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Hungarian universities among the best ones in the world

The English Times Higher Education’s 2019 ranking about the best universities in the world has been revealed. The good news is that many Hungarian universities are part of this ranking, with excellent scores.

According to magyaridok.hu, Semmelweis University in Budapest is among the best 400 universities in the world. In Europe, the university is among the best 200 on the continent. The University of Pécs is among the best 500, and the University of Szeged and Debrecen are among the best 600.

In the category of the arts and liberal arts, Eötvös Loránd University is among the best 301-401 universities on the list. The Corvinus University of Budapest also received the best 301-401th place in the category of sociology, politics and international studies.

In the field of communication and media science, besides Corvinus, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Eötvös Lóránd University are also among the best.

In the category of economic studies, the Corvinus University of Budapest is the only one from Hungarian universities in the ranking, with the best business and management program.

While researchers are making this ranking about different kinds of universities, five points are taken into consideration – educational environment, researching, popularity, financial returns and international orientation – ranked with thirteen efficiency index related to the fields a particular university has.

The top of this ranking has been taken by Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard for years. The Imperial College of London, Stanford, John Hopkins, Bekerly, Colombia and the University of Melbourne are among the best ten universities in the world.

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November 24, 2018

Wizz Air receives highest safety rating from airlinerating.com

Wizz Air, the fastest growing airline in Europe and the leading low cost carrier in Central and Eastern Europe has been awarded highest 7-star safety ranking from the world’s only one-stop airline safety and product rating agency AirlineRatings.com.

The safety rating for each airline is based on a comprehensive analysis utilizing information from the world’s aviation governing body and leading association along with governments and historical data. Evaluation criteria are focusing on such important elements as IOSA certification, FAA endorsement, condition and age of the fleet, accident history, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety rating of the country of origin, and other parameters. A 7-star safety rating, like in the case of Wizz Air, is awarded to airlines that meet all the assessment criteria.

Wizz Air operates one of the world’s youngest fleets – currently consisting of 104 Airbus A320 and A321 CEO aircraft with an average age of 4.5 years.

The airline has more than 250 of the world’s most effective single-aisle aircraft, the Airbus A321 NEO, on order, with the first NEO to join to the carrier’s fleet in January 2019. Since it started flying in 2004, Wizz Air has devoted significant time and resources to ensure that its safety culture, safety procedures as well as training and development of its staff are world-class.

Wizz Air works with Europe’s leading maintenance partners to keep its young and modern fleet in an impeccable state.

Diederik Pen, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of Wizz Air, said: “Safety has always been our top priority at Wizz Air and we are delighted to be awarded with the highest possible safety rating by AirlineRatings.com. This recognition is a confirmation to us that we set the right priorities and reinforces our determination to keep flying the safest way of travel all through our extensive network of more than 600 routes to 142 destinations in 44 countries. “

LOW BUDGET AIRLINES RYANAIR AND WIZZAIR CHANGE CABIN BAG POLICY

As we wrote before, the two low-budget airlines have made several changes in their cabin bag policy, as Origo.hu reports. In the near future, only those travelers will be allowed to take their cabin bags on board who buy priority tickets, read more HERE.

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October 5, 2018

Hungary’s men move up two places in FIFA rankings

Hungary’s men’s national team is back in the world’s top 50 after moving up two places in the September edition of FIFA’s rankings list.

Since the last publication in August, Hueditionhave played two matches, a 1-0 loss away against Finland on the Nations League’s first matchday and a 2-1 home victory over Greece and it is these two results which have led to Hungary’s improved ranking of 49, up two from 51st position. Of their current Nations League rivals, Greece remain in 42nd, Finland imporve four places from 62 to 58 and Estonia fall from 94th to 98th in the world.

At the top of the list, Belgium have wiped out their two-point deficit on France and are now joint-top with this summer’s FIFA World Cup winners, the first time in the list’s 25-year history that two teams have shared top spot.

FIFA rankings list (last month’s positions in brackets):

1. ( 2.) Belgium 1729 points
( 1.) France 1729
3. ( 3.) Brazil 1663
4. ( 4.) Croatia 1634
5. ( 5.) Uruguay 1632
6. ( 6.) England 1612
7. ( 7.) Portugal 1606
8. ( 8.) Switzerland 1598
9. ( 9.) Spain 1597
10. ( 9.) Denmark 1581
11. (11.) Argentina 1575
12. (12.) Chile 1568
(15.) Germany 1568
14. (14.) Colombia 1567
15. (13.) Sweden 1550
(16.) Mexico 1550
…49. (51.) HUNGARY 1409

Photo: MTI

September 30, 2018

Hungarian Semmelweis University among the world’s best 500!

Altogether seven Hungarian universities made it to the world’s best 1000 on the list of the Times Higher Education (THE), as Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu writes.

Among the seven universities that got onto the Times Higher Education’s list, Semmelweis University was the only one that made it to the best 500. Its final place is in the 401-500 category, similarly to last year. However, the university managed to improve in the sub-categories.

Last year, we wrote about the list of the British organization Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), when eight Hungarian universities made it to the list, the University of Szeged receiving the highest ranking.

There are 1250 universities on the list that are ranked in terms of 5 criteria: the educational environment, research, number of citations, industrial income and international orientation. According to the list, the Semmelweis University performed best in the latter category: international orientation.

Other Hungarian universities such as Eötvös Loránd University, the University of Pécs and the University of Szeged ranked in the categories between the 601-800th places. The Budapest University of Technology and Economics and the University of Debrecen were ranked in 801-1000th places on the list, while the Corvinus University of Budapest got into the 1001+ category.

The world’s best three universities were chosen to be the University of Oxford, Cambridge and Stanford.

We have already shared several articles about the best universities in Hungary and a series about the specific universities as well. Naturally, numerous Hungarian students go abroad to study and to work there afterwards but a lot of foreigners come to study in Budapest, too.

According to statistics, every eighth university student in Hungary comes from abroad.

