Culture

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MNB bans NVT from unlicenced activities, launches probe

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) has prohibited Budapest-based NVT Cooperation from publicly selling shares it earlier distributed privately and...

History

Tokaj’s Patricius Winery receives “Cellars of the Year” accolade

Patricius Winery, based in the Tokaj region and established in the 17th century by the Kékessy family, was named the...

History

Exchange students mistaken by public for refugees

The Hungarian Police were called out to intercept a group of foreign exchange students participating in the Erasmus program in...

Awards

‘No conflict, no compromise, no hidden agenda’

In a market where tenant representation in negotiations with landlords tends to be handled by divisions of the same agencies...

History

Owner insists Népszabadság shut for business reasons

The decision to suspend publication of Hungary’s biggest left-leaning daily broadsheet, which came out of the blue ten days ago...

Awards

PwC Hungary welcomes new directors

Four new directors – Anikó Réfi, Gergely Juhász, Anita Sávoly-Hatta and Miklós Novák – have been appointed at PwC Hungary...

History

Hungary nurtures plans to strengthen military

The Hungarian Defence Forces are planning to train 20,000 volunteer soldiers from January 2017, after Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán...

History

Népszabadság journalists to publish in homeless paper

Silenced journalists of the abruptly closed national daily newspaper Népszabadság will publish articles in the forthcoming issue of Hungary’s street...

History

Since state monopoly, cigarette sales drop in Hungary

Sales of cigarettes have dropped by 40% in Hungary since the government introduced the network of National Tobacco Shops, which...

Awards

Personal bankruptcy application may be simplified

The process of filing for personal bankruptcy may be simplified, Péter Harrach, the head of the parliamentary group of the...

History

Talks on selling Népszabadság stall

Negotiations on finding a buyer for left-wing daily newspaper Népszabadság, which was unexpectedly closed down at the weekend, have come...

History

Silenced Népszabadság staff committed to continue

Following the dramatic closure of Hungary’s largest-circulation left-leaning newspaper Népszabadság by the publisher on Saturday, and after failed negotiations between...

History

Népszabadság staff continue work, plan legal steps

After negotiations on selling Népszabadság were called off yesterday after the owners cited illness, the silenced journalists of the left-leaning...

History

MVM deputy CEO named to head state-owned utility ENKSZ

György Kóbor, deputy CEO of state-owned Hungarian electricity works MVM, has been appointed by the Minister of National Development as...

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...