Adrienn Sain
Orbán marks Hungarian Reformed Unity Day
Budapest, May 22 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán noted the close ties in the past centuries between religious renewal and the preservation of the Hungarian language and the strengthening of Hungarian identity in a written message delivered on the…
Two Hungarian startups are among the best
Deutsche Telekom organized its yearly Telekom Innovation Contest to find and support new talents and technologies which could then be connected to Deutsche Telekom’s business division and its subsidiaries, innoportal.hu writes. 2016 is the first year when the event chain’s…
Hungary was already investment grade throughout Socialist governments, says MSZP
Budapest, May 22 (MTI) – Throughout the terms when the Socialists were in government, Hungary’s credit rating was investment grade, the opposition Socialists said on Saturday in response to a recent upgrade by ratings agency Fitch. Fitch announced late on…
Roma Holocaust victims remembered at National Theatre
Budapest, May 22 (MTI) – The victims of the Roma Holocaust and the 1944 uprising in Auschwitz-Birkenau were remembered at the National Theatre on Saturday, with a performance dubbed 371 Stars marking the day of courage and Roma youth. Deputy…
President Áder to visit UK
Budapest, May 22 (MTI) – President János Áder will travel for a three-day visit to the UK on Monday to attend a series of events held in honour of Saint Thomas Becket (1118-1170), the president’s office said. Áder, who will…
Hungary is a good place to invest, says American-Hungarian Business Council head
Budapest, May 22 (MTI) – American investors think the environment for doing business in Hungary is good, the chairman of the American-Hungarian Business Council said in daily Magyar Hírlap on Saturday. Almost 800 US businesses have invested in Hungary, Eric…
Ceremony marks 65th anniversary of forced relocation of Budapest middle class
Budapest, May 21 (MTI) – A ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the forced relocation of middle class citizens of Budapest under communism took place at the Budafok Lutheran church on Saturday. The forced relocation was intended to intimidate…
Hungary’s biggest dinosaur park is now open
The Veszprém Zoo’s Dinosaur Park was opened on Wednesday 18 May and awaits visitors with 30 life-sized dinosaur sculptures, travelo.hu writes László Török, director of the Zoo, told MTI that the Dinosaur Park’s area is 2 ha, and the project…
Young Szekler men are accused of committing terrorist acts
Two Transylvanian leaders of the Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement (HVIM) might be sentenced to life, nol.hu writes. The Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) pressed charges against István Beke and Zoltán Szőcs on Wednesday. The authorities posted…
Here’s Hungary’s crime map – Budapest has the highest crime rate
The map gives a clear picture on how many break-ins a region had, blikk.hu writes. The Great Plain and Northern Hungary are especially dangerous with 10,600 break-ins in 2015, but Central Hungary had 9,800, and Transdanubia also had 8,000. Budapest,…