Consumer, business confidence improve
Consumer and business confidence improved in January from the previous month, economic research institute Szazadveg's gauges of sentiment show.
Former minister Balog takes up post as Reformed bishop
Zoltan Balog, the former human resources minister, was inaugurated as the Reformed Bishop of Dunamellek on Monday.
Public health authority researches ‘UK variant’
The Hungarian public health authority (NNK) is researching a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus, first detected in the United Kingdom late last year, to determine whether currently available vaccines would be effective against it.
Chief medical officer: 80 percent of registered health-care workers inoculated
Swift vaccination national interest, foreign minister says
Speeding up coronavirus vaccination is in Hungary's national interest, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told public broadcaster Kossuth Radio on Sunday morning. The accreditation of vaccines falls under the purview of experts of Hungary's pharmaceutical authority rather than politicians or parties, Szijjarto said.
Varga asks Portugal to be open to the different approaches of nation states to migration
Justice minister: Hungary expects Portuguese EU presidency to act as mediators
Hungary expects the Portuguese presidency of the European Union to act as "fair mediators, to execute the financial agreement, and not to give in [to] the trickers of the rule of law mechanism", Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Facebook.
UNESCO heritage offers plenty to see
An energising day out at Somoskő Castle and valley
For a not-so-demanding and liberating mask-removing day out, I highly recommend a visit to the family-friendly Somoskő Castle, sitting on a 526-metre redundant volcanic peak in the hilly and forested Medves valley of Nőgrád County. But it's not enough just to go there. This ...
The two countries have also agreed to extend a long-term gas supply contract
Hungary purchasing enough Russian vaccine to inoculate one million
Hungary is purchasing two million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, sufficient to inoculate one million people, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after talks with Sergei Lavrov, his Russian counterpart, in Moscow on Friday.
Union rejects 4 percent minimum wage hike
Union association MASZSZ will reject a 4 percent minimum wage hike offered by employers and government representatives for 2020.
Veszprem, Balatonfured plan joint cultural capital programmes
The towns of Veszprem and Balatonfured in western Hungary are planning to host joint events in 2023, when Veszprem will be one of the Cultural Capitals of Europe, the government commissioner responsible for the event told a press conference.
Fidesz group abstains at EP vote on gender equality report
The European parliamentary group of Hungary's ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats (KDNP) has abstained from voting on a report examining the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women, as the report called for the ratification of the Istanbul Agreement, which is "driven by ideological issues," the ...
