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2019 hottest year in Hungary since 1901

Last year was the hottest year in Hungary since 1901, the weather service said, with the national daily mean temperature...

Weather

MCI Group sells Netrisk stake for EUR 55 mln

MCI.EuroVentures, a fund of Warsaw-based private equity firm MCI Group, has sold a stake in Hungarian insurance broker Netrisk to...

Weather

Insurersʼ revenue from premiums climbs 8% in Q3

Third-quarter revenue from premiums of Hungarian insurers rose 8.1% year-on-year to HUF 270.7 billion, state news wire MTI reports citing...

Crops

Ministry puts maize harvest at 7.8-7.9 mln tonnes

Hungaryʼs Minister of Agriculture put this yearʼs maize harvest at 7.8-7.9 million tonnes in a statement on Thursday, state news...

Crops

Farmland prices rise 11% in 2018

Farmland prices continued to rise in 2018, increasing by an average of 11%, with the pace of price increases accelerating...

Weather

Tokaj Wineries a Happy Bunch With This Year’s Vintage

Although Tokaj’s terrific terroir has been progressively turned to making dry wine with increasingly impressive results, the botrytized sweet stuff...

Crops

MOL raises profit guidance on oil field acquisition

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL said it has raised its guidance for 2020 EBITDA, cleared of one-off effects and...

Crops

Lukoil, MOL to sign tainted oil settlement

Russian oil producer Lukoil and Hungarian energy company MOL will sign a settlement regarding tainted oil during Russian President Vladimir...

Crops

Serbia c/a gap shrinks in August

Serbia’s current account deficit narrowed to USD 153 million in August from USD 163 mln in the same month of...

Crops

Local farmer producing kiwi in Becsehely

Farmer Márton Ákos Miklós is successfully producing yellow kiwi on his farm in Becsehely (in Zala County, 227 km southwest...

Land

Five countries join to create ‘Amazon of Europe’

Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia have submitted an historic UNESCO application to establish the first five-country biosphere reserve in...

Weather

Brand Building: 2019 Looking Good Thus Far

The fall tasting season has sparked into action, with plenty going on beyond the walls of the Buda Castle, site...

Land

Philippines bans Hungarian pork imports due to swine fever

Dead pigs found in some backyard farms in the Philippines have tested positive for African swine fever, the country’s agriculture...

Weather

OMSZ: Hurricane Dorian could head for Europe

Hurricane Dorian, the now weakening storm that battered the Bahamas and is affecting the southeastern coast of United States, may...

Weather

Vintners expect 300 mln liters of 2019 wine

Hungarian vintners will harvest nearly 500 million kg of grapes this year, from which they expect nearly 300 million liters...

Agriculture

Dairy Industry Faces Deepening Crisis

Hungary's dairy sector has reached a critical turning point in 2026, as profitability pressures, extreme price volatility, and changing consumer...

Weather

Nine-Year-Old Budapest Wind Record Broken on Monday

A wind gust of 92.9 km/h measured on János Hill early Monday set a new Budapest record for September 21,...

Weather

Hungary, Budapest Heat Records Broken on Wednesday

Hungary's and Budapest's early morning and the capital's daytime heat record were broken on Wednesday as a warm front preceded...

Weather

Budapest Heat Record Broken as Temperature Reaches 37.5 C

Budapest's heat record for Aug. 20 was broken Thursday afternoon after a temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius was measured at...

Agriculture

Frost and Drought Devastate Hungary’s Fruit and Vegetable Sector

Hungary’s fruit and vegetable sector is facing HUF 100–150 billion in weather-related losses as frost, drought and extreme heat drive...

Weather

Budapest Early-Morning Temperature Record Broken, Daily Record Matched on Tuesday

Budapest’s early-morning temperature was at a record high and earlier daily record was matched in the afternoon on Tuesday, the...

Weather

Budapest Hits 41.6 C as Hungary Breaks Multiple Heat and Wind Records

Several heat records, along with a wind-speed record, were broken Thursday, weather service HungaroMet said on Facebook, citing preliminary data....

Dairy Industry Faces Deepening Crisis

Hungary's dairy sector has reached a critical turning point in 2026, as profitability pressures, extreme price volatility, and changing consumer...

Nine-Year-Old Budapest Wind Record Broken on Monday

A wind gust of 92.9 km/h measured on János Hill early Monday set a new Budapest record for September 21,...

Hungary, Budapest Heat Records Broken on Wednesday

Hungary's and Budapest's early morning and the capital's daytime heat record were broken on Wednesday as a warm front preceded...

Danube Water Level Hits Record Low of 1 Centimeter at Budapest Gauge

The Danube’s water level fell to a historic low of 1 centimeter at the Budapest gauge on Tuesday amid drought...

Hungarian Agricultural Concentration Accelerates, 35,000 Farms Disappear in 3 Years

Hungary's agricultural sector has undergone rapid consolidation, with the number of agrarian farms dropping by 41% over the past 10...

Strong Winds Topple Trees, Damage Power Lines Across Hungary

Strong winds toppled trees and broke branches across several Hungarian counties on Saturday, damaging cars, buildings and utility lines, the...

August 2026 Was Hungary’s Hottest Month Since 1901

August 2026 was Hungary’s hottest month since 1901, with a national average temperature of 24.9 C, 3.7 C above the...

Budapest Heat Record Broken as Temperature Reaches 37.5 C

Budapest's heat record for Aug. 20 was broken Thursday afternoon after a temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius was measured at...

Heatwave Returns to Hungary as Nationwide Alert Issued Through Sunday

Hot weather is set to return to Hungary once again, prompting the chief medical officer to issue a second-level heat...

Frost and Drought Devastate Hungary’s Fruit and Vegetable Sector

Hungary’s fruit and vegetable sector is facing HUF 100–150 billion in weather-related losses as frost, drought and extreme heat drive...

Budapest Early-Morning Temperature Record Broken, Daily Record Matched on Tuesday

Budapest’s early-morning temperature was at a record high and earlier daily record was matched in the afternoon on Tuesday, the...

Budapest Hits 41.6 C as Hungary Breaks Multiple Heat and Wind Records

Several heat records, along with a wind-speed record, were broken Thursday, weather service HungaroMet said on Facebook, citing preliminary data....

Heatwave Fuels Stubble, Forest and Scrub Fires Across Hungary

Firefighters were battling stubble, forest and scrub fires across four Hungarian counties Thursday as prolonged heat and drought continued to...

Hungary Battles Nearly 400 Outdoor Fires as Heat Records Fall Again

Firefighters have responded to nearly 400 outdoor fires across Hungary since the heat alert was declared July 30, as prolonged...