Hungary is set to become a success story of an increasingly digitised world economy, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his opening address at…

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó met Yossi Amrani, Israel’s outgoing ambassador to Hungary, the foreign ministry said on Monday. Hungarian-Israeli relations have never been better, Szijjártó…

The extensive construction of stadiums is equal to theft, Gergely Karácsony told a local election campaign event on Monday. Instead, taxpayers’ money should be spent…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has congratulated Giuseppe Conte on his appointment as prime minister of Italy, in a letter, Orbán’s press chief said on Saturday….

The foreign plaudits received by Budapest this year contradict opposition criticism that the city had been destroyed by those in power, incumbent mayor István Tarlós…

The archaeological excavation of Ottoman Grand Sultan Suleiman’s burial complex near Szigetvár has been completed, and a feasibility study on making the grave complex an…

Gergely Karácsony, the joint Budapest mayoral candidate of the leftist opposition parties, called for developments in the capital’s health-care sector instead of stadium constructions in…

The use of Budapest’s MOL BuBi shared bikes has been going downhill for years now. According to Index’s analysis, while there definitely is a boom…

The proportion of green areas has to be increased in Budapest in the forthcoming years. Due to climate change, summers are getting hotter and drier…

The global economy is slowing down but not in recession, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said at the conference, calling for maintaining fiscal discipline in the…

By meeting several conditions, Hungary has a realistic chance of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, President János Áder said at the closing plenary session of…

Commentators disagree on the value of the government’s policies to increase family benefits and strengthen Christian values in an attempt to reverse the demographic downturn….

The “meaning and goal” of Hungarian statehood is to ensure the Hungarian nation’s survival and provide a better life for the people, Deputy Prime Minister…

This evening, Hungary will clash with one of its most bitter football rivals. In a game that is of top importance for the qualification to…

By supporting joint candidates of the opposition parties in the October local elections, voters will have a chance to change the future course of their…

As the Forint hit a historic low against the Euro, discussions have once again begun regarding the introduction of the European common currency. The opposition…

A Szeged court on Friday sentenced two Kosovan nationals to suspended prison terms for breaching Hungary’s border and damaging the border fence, the court’s spokeswoman…

On Wednesday, Brassó-bound (Brașov) Hargita IC was the first train to leave Budapest with the Hungarian State Railways’ (MÁV) new, bilingual sign boards on it. After years…

The new model adopted by the government in the running of Budapest’s Corvinus University could help the institution attract new private resources, Innovation and Technology…

Hungary Today’s new, recurring series ‘Summer in Hungary’ takes a look at some of the best places to enjoy the summer weather and spend your…

House Speaker László Kövér said in his speech at the Budapest Demographic Summit III on Thursday, that “having children is a public affair of the…

A left-wing columnist finds it unnecessary to prolong the state of emergency introduced during the 2015 migration crisis. Commenting on the indictment of a suspected…

The output of Hungary’s industrial sector rose by an annual 12.0 percent in July, the highest rate in more than two years, the Central Statistical…

The Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference is taking all possible steps to address the issue of child abuse within the church, according to a statement on…

A free app to help drivers find parking spaces in central Budapest has been unveiled. The app shows where free parking spaces are on a…

Construction of a school has started in Iraqi Kurdistan, financed by the Hungarian state, Nikodemes Dawood Sharaf, Syrian orthodox archbishop of Mosul, told public broadcaster…

Demography and how population issues are handled must be put at the heart of policymaking, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said on Thursday, addressing the 3rd…

The growth model of the Hungarian economy needs to be developed further to put the country on a sustainable catch-up path in the long term,…

The government has decided to extend until March 7 next year the “state of crisis” in connection with mass migration in the interest of Hungary’s…

Migration and border protection were in the focus of talks between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and former Australian PM Tony Abbott in Budapest on Thursday,…

The Hungarian government’s political opponents “have completely distorted” the idea of the rule of law, Justice Minister Judit Varga said in an interview to business…

According to unofficial information from 444.hu, László Trócsányi might get either the Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management or the International Cooperation & Development portfolio in the…

Finland, which currently holds the European Union presidency, will move forward with the Article 7 proceedings against Hungary. The Finnish-Hungarian diplomatic relations have been quite frosty in…

Addressing the Budapest Demographic Summit III on Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the Hungarian government had a duty to pursue a strong demographic policy….

