Firefighters, Teachers Angered After Commerce Chamber President’s Controversial Statement Both firefighters and teachers' earn notoriously low salaries, and it is especially the latter group which has long been urging... 2022.05.30.
PMO Head: Only Hungarians to Buy Fuel at Capped Prices from Friday Hungary's government considers the protection of the country's security and economy its two most important responsibilities amid the war in... 2022.05.26.
LMP Lawmaker Demands Govt Action on Sajó River Pollution The government has the means of taking action against the pollution of the Sajó river, which flows from Slovakia into... 2022.05.26.
Education, Anti-corruption, Poverty Concerns in Recent EC Recommendation Paper on RRF Funds As the EU has been withholding Hungary-bound recovery funds for one year now due to corruption concerns, the European Commission... 2022.05.25.
High Shortage and Workload with Low Salaries in Hungarian Public Education, EC Country Report Finds The teacher shortage is an escalating problem in Hungary, as the number of teaching hours for Hungarian teachers is very... 2022.05.24.
Concern over Monkeypox Grows in Hungary as Virus Appears in Neighboring Austria Monkeypox, originally "native" to Africa, has already appeared in neighboring Austria. Although there are no known cases in Hungary, several... 2022.05.23.
Lake Balaton Water Level Concerningly Low but Not Yet Critical After long months of drought, it finally rained in the second half of April in Hungary, but water levels in... 2022.05.20.
Bread Prices in Hungary Could Surpass €2 per Kilo by Summer For almost all products and foodstuffs, we can see that prices have increased enormously and the increase cannot even be... 2022.05.18.
Significant Price Increase Expected on Beaches of Lake Balaton? In the last two years, the local authorities of the cities around Lake Balaton or the operators could not increase... 2022.05.14.
“Travel is the Best School”- Interview with Adorján Illés, Who Cycled around the World 39 countries, 45,500 kilometers in 1,473 days, spending an average of 1,500 forints (EUR 4) a day. These are the... 2022.05.07.
IOC Vice-President: ‘Hungary should bid to host Olympic Games’ The Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suggested that Hungary should bid to host the Summer Olympics. Juan... 2022.05.03.
Chancellor Scholz ‘cherish the idea that Orbán is transforming his country into an autocratic state’ – Political Scientist Patzelt on Germany’s Perception of Hungary "Von der Leyen and her circle, as well as the SPD and its chancellor, cherish the idea that Viktor Orbán... 2022.04.29.
Top Court: No Basis for EC Objections to Hungarian Judicial Appointments The European Commission's objections to how judges in Hungary are appointed -- raised within the rule-of-law mechanism launched against the... 2022.04.29.
PMO Head Gulyás: Gov’t Sees No Obstacle to Signing Agreement on EU’s €7.2 Recovery Fund Hungary's government has received and reviewed the European Commission's letter activating the so-called conditionality mechanism linking European Union funding to... 2022.04.28.
Hungary Pays Six Times More for Russian Gas Than Country’s Residential Consumers Hungary purchased Russian gas at around six times what resindential consumers paid Hungarian state energy company MVM in February, according... 2022.04.26.
Foreign National Jailed for Rape A Budapest court has sentenced a foreign national to seven years in prison for assaulting and raping a woman in... 2022.04.26.
Tom Jones to Give Concert in Hungary Tom Jones will give a concert in Hungary again. The world-famous Welsh singer will perform at the MVM Dome in... 2022.04.25.
Lángos, Favourite Food of Balaton Tourists, Expected to Be More Expensive According to Balaton restaurateurs, a significant increase in prices can be expected, as the increased costs will force the buffet... 2022.04.24.
Teachers Announce Photo Montage Campaign to Draw Attention to Lack of Young Colleagues More and more people are retiring from teaching, far outnumbering those entering the profession. Teachers’ Union PDSZ and the website... 2022.04.22.
Price Freeze Ineffective? Drastic Increase in Prices for Non-affected Foodstuffs Although the government imposed a price freeze on several food items on February 1, prices for other products rose at... 2022.04.13.
Possible Teachers’ Strike in September over ‘Ridiculous Salaries’ Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke, among other things, about salary increases for teachers at his international press conference last Wednesday.... 2022.04.12.