However, there are some problems in higher education concerning the fact that most of the students have to work to make their living and be able to study. As the result of a survey found, 60% of Hungarian university students work just to get by: pay the rent, pay the bills and buy food. Every second participant said that they would not be able to attend university if they did not work at the same time.

Featured image: semmelweis.hu

September 29, 2018

Budapest is the 32nd most visited city!

According to Mastercard’s survey, the Hungarian capital has better results on the list of most popular touristic destinations, compared to last year – reports hvg.hu.

There are a number of huge and must-visit destinations on the Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index, which usually prepares rankings every year. Last year, Budapest was the 6th best city among those with a quickly growing tourist industry.

This year, the city has stepped forward 7 places on the list, making it to 32nd place.

According to the survey, about 6 million foreigners visited Budapest in 2017, spending 5 days here on average. The tourists spent almost 3 billion dollars altogether in the city, contributing to the growth.

Rooftop Leo Budapest view — *www.facebook.com/leorooftopbudapest*

The first three places are taken by Bangkok with 20 million foreign visitors, London with a bit less than 20 million tourists, and Paris, where around 17,5 million visitors set their foot.

Dubai, Singapore, New York, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Istanbul and Seoul occupy the rankings from 4th to 10th places.

We have already written about the huge increase in the number of people choosing Budapest as their destination. Besides the natural charm and attraction of the city, the reasons for this might be the growing number of direct flights and the new communication and marketing campaigns. We make it into more and more recommendations: this summer, CNN wrote about Budapest and its 9 hidden places that are worth visiting.

If you decide to come to the marvellous capital, we encourage you to try the urban walking tours in the city, as well as its hidden treasures, and of course the must-see area of the Hungarian Parliament.

As we have reported in the summer, Budapest is not the only place in the country that was visited by a flow of tourists. According to the chairman of the Touristic Association of Balaton (Balatoni Turizmus Szövetség), there were so many people visiting Lake Balaton in the summer that it was almost impossible to find lodgings.

Featured image: https://www.pexels.com/@olly

September 28, 2018

Hungary the country with one of the fastest internet connections

Out of 200 countries, Hungary has one of the fastest internet connections. We are ninth on the list, reports index.hu.

The Cable surveyed 200 countries. They did 163 million speed tests with the help of Google, Princeton University and the M-Lab. It took 12 months to gather all the data, but the findings were rather interesting.

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They looked at the countries’ last rankings, the mean average download speed and how long it would take to download a 5GB HD movie using average speed. From this, they found out that the internet in Hungary is even faster than it was last year. We moved up 6 places compared to last year. In Hungary, it only takes about 20 minutes to download a 5GB movie.

The country with the fastest internet access is Singapore since they rely heavily on digital infrastructure. The next three are all Scandinavian countries: Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In Sweden, for example, 60% of the population has access to speeds of up to 1Gbps.

Europe has the world’s highest concentration of countries with fast or very fast broadband. Out of the 53 countries measured in Europe all but one (Armenia) fall in the top 100 fastest.

The average speed of the world is 9.10 Mbps, which is 23% higher than last year’s speed. This increase in average speed is due to the countries with previously high speeds that got even faster. The first 100 countries got faster by 5.43 Mbps, while the last 100 on the list increased their speed by only 0.41 Mbps.

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Although 36 of the first 50 countries are European, it is interesting to note that the UK just fell back from the 31st place to the 35th. And it is likely that they will slip more positions in the coming years, while the countries ahead of them will just increase their lead.

Other interesting places on the list:

Romania: 5th place

Russia: 47th place

Nigeria: 152nd place.

You can visit this site to find out more information on their interactive map.

Featured image: cable.co.uk

July 19, 2018

These are the most influential figures in the Hungarian besides life

Manager Magazin Top 101 lists the most influential businessmen in Hungary. This year, Sándor Csányi, Lőrinc Mészáros, and György Matolcsy made it to the top 3, as VG.hu reports.

Sándor Csányi

Sándor Csányi got the first place this year on the list as being considered the most influential businessman in Hungary. He is the CEO of OTP Bank, which is Hungary’s possession for 15 years. Notably, it was not bought by any international bank groups unlike many of its fellow competitors. Furthermore, OTP Bank is one of those rare banks that became multinational companies in East Middle Europe, as VG.hu reports. Besides being one of the wealthiest people in Hungary, he is active in the civil sphere. Additionally, he also has many businesses, which are successful and acknowledged. According to him:

“It is hard to tell, even afterwards, why my career is shaping well because there is no key to success. Various decisions, actions, and behaviours lead to the goal in different situations. The one characteristic I have since my childhood is determination.”

Lőrinc Mészáros

Lőrinc Mészáros is present in numerous fields of business such as agriculture, industry, and energetics. Besides business, he is also represented in media, tourism, finance-, capital-, and real estate market. He employs over 20,000 workers nowadays. He established his first company in 1991 in his hometown, Felcsút. They have been building gas systems in the region. He has been broadening his interests in many fields simultaneously. Therefore, he has accomplished several serious orders. His four bigger companies are working on the stock market while he is organising his smaller businesses into one holding company. The following companies connected to his name gained high prestige: Opus Global Nyrt., Konzum Nyrt., Appennin Holding Nyrt., and CIG Pannónia.

György Matolcsy

György Matolcsy is the governor of the National Bank of Hungary since 2013. He got his economics degree in 1977 and accomplished the doctorate school in 1981. Viktor Orbán, prime minister of Hungary, has appointed him as Minister of National Economy. He is one of the key figures when it comes to business and finance matters. His words are taken seriously. This is also proven by the fact that the central bank created the package, which can be the leading guideline of the government’s economic policy, based on the prime minister’s words, as VG.hu reports.

Finally, here is the list of the most influential Hungarian besides people:

Sándor Csányi
Lőrinc Mészáros
György Matolcsy
Mihály Patai
Zsolt Hernádi
László Szíjj
István Garancsi
Andy Vajna
Mária Schmidt
László Parragh

June 7, 2018

Surprising news about Hungary on the International Obesity List

The 19th of May is the Day against Obesity in Europe, which aims to broaden people’s knowledge about the severe aftermath this disease may cause. Népszava.hu revealed the current statistics on this issue for the occasion.

