Refuelling in Hungary? Fuel is cheaper in almost all neighbouring countries
In January, Mol will increase the price of fuel in two instalments by a total of HUF 41, to take account of the increased excise duty. According to a report by Világgazdaság, even with the first increase introduced on 1 January (which is HUF 20), it is already more expensive to fill up in Hungary than in practically any other neighbouring country.
As we reported before, Mol will implement the increase in excise duty on fuel in two steps, with the HUF 20 change on 1 January followed by a HUF 21 price change on 15 January. After that, domestic petrol and diesel prices will be among the highest in the region. According to the report of Világgazdaság, even now, after the first price increase, fuel prices are already higher in Hungary than in most neighbouring countries.
According to Holtankoljak, the lowest price of petrol in Hungary on 4 January was HUF 523 (EUR 1.38) per litre, and HUF 555 (EUR 1.46) for diesel. The average prices are HUF 561 (EUR 1.48) and HUF 599 (EUR 1.58). In the middle of the month, these retail prices will rise by a further HUF 21 per litre.
Refuelling in Croatia
In Croatia, the government reduced the excise duty on fuel and capped the profit margin for traders last spring, effectively making fuel an officially priced product. Currently, a litre of standard fuel of both types costs EUR 1.4.
Thanks to the price cap, Hungarians living near the border have been regular visitors to Croatian petrol stations for some time, Világgazdaság writes. On an average tank of fuel, you can save up to HUF 3-4000 (EUR 8-11) there.
Even cheaper elsewhere
However, fuel prices are even cheaper in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus, while Hungarians fill up in Croatia, Croatians go to their neighbour. There, a litre of petrol costs HUF 450 (EUR 1.19) and the same amount of diesel costs HUF 460 (EUR 1.21).
Fuel in Slovenia
At about the same time as Croatia, the Slovenian government also intervened in fuel prices, using almost the same model as Zagreb, Világgazdaság reports. In Slovenia, petrol costs HUF 520 (EUR 1.37) per litre, and diesel costs HUF 560 (EUR 1.48). As a result, Hungarian cars are becoming more common at Slovenian petrol stations.
According to Világgazdaság, regional fuel prices are as follows:
Regional fuel prices
Prices in HUF (EUR)
| Petrol | Diesel | |
| Croatia | 532 (1.40) | 532 (1.40) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 450 (1.18) | 460 (1.21) |
| Slovenia | 520 (1.36) | 560 (1.47) |
| Slovakia | 589 (1.55) | 570 (1.50) |
| Serbia | 562 (1.47) | 627 (1.65) |
| Romania | 508 (1.33) | 544 (1.43) |
Source: Világgazdaság
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Schengen in serious trouble: strict control prolonged at Hungarian border again
The Slovenian government decided to prolong strict border control on their borders with Hungary and Croatia in their Thursday meeting. The extension will last much longer than any of the previous ones.
The Slovenian government decided to extend strict border control between Slovenia and Hungary until 22 June 2024, turizmus.com, a Hungarian travel news media outlet, wrote. The same extension will apply to the Slovenian-Croatian border.
The country reestablished strict border control temporarily last October, but it seems that it will last almost a year. The October decision followed the Schengen Codex’s 28th article. According to that, Slovenia could introduce such a measure for only two months. Now, they refer to the codex’s 25th and 27th article enabling it for six months.
Ljubjana said the reason behind the decision is the dangerous Middle East and Ukraine situation and the terrorist attacks committed in different EU member states. Authorities say terror danger is high in Slovenia, and if something menaces one Schengen member, it means all the zone is under threat. They added that illegal migration increases security risks in the region.
About possible extensions, they said authorities constantly monitor the situation and their decision is based on how the region’s security will be in June.
Slovenia will not check all the travellers. They do targeted surveillance aiming to reduce terrorism, extremism and crime.
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DNA of our Romanian neighbours has shown that their theory of origins needs to be rethought
Romanians will be surprised by a recent study that has established their ancestry based on DNA.
Pioneering DNA research covering Bulgaria, northern Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Albania and Greece has led to startling discoveries about the genetic make-up of the Balkan population, Novinite reports.
The Romanian genome is 50-60 percent Slavic in origin, similar to Balkan countries such as Bulgaria and Croatia
The research, a collaboration between Serbian, Spanish and American scientists, sheds light on the prevalence of Slavic genes in the region.
