According to insurance company Aegonʼs Great Home Test (Nagy Lakásteszt), fire is the most feared home damage category among Hungarians, even if water-related damage causes more harm, with burst pipes being the most frequent cause of damage, a press release from the insurer shows.

A public vote for Europeʼs best Christmas market, organized by European Best Destinations, has ended with the "Advent Feast at the Basilica" in Budapest gathering the second highest amount of votes, behind only Estonia’s capital Tallinn, according to the competitionʼs official website.

Five Hungarian companies - DoBox, GPS Tuner, Grepton, NNG, and Safeskin - are set to participate in CES, one of the worldʼs largest tech shows, to be held next January in Las Vegas, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

U.S. coffee shop chain Starbucks is opening three more units in Hungary this year, bringing the total number of outlets in its Hungarian network to 27, according to a report by state news wire MTI.

The stock of fine-tuning FX swaps of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) will remain at around HUF 1.988 trillion after a tender, according to data released by the central bank, reported by state news wire MTI.

Design Terminal collected a record of nearly HUF 6.5 million at its traditional "Talent for Good" Christmas charity auction, which supports the work of Hungarian Interchurch Aid, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Trade unions and sympathisers protested against planned changes to the labor code in Budapest on Saturday, promising to continue their demonstrations on Monday, closing roads across the country, national news agency MTI reported in the morning.  

K&Hʼs Youth Index, which reveals young peopleʼs satisfaction levels and expectations for the future about living conditions, work, promotion prospects, education, health and other issues, reveals that more than 70% of those aged 19-29 expect pay raises, based on data for the second quarter of 2018.

According to research by eNET and Magyar Telekom, entitled "Report on the Internet Economy," distances between family members and relations are bridged by digital communications, which generally help family relations and improve the quality of time spent together.

The Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) said on Monday that it is removing the ordinary shares of KEG Közép-európai Gázterminál Nyrt. from its product list on December 18 based on instructions it received from the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), Hungarian news agency MTI reported. 

Nine out of 10 home loans granted in September carried a fixed rate, according to data from OTP Bank, with loans of longer interest periods the most popular in the fixed-rate category. However, due to new regulations introduced in October, the loan market may move even further towards long-term mortgage loans, OTP said in a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Insurance company NN Biztosító Zrt. has signed a 5,500 square-meter office lease agreement in the next building of Atenorʼs Váci Greens development, Building F, which is still under construction, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal. 

Budapest Airport, the operator of Ferenc Liszt International Airport, projects double-digit growth in the volume of cargo arriving from China this year compared to a year earlier, Hungarian news agency MTI reported late Friday.

Hungary’s "Baa3 stable" credit profile is supported by robust growth, a commitment to fiscal policies that will keep budget deficits within the 3% of GDP Maastricht threshold, and significantly reduced external vulnerability, increasing its ability to withstand external shocks, according to a report by Moody’s Investors Service.

This yearʼs edition of La Liste, the international restaurant review aggregator listing the 1,000 best restaurants in the world, includes four Hungarian eateries, according to the rankings published on laliste.com.

Organizers of Balaton Sound, one of Europeʼs biggest open-air electronic music festivals, have announced a long list of artists, including Marshmello and Armin van Buuren, who will perform at next yearʼs festival, which runs July 3-7, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Combined after-tax profits of Hungaryʼs banking sector fell 12% year-on-year to HUF 425 billion in the first three quarters of 2018, due to higher costs and a drop in released provisions, data published by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) on Friday show.   

Hungarian taxpayers will face considerable changes in taxation next year, due to the implementation of the European Commissionʼs Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD), according to a press release sent by tax advisory Deloitte to the Budapest Business Journal.

Hungary had a EUR 293 million trade surplus in October, narrowing by EUR 232 mln from the same month a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said in a first reading of data on Friday. In euro terms, exports increased by 6.5% and imports grew by 9.7% year-on-year in October 2018.

Employers and unions failed to reach an agreement on next yearʼs minimum wage rises at a meeting on Thursday, according to a report by national news agency MTI. In related labor news, a major protest over planned legislation affecting overtime is planned by unions for the weekend.