Hungarian Press Roundup: Government Announces New Lockdown As the government announces another strict lockdown to stop the third wave of the coronavirus, a pro-government commentator is confident... 2021.03.06.
Govt Info Centre Officially Announces Details of Lockdown Measures Hungary's government has taken strict lockdown measures in the hope that the third wave of coronavirus infections could be tackled... 2021.03.05.
Catholic Churches to Stay Open during Lockdown Catholic churches in Hungary will stay open and services will continue to be public, the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference said... 2021.03.05.
New Restrictions: Opposition Blames Orbán Gov’t for Escalating Covid, ‘Collapsing’ Healthcare In the wake of the government's recent announcement on further restrictions, most of the opposition parties blame Orbán and his... 2021.03.04.
Celebrities Encourage Vaccination in Budapest Reopening Video The city of Budapest recently uploaded a video with notable celebrities speaking about how nice reopening would be, reminding us... 2021.02.20.
Coronavirus: Mi Hazánk against Maintaining Lockdown The extra-parliamentary Mi Hazánk party does not support extending Covid-related restrictions, Dóra Dúró, the party's deputy leader, told a press... 2021.02.16.
Press Roundup: Government Calls National Consultation on Lockdown Schedule A left-wing commentator dismisses as a publicity stunt the Prime Minister’s announcement of a national consultation on how and when... 2021.02.08.
Socialist Party Calls for Review Of Hungary’s Lockdown Measures Following Far-right party Mi Hazánk, the Socialists have also started criticizing the Orbán government for the lockdown measures in effect.... 2021.01.26.
Anti-Lockdown Parties Emerge in Hungary As frustration with strict coronavirus restrictions grows worldwide, more and more political parties are trying to reach out to people... 2021.01.25.
Coronavirus: Hungarian Research Finds Clear Correlation Between Lockdown and Falling Death Rate Hungarian scientists analysing publicly available iPhone data to gauge the effects of lockdowns have found a clear correlation between their... 2021.01.20.
Coronavirus – Catholic Church Not Mulling Lockdown The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference (MKPK) is not planning to close churches down or cancel services in view of the... 2020.09.04.
Coronavirus: Gov’t Intent on Avoiding Economic Lockdown The Hungarian government's measures banning foreigners from entering the country are an effective way of avoiding an economic lockdown during... 2020.09.02.
Coronavirus: Nutritionists Warn of Children Gaining Weight during Lockdown Some 40 percent of Hungarian children ate more and gained one or two kilos during the first wave of the... 2020.08.29.
Almost One-fifth of Hungarians Switch to E-billing Because of Pandemic About 19 percent of Hungarians made the switch to digital billing while the country went into temporary lockdown in the... 2020.08.24.
Survey: One-Fourth of Parents Had to Buy New IT Devices for Children during Spring Covid-19 Some 25 percent of Hungarian parents had to buy new devices to help their children's continued education, information flow and... 2020.08.10.
United Against the Virus In December 2019, when the effects of the coronavirus were limited to China alone, Europe and other parts of the... 2020.07.22.
Air Pollution Quick to Return in Post-lockdown Budapest Budapest recently became the only major European city to see air pollution levels rise above pre-lockdown levels. The introduction of... 2020.07.07.
April Lockdown Has Little Impact on Construction Sector Output of Hungary's construction sector edged down 2.1 percent year-on-year in April, while the country was under a lockdown because... 2020.06.15.
Budapest Feels Relief After Restrictions are Lifted on Monday After two months of tough restrictions and closures, on Monday, Budapest could finally take a breath and at least partially... 2020.05.19.
Coronavirus: Trade Minister Urges ‘Reasonable Balance’ between Safeguarding Human Life and Restarting Economy Foreign and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó on Monday underlined the importance of maintaining a "reasonable balance" between safeguarding human life,... 2020.05.19.
Coronavirus: No Curfew Planned, says Operative Board The Hungarian government and the operative board coordinating the response to the novel coronavirus epidemic do not plan to introduce... 2020.03.20.