And it’s all for nothing. According to the results, published by the Serbian agency Tanjug, Bulgarians, Romanians and Croats have the highest concentration of Slavic genes. In contrast, Greeks have the lowest concentration of this genetic heritage, ranging from 4 to 20 percent.
There are several theories among the Romanians as to where they actually originated, but the state theory is that the Romanians of Transylvania were inhabitants of the former Roman Dacia, descendants of Romanised Dacians and Roman settlers, and are therefore the ancestral inhabitants of Transylvania.
However, after the latest findings, Romanians may reconsider their genealogy, because it seems that the Dacian-Romanian theory, which has been promoted for decades, based on the affinity between Romance and Latin, has failed.
The primary aim of the study was to show the continuity of genetic traits between modern Balkan inhabitants and ancient populations from the Bronze Age, reflecting two millennia of genetic population shifts and migration patterns.
As the site states:
‘This comprehensive analysis not only sheds light on the distribution of Slavic genetic heritage, but also provides insights into the complex genetic composition and historical migrations that shaped the different populations of the Balkans.
It seems that the Romanian origin theory, questioned by many, has to face new facts.
Read also, Why are more than a million Hungarians very sad today, while Romanians celebrate?
As we wrote a few days ago, a new Romanian proposal would split Szeklerland in two, details HERE.
Another kick into Schengen: border control prolonged at this Hungarian border
The Slovenian government decided on their Thursday session to prolong their strict border control on the Croatian and Hungarian border.
According to the Hungarian News Agency (MTI), the Slovenian government prolonged strict border control on the Hungarian-Slovenian border until 21 December. The reason is crime, terrorism and extremities sadly spanning through borders.
They added that the Slovenian police would do everything they could to protect the companies, citizens, locals, tourists and the environment from the negative effects of the inspection.
Slovenia re-established border control on 21 October temporarily and prolonged it multiple times.
Slovenia’s interior minister, Boštjan Poklukar, said the 21 December date is the latest the Schengen codex allows them to re-establish border control despite being a Schengen Zone member. Afterwards, they will continue to do so based on the 25th and 27th paragraphs of the codex. That can last for another six months.
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Government official praised one of the smallest Hungarian community abroad
Thirty years ago Hungarians in Croatia “emerged from the hardest of circumstances”, the prime ministerial state secretary for Hungarian communities abroad, said, declaring that “everything can be started anew if there is cooperation”.
After the Yugoslav war of the nineties, the region was in a state of economic and political collapse, and most Hungarians there fled to Hungary or dispersed elsewhere, Árpád János Potápi said after addressing the annual general meeting of the Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (HMDK), in Beli Manastir (Pélmonostor), on Saturday.
Locals had to start life anew and move back to the villages of Baranja and Slavonia, Potápi told MTI by phone.
He welcomed the expansion of the HMDK with three new member organisations, one in Zagreb and two in eastern Slavonia. This, he said, further strengthened Hungarian unity.
Potápi also congratulated Róbert Jankovics, a Zagreb lawmaker who heads the HMDK, on their successes of the past thirty years.
The state secretary noted that the Hungarian government has raised the amount of education support for children studying at Hungarian-language kindergartens and schools to 100,000 forints (264 euros) from 22,400 forints.
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Breaking: Slovenia prolongs border controls at Hungarian and Croatian border
The Slovenian government decided on Thursday to prolong border controls at the Croatian and Hungarian borders until 21 December, Slovenian Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar said after a cabinet meeting.
He said the government had also instructed the Foreign Ministry to notify EU member states and the European Commission of the planned temporary reintroduction of border controls for a period of six months. He said it was necessary because of the high level of terrorist threats in the EU, Portfolio reports.
Currently, the government extends border controls under Article 28 of the Schengen Borders Code for up to two months, until 21 December. After that, Slovenia will carry out border checks under Articles 25 and 27 of the Code, which allows internal border checks for up to six months, Poklukar explained.
“I hope that the terror threat level will decrease and we can lift the measures, but for the time being, we are doing everything we can to ensure the security of Slovenia,”
he said.
Portfolio wrote that the Minister also assured that people living along the border will not notice anything of the measure. “We do not want long queues and traffic stoppages at the former border crossing points,” he stressed.
Slovenia first reintroduced border controls on 21 October, setting up 14 checkpoints on its borders, 12 on the Croatian border and two on the Hungarian border. EU citizens can use all border crossing points, while citizens from other countries can only cross the border at these 14 points.
