Budapest

Sights

Report: Capital sees record in industrial space gross occupier activity

Budapest’s industrial market last year registered the highest gross occupier activity to date amounting to 386,625 sqm last year –...

Hotels

Budapest Marriott Hotel offers catering tender

Budapest Marriott Hotel is offering $40,000 in financial support in the form of a tender to contractors interested in opening...

Awards

International consortium acquires Budapest retail, office properties

An international investment consortium has acquired a property portfolio comprising Budapestʼs MOM Park shopping centre and MOM Park Offices as...

Hotels

InterContinental Budapest receives World Travel Awards™

Hungary’s InterContinental Budapest has been awarded the World Travel Awards™ prize, an accolade voted for by travel and tourism professionals...

Tourism

KÖKI Terminál’s ‘city oasis’ welcomes tens of thousands of visitors

The artificial ‘city oasis’ on the top of mall KÖKI Terminál has attracted tens of thousands of visitors since opening...

History

Simicskaʼs partner claims he bought TV2 before Vajna could

Todayʼs announcement that TV2 was sold to Film Commissioner Andrew G. Vajna is inaccurate because the company that owns the...

History

Slovakia votes to help defend Hungaryʼs southern borders

Slovakia yesterday voted in its parliament to send 50 police officers to neighboring Hungary to help control the number of...

History

Forint corrects up within range

The forint was trading at 310.09 to the euro late Wednesday on the interbank forex market, up from final quotes...

History

Hungarian government, Grundfos sign ʼstrategic partnership agreementʼ

The Hungarian government and Danish pump manufacturer Grundfos signed a “strategic partnership agreement” in Budapest today, Hungarian news agency MTI...

In Hungary

USAF to station A-10 in Hungary until the end of the year

Dozens of A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter planes from the United States Air Force (USAF) could arrive in Hungary with hundreds...

In Hungary

Hungary’s industrial production up 6.2% in August

Hungary’s industrial output saw a year-on-year rise of 6.2% in August, the index adjusted for working days being equal to...

Food

KSH: Agricultural producer prices down 3.8% in August

Hungary’s agricultural producer prices saw a year-on-year drop of 3.8% in August, with the prices of crop products rising by...

History

Varga named Euromoneyʼs CEE Finance Minister of the Year

Hungaryʼs National Economy Minister Mihály Varga was named Finance Minister of the Year in the Central and Eastern European (CEE)...

Conferences

Turkey expo welcomes Hungary’s water management, city development firms

Ten Hungarian water management and city development companies participated at the third Urbanism and City Demands Fair KentExpo in Izmir,...

Tourism

Hungary’s railway, bus service could receive joint management

The establishment of a combined management company for state-owned railway company MÁV and bus company Volán will be proposed by...

Budapest

MGYOSZ Backs Preparations for Budapest 2036 Olympics Bid

The Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ) has endorsed preparations for a Budapest bid to host the 2036 Summer...

Art

What János Bródy Means to Hungarians

For János Bródy, who turned 80 this year, 2026 has been momentous. On April 10, he was one of more...

In Hungary

3-day Kerekdomb Festival Returns to Tállya

The historic village of Tállya is in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, part of the UNESCO World Heritage, nestled among the...

Culture

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

Budapest Reaches 100 Short CAF Trams as Fleet Expansion Continues

Budapest’s 100th short CAF tram has entered service, marking a milestone in the capital’s fleet renewal program, the Budapest Transport...

Margrethe Vestager to Deliver Keynote at ABSL Forum in Budapest

Margrethe Vestager, former European Commission Executive Vice President and EU Competition Commissioner, will deliver a keynote at the ABSL Forum...

MGYOSZ Backs Preparations for Budapest 2036 Olympics Bid

The Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ) has endorsed preparations for a Budapest bid to host the 2036 Summer...

Pizza Hut to Expand Hungarian Network to 31 Restaurants

Pizza Hut plans to open restaurants in Nagykanizsa and Budapest in 2027, expanding its Hungarian network to 31 locations, local...

Budapest Hotels Outperform Regional Rivals Despite Lower Guest Numbers

Budapest’s hotels delivered some of the strongest results in CEE, posting an 81.3% occupancy rate, and leading the region with...

What János Bródy Means to Hungarians

For János Bródy, who turned 80 this year, 2026 has been momentous. On April 10, he was one of more...

Budapest’s Déli Station to Close for Weekend Repairs Ahead of Major Upgrade

Budapest’s Déli railway station will close entirely on Oct. 10-11 for maintenance aimed at eliminating several speed restrictions, Transport and...

Kissmiklos Marks Shift to Fine Art With ‘Lobbyism’ Exhibition at Hotel Clark

Hungarian artist kissmiklos is shifting his creative focus entirely to fine art, marking the transition with “Lobbyism,” an exhibition that...

Tourism Agency Consults 70 Industry Groups on Strategy Through 2036

The Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) is drawing on recommendations from 70 professional organizations to develop a sector strategy through 2036,...

Renewing the Spirit of Countryside Wellness Hospitality

More than a year after taking over Sárvár’s Spirit Hotel Thermal Spa, Zoltán Árvai is balancing the traditions of an...

State and City to Renew Budapest’s Danube Waterfront

The gov't and Budapest will form a new 50–50 joint company to develop the Budapest section of the Danube, resolving...

WWII Munitions Removed From Two Budapest Riverside Locations

Military bomb disposal experts removed World War II munitions discovered near Szabadság Bridge and on Margaret Island on Saturday, prompting...

3-day Kerekdomb Festival Returns to Tállya

The historic village of Tállya is in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, part of the UNESCO World Heritage, nestled among the...

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

Wizz Air Ranks Second Among Central European Airlines at Skytrax Awards

Wizz Air has been named the second-best airline in Central Europe at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, based on...