Person of the Year: Katalin Karikó The first step that was taken to help the world in the chaos caused by the coronavirus was by Katalin... 2021.12.31.
Rebirth of Budapest Castle District In 2014, the Hungarian government started the National Hauszmann plan with the aim of rebuilding those buildings which were destroyed... 2021.12.30.
Cultural Workers to Get 20% Pay Rise from January Employees in the cultural sector will get a 20 percent wage hike from January 1, Miklós Kásler, the minister of... 2021.12.29.
Budapest City Park: “How to Turn Bog and Willow Into a Cultural and Green Center of the Capital?” As part of the Liget Budapest project, the city green in the Hungarian capital is to be developed into a... 2021.12.29.
Gundel Time Travel: Ambiance and Impressions of Restaurant From the 50’s – PHOTOS! As we previously reported, the traditional and impressive Gundel restaurant in Budapest's City Park next to the zoo, reopened its... 2021.12.27.
Winning Photos of Hungary 365 Competition Show a Thousand Faces and Colors of the Country The Hungary 365 photo competition was held again this year. The aim of the photo competition is to present the... 2021.12.27.
Cardinal Mindszenty, Symbol of Resistance against Communism, Arrested on Christmas Cardinal József Mindszenty, Archbishop of Esztergom and the last prince primate of Hungary, was arrested by Hungarian communists exactly 73... 2021.12.26.
Church Leaders’ Christmas Messages: “God with Us Even When We Have to Descend to Our Depths” "The belief that life on Earth is not the end of it all gives us courage and makes us realise... 2021.12.24.
Biochemist Katalin Karikó Receives Helmholtz Medal Hungarian biochemist, Katalin Karikó, who contributed to the development of mRNA technology, received this year's Helmholtz Medal of the Berlin-Brandenburg... 2021.12.23.
Csontváry Painting Sold for Hungarian Record Sum Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka's painting, "Mysterious Island" was sold for 460 million forints (EUR 1,253,880), setting a record in the history... 2021.12.20.
State Puts 44-Room Castle Up for Sale The Hungarian National Asset Manager (MNV) is offering a 44-room castle in the northern Hungarian city of Parád for sale,... 2021.12.20.
Outdoor Advertising of a Ford Dealer From the 1920s Discovered in Kecskemét The outdoor advertising of a Ford dealer from the 1920s was discovered on the wall of a building in Kecskemét... 2021.12.19.
Katalin Karikó Awarded Bolyai Prize by President Áder Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó, a developer of mRNA-based vaccines, received the Bolyai Prize from President János Áder on Friday. At... 2021.12.18.
“An institution of this genre with such complexity does not exist anywhere in the world” – House of Hungarian Music Completed After three years of construction, the House of Hungarian Music (Magyar Zene Háza) was handed over on Thursday in Budapest's... 2021.12.17.
Budapest Chain Bridge: Last Steel Plate of the Roadway Installed – PHOTOS The renovation of the Budapest Chain Bridge has reached a new milestone: namely, on Tuesday the last steel plate of... 2021.12.15.
Hungarian Scouts Take Over Light of Peace from Bethlehem – PHOTOS On the third Sunday of Advent, the Hungarian Scouts took over the Peace Light from Bethlehem from their Burgenland colleagues... 2021.12.14.
Sopron Chose Hungary 100 Years Ago 100 years ago on December 14, 1921, the legendary referendum took place in the western Hungarian town of Sopron according... 2021.12.14.
mRNA Pioneer Katalin Karikó Among TIME Magazine’s Heroes of the Year Thanks to her contribution to developing mRNA-based vaccines, Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó has been declared one of TIME Magazine's heroes... 2021.12.14.
30 Castles and Fortresses to Be Revamped Some thirty listed monuments including 18 castles and 12 fortresses will be revamped at a cost of 60 billion forints... 2021.12.11.
First Hungarian Film in Competition at Sundance Szelíd (Gentle), a film by László Csuja and Anna Nemes, is the first Hungarian film ever to be selected for... 2021.12.10.
Exhibition on Hungarian-Croatian Cultural Heritage Opens in Budapest An exhibition with over 300 artefacts demonstrating the history of Hungarian-Croatian cultural relations opened in the Hungarian National Museum (MNM)... 2021.12.10.