Budapest became the leading city in Eastern Europe, well above the regional average, preceding both Prague and Moscow, while Vienna once again has become the…

According to a counter statement posted on the government’s official site on Tuesday, the Ministry of Human Capacities (EMMI) considers the strike of the public healthcare…

Due to the government’s family support policy, the number of marriages has gone up by 42 percent and the fertility rate by 21 percent in…

Due to the government’s family support policy, the number of marriages has gone up by 42 percent and the fertility rate by 21 percent in…

Graft under the previous, Socialist and Liberal governments, has “largely contributed” to findings in the latest annual report of the European Union’s anti-corruption office (OLAF),…

Budapest is set to serve as the second major base of Polish airline company LOT, the Hungarian foreign minister said on the sidelines of an…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, as well as prime ministers Andrej Babis of the Czech Republic and Peter Pellegrini of…

Fidesz’s half Japanese local government candidate shared anti-immigration posts on Facebook, later opposition Democratic Coalition’s also half Japanese municipal election candidate responded by stating the…

This year’s summer was the second hottest in Hungary since the beginning of temperature measurements in 1901, according to the analysis of the National Weather Service…

Some Western European countries are seeking to break central Europe’s competitiveness “through a socialist-type economic policy”, the foreign minister told MTI on Wednesday on the…

The European bureaucracy’s moves towards Hungary concerning migration have been “unfair, unlawful and anti-democratic”, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén told the Budapest Forum for Christian…

Two days ago, the International School of Debrecen (ISD) officially started operating with an initial number of 57 pupils, offering high-level education for children from…

Governing Fidesz’s youth organization launches its own poster campaign for the local election with the motto “Budapest is not a circus!,” Fidelitas President László Böröcz…

Donations totalling some 40 million forints (EUR 120,000) have been collected with the aim of helping the families of victims who died in a terrorist…

As a symbolic gesture, Gergely Karácsony and the opposition parties opened their municipal election campaign at Szabadság tér (Liberty Square) on Saturday. The official campaign…

Hungary has chosen director Barnabás Tóth’s post-Holocaust drama Those Who Remained as its official entry in the Oscars’ International Feature Film category, the Hungarian Film…

In addition to the previously installed body cameras, ticket inspectors of the Hungarian Railway System (MÁV-START ) will receive 103 body cameras in September. Inspectors…

Citing reports that opposition mayoral candidate Gergely Karácsony’s campaign had gathered “a disproportionately large number of recommendation signatures”, the head of Hungary’s data protection authority,…

Four new H145M helicopters will join the Hungary Army’s fleet this year and the training of pilots and technical staff is already under way in…

Hungary lags behind in many aspects of the European Anti-Fraud Office’s (OLAF) recently published fraud statistics. Among other things, Hungary is due to recover the highest…

One of the specimens of the freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbyi), appeared in a mine lake, Középbánya lake near Salgótarján, but populations of it also appeared in…

The European Union has “fully delivered the continent” to illegal migrants through “practically handing them invitations to Europe”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told MTI on…

Local elections are to be held in Budapest soon, where it will be decided who will lead the city for the next five years: the…

The National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary (NAV) has started a new post series on Facebook, in which they are introducing their four-legged staff…

Opposition Jobbik leader Tamás Sneider presented his party’s programme for the upcoming municipal elections at a press conference on Tuesday, calling his party’s plan a…

Antti Rinne, the prime minister of Finland, which currently holds the European Union presidency, will come to Budapest in late September and meet Prime Minister…

