Among activities connected to the recent Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix, HUF 4 million forints were collected for the International Children’s Rescue Service (known as in Hungarian as Nemzetközi Gyermekmentő Szolgálat or NGYSZ) with the help of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold a combined HUF 47.5 bln of bonds at auction on Thursday, raising its original offer by HUF 7.5 bln, state news wire MTI reported.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) bought back a combined HUF 5.4 billion of bonds expiring in 2018 and 2019 at a reverse auction on Wednesday, state news wire MTI reported.

After being beset by repeated delays, renovation of the northern stretch of Budapestʼs Metro 3 line will begin in late October or early November at the latest, while a new tender will be issued for the renovation of the other two stretches, according to economic daily Világgazdaság.

Hungarian authorities have discovered a small quantity of imported eggs and egg product contaminated with the insecticide fipronil, the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) said late yesterday, according to state news wire MTI.

The gross domestic product of Hungary was up an unadjusted 3.2% in the second quarter of 2017 compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, according to a first release of data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH). The volume of GDP rose by 3.7% in the first half compared to a year earlier.

Though their country boasts a high-profile, fast-growing film production industry, Hungarians are rather infrequent cinemagoers in comparison with citizens of other EU member states, data compiled by Eurostat show, as cited by state news wire MTI.

iPhone users in Hungary will now be able to use a new feature in Apple Maps, which allows them to get public transportation directions.  The new service not only provides directions, but also departure times and unexpected changes.

Hungaryʼs external financing capacity rose sharply in June from the previous two months to EUR 1.7 billion because of a bigger current account surplus and a jump in capital transfers from the European Union, monthly preliminary balance of payments data published by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) on Tuesday show.

The Hungarian government will use fixed-line telephone services for voice communications of state administrative institutions, according to a report on state news wire MTI. The aim is to achieve significant cost savings.

Hungarian SMEs expect their revenues to climb by 8.5% on average over the coming year, according to a survey by K&H Bank, quoted by national news agency MTI.

The government plans to set up a national network of intermodal container terminals (OIKH) and would establish a 100% state-owned company to design, execute and operate OIKH projects, shows a government resolution published in the official gazette Magyar Közlöny on Monday.

Agricultural producer prices were 2.5% higher in June 2017 than in the corresponding month of the previous year, comprised of a 3.1% decrease in the price of crop products and a 13% rise in the price of live animals and animal products, according to a first release of monthly data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Hungaryʼs government has cleared a plan for the reconstruction of the north wing of Budapestʼs Museum of Applied Arts and the expansion of the institutionʼs south wing between 2017 and 2021, a resolution published in the latest issue of the official gazette Magyar Közlöny shows, according to state news wire MTI.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold HUF 15 billion of discount three-month T-bills at auction on Tuesday, in line with the original offer, state news wire MTI reported.

The government has increased the pre-financing allocation of European Union development funding by HUF 700 billion in a recent resolution in order to manage a liquidity shortage in affected programs, according to reports Tuesday.

Hungaryʼs government has allocated gross HUF 26.7 billion for the expansion of a road connecting the M1 motorway with the Slovakian capital Bratislava, according to national news agency MTI.

The government is stepping up its efforts to make the country more attractive in the regional competition for a new Tesla electric car factory. Owner Elon Musk is expected to announce by the end of this year the location of its first European factory, according to online news portal index.hu.

Hungary has sent its responses to the European Commission within the context of ongoing infringement procedures regarding recently adopted laws on foreign universities and foreign-funded NGOs, Pál Völner, parliamentary state secretary at the Ministry of Justice, said at a press conference today, the deadline stipulated by Brussels.

The inclusion of Magyar Eximbank in Hungaryʼs general government balance could increase state debt as a proportion of GDP from 74% to around 76%, ING Bankʼs chief analyst Péter Virovácz said on public television Monday, as reported online by financial daily Világgazdaság.