Özyer Group has signed an agreement with Marriott International to launch the acclaimed Luxury Collection brand in Hungary with Matild Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, according to a recent announcement made by Özyer Group.

The construction of the new, 225-meter-long pier adjoining Terminal 2B and related expansion works are progressing well at the capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport, operator Budapest Airport said in a press statement today.

The space at the meeting of Bükköny and Sáfrány streets in Budapest’s District IX was today named Ljubljana Square, after the capital’s General Assembly decided on the move on June 21, according to Hungarian news portal index.hu.

The Hungarian Police has confirmed that all international trains crossing Hungary have been stopped and are being searched in response to a bomb threat, according to Hungarian online news portal index.hu.

Alongside the official FINA mobile application, another app with the name of Budapest 2017 has been launched, chiefly aimed at providing leisure-related information in connection with the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest, according to a press statement sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Hungary has been awarded the right to host the 2024 World Short Course Swimming Championships in the capital Budapest, the International Swimming Federation FINA decided yesterday during the 17th World Aquatics Championships, according to reports.

The daily national heat record measured at dawn was broken Tuesday morning, state news wire MTI reported citing the National Meteorological Service (OMSz).

This year for the first time, some 100 business leaders will march together at Budapest Pride, at the initiative of WeAreOpen (Nyitottak vagyunk), a community initiative launched in summer 2013 by Prezi, espell and Google, with Citi as principal sponsor, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

On the occasion of the 22nd Budapest Pride Festival, the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section forwarded a Joint Press Release to the Budapest Business Journal today, issued by a host of embassies in Hungary ahead of the annual Budapest Pride march this Saturday, July 8.

Hungarian Olympic swimming champion Katinka Hosszú has established an association for professional swimmers, recruiting 30 members already, with the intention of giving athletes more say in how the sport is run, according to Reuters.

Budapest Airport, the operator of the capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport, has recently added 1,000 new parking spaces to its parking lot near Terminal 2 of the airport, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal. 

The Budapest Public Area Maintenance Company (FKF) has been roaming Budapest with twenty sprinkler vehicles in recent weeks, using a daily 3,500-3,800 cubic meters of water to cool roads in the summer heat, according to a report by business news site Mfor.hu.

Labor shortages, which experts say are becoming graver than ever in several Hungarian sectors, have reached the bus drivers of Budapest public transport company BKV, according to a report by household finance news portal Pénzcentrum.

TAP Portugal’s Budapest-Lisbon route has been reinstated and the first flight took off from the Hungarian capital on Monday, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

The leadership of Metrowagonmash has apologized for the inconvenience Budapest metro travelers have recently faced and say it will be in constant communication with local transport company BKV, the general director of Metrowagonmash, Boris Bogatyrev, says in a press statement sent to Budapest Business Journal.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin might come to Budapest at the end of summer to attend the World Judo Championships (from August 28 to September 3) at the invitation of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungarian daily Blikk reported, citing unnamed sources.

PowerUp! - the competition launched by European sustainable energy accelerator InnoEnergy for startup energy innovators - is open to Hungarian companies, offering seed investment of up to EUR 150,000 for each selected project, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

The Center for Budapest Transport (BKK) has commissioned the operation of a new express bus line between the center and Ferenc Liszt International Airport from July 8, Deputy Mayor Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky revealed at a press conference on Tuesday.

The Center for Budapest Transport (BKK) is set to significantly ease the journey of those taking public transport from the airport to the city center with the launch of a direct bus service from Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Deák Ferenc tér in central Pest, online news portal index.hu reports today.

Budapest public transport company BKV said it will stop sending old metro trains for refurbishment until Russiaʼs Metrowagonmash, the manufacturer of trains running on the third metro line, radically improves the technical condition of vehicles, BKV told Hungarian wire service MTI today.