Although the European People’s Party (EPP) would have named László Trócsányi as vice-president of the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), he has withdrawn his…

ALDI International IT Services will invest 1.3 billion forints (EUR 3.9m) in establishing its second service centre in Hungary in Pécs, in Southern Hungary, Foreign…

The Hungarian unit of British American Tobacco (BAT) inaugurated a 7.5 billion forint (EUR 22.6m) plant at its base in Pécs, creating 100 jobs, at…

Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone unveiled a 9.2 billion forint (EUR 28m) investment on Tuesday to increase capacity with the aim of producing 7.2 million tyres…

Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday said they have raised charges against a Syrian national alleged to have been a member of the Islamic State terrorist organisation…

A left-wing pundit expresses concern that in the event of an opposition victory in the Budapest mayoral election, the government will punish the capital by…

Democratic Coalition MEP Klára Dobrev has welcomed a pledge by European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen to push for fair minimum wages across the…

On August 31st, the first king of Hungary, Stephen I. was celebrated in Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom) and hundreds of people participated from all over…

According to the Turkish press, the Hungarian Defense Forces will buy a Turkish Ejder Yalçın 4×4 Armoured Combat Vehicle, Népszava reports. The articles do not disclose…

Nearly 3,000 people showed up on Saturday at various events of the 4th Budapest Urban Games (BUG). Enthusiasts had the chance to do sports in…

As public voting closed yesterday, Dániel Zsóri officially made it to the top three of the Puskás Award nominees, along with Lionel Messi, and River Plate’s…

Just like every year, many changes are introduced on September 1st in public education, higher education, and vocational education that will affect both students, parents,…

The number of church-run educational institutions and the number of students in such schools have doubled since 2010, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén said at…

From today, until September 13th, hundreds of dentists who provide free services in the framework of the public healthcare system have gone on strike, as…

Hundreds of people took part in a demonstration on Kossuth Square on Saturday to protest an amendment to the law on public education.  At the…

Antti Rinne, the prime minister of Finland which currently holds the European Union presidency, will visit Budapest on September 30, the press chief of the…

It is the government’s task and obligation, where possible, to support efforts to build churches, the state secretary in charge of church and international relations…

The opposition Párbeszéd party has called on the government to take steps to adopt the euro as soon as possible. Párbeszéd MP Sándor Burány noted…

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has said that an “increasingly pressing shortage of teachers” poses a fundamental threat to the whole of Hungary’s education system….

For the first time in ten years, more children started their studies in vocational schools than in regular secondary schools last year, indicating that “vocational…

In next year’s budget, the government will be spending 645 billion forints (1.95bn) more on education than in 2010, Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister’s office…

The development of Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, can serve as an example to all Hungarian cities, head of the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás said…

A left-wing commentator excoriates the National Bank for not intervening in defence of the national currency as its exchange rate scrapes just short of 332…

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Friday evening opened the Czibor 90 Memorial Year, marking the 90th birthday of Zoltán Czibor, a member of Hungary’s legendary…

German automotive industry company Continental marked the 30th anniversary of its plant in Budapest at a celebration on Friday. Continental now has seven factories, a…

The University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology in Marosvásárhely, Transylvania, was secretly named after a Romanian scientist. Although the Hungarian lecturers and ethnic Hungarian…

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz is launching an information campaign warning voters that the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition wants to “tear down the border fence and let…

Member countries were due to name their candidate for the European Commission until this Monday. As it was already revealed, the Fidesz-led government wants former…

The European Commission has “derailed” the European Union’s enlargement process, “hugely impacting the security and future of Europe”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told MTI from…

A Vietnamese man was taken into custody after police had found more than 4 kilos of drugs in his vehicle, the national police headquarters said…

Hungary’s national currency hit an all-time low against the major currencies in the early afternoon on Thursday. Euro quotation rose above 331 forints, reaching the…

Hungary’s second-quarter GDP rose by 4.9 percent year-on-year, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) confirmed in a second reading of data released Friday. On the production…

