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Hungary's ministerial commissioner for space research called for a common European space research strategy and regulation in an address to a conference of ambassadors to the European Union in Parliament on Saturday.

The University of Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, has inaugurated a pilot research laboratory set up with 5.2 billion forints (EUR 13m) worth of European Union funding.

The first fully Hungarian developed simulation space cabin fitted with VR technology was presented in Budapest on Thursday.

Orsolya Ferencz, the foreign ministry's commissioner for space science, has called Hungary's membership in the European Space Agency (ESA) since 2015 a "real success story".

Young Hungarians increasingly feel the impact of AI in their daily lives, according to a survey by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Youth Research Institute published on Wednesday.

In line with the final decision of an expert committee, Tibor Kapu has been selected as the Hungarian astronaut to be sent to space and his backup will be Gyula Cserenyi, the foreign minister said on Monday.

The European Union must support the contributions of artificial intelligence to preserving European and national cultural heritage, but must stand up to technology-based attempts "built on manipulation and designed to strip people of elements of their dignity", the minister of culture and innovation said ...

Hungary's economic ecosystem, infrastructure and intellectual capital make the country capable of becoming a crucial player in the space industry, the national economy minister said in Martonvasar, on the outskirts of Budapest, on Monday.

The Hungarian Nobel Laureate Katalin Kariko will donate her more than half a million dollars in prize money to support outstanding teachers and students at her alma mater, the University of Szeged, in southern Hungary.