New Penalties for Speeding and Drink-Driving Still Too Lenient The new fines for drivers caught speeding or drink driving have just been published in the Hungarian Gazette. Although higher... 2023.08.17.
New Year Starts with New Prices for Motorway Passes From 1 January 2023, the annual national motorway pass for passenger cars costs 49,190 forints (EUR 122), up by around... 2023.01.02.
Hungarian License Plates Being Stolen after Restrictions due to Capped Fuel Prices As of last Friday, only cars with Hungarian license plates or registration permits are allowed to fill up at Hungarian... 2022.05.31.
Hungarian Roads: Signs in Ukrainian to Help Refugees Operator of Hungary's road system, "Magyar Közút," is putting up traffic signs in Ukrainian on Hungary's highways with the aim... 2022.03.21.
Taxi Tariffs in Budapest to be Raised Soon Pointing to inflation, increased fuel and car prices, Budapest taxi drivers want to hike their kilometer fare up by more... 2022.02.17.
Fully Electric Vehicle Ownership in Hungary up 50% The number of fully electric vehicles in Hungary grew by 50 percent in January-October, to 18,800, the Future Mobility Association... 2021.12.31.
Decree on Fuel Price Freezing: No Loopholes, Tough Sanctions for Station Operators Trying to avoid running a business at a loss by suspending services and cutting opening hours has been made virtually... 2021.11.15.
Fuel Prices at Historic Heights in Hungary Following the latest hike on Wednesday, fuel prices have reached a historical height in Hungary. 95 petrol now costs as... 2021.07.14.
Motorway Concession: A Good Deal or Another State Asset Sell-off? Just less than year before the elections, the Fidesz-led government is moving to introduce concession on Hungary's motorway network for... 2021.07.01.
Hungarians Will Pay for Motorway Concession, Opposition Párbeszéd Says If the government's plan to make Hungary's motorways a concession materialises, Párbeszéd believes vignettes will become dearer and road conditions... 2021.06.27.
PMO Head: Govt Earmarks HUF 8.7 Bn for Revamping Budapest Roads The government is allocating 8.7 billion forints (EUR 25m) for revamping roads in Budapest districts where the city mayor scrapped... 2021.06.09.
Free Parking to End in Hungary As epidemic data shows declining numbers, the government announced the end of country-wide free parking from the day after Pentecost... 2021.05.20.
‘Horror Caravans’ Fined over HUF 15 Million Since January The operators of dangerous semi-trailers hauling western European used cars to the East, also dubbed "horror caravans", have been fined... 2021.04.23.
IT Ministry: Road Upgrades under Way Work is under way to refurbish 342km of Hungary's road network this year, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM)... 2021.04.19.
Former Budapest Mayoral Candidate Reality Star Berki Faces Jail for Road Rage Incident The prosecution offered 2.5 years of jailtime for reality star and former Budapest mayoral candidate Krisztián Berki after his road... 2021.03.22.
Szijjártó: Indonesian Investment Biggest Hungarian Tech Export So Far A 103 billion forint (EUR 287m) electronic road toll system to be built in Indonesia by Hungarian company Roatex will... 2021.02.16.
Roadside Deaths at Historic Low Approximately 450 people died in traffic accidents in 2020, 25% less than one year ago, vezess.hu writes, in reference to... 2021.01.19.
Future Mobility Alliance Set up by 20 Hungarian, International Firms The Future Mobility Alliance has been set up by 20 Hungarian and international companies with the aim of promoting and... 2020.12.14.
City Park to Become Car-free A recently adopted government resolution bans cars from entering the entirety of Budapest's City Park (Városliget), the head of the... 2020.07.17.
Free Parking in Hungary Ends Tomorrow Free public parking, implemented amid the coronavirus crisis and having drawn criticism mostly from the opposition-led local goverments, will be... 2020.07.01.
Parking Becoming More Expensive in Budapest Budapest's Municipality decided on Wednesday to increase parking fees in a number of toll zones from August 1st. There are... 2020.06.25.