Green NGO Levego Munkacsoport refuses For Budapest award
The green NGO Levego Munkacsoport (Clean Air Action Group) said on Wednesday that it would refuse the Budapest metropolitan council's For Budapest award because it had failed to achieve a reduction in the "severe level of pollution" in the capital city.
Fidesz, opposition divided on EU rule-of-law mechanism in EP plenary session
Hungarian MEPs were divided in their views on the introduction of a mechanism that links payouts of EU funding to member states' observance of the principles of the rule of law in a plenary session of the European Parliament on Wednesday, with ruling Fidesz ...
Fidesz: EP debate on media interference ‘smear campaign’ against Hungary
A Fidesz MEP has slammed a debate held in the European Parliament on Wednesday on Hungarian influence in Slovenian and North Macedonian media as a "smear campaign" against Hungary.
Budapest mayor: Government looking to privatise waste management, mobile payment system
The government has submitted two legislative proposals to parliament aiming to turn the state-run waste management holding and the national mobile payment systems into concessions, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony said on Wednesday.
Government to develop Tokaj-Hegyalja region with HUF 150 billion
The government has earmarked 149.5 billion forints (EUR 416m) towards developing the Tokaj-Hegyalja and Zemplen region in north-eastern Hungary, to help it become the third top tourist region after Budapest and Lake Balaton, the office of the government commissioner for the region's development said ...
Possible turnaround as Hungary records fewer new infections
Last week's data indicate a flattening of Hungary's coronavirus curve, as a drop in coronavirus infections was registered, the Chief Medical Officer said on Wednesday.
"The more migration waves get out of control, the greater the threat of terrorism will become," foreign minister says
Budapest to host UN regional counter-terrorism centre
Budapest will host the United Nations' first regional counter-terrorism centre, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday. Szijjarto made the announcement after holding a video conference with Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov, first Under-Secretary for the UN Counter-Terrorism Office.
Corporations údon't see a realistic chance to raise the minimum wage from January 1.
Employers press for delay on minimum wage agreement
Employers said an agreement on next year's minimum wage rise should be delayed because of uncertainty caused by the pandemic at a meeting of the VKF, a forum of employers, unions and government representatives, on Tuesday.
Budapest landmarks lit up in red to highlight issue of persecuted Christians
Several landmarks in Budapest are being lit up in red on Wednesday in order to highlight the plight of persecuted Christians around the world, Azbej Tristan, the state secretary for assisting persecuted Christians told public broadcaster M1.
Illegal migrants in lorry stopped at SE Hungary crossing
Hungarian and Romanian police found 28 illegal migrants claiming to be from Iraq and Syria hiding in a Turkish-registered lorry at the motorway crossing of Csanadpalota, in south-eastern Hungary, during a joint inspection early on Wednesday, the Csongrád-Csanad County police headquarters press chief said.