Statistics

According to WHO’s data from 2016, there were 1.9 billion overweight people around the globe. Sadly, this number is three times bigger than what it used to be in 1975. The first three countries on the list, which have the most overweight citizens, are the United States of America, Mexico, and New Zeland. Unfortunately, Hungary got the fourth place with an unbelievable high rate of obesity among adults: 28 to 31 percent. In 2014, 60 percent of the women and 65 percent of the men were having weight problems among the Hungarians. Additionally, the number of overweight children has been rapidly increasing. In 2014, 21 percent of the children living in Budapest and Kecskemét (aged 4 to 10) weighed more than recommended.

Obesity

Obesity is not only an aesthetic problem because it is related to cardiovascular diseases. These include high blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, diabetes, hampered respiration, depression, gallstone, and certain types of cancer.

In case of consuming only 100 grammes more than the suggested amount of calories every day, one will gain kilogrammes in a single year. To avoid any discomfort, one should create a balanced, healthy diet and take regular exercises seriously.

Tips to keep you fit

We have already reported many opportunities to stay in shape.

For starters, a little walking every day or shorter hikes are a perfect choice for exercise. To spice up your regular walking activity, we introduce you some arboretums that are worth exploring on foot. Additionally, you can read about the most beautiful hiking trails in Hungary here.

For those who are fond of biking, we recommend this article about the best biking tour guide about the beautiful Lake Balaton.

Finally, here is some information for adrenaline junkies who love adventure. Do not miss out on reading Extreme Hungarian adventure parks for adrenaline junkies Part 1 and Part 2.

May 23, 2018

Budapest is the world’s second most beautiful city

The American website World Chacha, specialised in the compilation of travel top lists, has chosen Budapest as the second most beautiful city in the world, ahead of Rome, Florence or even Paris, reports novekedes.hu.

The praise that Budapest receives worldwide seems never to end. In November, the Gellért Bath was declared to be one of the most enchanting Art Deco baths in the world by BBC. Furthermore, Metro Line 4’s Szent Gellért Square station was chosen among the most beautiful metro stations in the world, and the Chain Bridge received high appraisal too. Meanwhile, the Buda Castle has made it to National Geographic’s top 10 castles in Europe. Just to name a few from 2017.

World Chacha recommends Budapest for its unique artistically tasteful architecture and for the matchless gastronomy scene. What should you visit in Budapest in the American site’s opinion? Well, the Four Seasons Gresham Palace and the Postal Savings Bank, apart from the most popular places like the Parliament or Andrássy street.

Thermal baths with healing powers and classy décor are also given a shout-out, along with the ruin bars, which cannot be left out from the context.

World Chacha mentions the view that the higher points of the city provide, making sure to draw attention to the fact that you can see almost to the end of Budapest, as the buildings are not allowed to be taller than 96 metres. The commentary ends with the most heart-warming sentence a tourist can come across:

“the best thing about this city is that most of its sights are accessed free of charge”

The top 10 most beautiful cities in the world:

Venice
Budapest
Rome
Florence
Kyoto
Rio De Janeiro
Paris
Amsterdam
Edinburgh
Prague

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May 13, 2018

7 Hungarian universities among the best

According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, seven Hungarian universities got a place on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 list. The list compared the higher education institutes of 50 countries.

Hungary’s place on the list

Semmelweis University, the university for students of dentistry, medicine and pharmacy, scored 61st place which is 4 places better than last year. The University of Pécs was chosen as the best Hungarian university of the countryside and ranked 127th on the list.

The University of Pécs is proud to accept its place as the best university outside of Budapest as well as the 2nd best university in the entire country.

In the end, universities from 42 countries managed to get on the long list. From Hungary, Eötvös Loránd University ranked 123rd, Budapest University of Technology and Economics 154th and the University of Szeged 156th. The University of Debrecen and Corvinus University of Budapest also made it to the list.

*Semmelweis University*
*Photo: semmelweis.*hu

The first two places of the list are taken up by UK universities. The University of Oxford is in the first place again this year while the University of Cambridge ranked two places higher than last year and managed to score second place. Several European universities made it to the top 200 of the list, with Germany and the Netherlands being in the lead. An interesting phenomenon is China’s steady improvement. According to the THE website: “the Asian giant is now home to two universities in the top 30: Peking and Tsinghua.”

The methodology of the list

According to the list’s website, they judged the universities based on:

“all of their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.”

The list started out 14 years ago. It takes into consideration 13 factors that indicate the performance of students and professors at the universities. These include the learning environment, the volume and reputation of the research and the income that results from it, the influence of the research (number of citations), the international outlook on staff, students and research and, last but not least, knowledge transfer.

Hungary also ranked high on happiness index and Internet freedom this year – check it out here!

Featured image: semmelweis.hu

May 13, 2018

Hungary ranked 8th for number of ongoing investments, says US magazine

Hungary has the eighth most investment projects in the world, according to American corporate magazine Site Selection.

Péter Szijjártó, the foreign and trade minister, citing the magazine that

ranks Hungary No. 1 in the eastern European region in terms of the best place to invest,

told a press conference on Thursday that the country, with its small, open economy, must participate in the “cutthroat international struggle” for investment if it is to maintain its job creation dynamic.

“The country’s inclusion in a top-ten ranking by such a respected professional journal is of extraordinary significance as it can sway investors,” he said.

In Site Selection’s global ranking of investment projects by country, Hungary was in eighth place with 74 projects. China and Germany topped the list, with 777 and 455 projects, respectively. Poland was in fifth place, with 140, and Romania was in tenth, with 70.

In a Site Selection ranking of the top ten countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia based on total amount of investment and investment projects, Hungary was number one. It also topped the regional ranking for investment value per capita.

