The “Not Knowing” lab workshop will be hosted in Hungary on March 3, from 9:30 AM at Budapest’s Design Terminal centered around themes from Steven D’Souza’s book of the same name.

The Hungarian government has agreed to widen the areas of cooperation in nuclear energy with Iran, Hungaryʼs Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjártó told the press following talks in Budapest today with Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, who is also head of the countryʼs Atomic Energy Organization, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.

István Gaskó, who has headed the unions association Liga for twenty years resigned from his position on Wednesday, Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlap reported today.

The Hungarian government is planning to call down Russian funds by the middle of the year to finance the preparatory phase of the expansion of Hungary’s sole nuclear plant, Cabinet Chief János Lázár said yesterday, according to reports.

A website that allows clients of investment companies doing business in Hungary to check their securities and equities account statements against data compiled by the market regulator has logged 14,000 visitors since its launch at the beginning of February, the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) said yesterday.

Tokyo-based Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) has improved the outlook of Hungaryʼs long-term issuer ratings from stable to positive, the National Economy Ministry (NGM) announced yesterday.

Three railway border crossings between Croatia and Hungary will remain temporarily closed for another 30 days as of February 21, on the order of Hungary’s Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér, Hungarian news agency MTI reported yesterday.

OTP = +1.77%

MOL = +1.34%

MTEL = +1.27%

RICHTER = +1.03%

The Budapest Stock Exchangeʼs main BUX index finished up 1.38% at 23,162.25 on Thursday after losing 0.73% on Wednesday.

EUR = 310.30

USD = 279.87

CHF = 281.43

The forint was trading at 310.30 to the euro at 5:30pm on Thursdayʼs interbank forex market, down from 309.77 late on Wednesday. The forint slipped to 279.87 from 278.26 against the dollar. The forint weakened steadily against the dollar on Thursday as it failed to find a technical resistance point several times. The forint weakened to 281.43 from 280.14 against the Swiss franc. The forint showed slight gains until noon but then the franc started strengthening and continued to do so until early evening.

The Hungarian Energy and Utilities Regulatory Office (MEKH) fined French-owned electricity distributor EDF Démász HUF 8.5 million and German-owned peer E.ON HUF 7.5 mln on charges of violating consumer protection rules, MEKH said today, according to Hungarian news agency MTI.

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) fined Global Partners System HUF 10 million on charges of misleading advertising and falsely attributing therapeutic effects to its HillVital Gyógyfüves Mesterbalzsam unguent, Hungarian news agency MTI reported today.

Groupama Insurance has been fined HUF 4 mln by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) on charges of unfair business practices, the central bank announced today, according to reports.

The chief prosecutor of Csongrád county, in southern Hungary, has charged a migrant with disturbing the peace, crossing into Hungary illegally and committing acts of terrorism during riots at the Horgos-Röske border crossing, according to reports. 

UniCredit Bank, Hungaryʼs second-largest commercial bank, saw its corporate lending stock rise 7% last year, Chairman-CEO Mihály Patai said in an interview published in Hungarian economic daily Világgazdaság today.

U.S.-based ride-sharing service Uber is committed to maintaining its operations in Hungary and is planning to give all the support needed by its drivers, the firm said in an announcement issued today, according to reports.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold HUF 65 bln of bonds at auction today, raising its original offer by HUF 15 bln on strong demand by primary dealers, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.

Hungaryʼs ezTrade has completed a HUF 904 million server park in Százhalombatta, near Budapest, the cloud computing company told Hungarian news agency MTI.

Hungarian low-fare airline Wizz Air has been named 2016 Value Airline of the Year by Air Transport World (ATW), presented to CEO József Váradi at ATWʼs 42nd Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards gala dinner in Singapore, according to a press release issued today.

As demand for poultry dropped in January so did prices, in response to a decrease in the price of pork caused by a drop in VAT from 27% to 5% as of the beginning of this year, Hungarian daily Magyar Idők reported today.

One secondary school and five university teams from Hungary have been invited to participate in Shell’s Eco-Marathon Europe competition, as part of the ‘Make the Future’ four-day long festival, according to a press release issued yesterday.