Hungary gross wages climb, 200,000 Hungarians in fostered work

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – The average gross wage in Hungary rose by an annual 8.2 percent to 285,800 forints (EUR 926 ) in November, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday. Net wage growth outpaced the increase, climbing…
Berlin’s Green Week has opened with Hungary as a guest of honour

Berlin, January 20 (MTI) – The world’s biggest farm and food expo, Berlin’s Internationale Gruene Woche (IGW), has opened with Hungary as guest of honour, and farm minister Sándor Fazekas was on hand on Friday to unveil the country’s 1,700…
State to compensate inmates for poor prison conditions

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – Prison inmates who have filed petitions against poor prison conditions are set to receive financial compensation from the state, the daily Népszava said on Friday, citing the National Command of Law Enforcement. Under a law…
17th FINA World Championships in Budapest – Batthyány Square: standards set high for High Diving

The construction of the venue of the 17th FINA World Championships’ High Diving competitions has already started in December 2016. The works will have minimal inconvenience for the public transportation on the Buda side of the capital. The FINA World…
Day of Hungarian culture marked in Vienna

Vienna (MTI) – The day of Hungarian culture was marked in Vienna on Thursday by opening the Zoltán Kodály memorial year at the Collegium Hungaricum cultural institute. The Kodály memorial year is held in 2017 to commemorate the 135th anniversary…
Hungarians also attend Trump’s inauguration ceremony

MNO reported that the series of inauguration ceremony of the forty-fifth US President has begun; and two Hungarians are attending it for sure. The event started with a triumphal handshake, it continued with a concert, and on Friday, the inauguration itself…
Hungarian foreign minister: Money invested by MOL must return to Hungary in INA repurchase

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – MOL’s investment in Croatian peer INA should be returned to Hungary in the event Croatia repurchases the INA stake, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign affairs and trade minister has said. The Croatian government on Thursday set…
Hungarian Interior Minister: Conditions are securely available to manage migration situation

The personal and material conditions for the management of the current migration situation are adequate, the Interior Minister stated on Wednesday in Szeged. Sándor Pintér said at his press conference held after his visit to the Serbian-Hungarian border that he…
Weekly government press briefing about Putin’s visit, new wave of migration and other interesting topics

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit Budapest on Feb. 2, János Lázár, the government office chief, announced on Thursday. Preparations are needed to contain migration in the event Turkey fails to meet its related…
Hungary sends another icebreaker to Croatian-Serbian Danube section – Photos of life on board a icebreaker

Baja, January 19 (MTI) – An icebreaker based in the town of Baja, in southern Hungary, has set off towards the Croatian-Serbian section of the Danube river. The ship named Széchenyi will approach the iced-over 10km section of the river…