As the Site Selection said:

“The 10th annual Global Best to Invest Awards are based in part on capital investment into private-sector facilities in each country (total projects and per capita projects) as compiled by Conway Analytics. Qualifying projects are corporate facility investments (from both FDI and domestic expansion) that contribute to the well-being of the areas in which they are made by meeting at least one of the following three criteria:

Represent a minimum investment of US$1 million
Create a minimum of 20 new jobs
Involve at least 20,000 sq. ft. (1,900 sq. m.) of new space.

The following four data sets are also used to compile these proprietary rankings:

World Bank Doing Business 2017, which gauges a nation’s ease of doing business;
Overall ranking in the most recent Global Competitiveness Report from the World Economic Forum;
The Human Development Index from the United Nations Development Programme, which focuses on people and their capabilities as indicators of national development;
The Global Competitiveness Index Historical Dataset 2005-2015.”

MOST PROJECTS BY COUNTRY – GLOBAL

1. China 777
2. Germany 455
3. India 269
4. United Kingdom 227
5. Poland 140
6. Netherlands 137
7. Mexico 125
8. Hungary 74
9. Australia 93
10. Romania 70

Read the whole Site Selection’s report HERE.

Graphic: Site Selection

May 10, 2018

The best primary schools in Hungary

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The institutions listed in this article had superbly developed their students’ abilities. That is also true for children with learning difficulties or troubled family background. There are public, canonical, and practising schools on the list as well, according to eduline.hu.

logischool school student — Photo: www.facebook.com/Logiscool

Evaluation aspects

The best educational institutes have been ranked since 2015 according to their teaching effectiveness. Furthermore, it is also an important feature how much teachers can reduce students’ disabilities. The list is based on the Hungarian national competency tests. Every 4, 6, 8, and 10 graders write this test annually in May. There are two skills students need to have good results in. These are mathematics and reading comprehension. All students’ results can be compared with their own results from the previous two years. The children and also their families can fill out a questionary where they can share details about their social life, for example, whether they receive child support or if the parents have full-time jobs. This helps to examine connections between their results and their social status.

Types of schools

All primary schools in Hungary have a chance to make it to the list whether it is a private, a public, a canonical, or a practising institution. A practising school is a special type of school that is part of a university where teachers trainee students can practice the teaching of what they learnt. These include schools such as the ELTE Gyertyánffy István Practising Primary School (ELTE Gyertyánffy István Gyakorló Általános Iskola) or the Béla IV Primary School in Hejőkeresztúr, which received a Prima Primissima prize for its effective pedagogical methods.

The list

There are four different lists:

Mathematics

Institution	Requirements accomplished in the last 5 years
Béke Utcai Általános Iskola (Szeged)	3
Bethlen Gábor Református Általános Iskola, Óvoda (Törökszentmiklós)	3
Boldog Gizella Katolikus Általános Iskola és Óvoda (Mohács)	3
Bornemisza Péter Gimnázium, Általános Iskola, Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola, Óvoda és Sportiskola Újszász utcai Telephelye (Budapest)	3
Budapest XVI. Kerületi Táncsics Mihály Általános Iskola és Gimnázium	4
Budapest XVII. Kerületi Gregor József Általános Iskola	4
Budapest XVIII. Kerületi Vörösmarty Mihály Ének-zenei, Nyelvi Általános Iskola és Gimnázium	4
Budapest XXI. Kerületi Kölcsey Ferenc Általános Iskola	4
Budapest XXIII. Kerületi Grassalkovich Antal Általános Iskola	4
Budapesti Fazekas Mihály Gyakorló Általános Iskola és Gimnázium	4
Csemői Ladányi Mihály Általános Iskola Nyársapáti Tagintézménye	3
Debreceni Egyetem Kossuth Lajos Gyakorló Gimnáziuma és Általános Iskolája Kossuth utca 33. szám alatti telephelye	4
Dunakeszi Fazekas Mihály Német Nyelvoktató Nemzetiségi Általános Iskola	3
Dunaújvárosi Móricz Zsigmond Általános Iskola	4
ELTE Gyertyánffy István Gyakorló Általános Iskola Telephelye (Budapest)	3
Fabriczius József Általános Iskola (Veresegyház)	5
Fodros Általános Iskola (Budapest)	3
Gazdagrét – Törökugrató Általános Iskola (Budapest)	4
Gulner Gyula Általános Iskola (Budapest)	3
Győri Arany János Angol-Német Két Tanítási Nyelvű Általános Iskola	3
Hernádnémeti Református Általános Iskola, Két Tanítási Nyelvű és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Hétvezér Általános Iskola (Székesfehérvár)	3
Hriszto Botev Német Nemzetiségi Nyelvoktató Általános Iskola (Veszprém)	4
Ibolya Utcai Általános Iskola (Debrecen)	3
Kapocs Magyar-Angol Két Tannyelvű Általános Iskola (Budapest)	3
Kecskeméti Református Általános Iskola	4
Kecskeméti Széchenyivárosi Arany János Általános Iskola	3
Kiskunmajsai Arany János Általános Iskola és Egységes Gyógypedagógiai Módszertani Intézmény	3
Kispesti Bolyai János Általános Iskola	3
Kispesti Erkel Ferenc Általános Iskola	3
Koch Valéria Gimnázium, Általános Iskola, Óvoda, Kollégium és Pedagógiai Intézet (Pécs)	4
Kőkúti Általános Iskola (Tata)	3
Kunfehértói Általános Iskola	3
Óbudai Szent Péter és Pál Szalézi Általános Iskola és Óvoda	3
Pais Dezső Általános Iskola (Budapest)	3
PTE Gyakorló Általános Iskola, Gimnázium és Szakgimnázium Általános Iskolája	4
Szegedi Tudományegyetem Juhász Gyula Gyakorló Általános és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskolája, Napközi Otthonos Óvodája	5
Szegvári Forray Máté Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Székesfehérvári II. Rákóczi Ferenc Magyar-Angol Két Tanítási Nyelvű Általános Iskola	3
Szent Angéla Ferences Általános Iskola és Gimnázium (Budapest)	4
Szent Anna Katolikus Általános Iskola (Szany)	4
Szent II. János Pál Óvoda, Általános Iskola és Gimnázium (Budapest)	3
Szent Margit Általános Iskola Szent László Tagiskolája (Bicske)	4
Szilágyi Erzsébet Keresztény Általános és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola (Veszprém)	3
Szlovák Két Tanítási Nyelvű Általános Iskola és Óvoda (Tótkomlós)	3
Tamási Áron Általános Iskola és Német Két Tannyelvű Nemzetiségi Gimnázium (Budapest)	3
Tisza-parti Általános Iskola (Szeged)	4
Újbudai Teleki Blanka Általános Iskola	5
Újpesti Karinthy Frigyes Két Tanítási Nyelvű Általános Iskola	5
Váci Juhász Gyula Általános Iskola	3
Városligeti Magyar-Angol Két Tanítási Nyelvű Általános Iskola (Budapest)	4
Városmajori Gimnázium és Kós Károly Általános Iskola Ének-zene Tagozatos Általános Iskolája (Budapest)	3
Veszprémi Rózsa Úti Általános Iskola	3
Zalaegerszegi Öveges József Általános Iskola	4
Zuglói Hajós Alfréd Magyar-Német Két Tanítási Nyelvű Általános Iskola	4

