On Wednesday, world-famous British singer Ellie Goulding released the music video for her song “Close to me,” featuring iconic and scenic locations in Budapest. The…

Index reported that Macedonia now expects Orbán’s government to hand over Gruevski according to a statement Prime Minister Zoran Zaev gave on Macedonian 1TV. “We…

Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski fled his country under controversial circumstances and arrived in Budapest seeking political asylum after failing to show up to begin a…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met Sam Brownback, US Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, for talks in Budapest on Thursday on joint efforts to protect persecuted…

Opposition parties agree that the government should arrest and extradite Nikola Gruevski. The convicted former Macedonian PM arrived in controversial circumstances to Hungary and requested…

Independent MEP Ákos Hadházy launched a signature collecting campaign aimed at forcing the Hungarian government to join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in September…

The government will ask the EU and the United Nations for clarification concerning “the rather unclear circumstances” surrounding debit cards issued to migrants, the head…

Hungary should be among the five best and most competitive countries of the European Union by 2030, a country in which “it is best to…

Opposition party Jobbik has proposed that the Budapest Metropolitan Assembly should declare 2020 Trianon Memorial Year on the occasion of the centenary of the Trianon…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán greeted Poland and its people on the centenary of the state of Poland regaining its independence, in a letter sent to…

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Nikola Dimitrov, his Macedonian counterpart, have had telephone talks requested by the latter party, the Hungarian foreign ministry told…

In a recent scandal, Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey was ousted from Facebook allegedly due to his support of Donald Trump during the 2016 election, Wall Street…

As we previously reported, former Prime Minister of Macedonia Nikola Gruevski has fled to Budapest to seek political asylum after failing to show up to begin…

The Hungarian government aims to expand the number of border crossing points and transport links between Hungary and Croatia, a foreign ministry official said on…

Hungary is in favour of boosting the European Union’s defence capabilities and urges the continent to do more in this respect, the foreign minister said…

In Hungary Today’s monthly video series “HT Vlog”, our readers can get a virtual introduction to the most interesting public, cultural and lifestyle events in…

US Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó urged the diversification of central Europe’s energy supply at a joint press conference they…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed Hungarian-US relations and central Europe’s energy supply with United States Energy Secretary Rick Perry in Parliament on Tuesday, his press…

Hungary and Poland today continue to be bound by true friendship and both countries can count on each other’s unconditional support, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó…

The United States’ unipolar world order has seemingly become weaker in recent years. A participant from the Visegrad group discussed Central European and US relations regarding…

Iconic artists Sting and Shaggy are giving a free concert next Saturday on 24 November at 6 pm at Budapest’s Heroes Square to celebrate the…

The Socialists view the primary as the best option for “the democratic opposition” to select “the challenger” of incumbent Budapest Mayor István Tarlós for the…

The government accepted several proposed transportation developments including a tunnel between the Déli and Nyugati Railway Stations; the first step in the construction of Metro…

Unions are pushing for a 13-15 percent minimum wage rise next year, while employers are recommending a 5 percent increase, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said…

Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said on his Facebook site on Tuesday that he was staying in Budapest and had sought political asylum from…

Green opposition LMP has initiated a day of debate in parliament on climate change, with the support of the opposition party groups and independent lawmakers,…

A conservative and a left-wing analyst agree that Hungary is facing rapid demographic decline. They offer diametrically opposing remedies, however, to depopulation. Hungarian press roundup…

Pro-migration politicians in Brussels have continued their attacks against Hungary and Hungarian citizens, as demonstrated by Monday’s hearing at the General Affairs Council (GAC) of…

Throughout the 20th century, Hungarian politics has been haunted by one question: how can Hungary catch up to the economically advanced countries of the West?…

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó signed a security cooperation agreement to promote the fight against terrorism with his counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in…

Government spokesman Zoltán Kovács on Monday rejected calls for Hungary’s ruling Fidesz to be expelled from the European People’s Party, according to Austrian news agency…

The Patrons’ Council of the 15th Maccabi Europe Games to be hosted by Budapest next year held its founding session on Monday to discuss preparations…

