Fuel Price Cap: Motorists Saved 22 Billion Forints, State Gained Several Hundred Million, Gas Stations Lost Billions Drivers have saved a total of 22.4 billion forints (EUR 63 million) since the introduction of the fuel price cap... 2022.02.22.
Mayor Karácsony and Pact of Free Cities Stand by Ukraine The Pact of Free Cities -- which is a cooperation agreement between the mayors of Prague, Bratislava, Warsaw, and Budapest... 2022.02.22.
Tax Authority Raids Offices of Oltalom Evangelical Charity Dozens of National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) employees showed up at the buildings of the Gábor Iványi-led Hungarian Evangelical... 2022.02.22.
Coronavirus: 133 Fatalities Registered in Hungary Altogether 133 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 3,193 new coronavirus infections were registered,... 2022.02.22.
Beneš Decrees: Slovakia’s Confiscation of Land from Ethnic Hungarians Still Ongoing In recent years, the Slovak state has used the Beneš Decrees to confiscate hundreds of hectares of land from ethnic... 2022.02.22.
Hungarian Director Kornél Mundruczó to Shoot Series with Hollywood Superstars One of America's most sought-after actors, Tom Holland, who also plays Spider-Man, and Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried, will star in... 2022.02.21.
Price Cap on Fuel: Proposals Sent to Gov’t to Save Gas Stations On Monday morning, representatives of gas stations and the government met for talks. Retailers tried to highlight the increasingly hopeless... 2022.02.21.
“Too High” Hungary GDP Growth Leads to EU Cutting Recovery Fund by EUR 1.3 Billion Due to a much higher than forecasted economic growth, Hungary will be eligible for less non-reimbursable funding from the European... 2022.02.21.
Seat Estimations: Fidesz-KDNP Clear Favorite but Two-thirds Majority Unlikely After our usual roundup about the latest survey results, let's see a compilation of the estimation of seats the party... 2022.02.21.
Hungarian House to Be Set Up in London near Trafalgar Square Hungary's government has purchased a building near London's Trafalgar Square to serve as a hub for Hungarian culture and learning,... 2022.02.21.
Press Roundup: Opposition Nominates Péter Róna for President Political commentators across the political spectrum find Péter Róna, the opposition parties’ nominee for President, a less than ideal candidate,... 2022.02.21.
Coronavirus: 233 Fatalities, More than 13,000 New Cases Registered over the Weekend Altogether 233 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 72 hours, while 13,261 new coronavirus infections were registered,... 2022.02.21.
There’s a Village in Hungary with a Capital Income of HUF 7 Million Per Resident The 164 residents of the tiny village of Somogycsicsó in southwestern Hungary earned the highest capital income last year with... 2022.02.21.
Pro-gov’t Media Lost Ten Times as Many Lawsuits for Correction as Gov’t Critical Publications Government-critical news site Átlátszó has received data on the 2021 media correction lawsuits from the Metropolitan Court of Budapest. According... 2022.02.21.
Covid School Closures May Set Back Future Salaries of Today’s Students for Decades School closures introduced as a result of the coronavirus will affect employment prospects for decades and significantly reduce expected wages,... 2022.02.20.
Press Roundup: Diverging Takes on the Ukraine Crisis A pro-government pundit ascribes the Ukraine-Russia tension to the West’s ignorance of Russian geopolitical considerations. A left-wing columnist, on the... 2022.02.19.
Israeli Hit Fauda’s Shooting Relocated to Hungary due to Ukraine Turmoil Production of the fourth season of popular Israeli television series “Fauda” was moved to Hungary from Ukraine due to the... 2022.02.19.
Price Hikes to Come for Budapest Baths; Renovation of Gellért Starts in Summer The Budapest Spa and Thermal Bath closed the period of the coronavirus epidemic with a deficit of about HUF 22... 2022.02.19.
Orbán at Fidesz Parliamentary Group Meeting: “Hungary’s Fate Is at Stake” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered a speech at the closed parliamentary group meeting of the ruling Fidesz-KDNP in Balatonfüred. According... 2022.02.18.
From Now On, All Gas Stations Lose Money on Fuel Sales "After Friday's renewed fuel price increases, there will be no more gas stations in Hungary whose purchase prices are lower... 2022.02.18.