Reading comprehension

Institution	Requirements accomplished in the last 5 years
Budapest XVII. Kerületi Gregor József Általános Iskola	4
Budapest XXIII. Kerületi Grassalkovich Antal Általános Iskola	4
Budapesti Fazekas Mihály Gyakorló Általános Iskola és Gimnázium	4
Dunaújvárosi Móricz Zsigmond Általános Iskola	4
Hernádnémeti Református Általános Iskola, Két Tanítási Nyelvű és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Kiskunmajsai Arany János Általános Iskola és Egységes Gyógypedagógiai Módszertani Intézmény	3
Petneházy Dávid Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola (Petneháza)	3
Szabadszállási Petőfi Sándor Általános Iskola	3
Szegedi Tudományegyetem Juhász Gyula Gyakorló Általános és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskolája, Napközi Otthonos Óvodája	5
Zalaegerszegi Öveges József Általános Iskola	4
Zuglói Munkácsy Mihály Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3

Disability reduction in Mathematics

Institution	Requirements accomplished in the last 5 years
Mindszenty József Általános Iskola, Gimnázium és Kollégium Széchenyi István Tagiskolája	3
Bácsalmási Körzeti Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Bakonyszentlászlói Szent László Általános Iskola	3
Berceli Széchenyi István Általános Iskola	4
Besztereci Móricz Zsigmond Általános Iskola	3
Bethlen Gábor Református Általános Iskola, Óvoda	3
Bonyhádi Általános Iskola, Gimnázium és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Bonyhádi Általános Iskola, Gimnázium és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola Szent Imre utcai Telephelye	4
Bőnyi Szent István Király Általános Iskola	3
Budapest VII. Kerületi Baross Gábor Általános Iskola	3
Budapest XIII. Kerületi Hunyadi Mátyás Általános Iskola	4
Csapókerti Általános Iskola (Debrecen)	4
Császártöltési Bánáti Miklós Német Nemzetiségi Általános Iskola	3
Dávodi Forrás Általános Iskola	3
Dobozi Általános Iskola	4
Dr. Jósa István Általános Iskola (Kisléta)	3
Dr. Kozma Pál Általános Iskola (Gyulaháza)	4
Egri Balassi Bálint Általános Iskola	3
Fábiánsebestyéni Arany János Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Fáy András Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola (Parád)	4
Fáy András Református Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola (Gomba)	3
Földesi Karácsony Sándor Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	4
Gönyűi Széchenyi István Általános Iskola	3
Győri Arany János Angol-Német Két Tanítási Nyelvű Általános Iskola	3
Győri Móra Ferenc Általános Iskola és Szakgimnázium	3
Hartyán Általános Iskola (Budapest)	4
Hejőkeresztúri IV. Béla Általános Iskola	3
Irinyi János Általános Iskola – Kassai utca 16. szám alatti telephelye (Létavértes)	3
Kálvin Téri Református Általános Iskola (Makó)	4
Karcsai Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Kisboldogasszony Katolikus Általános Iskola (Gádoros)	4
Kiskunhalasi Kertvárosi Általános Iskola	3
Kiskunmajsai Arany János Általános Iskola és Egységes Gyógypedagógiai Módszertani Intézmény	3
Kőkúti Általános Iskola (Tata)	3
Kőrösi Csoma Sándor-Péterfy Sándor Általános Iskola (Nagykanizsa)	4
Kőszegi Béri Balog Ádám Általános Iskola	3
Kunfehértói Általános Iskola	4
Kunhegyesi Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	4
Lakiteleki Eötvös Loránd Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	5
Létavértesi Arany János Általános Iskola	4
Letenyei Andrássy Gyula Általános Iskola	3
Mátyás Király Katolikus Általános Iskola és Óvoda (Kaszaper)	3
Mecsekaljai Általános Iskola (Pécs)	3
Mihályi Általános Iskola	3
Mosonszolnoki Általános Iskola	3
Nyitra Utcai Általános Iskola (Szombathely)	3
Óbudai Harrer Pál Általános Iskola (Budapest)	3
Olcsai-Kiss Zoltán Általános Iskola (Körmend)	3
Prügyi Móricz Zsigmond Általános Iskola	4
Szabadszállási Petőfi Sándor Általános Iskola	4
Szeged és Térsége Eötvös József Gimnázium, Általános Iskola Zoltánfy István Általános Iskolája Móra Ferenc utcai Telephelye	3
Szent Anna Katolikus Általános Iskola (Szany)	4
Szent Anna Katolikus Óvoda és Általános Iskola (Geszteréd)	3
Szent Orsolya Római Katolikus Általános Iskola és Óvoda (Kevermes)	4
Szigetköz Körzeti Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola (Darnózseli)	4
Teveli Általános Iskola	3
Tiszaalpári Árpád Fejedelem Általános Iskola	3
Tolcsvai Általános Iskola	5
Ugodi Német Nemzetiségi Nyelvoktató Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Újpesti Bene Ferenc Általános Iskola	5
Újpesti Karinthy Frigyes Két Tanítási Nyelvű Általános Iskola	4
Városközponti Általános Iskola Jókai Mór Általános Iskolája (Pécs)	5
Veszprémi Kossuth Lajos Általános Iskola	4
Zuglói Munkácsy Mihály Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	4

