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Museums

Hungary gets healthcare equipment from Turkic Council

Hungary has turned to the Turkic Council to procure protective healthcare equipment, and has already received assistance from Turkey and...

Museums

BKK to change the Budapest night-time transport schedule

Due to the general reduction of the daytime public transport in the capital as a result of COVID-19 measures, the...

Museums

Govʼt bans export of hydroxychloroquine sulfate

Hungaryʼs government has banned the export of hydroxychloroquine sulfate, a drug that is being used in several countries to treat...

Museums

Gov’t Aircraft brings 100,000 FFP3 respirators to Slovakia

Slovakia received 100,000 type FFP3 respirators on March 25, Prime Minister Igor Matovič told a news conference, adding that a...

Awards

Vodafone announces 5-point coronavirus plan

Vodafone Hungary has announced a five-point plan to help keep Hungary connected during the coronavirus pandemic. The service provider says...

Museums

MOL switches plant to sanitizer production

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has switched its lubricants unit MOL Lub in Almásfüzitő (64 km northwest of Budapest)...

History

State of emergency must be limited in time, says TI Hungary

Transparency International Hungary says that while decisive action is clearly needed due to the extraordinary circumstances brought about by the...

Museums

More than 3 mln masks arrive from China

A consignment of medical supplies has arrived from China, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on his Facebook page on Tuesday...

History

Parliament to vote on extending state of emergency

Hungaryʼs government submitted a bill to Parliament late Friday that would extend a state of emergency declared on March 11...

History

Coronavirus update for CESE region

As of Sunday evening, 4,909 cases COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic had been reported in the Central East and Southeast European (CESE)...

Museums

Hungary gets protective gear from China

Hungaryʼs government took delivery of a shipment of almost 11 tonnes of personal protective equipment from China on Monday, the...

Museums

Expired travel documents will be accepted after end of emergency

Looking to the future, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, has said local and interurban transport operators will be accept...

Museums

Coronavirus scam appears in Hungary

A coronavirus scam has been detected by ESET, an international provider of business and home security software solutions, in several...

Museums

State-owned company starts making surgical masks

Kézmű, a state-owned company that employs Hungarians living with disabilities, has started making surgical masks because of the pandemic, state...

Museums

Decree makes home delivery easier for food, FMCG businesses

Hungaryʼs government is looking to make it easier for companies that sell food and fast-moving consumer goods to do business...

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...