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Chinese Reality Show Taped in Budapest Draws Strong Interest

A season of the Chinese celebrity reality show "Chinese Restaurant" that was taped in Budapest is drawing strong interest and...

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Number of Hungarians Working in Austria Rose in July

A total of 126,656 Hungarian citizens worked in Austria in July, according to employment data published by the Austrian social...

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Unemployment Rate Rises to 4%

The number of unemployed people aged 15–74 increased by 38,000 to 198,000 between May–July 2023, increasing the unemployment rate increased...

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Real Earnings Fell by 3.4% in June

The gross average salary of full-time employees was HUF 566,800 in June, 16% higher than a year earlier, according to...

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Sinking Eurozone PMI Drags Down Forint

The economic performance of the Eurozone decreased more than analysts expected, according to the preliminary values of the Purchasing Managers'...

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Company Liquidation Numbers may Reach 20,000 by Year-end

The number of liquidation procedures experienced this year is alarmingly high, the company information service provider Opten indicated, writes azenpenzem.hu...

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Bulgaria Consumer Prices Edge Lower in July

Bulgaria's annual inflation grew by 8.5% year-on-year in July, following an 8.7% increase in June, data from the National Statistical...

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Montenegro Inflation Rate Slows Further in July

Montenegro's consumer price index (CPI) increased by 6.9% year-on-year in July, after rising by an annual 7.5% in June, the...

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Ministry Projects Real Wage Growth From August

Thanks to the government's anti-inflationary measures, regulated household energy prices, price caps, mandatory food price discounts, and online price monitoring,...

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Speeding Fines Increased

The government accepted the draft published at the beginning of August, in which the amounts of traffic administrative fines will...

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Hungary GDP Down 2.4% in Q2

Hungary’s gross domestic product decreased by 2.4% according to raw data and by 2.3% according to seasonally and calendar-adjusted and...

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Slovakia Inflation Eases Below 10% in July

The annual inflation rate in Slovakia eased for the fifth month to 9.7% in July from 10.8% in the previous...

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House Painter Skirting Kata Rules Fined HUF 35 mln

A total of almost HUF 35 million in tax shortfalls, late fees, and fines had to be paid to a...

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Poland Inflation in Line With Preliminary Estimates

Poland's consumer price inflation remained strong in July, though at the weakest rate in nearly one-and-a-half years as initially estimated,...

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Serbia Annual Inflation Eases in July

Serbia's consumer prices rose by 12.5% year-on-year in July, after increasing by an annual 13.7% the month before, data from...

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Hungary’s Unemployment Rate Stands at 4.6% in September

Hungary’s unemployment rate stood at 4.6% in September, with 224,000 people unemployed, according to data published by the Central Statistical...

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Hungary’s 2027 Budget Assumes 2.4% GDP Growth, 3% Inflation

Hungary’s draft 2027 budget assumes GDP growth of 2.4% and average annual inflation of 3%, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said...

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Hungary’s Gross Wages Rise 8.4% to HUF 740,600 in August

Average gross monthly earnings for full-time employees in Hungary rose 8.4% year-on-year to HUF 740,600 in August, according to the...

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Hungary’s Inflation at 1.6% in September 2026

Consumer prices in Hungary rose 1.6% year-on-year in September, while prices increased 0.2% from August, according to data from the...

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Government Opens HUF 2.2 bln in Funding for Hungarian Communities Abroad

Two funding schemes supporting ties with ethnic Hungarian communities abroad open for applications this week, offering HUF 2.2 bln for...

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Hungary’s Budget Deficit Reaches 6.2% of GDP in H1 2026

Hungary’s general government deficit reached HUF 2.810 tln, or 6.2% of GDP, in the first half of 2026, as expenditure...

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Hungary to Raise Lowest Pensions From January

Hungary will raise the minimum pension to HUF 120,000 and introduce tiered increases for other low pensions from Jan. 1,...

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Hungary Lifts Debt Issuance Plan to HUF 8.7 tln as Financing Needs Grow

Hungary’s Gov't Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) has raised its 2026 net issuance target to HUF 8.717 tln, citing a larger-than-expected...

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Hungary’s Average Gross Earnings up 7.5% in July

Average gross monthly earnings for full-time employees in Hungary rose 7.5% year-on-year to HUF 745,500 in July 2026, while average...

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O3 Partners Posts EUR 1.45 mln First-Half Profit as Revenue More Than Quadruples

Budapest-listed O3 Partners reported a EUR 1.45 mln after-tax profit for the first half of 2026, reversing a EUR 470,000...

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Hungary Annual Inflation Reaches 1.3% in August

Consumer prices in Hungary rose by 1.3% year-on-year in August 2026, and 0.2% from July, according to data published by...

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Hungary’s Industrial Output Rises 4.7% in July

The volume of industrial production in Hungary rose 4.7% year-on-year in July, according to unadjusted data published by the Central...

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BUX Hits Record High in August as Budapest Stock Exchange Trading Remains Active

The Budapest Stock Exchange’s benchmark BUX index continued to rise in August, reaching a new all-time high during the month...

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Hungary Births Fall 8.2% in July, Marriages Rise

A total of 6,197 children were born in Hungary in July, about 8.2% fewer than a year earlier, while the...