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Coca-Cola consumers hospitalised in Croatia, no need to fear in Hungary
In Croatia, several people have been hospitalised with a sore throat after drinking a Coca-Cola product. The company reassures everyone that Hungarian products are safe for consumption.
Two of beverage giant’s products have been recalled by Coca-Cola’s distributor in Croatia in recent days after six people were hospitalised after consuming the fizzy drink.
The Coca-Cola representative in Hungary, in response to a question from Telex, said that Hungarian consumers need not fear, “the events in Croatia do not affect products marketed in Hungary.”
Authorities say several people have had their esophagus eviscerated by Coca-Cola products. The Croatian Public Health Institute is investigating whether there are any foreign elements in the drinks. The company’s products have been withdrawn from the shelves of numerous supermarkets.
According to the company, this is an isolated case and there is no reason to fear a similar poisoning in Hungary.
BREAKING: Slovenia introduces border controls at Hungarian border
Due to the terrorist threats in major European cities, Slovenia has also decided to suspend the Schengen agreement and introduce border controls at the Hungarian and Croatian borders.
Border controls in Slovenia
Slovenian Interior Minister Bostjan Poklukar confirmed to N1 television that Slovenia will suspend the Schengen agreement. As a result, border controls will be introduced at the Hungarian and Croatian borders.
The Hungarian and Croatian interior ministers were informed of the announcement. The Slovenian government may approve the measure on Thursday, which will later be sent to the European Commission.
Like Italy, the measure is justified by the growing terrorist threat in Europe. “We see what happened in France and Belgium. Slovenia is no exception,” Poklukar warned. The start date for border controls is still in question, and talks are still ongoing with the EU Commission.
The Slovenian minister said that they are trying to guarantee Slovenia’s security and want to have the least problems for border crossers.
Terror threat in Europe
Recently, two people were killed and one injured in Brussels before a football match. The incident has raised the terror alert to its highest level since 2016. A teacher was stabbed to death in France over the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Shortly afterwards, bomb threats were made at the Louvre and Versailles.
The Counter-Terrorism Coordination Committee has also met in Hungary. In the Committee’s view, the information on terrorism and terrorist acts in the framework of operational and partner cooperation between law enforcement agencies does not justify a change of the medium terror level in Hungary, which has been in place since March 2016.
Slovakia has also introduced border controls due to illegal immigrants. The Hungarian-Slovak border is currently closed until 3 November, index.hu reports.
Here is MÁV’s big announcement concerning Budapest-Adriatic trains: you will be happy
The Hungarian state railways, MÁV, announced that we may travel to the Adriatic with a discounted ticket even during September.
According to Blikk, a Hungarian tabloid, Adriatic trains are popular. The number of passengers commuting between Budapest and Rijeka (originally Fiume, Croatia) exceeded last year’s maximum in August. Furthermore, the Retro Istria Express to Koper (Slovenia) is very popular among tourists. Therefore, passengers can buy discounted tickets for the Adria InterCity even in the post-season period in September.
By the end of August, more than 12,000 tickets were sold on the Adria InterCity. That number is much more than the number of tickets purchased in 2022. Furthermore, it is twice the number of passengers who chose to travel to the Adriatic with that train in 2021. Interestingly, 2/3rds of the passengers bought their tickets in advance, during the spring. The online ticket purchase opportunity helped: half of the passengers have book their seats in the app.
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Lonely Planet chose the Adriatic route among Europe’s ten most beautiful train rides. HERE is our photo report. The last train will depart from Budapest to Rijeka on 27 September. Budapest-Rijeka trains commute on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Meanwhile, you can travel to Split (Spalato, Croatia) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
All of them are night trains. You may get on and take off the trains at the Keleti railway station, Székesfehérvár, Siófok (Lake Balaton), Fonyód (Lake Balaton), Balatonszentgyörgy (Lake Balaton), Nagykanizsa and Gyékényes. One of the most elegant dining carriages is attached to the train.
Hungary presents school packages in E Croatia
Péter Szilágyi, deputy state secretary of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office, presented packages of textbooks and school kits to students in ethnic Hungarian primary and secondary schools in Kopacevo, in eastern Croatia, on Wednesday.
Szilágyi said the schooling programme for students to enroll in Hungarian language education is a major incentive to preserve the Hungarian communities in regions beyond the borders.
He noted that the government had increased the amount of the grant supporting the enrollment of children in Hungarian language primary and secondary school education beyond the borders to HUF 100,000 (EUR 262) per capita from HUF 22,400.