As we previously reported, German greens were considering putting Hungarian János Kendernay, member of the green party LMP (Politics Can Be Different), on their national list…

Following several successful concerts on North America’s most prestigious stages — including the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Carnegie Hall in New York — young stars…

Restoring economic cooperation with Russia is “clearly in the economic interests of Europe” in light of an “emerging global trade war”, Hungary’s foreign minister told…

The relations between Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán grew frosty following the migrant crisis of 2015, despite being relatively…

Hungary’s House Speaker László Kövér in Lima on Saturday inaugurated a memorial plaque dedicated to “the innocent victims of Hungary’s 1956 revolution and freedom fight”,…

A memorial dedicated to the Hungarian heroes of the first world war was inaugurated in Budapest’s Fiumei Street cemetery on Sunday. No war in Hungary’s…

Three weeks ago, over the course of just two days, the government voted to discontinue state subsidy on deposits with home savings (LTP), a decision…

Commentators agree that the Hungarian Prime Minister can feel satisfied after the European People’s Party chose Manfred Weber, a Bavarian politician to be its top…

Earlier this year, three cities have been shortlisted to become the 2023 European Capital of Culture: the eastern Hungarian Debrecen, the country’s second-largest city, which served…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday attended a meeting of central bank governors of China and the 16 countries of central and eastern Europe. In…

Last night MOL Vidi FC beat Greek PAOK FC in Europa League’s group stage, propelling the Székesfehérvár club to second place in its group. The…

Hungary’s government makes a reasonable argument in insisting that immigration should be limited, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said in a letter to the editor of…

The Backstreet Boys celebrated their 25th anniversary with new album DNA and an upcoming three-month-long concert tour in Europe and North America. The band, probably…

In our weekly Instagram compilation, we are exploring a Hungarian city every Friday, to show you the most beautiful places in Hungary. This week, we…

In its 2018 Demographic Portrait study, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office warns that Hungary’s population could fall to 6 million by 2070, citing that the…

Good Hungary-Romania relations clearly serve the interests of Hungarians and ethnic Hungarians in Romania, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday after meeting counterpart Teodor…

The government’s enhanced support for families will “benefit the whole nation, including young people” in the long run, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public Kossuth…

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó awarded Peter Koessler, Audi’s board member for production and logistics, the Hungarian Order of Merit in Budapest on Thursday. Szijjártó said…

The National Election Committee (NVB) on Thursday rejected referendum bids submitted by two opposition parties on university tuition and scrapping health-care privileges for top government…

An hour after the speech of Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, Donald Tusk, the President of the Europen Council, took a stand for liberal democracy at…

Gábor Enyedi, Pro-Rector of Central European University (CEU), responded to Hungarian daily Magyar Idők’s claim—based on an audio recording featuring the head of the college’s…

A well-drawn map of Terézváros (Budapest’s District VI) shows the territory’s iconic buildings in detail, enabling visitors to find out more information via pictures and…

Manfred Weber won 492 of the 621 total votes at today’s European People’s Party (EPP) assembly meeting in Helsinki. Jean-Claude Juncker will put him forward…

Consumer prices in Hungary rose by an annual 3.8 percent in October, accelerating from a 3.6 percent increase in the previous month, the Central Statistical…

The average Hungarian salary has grown exponentially in the last several years. However, the statistical averages could be misleading due to a possibility of extreme deviations…

János Kendernay, member of the Hungarian green party LMP (Politics Can Be Different), may not run in the European Parliament Election in Hungary. German greens…

Without its nations, Europe would lose its spiritual and cultural identity, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, addressing a European People’s Party (EPP) congress in Helsinki…

The Central European University (CEU) offers no post-graduate courses at Bard College (BC) in the United States, daily Magyar Idők wrote on Thursday citing an…

The United Nations’ migration package equals to “betraying Europe” because the plan is “in conflict with the interests of the people”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó…

