EC Clears EUR 280 million Tourism Recovery Scheme in Hungary The European Commission on Wednesday said it approved a 280 million euro Hungarian investment scheme to support a sustainable recovery... 2022.03.31.
Fidesz and Opposition Voters Divided On Government’s Handling of Covid Crisis Hungarians are generally pleased with the organization of vaccinations and restrictions introduced by the Hungarian government during the coronavirus pandemic,... 2022.03.24.
Central Bank Head Matolcsy: Hungary Has Failed to ‘Overtake in the Turn’ Although Hungary has been more successful in managing the crisis than many of its European Union peers, it has failed... 2022.02.22.
Guest Nights Jump 630% in December Guest nights at commercial accommodations in Hungary rose by 630 percent year-on-year to 1,164,000 in December, albeit from a low... 2022.02.07.
Jobless Rate at 3.7% in December, Central Statistical Office says Hungary's jobless rate was at 3.7 percent in December, falling from 4.1 percent in the same month a year earlier... 2022.01.28.
FinMin: Gov’t Mortgage Rate Freeze to Save Families HUF 30 bn The government freeze of rates on retail mortgage loans in place for the first half of 2022 will save Hungarian... 2022.01.17.
Finance Minister: Gov’t Running ‘Disciplined Budget’ Hungary's government is running a disciplined, tight budget, Mihály Varga, the finance minister, said in an interview to public radio... 2022.01.10.
Press Roundup: Conflicting Takes on the State of the Hungarian Economy A left-wing commentator describes welfare measures introduced barely three months before the next parliamentary elections as a desperate attempt by... 2022.01.03.
Signature Drive for Saving Student City and Extending Jobseekers’ Allowance Started The signature drive for a referendum on Budapest's student quarter and on the extension of the jobseekers' allowance to 270... 2021.12.15.
V4-Macron Meeting: Agreement on Need to Protect EU’s External Borders The Visegrad Group (V4) leaders held "exhaustive talks" with French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after the... 2021.12.14.
Coronavirus: Self-employed Receive Almost HUF 17 bn in Stimulus Payments More than 76,000 self-employed Hungarians have received a total of nearly 17 billion forints (EUR 46.5m) of one-off stimulus payments... 2021.12.13.
Guest Nights Rise 79 % in October Guest nights at commercial accommodations in Hungary rose from a low base by an annual 79 percent to 1,733,000 in... 2021.12.08.
Finance Minister on High Inflation: Fiscal Policy’s Effect “Only Mild” Mihály Varga, the finance minister, in an op-ed published on Tuesday, said fiscal policy and wages only had a mild... 2021.11.23.
Governor Matolcsy: Central Bank Crisis Management Successful The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) handled the 2020 crisis successfully, and kept inflation at 3.3 percent, close to target,... 2021.11.08.
Study: Hungary’s Tourism can Recover by Spring International real estate consultancy CBRE expects Hungarian tourism to recover from the COVID crisis by the spring of 2022. While... 2021.10.28.
Gov’t: Number of Registered Jobseekers Falls to Below 250,000 Official employment data from October show fewer registered jobless seeking employment compared with January last year, with fewer than 246,000... 2021.10.27.
Number of Insolvencies Set to Climb by 20% in 2021 The number of corporate insolvencies in Hungary is expected to climb by 20 percent this year, edging over 5,150, according... 2021.10.21.
General Electric to Invest in Veresegyház General Electric is investing 10 billion forints (EUR 27.8) to expand its turbine plant in Veresegyház, in central Hungary, Péter... 2021.10.07.
Central Bank Warns about Underestimating Risk of Persistent Rise in Inflation It would be a mistake to underestimate the risk of a persistent rise in inflation, National Bank of Hungary deputy... 2021.09.17.
PMO Head Gulyás: Von der Leyen’s State of the EU Speech ‘Huge Disappointment’ The speech Ursula von der Leyen delivered on the state of the European Union in the European Parliament on Wednesday... 2021.09.17.
PM Orbán: Central Europe Emerging from Crisis Faster than Rest of Continent The countries of central Europe are emerging faster from the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic than the rest... 2021.09.15.
