Stadiums Reopened for Those with Immunity Certificate After more than half a year with games held behind closed doors, sports fans were finally able to return to... 2021.05.03.
Jobbik MP Reveals Plans for ‘Secret’ VIP Tunnel at Puskás Aréna, Causing Uproar A 50-meter-long underground tunnel for vehicles will soon be added to Budapest's pricey Puskás Football Aréna, for "protected persons." It... 2021.02.24.
Hungarian Football in 2020: An Unexpectedly Successful Year Amid Pandemic 2020 brought football success that not many could have predicted. The national team qualified for the European Championships which Budapest... 2020.12.27.
Recent Football Success Causes Division and Political Conflict As the Fidesz-led government and namely Prime Minister Orbán views football as a top priority, and pours immense amounts of... 2020.11.20.
Coronavirus – Gov’t: New Measures Will Have Effect on Epidemic in 8-14 Days Fighting the coronavirus epidemic requires "quickness and an ability to respond", which justifies the government's reintroduction of a special legal... 2020.11.05.
Details of New Covid Measures Entered into Force in Hungary A few minutes before midnight on Tuesday, the government published the detailed rules of the restrictions that came into force... 2020.11.04.
Athletics Stadium and Adjacent Infrastructure Would Cost HUF 204 Billion The government allocated HUF 204 billion (EUR 556.5 million) of public funds for Budapest's new Athletics stadium and its adjacent... 2020.11.02.
UEFA Says Super Cup Still On Despite Germany Putting Budapest on High Covid-19 Risk List UEFA confirmed once again that the Super Cup final, scheduled to be held in Budapest's Puskás Aréna next week, is... 2020.09.18.
DK: ‘More People Die from Preventable Diseases in Hungary than Elsewhere in EU’ Proportionally more people die from preventable diseases in Hungary than anywhere else in the European Union, the opposition Democratic Coalition... 2020.08.17.
Preliminary Events for 2022 EUR Handball Have Begun Hungary and Slovakia will jointly host the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship. Uniquely, a one-and-a-half-year long series of programs and... 2020.07.23.
Budapest to Stage UEFA Super Cup Final Budapest's Puskás Aréna will host the UEFA Super Cup final on Sept. 24. The event which pits the winners of... 2020.06.17.
Opposition: 2021 Budget Bill Insufficient to Handle Coronavirus Effects, Benefits Fidesz Circles Instead of Jobseekers Hungarian opposition parties criticised the 2021 budget bill on Tuesday, saying it had been prepared hastily and fell short when... 2020.05.26.
Puskás Aréna Elected Best Stadium in 2019 by Popular Vote The new Puskás Aréna has been elected the best stadium of 2019 at the popular vote of prestigious stadium database... 2020.03.24.
Jobbik Pledges to Fight for Tax Cuts, Pension Changes The opposition Jobbik party will work to offer solutions to "people's everyday problems" such as low incomes, Péter Jakab, the... 2020.02.07.
Jobbik Slams Gov’t over ‘Wasteful’ Spending on Sports Funding Opposition Jobbik party lawmaker Ádám Steinmetz, a former water polo player and Olympic champion, on Wednesday criticised the government for billions of forints of... 2019.12.18.
Budapest Assembly Votes to Support the Athletics WC but Only If.. The general assembly of Budapest has unanimously (including Fidesz voters) voted to support plans to host the 2023 World Athletics... 2019.11.28.
Momentum and Independent Hadházy Wants Referendum on Athletics Stadium Both independent MP Ákos Hadházy and the Momentum party suggested (once again) that in case the central government fails to... 2019.11.21.
Analysis: Can Budapest Soon Host Champions League Final? On the occasion of the opening of Hungary’s brand new, super-expensive national stadium, government commissioner for major Budapest investments Balázs... 2019.11.19.
Past Champions Lobby for 2023 World Athletics Championships to Be Held in Budapest Prominent Hungarian champions of the past holding the title of Athlete of the Nation have asked Budapest's new leaders that... 2019.11.11.
Govt Meets New Budapest Mayor: Partnership to Develop Budapest Common Cause The government sees the new Budapest leadership as "partners", Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, said after... 2019.11.06.
Campaign Started to Save 2023 Budapest World Championships in Athletics Somewhat unexpectedly, Gergely Karácsony emerged as mayor of Budapest with a clear majority in the assembly, and stadium constructions are... 2019.11.05.