Hungary’s foreign minister met leaders of Austrian towns located along the Hungary-Austria border and discussed their plans to introduce border restrictions. At a meeting in…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Finnish counterpart Juha Sipila on the sidelines of the European People’s Party congress on Wednesday, Orbán’s press chief…

“We are the European People’s Party because we continue to represent the heritage of one-time German Chancellor Helmut Kohl,” government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said in…

The 5th Hungarian Film Festival took place between 2-3 November in Coppola Theater at San Francisco State University. During the two days of the festival,…

Ingeborg Gräßle, current chair of the Budgetary Control Committee and member of the European People’s Party, commented on the recent events involving the Elios-case—widely known for…

According to a recent study, eight percent (an estimated 350-600,000 people) of Hungarian graduates are living abroad—a trend likely to continue growing until Hungarian salaries…

The European People’s Party will decide on its Spitzenkandidat in Helsinki on Thursday. Fidesz-supported Manfred Weber is likely to win the majority of votes, but…

The opposition Jobbik and Socialist parties on Wednesday called for Hungary to join the European Prosecutor’s Office, saying that dropping the investigation against Elios Innovativ…

There is a clear and definite shift in the European People’s Party towards Christian democracy, which is the direction that Fidesz-KDNP represents, MEP Tamás Deutsch…

The Court of Justice of the European Union said on Wednesday that the establishment of a national mobile payment system and the exclusive rights granted…

South Korean conglomerate company Doosan is investing 32 billion forints (EUR 100m) in a battery copper foil plant in Tatabánya, in western Hungary, the foreign…

Three trade unions staged a demonstration in front of the central bank in Budapest on Tuesday demanding the restoration of preferential tax rates on cafeteria…

The government will propose extending the preferential 5 percent VAT rate on the sale of new build homes to December 31, 2023 for properties with…

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) will propose amending the Penal Code in order to declare what it called “the distribution of fake news by government…

Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and Szilárd Németh, a lawmaker of ruling Fidesz, on Tuesday proposed to parliament that 2019 be declared a memorial year…

The investigation against Elios Innovativ, a procedure initiated in the wake of a report by the EU’s anti-fraud office (OLAF), has been terminated for absence…

Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt and “his liberal pals are beating up on Hungary…

Family members of the victims of the so-called ‘Black March’—violent incidents against ethnic Hungarians in 1990 in Marosvásárhely (Targu Mures)—lodged a complaint against the Romanian…

Guy Verhofstadt, leader of ALDE and one of the fiercest critics of the Hungarian Prime Minister, responded to Orbán with a mobile billboard campaign set…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the democratically elected Hungarian government of the 90’s, Géza Jeszenszky, wrote an open letter to Jean-Claude Juncker. Jeszenszky shared…

A Hungarian homeless man died recently of leukemia in England. István Kakas became widely known and respected when he received an award from the mayor…

Hungarian businesses have a future in China, the prime minister said in Shanghai, opening the Hungarian pavilion at the Chinese International Import Expo (CIIE) on…

Hungarian baker István Nádházi and his wife are running a small artisanal bakery near Bournemouth and their french-style sourdough has recently won the overall and…

The opposition Socialists and Párbeszéd plan to prepare jointly for next year’s European Parliamentary elections and their campaign will focus on demanding Hungary’s accession to…

The Hungarian government has launched a national consultation to gauge Hungarians’ views on family policy. Questionnaires will be sent by post in the coming days…

Prices are soaring in downtown Budapest. As a result, buyers are flocking to the outer parts of towns and cities in growing numbers. Ingatlan.com, one…

Five parties including ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats have expressed their willingness to join conservative opposition Jobbik’s initiative for a day of Hungarian-Szekler cohesion, Jobbik lawmaker István…

China Eastern Airlines, the world’s seventh largest airline company, will launch a direct flight between Shanghai and Budapest next summer, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign affairs…

The French government led by President Emmanuel Macron has launched a video campaigning for the European Parliament election. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Italian…

China appreciates that economic growth in central and eastern Europe is twice the European average, the Hungarian prime minister said on Monday in his address…

The oldest Hungarian passed away on 3 November at the age of 111. Mrs. Bélik, née Katalin Piláth, was born in 1907 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire….