Disability reduction in reading comprehension

Institution	Requirements accomplished in the last 5 years
Bakonyszentlászlói Szent László Általános Iskola	3
Bethlen Gábor Református Általános Iskola, Óvoda (Törökszentmiklós)	3
Budapest VII. Kerületi Baross Gábor Általános Iskola	4
Budapest XIII. Kerületi Hunyadi Mátyás Általános Iskola	5
Csapókerti Általános Iskola (Debrecen)	4
Csongrád és Térsége Általános Iskola Szent László Általános Iskolája (Csánytelek)	3
Debreceni Fazekas Mihály Általános Iskola	3
Debreceni Karácsony Sándor Általános Iskola	3
Dr. Kozma Pál Általános Iskola (Gyulaháza)	5
Egri Balassi Bálint Általános Iskola	4
Fáy András Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola (Parád)	3
Gábor Andor Általános Iskola (Babócsa)	4
Gönyűi Széchenyi István Általános Iskola	4
Győri Arany János Angol-Német Két Tanítási Nyelvű Általános Iskola	3
Győri Móra Ferenc Általános Iskola és Szakgimnázium	3
Győrteleki Fekete István Általános Iskola	3
Ibrányi Árpád Fejedelem Általános Iskola Paszabi Turi Sándor Tagintézménye	5
Ihász Gábor Általános Iskola (Vaszar)	3
Kálvin Téri Református Általános Iskola (Makó)	3
Karcsai Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	4
Károlyi Gáspár Általános Iskola (Gönc)	3
Kiskunhalasi Fazekas Mihály Általános Iskola	3
Kiskunmajsai Arany János Általános Iskola és Egységes Gyógypedagógiai Módszertani Intézmény	4
Kossuth Lajos Evangélikus Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola (Soltvadkert)	3
Lakiteleki Eötvös Loránd Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Letenyei Andrássy Gyula Általános Iskola	4
Mecsekaljai Általános Iskola (Pécs)	3
Mosonszentmiklósi Széchenyi István Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	5
Nyírmártonfalvai Általános Iskola	3
Petneházy Dávid Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Prügyi Móricz Zsigmond Általános Iskola	3
Sárvári Gárdonyi Géza Általános Iskola	3
Szabadszállási Petőfi Sándor Általános Iskola	4
Szegedi Alsóvárosi Általános Iskola	3
Szegedi Bonifert Domonkos Általános Iskola	3
Tabán Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola (Szeged)	4
Tarnaörsi Általános Iskola	3
Teveli Általános Iskola	3
Tiszaalpári Árpád Fejedelem Általános Iskola	3
Tiszanagyfalui Általános Iskola	3
Tolcsvai Általános Iskola	3
Ugodi Német Nemzetiségi Nyelvoktató Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola	3
Városközponti Általános Iskola Jókai Mór Általános Iskolája (Pécs)	5
Zichy János Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola (Soponya)	3
Zirci Reguly Antal Német Nemzetiségi Nyelvoktató Általános Iskola	3

Click here for the ten best primary schools in Budapest. Furhermore, this article lists the top 100 high schools in Hungary. Moreover, you can get familiarised with the best Hungarian universities and colleges here. Are you interested which schools the Hungarian elite chooses for their children? You can read about that here. Finally, find out about the highest Hungarian tuition fees in this article.

April 12, 2018

World Happiness Report 2018 from Hungarian perspective – promising or shocking results?

By now, we know based on several previous reports that Hungarians are not the happiest people in the world. Still, an improving tendency can be witnessed when looking at this year’s research, reports Infostart.hu. The World Happiness Report 2018 measuring the state of global happiness in 156 countries worldwide, focused on other issues as well, such as changes seen in the level of happiness compared to previous years, health problems affecting the whole nation and the tolerance of countries towards immigrants. Here is what Hungary’s 69th position on the list means compared to the results of other countries.

World Happiness

The World Happiness Report was made based on the results of the Gallup World Poll surveys conducted between 2015 and 2017 in 156 countries. The general happiness of each nation was examined by taking into consideration the GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption, can be read on Worldhappiness.report.

The TOP 15 countries/s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2018/WHR_web.pdf/

The final ranking of the countries shows the swapping of some places compared to previous years since Finland became the 1st moving up from its 5th position last year. Locals say that the best thing about their country is the proximity of nature, public safety, childcare facilities, good education and the free health care system. Norway and Denmark follow Finland, but Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, New-Zealand, Sweden and Australia are also among the TOP 10 countries.

Hungary became the 69th happiest country out of the 156, which means that it is in the middle race on the list.

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Changes in the levels of happiness

The report, available here, also focused on the changes seen in the levels of happiness. Out of the 141 countries with data from 2008-2010 and 2015-2017, significant changes have been experienced in 114. These were both improvements and declines comparing the results of previous years. On this list, Hungary became the 9th country showing the most development with an increase of +0.810 on a 10-point scale. This is not too bad if we consider that the greatest improvement; that of Togo was +1.191.

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Health problems

Another critical aspect measured in the participant countries is the rate of obesity, a global epidemic. America is still the leading country where 38.2% of the population is affected by this health problem. Mexico is at 2nd place, but obesity is an urgent problem in Canada, the UK, Australia and New-Zealand as well.

Hungary cannot be proud either since based on its 2015 results, 30% of the total population, a little bit more women than men, are obese. These results are saddening since the neighbouring countries have far better results.