Szilagyi said the scheme was aimed at familiarising children with Hungarian history, culture and the language also in the schools.
Hungarian tourists commit crime at Croatian beach, police react quickly
An employee of the local veterinary institute called the police on Hungarian tourists on the island of Vir, Croatia. The tourists were lifting rare, endangered and protected noble pen shells (Pinna nobilis) out of the water.
Hvg writes that a group of Hungarian tourists were lifting up endangered noble pen shells on the island of Vir. According to Morski.hr‘s report, a staff member of the institute who was diving in the area sent the photos to a colleague in the capital, with the caption “Hungarians are taking noble pen shells out of the water!”. The colleague in Zagreb therefore called the nearest police station, in Zadar, where, to his surprise, the policemen understood the seriousness of the matter. After viewing the photos, police officers were sent to the scene.
An unintentional crime
Meanwhile, the staff member of the local veterinary institute who was on the spot also warned the Hungarians. The tourists were shocked to learn that the noble pen shell is so rare that only 26 specimens are reported to be left in the Adriatic Sea. In addition, they were also unaware of the risk to mussels’ lives they could cause by moving them. The Hungarian tourists could not even tell if these mussels were still alive. Police arrived at the scene within twenty minutes of the phone call. The local conservation law strictly prohibits the collection of not only live but even dead noble pen shell scallops.
It is not mentioned in the Croatian article whether the clueless Hungarians were fined. However, the report seems to indicate that the sea creatures survived.
Noble pen shells
The noble pen shell (Pinna nobilis) is a large type of Mediterranean clam. It can grow up to 120 cm, but the usual length is 30–50 cm. Its shape depends on its surroundings and the region. Unfortunately, this species is highly prone to diseases and sensitive to pollution. The noble pen shell has been threatened by extinction in multiple countries including Greece, Croatia, Turkey, Tunisia, France and Morroco.
Hungarian researcher of the Tibetan Book of the Dead mysteriously vanished, he is not the only one
Professor Dr Rudolf Zágony, a Hungarian researcher of the Tibetan Book of the Dead at the University of Pécs, vanished without a trace from the South Hungarian city. Apart from him, a foreign footballer with a luxury car also disappeared in Hungary.
According to Blikk, Mr Zágony (83) was having a stroll with his wife in Pécs yesterday morning. Suddenly, he turned off the street and vanished into thin air, leaving his spouse startled and distressed. The police have been on the search to find him, asking for the help of the residents of Pécs. The missing person is 165-170 cm high and has blue eyes, white hair and classic full beard. He wore khaki-coloured shorts, a blue-white striped short-sleeved shirt and blue-grey shoes paired white socks. Mr Zágony is a professor of Eastern cultures. If you have information about his whereabouts please call 06-80-555-111 (Telefontanú – phone witness or 112, the central emergency phone number). Here is a photo of him:
Swedish-Iraqi footballer disappeared in Budapest
Meanwhile, a foreign footballer also went poof into thin air. The 27-year-old Abdullah Hameed Talal has vanished with his posh Porsche in Budapest. Abdullah has double citizenship (Sweden, Iraq), and disappeared from his 13th district flat. He is approximately 171 cm high, mixed race with short black hair. If you have any information about his whereabouts, call the number mentioned above.
He signed his contract with HNK Gorica (Croatia) on 10 August and then headed to Budapest on 21 August but never arrived. The footballer drove a white Porsche Taycan with a Swedish plate number, Telex wrote. Here is a photo of him:
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Get ready: Western fuel prices approaching in Hungary
Of the 8 countries in the region, fuel prices in Hungary are the third highest. The tax increase in January could make matters worse. Overall, we are now in the middle range of the 41 European countries for petrol and diesel prices.
The price of fuel in Hungary is the third highest among the eight countries in the region, Népszava reports. According to the portal, the HUF 41 increase in excise tax from 1 January is likely to push up domestic prices even further in the ranking. As it turns out, out of 41 European countries, the current Hungarian petrol price is the 17th cheapest, while the gasoil tariff is the 23rd cheapest. In other words, the prices of both products are now in the mid-range.
Last week, the average price of a litre of petrol in Hungary was HUF 624 (EUR 1.63), and one litre of diesel was HUF 633 (EUR 1.65).
Meanwhile…
- In Slovakia, the 95 petrol was more than HUF 30 more expensive at HUF 656 (EUR 1.71), but Austria was also significantly more expensive.
