Booster jabs for health-care staff, mask wearing to be compulsory
From Saturday, the wearing of a mask in enclosed spaces will be compulsory, Gergely Gulyas, the prime minister's chief of staff, told a regular government news briefing on Thursday. Gulyas also said Plans are also afoot for the same in state administration, he added.
Six human smugglers sentenced to prison
Six foreign human smugglers have been handed prison sentences ranging between 1.5 years to 3.5 years by the regional court of Szekszard, in southwest Hungary, the Tolna County chief prosecutor's office said on Thursday.
Marki-Zay: Opposition would retain border fence
Hungary's opposition, if it wins next year's election, will retain the fence along the country's border with Serbia, Peter Marki-Zay, the opposition alliance's prime ministerial candidate, said at Roszke border station on Thursday.
Official: Government employment scheme amounts to HUF 15 billion
The government has so far allocated over 15 billion forints (EUR 41.2m) to companies in an effort to boost employment, a state secretary at the innovation and technology ministry said on Thursday.
Palkovics: Secure supply, regulated prices concomitant with cleaner energy use
Attending consultations with the leaders of top German companies on Thursday, Minister of Innovation and Technology Laszlo Palkovics emphasised the importance of expanding nuclear and renewable capacities, as well as green transport, to meet climate goals.
Budapest mayor awards honours on Day of the Capital
Gergely Karacsony, the mayor of Budapest, on Wednesday handing awards to public figures on the Day of the Capital, said the future of the nation's capital could not be bound up with any one political party or power interest.
DK: Fidesz trying to invigorate ‘voter tourism’
The opposition Democratic Coalition has accused the ruling Fidesz party of attempting to "invigorate voter tourism".
Charges pressed against man for preparing attack in Siofok
The Budapest Prosecutor's Office of Investigations has pressed charges against a 22 year-old man for preparing to carry out a terrorist act in Hungary "aimed at intimidating European residents".
Government to pay full annual pension bonus in 2022
Hungary's government will pay a full month's worth of extra pension benefits, dubbed the 13th month pension, next February, Katalin Novak, the families minister, said on Facebook on Wednesday.
Palkovics: NATO to speed up AI introduction
NATO has been "a bit slow" to react to new developments in artificial intelligence but "it is never too late to speed up the application of new solutions", Laszlo Palkovics, Hungary's minister of innovation and technology, told MTI by phone from Rome, where he ...