The rate of obesity/s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2018/WHR_web.pdf/

Acceptance of immigrants

Finally, a very educational issue, the tolerance and acceptance of immigrants, is brought to light in the report. Since the migrant crisis starting in 2015, the question of welcoming immigrants or not has stirred controversy in several countries. It was asked from those interviewed whether they judge the following things good or bad:

Immigrants living in their country
An immigrant becoming their neighbour
An immigrant marrying one of their close relatives.

Surprising data was born. Among the most accepting countries are Iceland and New Zealand, but Western Europe, North America and Oceania were also welcoming nations.

However, the least accepting countries were mainly from Eastern and Southeastern Europe which the report explains with the fact that they have been personally affected by the migration crisis.

Hungary itself had a 1.69 score on this issue which is very low among the participant countries.

Tolerance towards immigrants/s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2018/WHR_web.pdf/

All in all, promising and saddening results are both revealed in the report concerning Hungary, but we hope that the growing tendency of Hungarians’ general happiness will further improve in the future and some changes can be achieved in other domains as well.

March 18, 2018

Budapest among the best cities in the world based on the needs of millennials

Origo.hu reports the results of the latest research setting up the list of the most livable and attractive cities for millennials in the world. Besides employment opportunities, rental prices and lively nightlife, the survey also examined issues like how developed tourism is in the target cities and how tolerant locals are about immigrants. Budapest became the 37th most livable city in the world, and in the following, you can figure out in what ways it is attractive to tourists and where it should make further improvements.

Nestpick, the most well-known site helping people find the perfect apartment by comparing thousands of offers, surveyed what digitally native millennials find important when choosing a place to settle down. It turned out from the results that the majority of youngsters consider housing and human rights the most influential factors when choosing the right city, which also means that vibrant nightlife and partying are only secondary aspects to them.

Altogether 110 cities were involved in the study the main aim of which was to pose such questions as how affordable life is in the examined cities or how tolerant and open-minded locals are there.

Besides the most dominant aspects, like housing, affordability, transport and healthcare opportunities, university life, the speed of the Internet, the price of festivals and beer were also evaluated. All aspects examined were graded on a 10-point scale.

Among the TOP 3 cities is Berlin with a maximum score for vibrant nightlife, Montréal with 9.9 points for immigration tolerance and London with 10 points given for excellent academic and touristic opportunities available to youngsters.

The ranking of the first 5 countries /www.nestpick.com/ Budapest on the list /www.nestpick.com/

As far as the Hungarian capital is concerned, Budapest became the 37th city on the list out of the 110 cities. It was only preceded by Prague and Vienna from the neighbouring region which is an outstanding achievement.

The highest scores were given for cheap beer (9.4) and employment opportunities (9.4), but the price of food (8.8) and the affordability of housing (8.7) were also among the most attractive factors of the capital.

As far as the worst results of Budapest are concerned, festivals and the amount of personal freedom guaranteed to people got 0.7 points while education and immigration tolerance were both scored 1.0.

With this result, the Hungarian capital preceded such big names as Boston and Washington D.C. or Rome and Edinburgh, so our ranking is quite remarkable in the world.

If you are interested in reading the whole report, you can do it here.

Featured image: Bódis Krisztián/facebook/Budapest Images

March 11, 2018

4 Hungarian universities among the best in the world

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a company in London, revealed its brand new list ranking the best universities around the world according to scientific fields, writes eduline.hu. The happy news is that four Hungarian universities teaching medicine are on the list!

About the list

Quacquarelli Symonds revealed the list on Wednesday, the 28th of February. Four Hungarian universities made it to the best in the field of Life Sciences & Medicine. These are the Semmelweis University (254th), the University of Debrecen (397th), the University of Szeged (401-450th) and the University of Pécs (451-500th).

SZTE Szegedi Tudoményegyetem University of Szeged — Photo: Wiki Commons by Christo

Aspects of ranking

The ranking method of Quacquarelli Symonds’ has three main methodological features: scientific reputation, employer satisfaction and two elements of the publications’ citation (quotation and Hirsch-index). The first two features are calculated based on the students’ answers, while the Scopus database helps to define the citation parameter.

ELTE Lágymányos Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem university — Photo: Wiki Commons by Andor Elekes

Previous studies

As we previously reported, Quacquarelli Symonds has written another list focusing on the universities of emerging European countries and the Central Asian states. On that list, there are eight Hungarian institutes:

University of Szeged (27th)
Eötvös Loránd University (30th)
University of Debrecen (35th)
Corvinus University of Budapest (45th)
University of Pécs (63rd)
University of Miskolc (110th)
University of West Hungary (201-250th)
University of Sopron

University of Debrecen egyetem — Photo: Wiki Commons by Sándor Bódi

Further information

Don’t forget to check out our series about the best Hungarian universities!

Eötvös Loránd University

Semmelweis University

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

University of Debrecen

Corvinus University of Budapest

Featured image: Wiki Commons by Csörföly Dániel

March 1, 2018

Forbes Travel Guide rates best Hungarian hotels

Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest

The Forbes Travel Guide is the only independent international evaluating network that thoroughly rates luxurious hotels, spas, and restaurants. According to turizmus.com, they have just revealed their recent list of 2018 on the 20th of February.

The company’s first original name was Mobile Travel Guide, and it was established in the United States in 1958. Today, its experts rate places anonymously based on 900 strict and objective criteria. Daily travelling stories, descriptions, and yearly evaluations help visitors to explore the most luxurious experiences.

Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest — Photo: www.facebook.com/KempinskiHotelCorvinusBudapest

Special year for Forbes

Forbestravelguide.com states that the company celebrates its 60th birthday this year. Therefore, they have broadened their repertoire with the following countries: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Aruba, Chengdu, Dubai, Hokkaido, Jamaica, Kuala Lumpur, Madrid, Marrakech, Okinawa, Panama, Prague, Sanya, and Vienna. Now, they work in 50 countries.

