Festivals

In Hungary

Hungary urged to follow Nordic deposit return scheme

Experts have urged the Hungarian Government to introduce a deposit return scheme for drinks containers with a variable fee, after...

In Hungary

Serbia Q4 GDP annual growth at 11-year high

Serbia’s gross domestic product grew by a real 6.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2019, the Statistical Office of...

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Croatia GDP growth slows in Q4

Croatia’s gross domestic product (GDP grew 2.5% year-on-year in the last quarter of 2019, easing from a 2.9% expansion in...

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Poland Q4 GDP growth revised higher

Poland’s economy expanded 3.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2019, revised from a preliminary reading of 3.1% and easing...

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Aldi phasing-out plastic lids

Aldi aims to reduce its use of plastic through a number of measures, and in 2019 it removed several disposable...

In Hungary

Croatia inflation rate accelerates in January

Croatia’s consumer price inflation accelerated to 2% year-on-year in January, from 1.4% in December, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (Crostat)...

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Cordia planning to buy the remaining 34.34% of Polnord

Cordia International Ingatlanfejlesztő Zrt. announced a public tender offer on February 14 to buy the remaining approximately 34.34% of the...

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Coca-Cola Hungary announces lighter cans, bottles

Coca-Cola Hungary announced reducing the weight of its aluminum cans by 13% and its PET bottles by 4% this year,...

In Hungary

MNB targets big increase in retail electronic transfers

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) wants households to make half of their payments using electronic transfers by 2030, deputy-governor...

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Labor costs weigh on construction companies in Poland more than ever

Business confidence among Polish construction companies tumbled early this year, with the heaviest burden, as perceived by the enterprises, coming...

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Pensum shares to start trading Thursday

Shares of staffing company Pensum will start trade on the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) on Thursday, February 6, state news...

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OTP to boost market share in Romania to 5% over 5 years

OTP Bank wants to increase its market share in Romania to 3% by the end of this year and 5%...

In Hungary

Montenegro industrial output rises in December

Industrial production in Montenegro increased 10% year-on-year in December, recovering from a 9% fall in the previous month, data from...

In Hungary

Poland GDP grows 4% in 2019

Poland’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4% in 2019, easing from a 5.1% expansion in 2018, the country’s Central Statistical...

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Tourism industry expects Chinese cancellations amid coronavirus outbreak

Budapest, a destination of choice for many Chinese tourists starting a tour of Europe, is starting to feel the impact...

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...

In Hungary

A Shared Celebration: An Exclusive Advent Weekend in Tállya

There is a special kind of magic in the weeks leading up to Christmas. As the year draws to a...

In Hungary

Emeric Pressburger: the Englishman From Miskolc

The Hungarian-born filmmaker Emeric Pressburger is being celebrated in his birthplace as cinematic aficionados worldwide reassess his joint productions with...

In Budapest

Jewish Cultural Festival Returns for 28th Staging

The program of the 28th Jewish Cultural Festival promises to be rich and diverse, with 30 programs across six venues...

In Hungary

Body of Missing Ozora Festival Worker Found Near Event Site

The body of a 21-year-old festival worker who disappeared during the Ozora Festival in early August, has been found in...

In Hungary

Miskolc Film Festival Reaches for the Stars, Despite Lukewarm Local Support

Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Redgrave and Claudia Cardinale have each graced the stage at CineFest, Miskolc’s International Film Festival, in recent...

In Budapest

Festival-goers Spend Avg. HUF 182,000 During Sziget

Visitors to Sziget, Hungary's biggest music festival, spent an average of HUF 182,000, according to a nonrepresentative survey conducted by...

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Budapest Offers Full Day of Programs for Aug. 20 National Holiday

Budapest will host a wide-ranging series of programs for Hungary’s Aug. 20 national holiday, with events spanning concerts, gastronomy, traditional...

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Budapest Plans All-night Parties After Aug. 20 Fireworks, Nationwide Transport Extended

Following the Aug. 20 fireworks, Budapest's streets will host all-night celebrations, while early-morning trains, buses and suburban rail services will...

In Budapest

Zara Larsson Meets 20 Young Cancer Patients at Sziget

After her Main Stage performance at Sziget Festival on Tuesday evening, Aug. 11, Swedish pop star Zara Larsson met backstage...

In Budapest

British, French, Slovak, Dutch Police on Duty at Sziget Festival

British, French, Slovak and Dutch police officers are assisting the work of the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) at this year's...

In Budapest

Hungarian Police Probe Drug Possession Following Illnesses at Sziget Venue

Police have launched an investigation into drug possession after several people fell ill during a DJ show by Balázs Sebestyén...

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Hungarian Government Warns Sziget Festivalgoers Against Wading Through Danube

Despite unprecedentedly low water levels on the Danube, attempting to wade through the river to reach Hajógyári Island, the venue...

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Napfényes Festival Brings Holistic Well-being to MOMkult

The Napfényes Festival filled MOMkult in early June with a broad program built around holistic health, self-knowledge, spirituality, culture, family...