climate crisis, Orbán said in his interview. “They must …

In Hungary, people usually start the Christmas celebrations and feasts with their families on December 24th, Christmas Eve. In most households in the country, one can find at least one traditional Christmas food on the table with old, peasant, superstitious roots: back in the day, foods prepared with poppy, peas, …

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 …

For days now, intimate photos have been sent by an unknown person to the media about the Democratic Coalition’s (DK) MP and spokesperson Zsolt Gréczy, additionally accusing him of sexual harassment. Gréczy consistently denies any wrong-doing. This latest case of Gréczy erupted when on Tuesday, an unknown sender contacted several newspapers via e-mail …

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 …

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Friday signed agreements with the director of Russian state space research company Roscosmos about the launch of Hungary-Russia space research projects and the selection and training of a Hungarian astronaut to be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024-2025. “Ongoing space projects that …

Talks on the sale of T-Systems Hungary to 4iG have been terminated, T-Systems Hungary parent Magyar Telekom and 4iG said in disclosures posted on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange late Tuesday, state news wire MTI reports. The parties announced in July that 4iG had agreed to acquire T-Systems …

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 winners of the “Hungary 365” photo competition were announced on Wednesday in Budapest. Photographers could apply to three categories: nature and landscape, built and material heritage, urban and rural community and everyday life. The jury awarded three prizes in each of the three categories. The Hungary 365 photo competition’s aim is …

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 …

As the European Parliament votedtoday to approve Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission, it is now official that Olivér Várhelyi has become Hungary’s next Commissioner and will lead the EC’s Neighborhood and Enlargement portfolio. The new Commission was approved with 461 votes in favor, 157 against, and 89 abstentions. According to Euronews, …

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 …

The European Parliament’s (EP) Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) did not declare a conflict of interest for the new French, Hungarian, and Romanian Commissioner designates at its meeting on Tuesday, according to Hungarian Fidesz MEP József Szájer, the only Hungarian member of the committee in Brussels. Thus, the approval process for Olivár Várhelyi …

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 …

St. Martin’s Day is the last day before the 40-day fast of Advent, when it is still allowed to eat meat, drink, and party – so traditionally, on this day, a number of feasts, balls and fairs were held. There are still many places around the country where they hold …

European Union enlargement “is in good hands”, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said during a World Economic Forum event in Geneva on Friday, insisting that the enlargement and neighborhood portfolio would be “the Hungarian commissioner’s responsibility”. Szijjártó told a forum on the Western Balkans attended by leaders and …

Meanwhile, in Poland, they have to pay more than twice that price for the visa. Nguyễn Gia Liêm, Deputy Director of the Department of Overseas Labour, under the Ministry of Invalids and Social Affairs, told this to the Việt Nam Economic Time. She added that while Japan, Taiwan and South …

The Hungarian flag was hoisted in front of Parliament and lowered to half-mast on Monday morning, to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of Soviet forces crushing the 1956 uprising. Defence Minister Tibor Benkő attended the ceremony. Throughout the day, the public can light candles at the House of Terror museum and visit plot 301 …

Tens of thousands of Hungarians suffer preventable deaths each year. This is partly down to the lack of investment in the national health care system. Here we present some interesting demographic data. As reported by 24.hu, Hungary’s population peaked at 10.7 million in the 1980s, and it has been steadily …

European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has approved Thierry Breton and Olivér Várhelyi as the nominees for her administration from France and Hungary, respectively, after previous candidates were vetoed by European lawmakers, euronews.com reported Tuesday. EC President-elect Ursula von der Leyen (photo: Olaf Kosinsky / Wikipedia) The French businessman …

Hungary’s interest lies in the improvement of cooperation between the West and Russia, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest on Wednesday. Hungary also benefits if relations between western and eastern Europe, NATO, and Russia are good, the prime minister said. Orbán …