Winners of the 2023 Friends of Hungary Foundation Awards Announced The Friends of Hungary Foundation awarded the Friend of Hungary Award for the sixth time in 2023. Established in 2016,... 2023.09.16.
Katalin Karikó Receives the Theodor Boveri Prize in Würzburg Katalin Karikó has received the Theodor Boveri Prize, the highest life science award of the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, in... 2023.08.01.
Here Are Some of the Internationally Most Acclaimed Hungarian Authors The Nobel Prize is the most prestigious literary award in the world, and the last - and first - time... 2023.06.26.
Winner of International Nature and Environment Film Festival Announced "Without the vision, questions, concerns, and knowledge of the filmmakers, we would see the world differently, we would not notice... 2023.05.23.
Hungarian Master Shoemaker Excels in International Competition Attila Kovács, a master shoemaker from Miskolc, Northern Hungary, was the most successful shoemaker at the Inter-Schuh-Service (ISS) international trade... 2023.05.03.
Hungarian Set Decorator of Dune Honored at BAFTA Awards Among the winners of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is Hungarian set decorator Zsuzsanna Sipos, who... 2022.03.17.
Raoul Wallenberg Prize Handed to Individuals, Groups Active in Disadvantaged Communities The Raoul Wallenberg Prize was handed over to four individuals and a civil organisation that helps disadvantaged communities in Hungary,... 2022.01.26.
Katalin Karikó Elected to French Academy of Sciences, Awarded Lipid Science Prize Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó has been elected to the French Academy of Sciences as a foreign associate member and awarded... 2022.01.14.
Biochemist Katalin Karikó Receives Helmholtz Medal Hungarian biochemist, Katalin Karikó, who contributed to the development of mRNA technology, received this year's Helmholtz Medal of the Berlin-Brandenburg... 2021.12.23.
Hungary’s Ask for Help! Program Wins European Crime Prevention Award Hungary's Ask for Help! program raising awareness to bullying and violence among minors and promoting ways of prevention has won... 2021.12.14.
mRNA Vaccine Inventor Karikó Honored With Germany’s ‘Future’ Prize Katalin Karikó has received another prestigious award. The 'Future Prize' was awarded by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on November 17... 2021.11.19.
Katalin Karikó Receives Prestigious Cancer Research Award for mRNA Technology Katalin Karikó has been awarded the William B. Coley Prize from the US Cancer Research Institute (CRI) for the development... 2021.11.08.
mRNA Pioneer Karikó Named Woman of the Year by Glamour Magazine After receiving numerous awards, both in Hungary and abroad, biochemist Katalin Karikó has now become one of Glamour's Women of... 2021.11.03.
Hungarian High School Student Wins One of Oxford’s Most Prestigious Essay Competitions A Hungarian student from the László Lovassy High School in Veszprém and the Milestone Institute has won the Mary Renault... 2021.10.19.
One-off Prize Money Increased for Paralympians The prize money Paralympians would win has been increased by more than 40% on average after a government decision. From... 2021.02.22.
Olympic Medalists’ One-off Prizes Significantly Increased by Gov’t Before the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, the government moved to raise the one-off rewards of those who place for medals at... 2020.12.09.
‘Women for Hungary’ Prize Awarded to Everyday Heroines The 'Women for Hungary' awards were handed out to women who have shown exemplary behavior during the first wave of... 2020.10.07.
Friedrich Nietzsche Prize Awarded to Ágnes Heller Germany's prestigious German Friedrich Nietzsche Prize has been awarded to late Hungarian philosopher Ágnes Heller. A decision to honour Heller... 2019.08.01.
Hungarian Helsinki Committee Nominated For Human Rights Award As Civil Society Groups Take Government To Court Over NGO Law The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is among the three finalists for the Council of Europe’s Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, the... 2017.08.30.