Culture

History

Introducing 3 Secretly Influential Hungarians

Spend enough time in this country and Hungarian pride in famous people with Magyar origins begins to rub off on...

Art

Musician István Bergendy and his Place in Hungarian pop Culture

Oddly enough, the first Hungarian I knowingly ever met was a guy named Steve Bergendy, a popular bass player on...

Art

Adding a Local Flavor to Global Success

Most Hungarian localization professionals adapt English language international video gaming products into the steadily expanding Hungarian market, characterized by the...

Art

MEK visitors up 30% to 15 mln last year

Visitor numbers to the Hungarian Electronic Library (MEK), a digital collection of more than 21,000 volumes, rose 30% to more...

Awards

BBJ Expat CEO Award 2021 shortlist announced

The Budapest Business Journal has announced the three-person shortlist for its annual Expat CEO of the Year Award, one of...

Awards

Budapest Airport, anna.aero shortlisted for Anthony Nolan Supporter Award

Airline news website anna.aero along with Budapest Airport have been shortlisted for the Organisational Fundraiser of the Year award at...

Art

Children’s book publisher to challenge gov’t resolution

Publisher Labrisz Lesbian Association yesterday said it will contest a government office resolution concerning its volume "Wonderland is for Everyone...

Awards

Winners of Startupper of The Year, Startup Investor of The Year awards announced

The winners of the Best Startupper of The Year and the Startup Investor of The Year awards were announced at...

Awards

Budapest Airport wins Eventiada award

The joint work of Budapest Airport and the PR division of Lounge Group was rewarded with a prize in international...

History

A Patriotic Hungarian Confronts his Country’s Past Through Contemporary British Eyes

Chances are, if you’ve ever spent more than 15 minutes in conversation with a Hungarian, he or she will mention...

Awards

Kreinbacher wins gold at CSWWC

Kreinbacherʼs Brut Classic 2016 Magnum has won a gold medal at this yearʼs Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC),...

Awards

Corvinus named 2nd best business uni in Eastern Europe

Corvinus University of Budapest is the only Hungarian higher education institution to be included in the Eastern European business school...

Art

Cinemas could lose 80% of annual revenue

Cinemas could lose 80% of their annual revenue and a significant portion of their reserves have already run out during...

Awards

Seyu Solutions picked to participate in SportTech Hungary program

SportTech Hungary, a new export development program has been launched in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,...

Awards

Happy at Work helping communities fight coronavirus

To help dealing with the challenging times, Swedish-Hungarian startup Happy at Work, which provides an HR tool for measuring well-being,...

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...

Culture

The People of DSB: Growing Through Encounters

What makes a school special? Its buildings, facilities, and academic program certainly matter. But ultimately, a school is shaped by...

Culture

How Hope Became Hip in Hungary

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs’ election victory dance has won him a New York Times accolade of being one of...

Culture

Hungary’s St. Stephen’s Day Celebrations to Feature Fireworks, Audiovisual Show

Celebrations marking Hungary’s Aug. 20 national holiday will run for three days and feature fireworks and an audiovisual show, government...

Culture

‘Old Warhorse’ Antonia Burrows Faces Uncertain Budapest Future Among Library Books

For someone liable to be subject to a deportation order in a few weeks, Antonia Burrows spends a lot of...

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...

The People of DSB: Growing Through Encounters

What makes a school special? Its buildings, facilities, and academic program certainly matter. But ultimately, a school is shaped by...

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum Reopens With Free Admission as Review Continues

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum has reopened while a review of its exhibition continues, Culture and Social Relations Minister Zoltán...

Why More Families Choose the DSB Preparatory Class

A successful start to school begins with the right foundation. At the Deutsche Schule Budapest (DSB), children can join the...

House of Terror Museum to Close Temporarily as Tarr Dismisses Director Mária Schmidt

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum will close temporarily for a clarification of rights issues, Culture and Social Relations Minister Zoltán...

Westend Wins Green Investment Award for EUR 10 mln Sustainability Upgrade

Westend Shopping Center has won the Green Investment of the Year award at this year’s Green Awards, for a EUR...

Hungary Selects Ildikó Enyedi’s ‘Silent Friend’ as Oscar Entry

Ildikó Enyedi’s “Silent Friend,” starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, will represent Hungary in the int'l feature film category at the 99th...

Rural Entrepreneurs Awards Return as SMEs Outside Budapest Employ Nearly 1 mln

Nearly 300,000 MSMEs outside Budapest employ almost 1 mln people and generated HUF 38.9 tln in net revenue in 2025,...

How Hope Became Hip in Hungary

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs’ election victory dance has won him a New York Times accolade of being one of...

United States Named Guest of Honor at Hungary’s 40th Festival of Folk Arts

The United States will serve as guest of honor at Hungary’s 40th annual Festival of Folk Arts, to be held...

Hungary’s St. Stephen’s Day Celebrations to Feature Fireworks, Audiovisual Show

Celebrations marking Hungary’s Aug. 20 national holiday will run for three days and feature fireworks and an audiovisual show, government...

‘Old Warhorse’ Antonia Burrows Faces Uncertain Budapest Future Among Library Books

For someone liable to be subject to a deportation order in a few weeks, Antonia Burrows spends a lot of...

Hungary’s Presidential Sándor Palace to Reopen to Visitors

The presidential Sándor Palace in Budapest will reopen to visitors from Aug. 1-8, the speaker of parliament, who is exercising...

From Piquet’s Powerslide to Norris’ Triumph: 40 Years of Formula One in Hungary

Formula One’s arrival in Hungary in 1986 was remarkable long before the cars reached the starting grid. At the height...