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23/12/2016

Hungary approves EUR 480,000 for reconstruction of quake-hit Italian church

Budapest, December 23 (MTI) – Hungary is extending 150 million forints (EUR 480,000) in support for the rebuilding of a Catholic church damaged in an earthquake […]

23/12/2016

Society

19/12/2016

Extra 173 million euros to Hungary’s church schools

Budapest (MTI) – The government has decided to grant an extra 54 billion forints (EUR 173m) from this year’s state coffers to church-run schools and kindergartens, […]

19/12/2016

Society

14/12/2016

Hungary’s parliament adopts decree against persecution of Christians

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s parliament on Tuesday passed a government-initiated decree to call attention to attacks against the Christian community across the world. Through the decree, […]

14/12/2016

Politics

11/12/2016

Hungary expresses condolences on Coptic church attack

Budapest, December 11 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed his condolences in telegrams to Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and to […]

11/12/2016

Society

10/12/2016

Hungry signs cooperation agreement with Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Budapest (MTI) – The Hungarian government on Friday signed a cooperation agreement with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Orthodox Exarchate in Hungary on performing public […]

10/12/2016

Culture

09/12/2016

President Áder receives ethnic Hungarian church leaders

Budapest (MTI) – President János Áder hosted a formal lunch for ethnic Hungarian church leaders at Sándor Palace on Thursday. Ethnic Hungarian church leaders help ensure […]

09/12/2016

Culture

06/12/2016

Hungarian MEP sees Iraq’s Yazidis in danger of annihilation

Budapest (MTI) – Iraq’s Christian Yazidi minority is endangered by “dispersion” or annihilation, Hungarian MEP György Hölvényi said after visiting three Christian villages near Mosul. The […]

06/12/2016

Culture

28/11/2016

Did you know? The city of Eger has a muezzin – VIDEO

After 327 years, Eger has a muezzin again – Turkish national Demir Hikmet climbs up to Eger’s minaret three times a week in his silk caftan […]

28/11/2016

Culture

26/11/2016

Europe’s biggest nativity scene is in Hungary

The Hungarian village of Vörs has built a nativity scene in the church each November for the past 68 years, and the tradition continues as volunteers […]

26/11/2016

Culture

22/11/2016

Papal announcement on abortion reinforces Hungarian practice, says Cardinal Erdő

Pope Francis’s announcement allowing Catholic priests to forgive abortions reinforces the Hungarian practice that has applied for decades, Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, said on […]

22/11/2016

Society

13/11/2016

President Áder attends church service in Brisbane

Brisbane (MTI) – Hungarian President János Áder attended a festive church service in Brisbane on Saturday to mark the 65th anniversary of the Hungarian Reformed Church […]

13/11/2016

Society

12/11/2016

Foreign minister: Hungary committed to protection of Christianity

Rome (MTI) – Hungary is committed to playing a leading role in the protection of Christianity and Christian communities worldwide, the foreign minister said on Friday. […]

12/11/2016

Politics

02/11/2016

Hungarian parliamentary resolution under way to condemn persecution of Christians

Budapest, November 2 (MTI) – A motion for a resolution will go before parliament to condemn the persecution of Christians and qualify it as genocide, a […]

02/11/2016

Culture

22/10/2016

Grand Master of Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem arrives in Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Cardinal-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, is on a visit to Hungary to knight […]

22/10/2016

Culture

18/10/2016

Hungary forbids bathing in burkinis – two women were kicked out from the Széchenyi bath

444.hu writes that, on October 9, two women wearing burkinis were asked to leave the pool by staff members in the Széchenyi bath, on the account […]

18/10/2016

Society

14/10/2016

Reformation Year – Memorial Committee holds session in preparation for jubilee celebrations

“The Reformation Memorial Committee held its autumn session on Thursday morning in the Parliament Building, chaired by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán”, the head of the […]

14/10/2016

Culture

11/10/2016

The National Football Team met the Dalai Lama and defeated Latvia

The members of the Hungarian national football team got the chance to meet the Dalai Lama before their World Cup qualification match against Latvia. Mno.hu writes […]

11/10/2016

Sport

09/10/2016

The world’s first public triptych in Hungary

According to origo.hu, Cardinal József Mindszenty’s and Antal Pálinkás-Pallavicini’s (who died as a martyr in the reprisal after 1956) joint memorial is to be set up […]

09/10/2016

Culture

02/10/2016

The peculiar Downtown Parish-Church which was built in 14 styles

Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu writes that Budapest’s oldest church, the Downtown Parish-Church, is now open to visitors again. The church reopened its gates for tourists and believers on the […]

02/10/2016

Culture

26/09/2016

INTERVIEW – Orbán: Europe at decisive turn, humanity entering a new era

Budapest (MTI) – Europe is going through a decisive turn and humanity is entering a new era involving slower and more difficult processes instead of the […]

26/09/2016

Society

religion

Breaking: Budapest to overhaul parking system: Fee hikes, new zones, and public transport incentives

Breaking: Budapest Airport runway closed due to stranded aircraft

Border controls to disappear between Hungary and Romania: Key steps towards Schengen have been taken

Hungary approves EUR 480,000 for reconstruction of quake-hit Italian church

Extra 173 million euros to Hungary’s church schools

Hungary’s parliament adopts decree against persecution of Christians

Hungary expresses condolences on Coptic church attack

Hungry signs cooperation agreement with Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

President Áder receives ethnic Hungarian church leaders

Hungarian MEP sees Iraq’s Yazidis in danger of annihilation

Did you know? The city of Eger has a muezzin – VIDEO

Europe’s biggest nativity scene is in Hungary

Papal announcement on abortion reinforces Hungarian practice, says Cardinal Erdő

President Áder attends church service in Brisbane

Foreign minister: Hungary committed to protection of Christianity

Hungarian parliamentary resolution under way to condemn persecution of Christians

Grand Master of Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem arrives in Hungary

Hungary forbids bathing in burkinis – two women were kicked out from the Széchenyi bath

Reformation Year – Memorial Committee holds session in preparation for jubilee celebrations

The National Football Team met the Dalai Lama and defeated Latvia

The world’s first public triptych in Hungary

The peculiar Downtown Parish-Church which was built in 14 styles

INTERVIEW – Orbán: Europe at decisive turn, humanity entering a new era

Breaking: Budapest to overhaul parking system: Fee hikes, new zones, and public transport incentives

Breaking: Budapest Airport runway closed due to stranded aircraft

Orbán discusses peace and energy cooperation with Qatari PM

Hungarian government warns of escalating war risks, bolsters border defences

Hungarian government’s shocking new administrative fee proposal: Here is what to expect!

Hungarian government extends retail credit rate freeze by 6 months

More flights on the horizon: Budapest and this immensely popular Asian country to deepen aviation ties

Border controls to disappear between Hungary and Romania: Key steps towards Schengen have been taken

Hungarian government implements two-year moratorium on Airbnb in Budapest to address housing crisis

Hungary’s income decline: 8 in 10 citizens fall behind European peers