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08/02/2017

25 new hotels projected to be opened in Budapest by 2018

The new hotels and the investments of the previous years have raised the number of hotel rooms in the city to over 19,000. Due to the […]
07/02/2017

New EasyJet flight to the Netherlands and one-time Eastern Airways flight from UK to Budapest

EasyJet is launching a new, regular flight between Budapest and Amsterdam. This is the eighth destination of the low-cost English airline that departs from Budapest, privatbankar.hu […]
04/02/2017

The Hungarian inventor behind the world-famous Illy coffee

Did you know that the famous Illy coffee was founded by a Hungarian businessman and inventor? Ferenc Illy was also the first in the world to […]
03/02/2017

National security professional of Hungarian origin appointed as Trump’s deputy assistant

Sebastian Gorka, whose parents emigrated from Hungary to the UK, has been appointed as Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States, index.hu reports. Gorka […]
02/02/2017

Meanwhile in Budapest: Hollywood stars around the city

In the past few weeks, many Hollywood stars have showed up in Budapest, including Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Lawrence, and Owen Wilson, who are working on various […]
01/02/2017

The winners of the 35th Hungarian Press Photo Contest – PHOTO GALLERY

The winners of the 35th Hungarian Press Photo Contest have been announced. 2284 works by 234 photographers competed for the prestigious awards, and altogether 6259 photos […]
28/01/2017

Hungarian plane tree in competition for European Tree of the Year title

Last year, another Hungarian tree, the over 300-year-old downy oak of Bátaszék won the European Tree of the Year competition. This year, the winner of the […]
26/01/2017

Minor earthquake in Budapest

An earthquake registering 2.2 on the Richter scale could be felt on Tuesday at 1:18 pm in the south of Budapest. The earthquake was registered by […]
25/01/2017

New bird species spotted in Hungary for the first time – VIDEOS

A Siberian accentor was spotted for the first time in Szentendre Island last week. The species rarely ventures this far from its wintering grounds, but an […]
25/01/2017

‘Son of Saul’ director László Nemes wins London Film Critics’ Circle Award for Director of the Year

The winners of the 37th London Film Critics’ Circle Awards were announced on Sunday evening in the May Fair Hotel in London, 24.hu reports. 140 members […]
25/01/2017

Hungarian real estate price increase higher than anywhere in Europe

According to the latest statistics of Eurostat, the price of Hungarian properties increased the most compared to 28 other European countries, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports. There are also […]
23/01/2017

Hundreds of deer crossed the road in South Hungary – VIDEOS

Sokszinuvidek.24.hu has published a video of a huge deer herd of over a hundred animals crossing the road in the south of Hungary, between Nagynyárád and […]
20/01/2017

Budapest in the 1940s – The peaceful moments of the city in rare colour photographs

Budapest remained unaffected by the Second World War well into the 1940s. These rare colour photographs, courtesy of Fortepan, capture the last peaceful moments of the […]
13/01/2017

7 Hungarian artists among the world’s most sought-after musicians in 2016, the State Opera is the busiest

According to the Bachtrack British classical event finder website’s statistics, seven Hungarian musicians were among the artists who performed the most in 2016. Moreover, the Hungarian […]
12/01/2017

Breathtaking drone video of the frozen Lake Balaton

The record-breaking cold weather in the past weeks in Hungary has been challenging, but it also brought some of the most beautiful natural phenomena Hungarian winters […]
12/01/2017

Government takes away valuable areas from Budapest Municipality

Real estate, hospitals, secondary schools, fire departments, suburban railway lines, bus lines, tax revenue, among other things: in the past four-five years, the government has taken […]
11/01/2017

The “tin hall” of the Budapest Airport is soon to be gone as construction on new pier begins

Terminal B’s temporary building, nicknamed by many as the “tin hall”, welcomed its last flight on Sunday. In the coming weeks, the hall will be dismantled. […]
06/01/2017

12 destinations in Hungary for each month of the year

Where in Hungary is autumn the most beautiful? Where should we spend the darkest of months? Where to welcome spring? Travelo.hu is trying to answer these […]
05/01/2017

What do foreigners think about the Budapest baths?

60% of foreign tourists visit one of the many baths during their holiday in Budapest. But what’s the appeal? Termalfurdo.hu has compiled a guide to the […]
05/01/2017

Jennifer Lawrence arrived in Budapest

The Oscar-winning actress is in Budapest, shooting the spy thriller Red Sparrow, hvg.hu writes. Jennifer Lawrence’s arrival in Budapest was reported by a fan account on […]