February industrial production rises 1.9 percent yr/yr
Hungarian industrial production increased by an annual 1.9 percent in February, according to a first estimate issued by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Thursday.
Szijjarto announces EUR 14m Kyrgyz-Hungarian development fund
An agreement was signed on setting up a Kyrgyz-Hungarian development fund with 5 billion forints (EUR 14m) to support the involvement of Hungarian companies in Kyrgyzstan's modernisation, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Bishkek on Thursday.
'Reopening too soon', cautions Doctors' Chamber
Chief medical officer: Hungary to follow EMA advice on AstraZeneca jab
Hungary will follow the European drug regulator's advice on how to proceed with the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 jab, the chief medical officer told an online press briefing. Cecilia Muller noted that several countries have either suspended the use of the British-Swedish drugmaker's vaccine ...
Almost 250,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine delivered to Hungary
Almost 250,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech were delivered to Hungary on Wednesday, around 50 percent more than the number of doses delivered during the last week of March, Pfizer's Hungarian unit Pfizer Gyogyszerkereskedelmi said.
LMP: Government building parallel power structure
The opposition LMP on Wednesday accused the government of building parallel power structures by "outsourcing decision making and a substantial amount of public funds, and explaining it with mendacious reasoning."
Kopint-Tarki raises GDP forecast to 4.5 percent in 2021
Economic research institute Kopint-Tarki on Wednesday raised its forecast for Hungary's economic growth in 2021 to 4.5 percent from its December projection of 3.5 percent.
Szijjarto: EU funding to triple for border protection in central Asia
Partly thanks to Hungarian lobbying, the European Union is launching a 21 million euro programme over 5 years to fund border protection efforts in Central Asian countries, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Dushanbe on Wednesday.
Socialist MEP: Government ‘turning health-care quality into a sovereignty issue’
Istvan Ujhelyi, an opposition Socialist MEP, on Wednesday slammed the government for not planning to cooperate in shaping the common European Union health-care policy, and accused the government of "turning quality of health care into a sovereignty issue".
February guest nights down 90 percent
Guest nights spent in Hungarian tourist accommodation in February fell by an annual 89.7 percent to 181,000, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Wednesday.
DK to file public data request on hospital deaths due to ventilator shortage
Rules for first phase of easing restrictions published
Rules for the first phase of the gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions were published in the official gazette Magyar Kozlony on Tuesday. Interior Minister Sandor Pinter said that Hungary had administered the coronavirus vaccine to 2.5 million people which was the precondition for the ...
