More than 170,000 guests spent close to 460,000 guests nights in Budapest when the capital hosted the 2023 World Athletics Championships on August 19-27, the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTU) said on Thursday.
Furjes: Championship set to become ‘worldwide success’
The World Athletics Championship, currently at its half-way point in Budapest, will be a worldwide success "if we can muster all our energy to remain organised", Balazs Furjes, co-leader of the organising committee, told the website mandiner.hu on Thursday.
WA chief Coe: Budapest ‘a world championship city’
Budapest is a "world championship city and a city that really wants us here", World Athletics (WA) President Sebastian Coe said at a press conference ahead of the start of the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
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In the shadow of the war in Ukraine, "the role of sports as a peace promoting force is appreciated", President Katalin Novak said in her address at the opening ceremony of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday.
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Hungary is set to "benefit greatly" from hosting the World Athletics Championships starting on Saturday, Balazs Furjes, co-chairman of the organising committee, has said.
Szijjarto: Government signs scholarship deal with World Aquatics
The government has signed an agreement with World Aquatics, paving the way for 200 athletes to study at Hungarian universities from 2027, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Friday.
Sebastian Coe re-elected WA leader at Budapest congress
World Athletics (WA) President Sebastian Coe was elected for another four-year term at the World Athletics Congress in Budapest on Thursday.
President Novak: Hungary looking forward to world athletics
Hungary is ready for the World Athletics Championships starting on Saturday, President Katalin Novak said on Facebook after receiving Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics, at the Sandor Palace, adding the county was glad to be hosting and participating in one of the world's ...
Szijjarto: Consular help available to Hungarian soccer fans at Conference League matches
Consuls are again offering all necessary help to Hungarian soccer fans arriving for UEFA Conference League matches this week, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday.
Gulyas: ‘Hungary believes in power of fair competition’
Hungary believes in the power of fair competition and in the power of sports to connect people, the head of the Prime Minister's Office said, opening the World Judo Masters competition in Budapest on Saturday.
World Athletics Championships: International interest huge, tickets already sold in 99 countries
International interest towards the World Athletics Championships (WAC) Budapest will host this month is huge, tickets have already been purchased in almost a hundred countries for the largest sporting event in Hungary's history, the CEO of the company organising the championships said on Tuesday.
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The Hungarian Olympic Committee's (MOB) extraordinary general assembly decided to withdraw support from Krisztian Kulcsar, its president, in a vote on Thursday.
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