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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 […]
27/08/2016

International Hungarology Conference winds up in Pécs

Budapest, August 27 (MTI) – The 8th International Hungarology Congress finished in Pécs, in southern Hungary, on Saturday. The six-day conference was an intercultural and interdisciplinary […]
27/08/2016

Readers’ letter: Hungarian Post Office double-taxing some EU origin packages

I am writing to you concerning a possible systemic error at the Hungarian Post Office concerning how they determine the country of origin for postal packages […]
27/08/2016

National Bus Procurement Committee holds inaugural meeting

  Budapest, August 26 (MTI) – Hungary’s National Bus Procurement Committee, a body established to coordinate purchases by public transport companies with the aim of supporting […]
27/08/2016

Orbán: Demographic policies key to curing labour shortages

Budapest (MTI) – Demographic and family policies are the key to tackling Hungary’s labour shortages, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday. The country is in […]
27/08/2016

Hungary’s parliament launches mobile app

Budapest, August 26 (MTI) – Hungary’s parliament has launched a mobile application showing up-to-date information about its work, the parliament’s website reported on Friday. The application […]
26/08/2016

Kúria rejects request for repeat review of signatures for land sale referendum

Budapest, August 26 (MTI) – Hungary’s supreme court, the Kúria, has rejected a request by opposition Socialist MP Zoltán Gőgös for the National Election Office to […]