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30/08/2016

Referendum – DK launches month-long ‘stay at home’ campaign

Budapest, August 29 (MTI) – The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is launching its own month-long campaign in protest against the government’s referendum on the European […]
29/08/2016

The Visegrad Four’s foreign ministers hold talks in Budapest

Budapest, August 29 (MTI) – The Visegrad Four (V4) grouping of Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic is the tightest and most efficient alliance in […]
29/08/2016

New vocational schools launched in Hungary

Budapest, August 29 (MTI) – September will see the start of new kinds of vocational training in Hungary, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said in Kecskemét, in […]
29/08/2016

Jobbik queries foreign ministry over trading house losses

Budapest, August 29 (MTI) – The Jobbik party has asked Hungary’s foreign ministry to explain why the National Trading Houses it runs accumulated losses of 6 […]
29/08/2016

Expat Insider 2016 Survey reveals top destinations for expats

East Asian island Taiwan makes the run for the most popular destination for expatriates, beating last year’s favorites Malta, Ecuador and Mexico. Munich, 29 August 2016 […]
29/08/2016

Big tailback at Austrian border

Budapest, August 29 (MTI) – Cars, buses and vans are having to wait 1.5 hours at the Hegyeshalom border crossing into Austria from Hungary on the […]
29/08/2016

Polish Days in the Central Market Hall

According to piaconline.hu, within the program series of „National Days” Poland will be introduced in the Central Market Hall! Venue Central Market Hall – Budapest IX. Vámház […]
29/08/2016

Court orders 20 websites linked to Holocaust denial taken down

Budapest, August 29 (MTI) – A Budapest court has ordered the temporary blocking of around 20 websites that carry content denying the Holocaust took place, the […]
29/08/2016

LMP calls on Orban to reject US-EU trade pact

Budapest, August 29 (MTI) – Hungary’s opposition LMP party has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to declare that he does not support the TTIP trade […]
29/08/2016

Szijjártó: V4 foreign minister to discuss migration

Budapest, August 29 (MTI) – Visegrad Group (V4) foreign ministers will today discuss the possible impact of Turkish policy and developments in southeastern Europe on migration […]
29/08/2016

HungaryTrends – The week in business and finance

Budapest (MTI) – See below MTI’s main business and financial news from the previous week: LOWER RISK COSTS LIFT BANKING SECTOR PROFITS IN H1 Hungarian banks’ […]
29/08/2016

Growing competition between short term rentals and hotels in Budapest

The number of short-term rentals and the demand for them have been increasing rapidly in Budapest. While it has been beneficial for the hospitality industry of […]
29/08/2016

Two-thirds of pupils to get free textbooks in Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – Textbooks will be available free of charge to 735,000 children or some two-thirds of all pupils starting school next week, a state secretary […]
29/08/2016

Socialists to present EU reform package in Brussels

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s opposition Socialists will present a package of broad reforms for the European Union in Brussels in the coming days, deputy party leader […]
28/08/2016

V4 Foreign ministers to meet in Budapest on Monday

Budapest, August 28 (MTI) – The foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – will meet in Budapest on […]
28/08/2016

Orbán has audience with Pope Francis and talks with Middle Eastern Christian leaders

Budapest, August 28 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had an audience with Pope Francis in the framework of an annual meeting of Catholic lawmakers, the […]
28/08/2016

Hungary’s Paralympics team takes oath for Rio2016

Budapest, August 28 (MTI) – The Hungarian athletes competing in the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro on September 7-18 took their oaths on Sunday at a […]
28/08/2016

MPs hold group meetings before start of parliament’s autumn session

Budapest, August 27 (MTI) – The parliamentary groups of governing Fidesz-KDNP and the opposition Socialists, Jobbik and LMP will hold group meetings in the capital and […]
28/08/2016

Hungarian culture should be strengthened in Targu Mures, says official

Targu Mures, August 27 (MTI) – Hungarian educational and cultural institutions must be strengthened in Marosvásárhely (in Romanian: Targu Mures), Hungary’s state secretary for nation policy […]
28/08/2016

Hungary, Russia foreign ministers to meet in September

Budapest, August 27 (MTI) – The foreign ministers of Hungary and Russia will meet in the third week of September on the sidelines of a UN […]