Tag Archives: Hungary

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 …

The weather might get colder, but this should not interfere with people’s desire to travel and discover new places. Here are a bunch of new destinations available from Budapest Airport during the winter season. Budapest Airport collected all the low-cost airlines’ newest routes for the coldest season of the year. …

Hungarian ultra-triathlete Ferenc Szőnyi, also known as the ‘Racemachine’ by fellow sportsmen, has completed the Double Deca Ironman race this weekend in Mexico for the second time, which made him the first person in the world to complete the distance twice. Following his first place win in 2010, this time …

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 …

One day prior to the Hungarian national holiday commemorating the 1956 revolution and freedom fighters, the journalists were offered the chance to visit the House of Terror Museum in order to get a full picture of 20th century Hungary, the world wars, the fascist and communist totalitarian regimes, and the struggles of …

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. …

October 23, 1956 is the most important date in 20th century Hungarian history. On this day, a people cried as one: “enough!” Below is the recollection of István Radda in which he tells the story of how his parents put him and his two siblings into a taxi to flee the country …

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 …

Hungary’s revolution of October 23, 1956 was commemorated in several US cities and a ceremony was heldin Washington on Monday. “We Hungarians, a people of freedom being of a small country but a great nation, dared to say from time to time: enough of tyranny; and we dared to confront much …

It is always interesting to peak into the daily lives of people who lived over 100 years go through old photos. However, it is even more interesting to see film footage of bygone eras. As reported by femina.hu, in the Dutch EYE Filmmuseum, archivists found footage from the 1920s that …

The government of Budapest gave permission to an organisation, lead by PM Erdogan, to establish a primary and grammar school in the Hungarian capital. 24.hu reported that the Maarif Primary and Grammar School is located in District 9. Although education has not started yet in the institution, from this September …

MFB Invest, a unit of the state-owned Hungarian Development Bank (MFB), announced the launch of Europeʼs first water fund at the Budapest Water Summit on Wednesday. At the same event, the Global Green Growth Institute, which advises governments on green growth opportunities, said it will move its European office from …

Budapest’s new leadership is ready to develop a partnership with the Orbán government, mayor-elect Gergely Karácsony said on Wednesday. Karácsony told an international press conference that he would ask for a personal meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after he enters office on Friday. Karácsony also said that he would invite all …

According to the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection, Coca-Cola damaged the moral development of children by putting up posters of two men hugging, and two women drinking from the same bottle of coke. Apparently, time goes backwards in Hungary. Daily News Hungary also reported on the outrage that was caused …

According to an agreement reachedwithin the Russian-Hungarian Joint Archives Committee, Hungary will receive the identification documents of some 600,000 Hungarian prisoners of war, who had been held in Soviet camps during and after the Second World War, said Andrei Yurasov, Deputy Head of the Federal Archival Agency of Russia (Rosarchiv), and …

György Matolcsy wrote a ten-point list of major areas in need of improvement and development in Hungary. In his article published on Novekedes.hu, the Governor of the National Bank of Hungary touches on many issues from the (still non-existent) Ferihegy high-speed railway, to solving the problems of women wanting babies, to the sugar …

The 2019 municipal elections brought great surprises.  Although Fidesz won the majority of the municipals, they lost Budapest and a great number of Hungary’s largest cities; thus, the opposition alliance has proven that it is still alive and that the ruling parties can be defeated. There’s not that much for …

Apart from certain important cities, the country remained orange in general, while in Budapest, the joint opposition scored a much-awaited and in certain districts, a very surprising victory. Analysts agree this might bring a new era in domestic politics. No pollster predicted Gergely Karácsony’s victory. What is more, his triumph was rather …

Voters will decide in Sunday’s local elections if their towns and cities have able leaders, the prime minister said on Sunday, after he cast his ballot in Budapest’s 12th district. Speaking to reporters, Viktor Orbán said he had voted for István Tarlós, incumbent Budapest mayor, and asked the city’s residents to follow …

Ruling Fidesz and Silvio Berlusconi’s party Forza Italia will continue to work closely together, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public media on Thursday. Orbán held talks with Berlusconi, the leader of the party, and deputy party leader Antonio Tajani. Silvio Berlusconi and Viktor Orbán. Photo by Balázs Szecsődi/PM’s Press Office Orbán said after the …

A special medical training and research institute opens in Budapest which is considered to be unique in the Central and Eastern European region – as Hungary is the first country where surgical techniques will be taught and applied without incision – reported by Premier Med Health, Educational and Research Institute …

This year’s municipal elections promise to be exciting in many ways. The government parties intend to win everywhere in the country, but for the first time in years, members of the opposing political camp have made their response: extensive cooperation across the country that hasn’t been seen before. As a …

According to political analysts, the upcoming municipal election might have the highest stakes out of all the local elections since the regime change in Hungary.  Although not necessarily for government parties, more likely this year’s municipal election will be decisive for the whole Hungarian opposition. The fate of these political …

The CEE real estate market is enjoying an unprecedented inflow of overseas capital ranging from South Africa to Asia, according to the latest CEE Investment Report 2019: Thriving Metropolitan Cities, a publication by Skanska, Colliers International, and Dentons. The report says the region is expected to keep up the momentum, …

Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Serbia have submitted the final papers of the application process to UNESCO in order to attain a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve designation for the land around the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers. This was the final step in achieving a joint Biosphere Reserve status for the …

CNN has compiled a list of 20 of the most beautiful places in Europe with the aim to inspire readers’ travels. They have collected wonderful sights from Finnish lakes through the Loire Valley and the Bavarian Forest, to National Parks throughout Europe – and a Hungarian location, the Hortobágy, the largest continuous natural …

Eleven Hungarian swimmers qualified for the Sunday evening finals of the FINA Swimming World Cup’s fourth leg, held at Duna Arena in Budapest, and the swimmers were able to add 12 more medals to the previously claimed 17, including four gold. Katinka Hosszú won the 200m medley, Katalin Burán the …

Father Richárd, retired Catholic priest and former Benedictine prior of the Tihany Abbey, had a fantastic and extreme experience. He jumped out of a plane with a parachute at the age of 78.  According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, Father Richárd Korzenszky jumped with Attila Kositzky, retired lieutenant general of aviation, in tandem …

Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia have submitted an historic UNESCO application to establish the first five-country biosphere reserve in the world, paving the way for Europeʼs largest river sanctuary, sprawling across some 930,000 hectares with a length of 700 kilometers, says a press release from the World Wide Fund …

After the former Hungarian candidate for European Commissioner had been rejected twice, Viktor Orbán was quick to provide Ursula von der Leyen with a new name. Olivér Várhelyi’s nomination was surprising to most, since he has been an understated public servant. Although deterring him from getting the position seems less likely, there …