- The best rate for fuel is HUF 499 (EUR 1.30) per litre in Ukraine.
- Romania is in second place with HUF 557 (EUR 1.45) per litre, followed in order by Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia.
On the gasoil market, Serbia is the most expensive with an average tariff of HUF 653 (EUR 1.70), but Austria is only HUF 2 behind. The cheapest diesel market is also Ukraine, where the average price of HUF 493 (EUR 1.28) per litre is HUF 110 (EUR 0.29) cheaper than in Hungary. The second cheapest is Romania, which is around HUF 60 (EUR 0.16) cheaper than Hungary. Slovenia is next, followed by Slovakia and Croatia, where we can also save around HUF 23 per litre on diesel if we go from Hungary.
Hungary will rebuild a Croatian school
An agreement has been reached between the Hungarian and Croatian governments on funding for the reconstruction of a primary school, with Hungary’s help, in Petrinja in Croatia, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday.
The Croatian government has agreed to contribute the cost of the VAT, or 1.6 billion forints (EUR 4.2m), for the reconstruction of the school with 20 classrooms and a gym which was destroyed by an earthquake in 2020, Szijjarto said on Facebook. He added that earlier in the day, he had discussed the matter with Branko Bacic, Croatia’s minister of construction. The personal involvement of Hungarian ethnic MP Robert Jankovics was essential in resolving the issue, he said.
Hungary was among the first countries to offer its help for damage recovery following the earthquake, and it provided more than 8 billion forints for the project in Petrinja, he said. However, the issue of VAT payment requirement caused a delay, and this has now been resolved, he added.
Hungarian passengers waited for 28 hours at Zadar airport after Ryanair didn’t pick them up
Due to bad weather conditions, the passengers’ Ryanair plane landed in the safer Zagreb instead of Zadar. However, those waiting in Zadar were not informed of this. Those arriving in Zagreb also found themselves in a messy situation. Passengers waiting at Zadar airport ended up waiting 28 hours.
Budapest-Zadar Ryanair flight landed in Zagreb, Zadar passengers not notified
On Sunday, we reported that the Friday evening Ryanair flight FR6521 from Budapest to Zadar was delayed by 70 minutes. However, due to bad weather conditions, after an hour of circling, it was decided to land in the safer Zagreb instead of Zadar. Passengers waiting in Zadar were not informed of this change.
A passenger, Brigitta Csikós, waiting in Zadar told Blikk, a Hungarian tabloid, that their flight home was due to leave at 10:35 on Friday evening, but they received a message 39 minutes after midnight that their flight would be rescheduled for 11:30 PM the next day (Saturday) due to the storm.
“Until then, the display only indicated that the flight was delayed. This was the case with a Polish and an Austrian Ryanair plane. They told us they were trying to find us accommodation and a lift, and a little later they told us to make our own arrangements, she added.
Zadar-Budapest flight takes off at 2 AM Sunday instead of 10.35 PM Friday
Some people left the airport to take the train home, but Brigitta and her friend stayed there. They were promised a flight home on Saturday evening. However, the departure time was changed several times. They finally took off at 2 AM on Sunday night.
“Finally, we were only able to return home 28 hours later, spending the night at the airport. We lay on our towels, others stretched out on sponges taken from chairs. It was very cold because of the air conditioning,”
she added.
From Budapest, they drove home to Hódmezővásárhely, where they arrived at 6.15 in the morning. In any case, they want compensation for what happened.
Russian government official: Orbán wants Ukraine’s Transcarpathia, parts of Romania, Croatia
According to Mihail Gazin, a Russian economist, PM Viktor Orbán would like to expand the territory of Hungary. Among others, he would like to acquire Ukraine’s Transcarpathia, Transylvania, which is more than a third of Romania’s territory, and a slice of Croatia.
Hungary and its “territorial claims”
Gazin is a Russian analyst, publicist and economist. Before, he was an official of the Russian presidential administration, index.hu wrote. Gazin said in the Cargrad show that, among others, Orbán aimed to expand the territory of Hungary.
He added that provided the war in Ukraine continues, Russia will conquer the country’s Eastern regions. And that is when Orbán will announce his territorial claims against Ukraine. Based on the Serbian Pravda, the territory Budapest would claim is Transcarpathia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary for more than a millennium, until the Treaty of Trianon in 1920. Furthermore, Hungary wants to get Transylvania and a corridor to the sea via Croatia.
