Budapest events to commemorate Spanish diplomat who saved over 5,000 Jews
Commemorations will be held in Budapest on Thursday to honour Spanish diplomat Angel Sanz Briz, who saved the lives of some 5,200 Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust, the Spanish embassy said on Wednesday.
Karacsony: Budapest mulling 0.5 percent business tax for recovery
Budapest is mulling the introduction of a 0.5 percent "recovery" tax on larger businesses until Budapest emerges from the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic.
SZFE students, strike committee reject new leadership’s offer
The new deputy rector and the chancellor of Budapest's University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) said on Wednesday that the students and the strike committee of the university have rejected the leadership's recent conciliatory gestures in connection with the current standoff.
Attacks on Hungary come from European left wingers, PM says
Orbán: Home construction VAT to revert to 5 percent
The VAT rate on home building carried out before December 31, 2022 will revert to 5 percent, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Hir TV on Wednesday evening. Referring to Wednesday's cabinet meeting, Orbán said Katalin Novak, the minister of family affairs, presented the key ...
Four companies to bid for Chain Bridge renovation
Four companies will make a bid for the renovation of the capital's landmark Chain Bridge after all four companies applying in the pre-qualification round met the requirements, the Budapest Public Transport Centre (BKK) said.
Regulations unnecessarily curb the institutions' freedom of establishment and the free movement of services, court says
ECJ: Hungarian law on higher education breaches EU law
Provisions in Hungary's law on higher education that affect how foreign universities operate in the country breach EU law, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled.
Nemzeti Vágta/National Gallop, Hősök tere, Budapest, October 10-11, 2020
Hungarian traditions in the saddle
One important annual event that has managed to survive the scourge of the coronavirus pandemic is the Nemzeti Vágta, or National Gallop, which is scheduled for October 10-11, at the usual venue, Heroes' Square, Budapest.
Air traffic in Hungary air space falls by more than 50 percent
The number of overflights and flights arriving to and departing from Budapest fell by more than 50 percent in January-September 2020, HungaroControl told MTI.
Nurses demand similar wage hike to doctors’
The wages of nurses and other skilled health-care employees should be increased by a similar extent as the recently announced salary hike for doctors, trade union MESZK said
Transfer of health-care staff among hospitals to deal with the increase in Covid-19 patients is going according to plan
Travel restrictions amended for V4 countries
The government has decided to amend restrictions for travellers from countries in the Visegrad Group, the deputy head of the operative board in charge of coronavirus-related measures said. Earlier regulations for travellers from V4 countries expired on September 30, Robert Kiss told an online ...