The Ritz-Carlton Budapest hotel — Photo: www.facebook.com/ritzcarltonbudapest

Statistics

All in all, there are 27 new Five-Star, 70 new Four-Star, and 76 new Recommended hotels on the list this year. Among the spas, there are 5 new Five-Star and 29 new Four-Star spas. The list also recognises 5 first-time Five-Star, 24 Four-Star, and 10 Recommended restaurant.

The Middle East seems to be the most productive this year because Forbes introduces 4 Five-Star hotels, 21 Four-Star hotels, and 6 Recommended hotels. Furthermore, 2018 brought success for South America as well since Forbes picked its very first Five-Star hotel from Brazil. Additionally, New York City welcomed two new Five-Star wins, and the Japanese Kyoto got its first Five-Star rate.

Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge hotel — Photo: www.facebook.com/pg/SofitelBudapestChainBridge

Hungary’s success

Hungary won a Five-Star honour for Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest. Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest, The Ritz-Carlton, Budapest, and The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest welcome their Four-Star rating while Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge and InterContinental Budapest are proud members of the Recommended category.

InterContinental Budapest hotel — Photo: http://budapest.intercontinental.com

Further information on Hotels in Hungary

If you are interested in more wonderful hotels in Budapest, click here.

You can read about the current change in the Hungarian hotel industry in this article.

Do you know which hotel is the oldest one in Budapest? Click here to find out.

You may want to have more information about the best hotel in the world or the second best hotel in Central Europe.

Our insider tips will help you enjoy your first stay in Budapest in the city or even at the airport.

Finally, there are also minimum 15 reasons why you should visit Hungary.

Are you excited yet? Pack your suitcases and let the fun begin. Read Daily News Hungary, where you can get all the information you need about this spectacular country.

Featured image: www.facebook.com/FourSeasonsHotelBudapest

February 24, 2018

The Hotel of the Year in Hungary 2017 announced

Hungary was voting for the Hotel of the Year 2017, and its finals has just ended. To everyone’s surprise, two hotels from Eastern Hungary took the top ranks. Here we list the awarded entries.

The voting for Hotel of the Year in Hungary 2017 was concluded recently, as Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reported. The audience could vote online for the best places of accommodation in the country. The poll had been active for two weeks in January, and there were 8 entries to choose from, each of which was representing a region of Hungary.

114,287 votes were submitted from 75,441 people during the 9 months of competition. 46 hotels participated altogether.

Photo: Facebook.com/BambaraHotel

The winner of the Hotel of the Year in Hungary 2017 was Bambara Hotel**** superior from Northeastern Hungary. It resides at the entrance of Bükk near Eger, in the forest of Felsőtárkány. The speciality of the hotel is its authentic African architectural style, not to mention its unique dishes. Bambara Spa resembles a Dogon tribal village where outdoor and indoor pools, brushwood and African herbarium huts, salt spray steam cabins, driftwood saunas, a meditation centre and a mysterious cave bath await visitors spending their night in the hotel.

Photo: Facebook.com/HotelDelibabHajduszoboszlo

The second prize went to Hotel Délibáb****, representative of the area of Hajdúszoboszló and Debrecen. The hotel itself can be found in inner Hajdúszoboszló, and it is the largest bathing complex in Hungary. It is situated next to the 25-hectare-large thermal bath. The hotel consists of three wings, and it contains the most delicate rooms, while its common rooms have an incredibly relaxing atmosphere.

Photo: Facebook.com/thermalhotelvisegrad

The bronze medal was won by the “champion” of Budapest’s area, Thermal Hotel Visegrád****superior. The hotel lies in the fantastic Danube Bend near Visegrad, right next to Pilis National Park. It can be easily accessed from the centre of Budapest. One of the main attractions of the hotel is Duna restaurant with its terrace facing towards the stunning panorama of Danube Bend. Visegrad is also famous for its mineral water stream that bursts up from 1300 meters, supporting the pools of the wellness centre in the neighbourhood of the hotel.

The audience can vote for their favourite hotels at www.facebook.com/azevhotele, selecting the best of each region every month. These chosen hotels compete for the title of the Hotel of the Year in Hungary at the end of each season. Last year’s best was Spirit Hotel Thermal Spa.

February 3, 2018

Which is the most unhappy country in the EU? Hungary?

Every year a new rank is set up about how people feel themselves in their home country and how satisfied they are with their living conditions. This is called the happiness report that, as Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports, reveals that the situation of Hungarians is more aggravating than we had thought.

The most recent study, conducted between October and November of 2017 by the Independent, investigated how happy and satisfied the citizens are in European countries.

The survey, carried out in the 28 Member States of the European Union, was called Future of Europe that especially focused on questions dealing with social issues.

However, questions also touched upon whether the citizens are satisfied with their family life, their current occupation, their life in their country and in the European Union.

As indy100.com reports, the top countries including Denmark (99%), Ireland (98%), The Netherlands (97%) and Sweden (97%) achieved outstanding results, while Romania (67%), Bulgaria (66%) and Hungary (62%) have much to worry about.

/Source: European Commission, Created with Datawrapper/

The excellent results of the Northern EU countries might not surprise anyone given that they are leading the EU happiness reports for years and they are widely considered to be the happiest nations in Europe. But is it really so bad to be a Hungarian citizen?

As the survey, which is available in its full length here, brings it to light, Hungarians have a bigger preferance for a society where more emphasis is placed on solidarity. However, compared to the results of the 2012 report, more Hungarian citizens agreed now with the statement that they are happy living in their country and are satisfied with their current job.

Although this seems to be a step ahead, the overall result showing that only 62% of the population is satisfied with the living conditions does not really reflect a progress.

In 2016, we have reported that a happiness map was designed by the Psychological Laboratory of Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest that highlights in which part of the country people are the most satisfied. In Western Hungary, for instance, citizens were among the happiest groups because of better opportunities, while those living in Nógrád, Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén counties in the northern part of Hungary were much less content.

In fact, it is not good to see that even neighbouring countries like Romania or Bulgaria precedes Hungary, but it can motivate us to catch up with them and work on the solution of the problems.

January 14, 2018