
Chess grandmaster Andras Adorjan dies at 73
International chess grandmaster, Chess Olympiad winner and writer Andras Adorjan died at age 73 after a long illness, his stepbrother Karoly Jocha said on his official website on Friday.

Nature protection guard: “Frogs are just like babies”
On March 23 – three days after World Frog Day and nearly a year after Hungary’s most severe drought in more than 120 years – Duna-Ipoly National Park nature protection guard András Németh was saving toads near a main road in the village of ...

Budapest hosts St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and parade
On March 19 a series of celebrations and a parade was held in downtown Budapest to commemorate St. Patrick’s Day, a public holiday on March 17 in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and a number of regions in the Americas. The celebration and ...

Potapi: Government to complete all investment projects started in Carpathian Basin
The government will complete all investment projects already started throughout the Carpathian Basin, the state secretary in charge of policies for Hungarian communities abroad said on Monday.

PM Office’s state secretary marks memorial day for victims of communism
Csaba Latorcai, state secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, commemorated the memorial day of the victims of communism in Kecskemet, in central Hungary, on Friday.

Judit Polgar inducted into World Chess Hall of Fame
Hungary's Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player of all time, was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday.

WW2 colonel saving Jews commemorated in Fiumei Street Cemetery
The 125th birth anniversary of Colonel Imre Reviczky, who saved the lives of thousands of Jewish soldiers during the second world war, was marked in a commemoration held in Budapest's Fiumei Street Cemetery on Tuesday.

Tipton’s leading designer Simon Hukaya now has his own collection in the showroom
Recently the range of the Tipton Eyeworks showroom was expanded with the products of the Japanese brand Masugana, and now they are continuing this path "in-house" with their leading designer, Simon Hukaya’s own collection. And Japan has an important role to play this time ...

House of Terror presents exhibition on 1956 Gypsy heroes
Budapest's House of Terror Museum is presenting an exhibition dedicated to "the Hungarian Gypsy heroes of the 1956 revolution".

Fujimoto: Hungary House of Music ‘perfect realisation of my vision’
Hungary's House of Music (MZH) is a "perfect realisation of my architectural vision", Sou Fujimoto, the architect of MZH, told MTI in an interview in Budapest on Tuesday.