A vestige of analogue age comes to an end
State-owned Hungarian postal company Magyar Posta on Tuesday said it will cease domestic telegram service on April 30, after 174 years.
Hungary-Slovakia interconnectors start commercial operation
Two interconnectors between the electricity networks of Hungary and Slovakia started commercial operation on Monday, doubling cross-border delivery volume, the Hungarian Energy and Public Utilities Regulatory Office (MEKH) said on Tuesday.
Higher education becoming more competitive, says audit office
Changes made to Hungary's higher education system since 2012 have brought programmes offered by universities and colleges more in line with the needs of the market, thus making the sector more competitive, according to a fresh study by the State Audit Office (ASZ).
Ader, climate researcher discuss science-democracy relationship in podcast
President Janos Ader, in his latest environmental Blue Planet podcast, discussed the relationship between science and democracy, the level of commitment of visionary leaders, and other issues with climate researcher Diana Urge-Vorsatz.
Fire kills one at Budapest hospital
One person died of injuries sustained in a fire in Budapest's St Margit hospital, the official website of the police said on Tuesday.
PM thanks doctors and nurses for their work
Orbán: 2.5 million inoculated, re-opening on Wednesday
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Tuesday afternoon that the number of people inoculated in Hungary reached 2.5 million so shops and services can reopen from Wednesday.
Threshold could be reached by early Wednesday
Vaccinating 2.5 million could change course of pandemic, expert says
Vaccinating 2.5 million Hungarians could change the course of the pandemic, but "there must be many, many more inoculations before we can sit back", the chief infectious disease specialist at Budapest's South Pest Central Hospital told public media on Monday.
Opposition party alliance urges everybody to get vaccinated
The alliance of opposition parties encouraged everyone to get vaccinated against the coronavirus in a video posted on Facebook on Monday. Agnes Kunhalmi, the Socialists' co-chair, pressed every Hungarian to get their Covid jabs. "This is the only way we'll beat the coronavirus and ...
Fire breaks out in Eastern Hungarian Covid ward
Number of vaccinated to reach 2.5 million in days
The number of Hungarians vaccinated against the coronavirus will reach 2.5 million "1-2 days after Easter", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video message posted on his social media page on Sunday.
Church leaders highlight ‘God’s love in trouble’
God "faithfully loves man, especially in troubled times," Cardinal Peter Erdo, the head of the Hungarian Catholic Church, told MTI on Saturday, celebrating Easter. The cardinal said Jesus "thanked his Father while preparing for torture and death" at the Last Supper. "It is important ...
