Army buys Embraer aircraft
The Hungarian army is purchasing two KC-390 military transport aircraft from Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer, the secretariat of government commissioner Gaspar Maroth said.
Budapest Airport sustainability scheme gets international award
The Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) has granted its ACI Eco-Innovation Award to Budapest Airport, recognising a sustainability scheme that the operator of Liszt Ferenc International has maintained, Budapest Airport said.
Pandemic spending lifts public debt to 73.8 percent of GDP
Government spending on coronavirus measures, among other expenditures, lifted Hungary's public debt to 73.8 percent of GDP at the end of the third quarter, up from 70.3 percent at end-Q2, the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said on Tuesday.
Paks upgrade on schedule
The project to expand Hungary's sole nuclear power plant in Paks remains on schedule and has not been effected by the coronavirus pandemic, the minister without portfolio responsible for overseeing the project said.
Gulyas: Hungary among EU countries better protected against Covid
Hungary is one of the better-protected EU countries in terms of the coronavirus, with 317 deaths per million in Hungary as against 481 in the European Union as a whole, Gergely Gulyas, the prime minister's chief of staff, said in an interview published in ...
The issue of the budget and the recovery fund could go back before the European Council
Hungary ‘not the cause’ of EU budget veto
The veto of the European Union budget and recovery fund was not caused by Hungary but by those who created the conditions leading to it, Zoltan Kovacs, the state secretary for international communications, told public news broadcaster M1 on Monday evening.
Government has no plans to change abortion laws
Hungary's government has no plans to change the country's abortion laws, Katalin Novak, the minister for family affairs, has said.
Army staff also assisting work in 93 hospitals
Soldiers helping police work in public areas from Monday
Soldiers will be helping police carry out their duties in public areas from Monday, participating in keeping order, peace and public security, an official of the defence ministry said.
Opposition parties vow to settle on joint PM candidate by Oct 2021
Hungary's opposition parties have promised to name a joint candidate for prime minister and joint individual candidates for each electoral district for the next general election by October 23, 2021.
Karacsony: Govt aims to ‘shackle’ local governments
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony on Monday accused the government of trying to "strip local governments of their agency" to cover up the "failures" of its handling of the economic crisis.
