Government measure to help with epidemic defence
New Year’s Eve fireworks banned
The government is banning the sale and use of fireworks on New Year's Eve in the interest of complying with the curfew and preventing large gatherings, as part of its defence against the coronavirus epidemic, the Government Information Centre said.
The centre noted in a statement that the sale of firecrackers in Hungary is only allowed at the end of the year.
The government decree on the fireworks ban will soon be published in the official gazette Magyar Kozlony, it added. Those found in violation of the ban face a fine of up to 150,000 forints (EUR 422), the centre said.
The current curfew between 8pm and 5am will stay in place on December 31, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said.