Gazin said Orbán was determined since he saw the West can no longer help Ukraine. Moreover, Kyiv has no internal resources to withstand the Russian forces. That is what PM Viktor Orbán talked about in his interview yesterday morning, saying the question was how long the EU can finance the war. The USA can finance Kyiv, but the EU cannot since Brussels need to ask for money from the member states to support Zelenskyy. Orbán suggested in the interview that Budapest would only modify the EU’s budget if they get euro billions of the RRF and development funds frozen by the European Commission due to rule-of-law concerns.
Former Russian president on the same track
That is not the first time a Russian politician or official suggested Hungary would have territorial claims against Ukraine. Last July, Dmitry Medvedev, former president of Russia, shared a map on his Telegram channel showing most of Ukraine’s territory divided between Poland, Hungary, Romania and Russia. You may read more about Medvedev’s crazy idea HERE. And why do we call that crazy? Here is one reason, but there are many more. Poland is one of the biggest supporters of Zelensky, and it would never accept a border with Russia.
But what about Transylvania (Romania) and Croatia? Both are NATO and EU members. Of course, they once belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, but the number of Hungarians in Croatia does not reach 10,000. Furthermore, Hungary is to create a seaport in Trieste, Italy. Read more about that project HERE.
Finally, PM Orbán and his governments never talked about territorial claims. Instead, Orbán went on an official visit to Bucharest last week, talking about a possible high-speed railway connection between the Romanian capital and Budapest. Read our article HERE.
Thus, Gazin’s suggestions lack any real base, but are perfect for the Kremlin’s propaganda purposes.
PHOTOS: Greatest Hungarian king’s earthly remains to be uncovered due to outstanding discovery!
King Matthias (1458-1490) is unquestionably one of the greatest Hungarian monarchs. A member of the Hunyadi family, Matthias was almost elected Holy Roman emperor. During his reign, Hungary was one of Europe’s “superpowers” and a hub of the Renaissance. Matthias died more than half a millennia ago, and we might be able to find his bones now.
According to Blikk, we know exactly where the great Hungarian king was buried in 1490 when he died in probably a stroke. His body was laid to rest in the Saint Stephen basilica in Székesfehérvár, which served as the coronation city of the Hungarian Kingdom in the Middle Ages.
However, even though we know where his bones are, we have not identified any of his them yet. That is why a recent announcement from the Institute of Hungarian Research (Magyarságkutató Intézet) is important. According to their relevant Facebook post, they identified the entire DNA sequence of the Hunyadi family. Thanks to a new generation sequencing, they defined that János Corvin’s (Matthias’s son) and Kristóf Corvin’s (Matthias’s grandson) haplogroup was E1b1b1a1b1a6a1c. That refers to Eurasian ancestors. The haplogroup was found before in human remains in Sardinia and Kazakhstan.
János Corvin died in 1504, while his son followed him only one year later, in 1505. They were buried in Croatia, in Lepoglava, in the church of the Virgin Mary’s immaculate conception. Researchers removed the marble cover and took out the bones and skulls of the father and son. The project lasted for years, but ended successfully. The first samples were taken in 2021.
Because of the identification of their DNA, researchers can define the earthly remains of their ancestors, especially Matthias I. Here are some photos:
Interested in Hungarian history? HERE is an article about some incredible details concerning King Matthias’s death that emerged from an Italian archives. In THIS article, you may read about a Canadian family who found a 1,100-year-old Hungarian ancestor thanks to genetic research. Finally, HERE is an interactive map of Budapest’s oldest sites.
Hungary to protect pigs from deadly virus
Hungary considers it vital to protect its stock of hogs from African swine fever and is working on a measure aimed at reducing the chances of the infection spreading, the agriculture minister said in Brussels on Tuesday.
Speaking to Hungarian reporters after a meeting of European Union agriculture ministers, István Nagy said his Croatian counterpart had told him that African swine fever had been detected in domestic pigs in Croatia.
This poses a serious economic risk to Hungary as well, given that the virus has surfaced near the border, Nagy said. Because it is tourist season and tens of thousands of people are returning from Croatia and could bring the virus back with them, Hungary is working to enact immediate measures, the minister said.
Protecting the domestic pig stock from the virus is vital to Hungary, Nagy said, adding that increased preventive measures would be introduced with a view to reducing the risk of the disease spreading.
He said a zone where there are no wild boar or carriers will be set up in order to minimise the risk of the disease spreading to domestic pigs.
István Nagy and his Croatian counterpart, Marija Vučković:
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