Foreign Affairs

World

Shellenberger: Time to Rehabilitate Nuclear Power

Pro-nuclear activist Michael Shellenberger, founder of the California-based global citizens movement Environmental Progress, writer for Forbes and a defeated candidate...

EU

Industrial producer prices rise by 6.4%

According to the official website of the Central Statistical Office (KSH), industrial producer prices as a whole were 6.4% higher...

EU

Hungary EU leader in fall of tax-to-GDP ratio

Hungary’s tax-to-GDP ratio (the sum of taxes and net social contributions as a percentage of GDP) generated one of the...

EU

One in five Hungarians cannot afford a car

According to research by Eurostat, the European Commissionʼs statistical agency, 20.1% of Hungarians cannot afford a car, making the country...

Int'l Relations

Indiaʼs Flex Films to build HUF 23 bln plant in Nógrád County

Indiaʼs Flex Films, which makes flexible plastic packaging, will build a HUF 23 billion plant in Rétság in Nógrád County...

Visits

Gruevski claims he has been granted asylum in Hungary

Macedonia’s fugitive former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski claims he has been granted political asylum in Hungary, a week after he...

Visits

Hungary backs Croatia OECD accession

Hungary now backs Croatiaʼs accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Croatian Minister of Foreign and European...

World

Holodomor monument inaugurated in Szeged

A monument by Uzhhorod artists Bogdan Korzh and Mihailo Korotko, remembering the victims of the Holodomor, the man-made Ukrainian famine...

Visits

Ex-Macedonian PM ‘seeking political asylum’ in Hungary

Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has reportedly fled to Hungary, where he said in a Facebook post he is...

Visits

Govʼt earmarks HUF 80 bln for metro 3 renovation

Hungaryʼs government is allocating HUF 80 billion in support for the renovation of the capitalʼs number 3 metro line, Gergely...

EU

Farmgate prices up 6.2% in September

Agricultural producer prices in Hungary were up 6.2% year-on-year in September, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Wednesday. Prices...

Int'l Relations

Perry urges Hungary to ditch Russian gas projects

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry met in the Parliament building in Budapest on Tuesday,...

Visits

China lifts ban on imports of Hungarian duck, goose

China is lifting a ban on imports of duck and goose products from Hungary, Minister of Agriculture István Nagy said...

World

U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to visit Hungary this week

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry will visit Hungary this week on a tour of Eastern Europe that also includes...

Visits

Orbán visits China International Import Expo in Shanghai

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reiterated Hungaryʼs commitment to supporting Chinaʼs cooperation with countries in the CEE region at the opening...

Int'l Relations

Russia Expels Hungarian Diplomats in Retaliatory Move

Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that it was expelling Hungarian diplomats in retaliation for Hungary’s recent expulsion of 10 Russian...

EU

EU Grants Hungary 1‑year Exemption from Gas Market Rule

The EC approved Hungary's request for a temporary exemption from an EU gas‑market regulation at the Serbian border, allowing the...

Germany Celebrates Fall of the Iron Curtain as a Joint Achievement

Germany’s new ambassador to Hungary, Alexander Schönfelder, took up his post in August. In his first interview with the BBJ,...

Hungary Signals Interest in Hosting 2036 Olympics

The Int'l Olympic Committee confirmed that Hungary is among seven countries engaged in ongoing dialogue and has formally expressed interest...

Russia Expels Hungarian Diplomats in Retaliatory Move

Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that it was expelling Hungarian diplomats in retaliation for Hungary’s recent expulsion of 10 Russian...

Hungary’s EPPO Accession Advances With Budapest Talks

European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi held talks with Hungarian officials in Budapest on the details of Hungary’s accession to...

EU Grants Hungary 1‑year Exemption from Gas Market Rule

The EC approved Hungary's request for a temporary exemption from an EU gas‑market regulation at the Serbian border, allowing the...

Magyar Invites Pope Leo XIV to Hungary After Vatican Talks

Prime Minister Péter Magyar invited Pope Leo XIV to visit Hungary during a private audience at the Vatican on Sept....

EU Project Pre-Financing Pushes August Budget Deficit to HUF 2.31 tln

Hungary’s cash flow-based general government deficit reached HUF 2.31 tln in August, driven overwhelmingly by pre-financing for projects supported by...

All Hungarian University Students to Regain Erasmus Access by October, Official Says

Hungarian university students will have the opportunity to participate in the Erasmus mobility program by October, with some able to...

ÁKK: Euro Adoption May Cut Hungary’s Debt Costs by 50%

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) says Hungary could reduce its financing costs after adopting the euro, lowering annual interest...

Hungarian Teen Detained Over Alleged Terrorist Threats After FBI Tip

Hungarian police have detained a 16-year-old boy in Győr on suspicion of making terrorist threats after the FBI alerted authorities...

Russia Pledges Response to Hungary’s Expulsion of 10 Diplomats

Russia will respond to Hungary’s decision to expel 10 Russian diplomats, Foreign Mininstry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Tuesday, adding that...

Hungary to Formalize Gift of Lipizzaner Horses to King Charles III

Hungary will formally gift two Lipizzaner horses to the UK's King Charles III, resolving an ownership issue after the animals...

40 Hungarian Tourists Safe After Wildfire Evacuation on Croatia’s Brač Island

A group of 40 Hungarian tourists evacuated from Milna on Croatia’s Brač island due to wildfires are safe, Hungary’s Foreign...

Magyar Says No Progress Yet in Hungary-Slovakia Dispute Over Beneš Decrees

PM Péter Magyar said Thursday that no progress had yet been made on disputed issues between Hungary and Slovakia, including...

CJEU Rejects Hungary’s Bid to Halt Russian Asset Revenue Transfers to Ukraine

The CJEU has thrown out an appeal by the previous Hungarian government against an EC decision to send aid to...