A pro-government commentator accuses the CEU of not meeting the Hungarian regulations that would allow it to issue US accredited degrees in Budapest. Left-wing and…

The Hungarian government rejects the United Nations’ comprehensive pact on migration; it has left the negotiating table and will not consider its implementation binding, should…

Hungary realised in time that the Chinese market offers great opportunities for high-quality Hungarian products and services, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign affairs and trade minister,…

British car maker Jaguar will set up a new technical development centre in Budapest, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told public Kossuth Radio on Friday. The…

Hungary’s flag was raised and then lowered to half-mast with military honours in front of Parliament on Sunday to mark the 62nd anniversary of the…

In Hungary “All Souls’ Day” (Halottak napja) is a day of respect and remembrance held in order to commemorate the faithful departed, above all the…

Tibor Bana, the deputy leader of conservative opposition Jobbik, on Wednesday said the party will call on its members to support Hungary’s membership in the…

Guy Verhofstad is under the impression that the European Union doesn’t have a proper migration system which can adequately handle illegal immigration because of Prime…

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade appointed dr. Orsolya Ildikó Ferenc as Ministerial Commissioner for Space Research from November 1st, according to the…

 The disaster management authority on Wednesday took over the coordination of waste management in 116 villages in the central and northern Hungarian counties of Pest…

In an interview with Variety magazine, Katerina Tureckova discussed her video game-like documentary movie about “Orbán’s Hungary.” Tureckova depicts Hungary as an illiberal state and…

House Speaker László Kövér on Wednesday laid a wreath at the Budapest villa where István Tisza, Hungary’s prime minister during World War I, was assassinated…

Hungary’s government has declared its support for a bid for Budapest to host the inaugural edition of the World Urban Games next year and earmarked…

Pundits right across the political spectrum discuss the broader implications of Angela Merkel’s decision to step down from the leadership of the CDU. Hungarian press…

The Kuria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Tuesday cleared a camerawoman who kicked and tripped up migrants who broke through a police cordon near the Röszke…

Today, Lívia Pavlik, ministerial commissioner and chancellor of Corvinus University, confirmed that scholarships will no longer be funded by the state, but by the university…

ReConnect Hungary opened applications for the next annual Hungarian Birthright trip scheduled to be held between the 14th and 30th of June 2019. Young Hungarian-American…

Opposition Párbeszéd is filing a criminal complaint for complicity and abuse of office against an unknown perpetrator after the chief prosecutor’s office ended an investigation…

The Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs has banned French linguist and poet, Raoul Weiss, from entering the country for national security reasons. Weiss is also…

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes Jean-Claude Juncker’s speech about the Romanian centenary of December 1st, but expresses concern about the “rhetoric of Budapest.”…

American rapper-producer Busta Rhymes reposted a video to his Instagram page of Hungarian hybrid drummer Máté Jancsovics playing a drum cover of his verse in…

Another Hungarian film, Bernadett Tuza-Ritter’s documentary about modern slavery, “A woman captured,” is among the shortlisted films competing for a nomination in the Best Documentary Feature…

Hungary’s prime minister formally reopened Budapest’s renewed Museum of Fine Arts in a ceremony on Tuesday. In his address Viktor Orbán noted the importance of preserving…

With the acceptance of the Sargentini report, it was doubtful whether Orbán and his party would support the Bavarian Christian Democratic politician’s candidacy for the…

Hungary’s rolling average three-month jobless rate reached 3.8 percent in September, edging up from 3.7 percent in the previous month, but falling from 4.1 percent…

The government will start posting its next “national consultation” questionnaires concerning support for families next week, daily Magyar Idők reported on Tuesday. The survey sheets…

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard will be the guest of honour at the 26th Budapest International Book Festival held between April 25 and 25, organisers…

A bronze statue of Sári Fedák, one of the most famous Hungarian stage actresses of the 20th century, eponym of the ultimate kontra in Hungarian…