
Green light for new Keleti railway station passenger centre
The construction of a sub-platform travel centre at Budapest's Keleti Railway Station will get under way following a government decree on allocating funding to the project, state railway company MAV said on Friday.

Tourism agency head: Sector may re-start in summer
Hungary's tourism industry, which generated more than 13 percent of the national economic output before the coronavirus pandemic, could restart in the summer, but will take at least ten months to recover to pre-pandemic levels, the head of the Hungarian Tourism Agency said on ...

Romania lifts quarantine requirement for entrants from Hungary
Entrants from Hungary are no longer required to stay in isolation in Romania, according to official information from that country.

Liszt Ferenc passenger numbers decline 76 pc in 2020
Passenger numbers at Liszt Ferenc International fell 76 percent to 3,859,379 last year as pandemic restrictions weighed, operator Budapest Airport said.
British ambassador sends video message
Applications open for UK citizens to seek Hungarian residency
British Ambassador to Hungary Paul Fox has a fresh video message on the steps that UK nationals need to take to sort out their residency status in Hungary.

UK planes allowed into Hungary since midnight
The Hungarian government has decided to lift the ban on passenger flights arriving from the United Kingdom from midnight on Tuesday, a member of the operative body responsible for handling the epidemic response said.

Fawlty Towers briefly spotted in Budapest
‘Kippers, anyone?’
“Is that Basil's car – and Fawlty Towers?” For a brief but surreal moment the distinctly red modern-day automobile parked outside the elaborate whitewashed building turned into a remarkable double-take of John Cleese’s great 1970s British comedy, right here in suburban Zugló.

Suburban railways development to result in better integrated, faster services
The development of Budapest's three suburban railway (HEV) lines connecting the city with Csepel, Rackeve and Szentendre is in its planning phase, the Budapest transport development centre (BFK) said. The end result will be better integrated and faster services, the centre said.

Budapest Airport accredited for aviation restart programme
The Airport Council International (ACI) on Monday said that Budapest's Liszt Ferenc International Airport has fulfilled the health-care and sanitation requirements to participate in its Business Aviation Restart and Recovery programme.

Tower top matches famous Hollywood film
A touch of “Vertigo” at Polish church
With all respect to the Polska Parafia Personalna w Budapeszcie, which translates as the Polish Personal Parish in Budapest, whenever in line of sight of this Kőbánya landmark it is the tower top that gives the surreal but impulsive take I always have here ...