Budapest to host MTV European Music Awards

This year's MTV European Music Awards ceremony will be held in Budapest on November 8, offering television viewers a virtual show broadcast from Budapest and London, the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTU) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Varga elected with 135 votes in favour and 26 against in a secret ballot

Opposition parties reject presidential nominee for top court head

The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) stayed away from a parliamentary vote on the head of the Kuria, Hungary's supreme court, while green LMP rejected the appointment of Zsolt Andras Varga, nominated by President Janos Ader earlier this month.

Government to make home purchase subsidy tax free

Both new and second-hand properties purchased through the government's home buying subsidy scheme CSOK will be fully exempted from the asset acquisition tax from January on, Katalin Novak told a press conference on Monday.

Hungarians allowed to travel to Austria with no restrictions

Hungarians can now cross into Austria without any coronavirus-related restrictions as Austria has "changed Hungary's safety risk assessment to positive", a spokesman for the central body coordinating efforts against the epidemic told a press conference on Monday.

DK abandons referendum drive for free testing

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) party has abandoned its referendum initiative calling for free coronavirus testing, saying that such an operation would come with serious epidemiological risks.

33 fatalities, registered infections up 1,474 in Hungary

Fully 33 Covid-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours, while the number of registered coronavirus infections in Hungary has risen by 1,474 to 46,290, koronavirus.gov.hu said. The number of fatalities stands at 1,142, and 14,088 people have made a recovery.

Parliament to vote on Kuria presidential appointment

Parliament will be in session for four days over the next two weeks, starting with a secret vote on Monday to appoint the head of the Kuria, Hungary's supreme court, with Andras Zsolt Varga, nominated by the president of the republic, the sole candidate.

Government establishing unit to help companies apply AI

A key aim of the government's AI strategy is to boost the productivity of Hungarian small and medium-sized firms by employing AI technologies, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) said on Sunday. The goal is to increase productivity by 26 percent over the ...