Coronavirus: Hungary Receives a Further EUR 304 million in EU Unemployment Aid The European Commission on Tuesday said it has disbursed another 304 million euros in financial support to Hungary within the... 2021.02.03.
Anti-Restriction Demonstrations Fail to Cause Mass Reopening in Hungary The mass reopening of stores movement is having little success in achieving its goal of mobilizing restaurants, cafés, and pubs... 2021.02.02.
Tourism Sector Needs New Plans after ‘Tragic Year,’ says agency head Hungary's tourism sector needs a new strategy after a "tragic" year in which aid from the Hungarian government was the... 2021.02.02.
Caterers Continue to Protest against Restrictions Some 300 people on Monday held a demonstration in central Budapest with the demand that restaurants, bars, and hotels be... 2021.02.01.
Restrictions Protest at Heroes’ Square Foreshadows Further Defiance Hundreds of people gathered at Budapest’s Heroes’ Square on Sunday to protest coronavirus restrictions affecting small businesses. Police quickly responded.... 2021.02.01.
Restrictions to Be Extended until March 1 The government is extending coronavirus-related restrictions until March 1, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, told a... 2021.01.28.
Gov’t: Restaurants to Reopen Only Once Mass Vaccinations Under Way Reopening restaurants and other catering facilities will depend on how quickly Hungary can get hold of vaccines and have its... 2021.01.26.
Deal Reached to Hike Minimum Wage 4% A deal was reached on Monday to hike the minimum wage by 4 percent from Feb. 1. The monthly minimum... 2021.01.26.
Orbán: Hungary to Obtain Chinese Vaccine in Large Quantities to ‘Get Our Old Lives Back’ Hungary's capacity to carry out vaccinations well exceeds vaccine supplies, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday, adding that the... 2021.01.15.
PMO Head Gulyás: Gov’t to Launch Coronavirus Vaccination Campaign The government will launch a campaign to encourage residents to get inoculated against Covid-19, the head of the Prime Minister's... 2021.01.14.
Jobbik Demands Gov’t Help to ‘Victims of Debt Collection’ Opposition Jobbik's deputy leader called on the government to help "several hundreds of thousands of victims of forced debt collection".... 2021.01.14.
EIB Lends Hungary’s Eximbank EUR 200 Million to Support Recovery The European Investment Bank (EIB) on Tuesday said it will lend 200 million euros to Magyar Eximbank, creating a new... 2021.01.13.
Coronavirus: Tourism May Re-Start in Summer, says Tourism Agency Head Hungary's tourism industry, which generated more than 13 percent of the national economic output before the coronavirus pandemic, could restart... 2021.01.12.
Trade Min: Gov’t Has Financially Supported over 1,400 Investments since Beginning of Pandemic Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in Hungary last March, the government has supported 1,434 (foreign) investments at the... 2021.01.11.
Coronavirus: Jobbik Wants 80 % Wage Subsidies for Workers The opposition Jobbik party has proposed providing an 80 percent wage subsidy to workers affected by the coronavirus crisis. Dániel... 2021.01.08.
Unemployment Rises to 4.4% in September-November Hungary's three-month rolling average jobless rate was 4.4 percent in Sept-Nov, rising 0.9 of a percentage point from twelve months... 2021.01.05.
Orbán: Hungary Poised for Most Successful Decade in Century Hungary's last ten years were the country's most successful decade in the last 100 years, "and the next ten years... 2021.01.03.
2021: Looking Up from Rock Bottom 2020 was a long year, it feels like an entire decade has passed instead of only 366 days. Who would... 2021.01.02.
Govt Official: 2021 About Protecting Lives and Jobs Much of 2021 will be devoted to combatting coronavirus and protecting lives and jobs, a government official said in a... 2020.12.31.
Opposition Declares Objection to Govt’s Treatment of Local Councils, Epidemic Response Hungarian opposition parties have jointly declared their objection to the Orbán government "bleeding dry local councils" and its "irresponsible epidemic... 2020.12.31.
Tourism Agency: Govt Support to Sector ‘Outstanding’ in European Comparison Government support for Hungary's tourism sector of 800 billion forints (EUR 2.2bn) "is outstanding in European comparison", the Hungarian Tourism... 2020.12.30.