After a 4-2 victory over Lithuanian FK Sūduva yesterday, Ferencváros made its way into the group stage of Europe’s no. 2 club tournament, a feat that…

The average gross wage for full-time workers in Hungary rose by an annual 10.6 percent to 364,799 forints (EUR 1,100) in June, the Central Statistical…

Gergely Karácsony, the joint Budapest mayoral candidate of the leftist opposition parties, at a conference on Thursday said the capital was struggling with a ‘housing…

Incumbent Budapest mayor István Tarlós is more popular with voters than his two closest opposition challengers combined, the daily Magyar Nemzet said on Friday, citing…

Efforts by Hungary’s law enforcement bodies to salvage the wreck of sightseeing boat Hableány (Mermaid) from the River Danube and a subsequent search for victims’…

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday Hungary was looking forward to the replacement of the outgoing European Commission. Europe, he told MTI by phone,…

Recirquel’s ‘My Land’ will be one of the main attractions of this year’s Cultura Nova, a Dutch cultural festival, where the Hungarian group will perform…

This September, the Hungarian National Ballet will “take its own first steps” with four masterpieces – the premieres of previous years, Trois Gnossiennes, Falling Angels and Walking Mad, joined by…

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) will propose in the European Parliament that the European Union should legally compel Hungary to introduce the euro, DK MEP…

Five Hungarian universities are involved as full partners in the newly established European Universities Initiative, the minister of innovation and technology said on Thursday. The…

A notable event could be observed at the meeting in Sopron, where Angela Merkel and Viktor Orbán commemorated the Paneuropean Picnic, which took place 30…

In Egres (Igriș), Romania, archeologists may have found the location of the tombs where Hungarian king of the Árpád Dynasty, Andrew II and his second…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed his appreciation in a letter to Matteo Salvini, head of Italy’s League party, and thanked him for his efforts “benefitting…

Farmers investing in forestation could receive by up to 130 percent more in a bid aimed at boosting forestation to combat climate change, Agriculture Minister…

Hungary’s food safety authority Nébih has prepared guidelines for the food industry, catering, and civil organisations aimed at preventing or reducing the production of food…

Investment volume in Hungary rose by an annual 18.8 percent in the second quarter, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Thursday. In absolute terms,…

Gergely Gulyás, head of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office, visited Japan at the invitation of the International Judo Federation. According to a statement from the…

The government’s Hungary Helps Agency has signed a broad cooperation agreement with the Ecumenical Charity. Tristan Azbej, the state secretary in charge of helping persecuted…

Almost the entire staff of the pro-government think tank organization XXI. Század Intézet (21st Century Institute), has unexpectedly terminated their employment. Mária Schmidt, the leader…

2.3 billion HUF (Eur 7.3 million) of public funds are apparently missing, as state-owned company Bp2017 Ltd, who was in charge of the organization of…

The Zeneszüret (Musical harvest) festival in Pécs, southern Hungary, will feature some 50 events centering on classical and folk music between September 5 and 7,…

The preparation of the contract for the design of the direct railway line to Liszt Ferenc International Airport was extended, daily Magyar Nemzet reports. It…

According to earlier presumptions, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) László Lovász, confirmed that he would turn to the Constitutional Court of Hungary…

The Budapest Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office, acting on a European arrest warrant the Austrian authorities issued in connection with a murder that allegedly took place in…

Some 10,000 spots designated for newly planted trees in Budapest are almost filled, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós said on Wednesday, adding that the daily Népszava…

Hungary’s three-month rolling average jobless rate reached 3.4 percent in May-July, edging up from 3.3 percent in the previous three-month period, the Central Statistical Office…

Hungarian Liberal Party leader Gábor Fodor has announced his resignation, said a statement by the party sent to MTI on Tuesday. The statement quoted Fodor…

The opposition LMP party has suggested that parliament should have a special session and question the government concerning Hungary’s commitments aimed at fighting climate change,…