Coronavirus: Quarantine for All Foreign Travelers Lowered to 10 Days Mandatory quarantine for travelers entering Hungary from abroad has been lowered to 10 days from 14 days, a member of... 2020.09.22.
Coronavirus: New Protective Measures Come into Effect from Monday From today on, the new protection measures announced after last Wednesday’s government meeting came into effect. Now, in addition to... 2020.09.21.
Coronavirus: Budapest Tightens Mask-Wearing Rules, Introduces Fines At a special session of Budapest's City Assembly on Monday, summoned by Gergely Karácsony, councillors voted to tighten regulations on... 2020.09.15.
Coronavirus – Orbán: Hungary Must Function, Hospitals Prepared, 10,000 Beds Available The government is working to ensure that Hungary is able to function, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public broadcaster M1... 2020.09.13.
Coronavirus: Election Cttee Rejects Referendum Bid on Protective Measures The National Election Committee (NVB) on Thursday rejected a submission by a private individual on holding a referendum on protective... 2020.09.11.
Coronavirus – Orbán: Virus Must Not Be Allowed to Paralyse Hungary Again The government's National Consultation survey on the first lessons learnt from the novel coronavirus epidemic showed that "Hungary must function... 2020.09.11.
Coronavirus: Budapest Mayor to Convene Special Assembly Meeting Budapest's mayor, Gergely Karácsony, is convening a special meeting of the Budapest General Assembly next Monday with a view to... 2020.09.11.
HUF 8,000 Fine for Not Wearing Mask on Budapest Public Transport Any passengers in Budapest who travel without wearing a mask or wearing it incorrectly, may be fined by HUF 8000,... 2020.09.09.
Episode Two: Coronavirus Strikes Back Covid-19 has returned with a vengeance, with a record high of 510 new cases in Hungary as of September 4th.... 2020.09.05.
Passengers Without Masks to be Removed from Budapest Public Transport Due to the ongoing pandemic, face masks have become mandatory for everyone using public transport in Budapest. As the number... 2020.08.14.
Coronavirus: Gov’t Calls on Citizens to Respect Rules to Avoid Second Wave The government's aim is to prevent a second wave of the novel coronavirus epidemic and it has decided to maintain... 2020.07.30.
Semmelweis Rector Calls for Reintroducing Face Masks Indoors Béla Merkely, the rector of Budapest's Semmelweis University, has called for a return to wearing masks indoors in order to... 2020.07.16.
Coronavirus: DK Calls on Govt to ‘Pay Back’ Municipalities’ Protection Costs The Democratic Coalition (DK) on Friday called on the government to refund the costs of protection against the novel coronavirus... 2020.06.13.
Coronavirus: Air France, Finnair to Resume Flights to Budapest French airlines Air France and Finnish carrier Finnair on Tuesday announced that they would restart flying to Budapest in June... 2020.05.20.
Coronavirus: Another Batch of Health Accessories Delivered to Hungary Hungary has taken delivery of another batch of health accessories from China, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced in a Facebook... 2020.05.09.
Coronavirus: Hungary Imported almost 100 Million Face Masks So Far, says Foreign Minister Hungary took delivery of 17,5 million face masks last week and will continue to receive protective equipment against coronavirus this... 2020.05.04.
Coronavirus: Final Exams Started Under Irregular Circumstances in Hungarian Secondary Schools School exit examinations have started at 1,197 locations across the country on Monday, with over 70,000 students taking the Hungarian... 2020.05.04.
Coronavirus – Orbán: Budapest Restrictions Remain in Force, Easing Measures Elsewhere in Hungary Hungary is set to enter the next phase of protective measures against the novel coronavirus epidemic, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán... 2020.04.29.
Coronavirus: Jobbik Demands Making Face Mask Use Compulsory The government should make the use of face masks compulsory in public areas, an MP of the right-wing opposition Jobbik... 2020.04.29.
Coronavirus – Press: Smaller Shops, Restaurants to Reopen from Next Week, Face Masks Could Be Mandatory Starting next week, smaller shops that have been closed for weeks may reopen, while hotels, restaurants, and cafés will also... 2020.04.28.
Orbán Government Reveals Worst-Case Scenario of Coronavirus In the past weeks, the "worst-case coronavirus epidemic scenario" term, be it the sudden and mass freeing up of hospital... 2020.04.27.