On his Blue Planet (Kék bolygó) podcast, President János Áder discussed alternatives to plastic tableware with Gábor Vaszkó, the co-owner of Civita Group, a manufacturer of edible, corn-based plates and cups.
Thirty-nine patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 1,867 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday. So far 5,955,250 people have received a first jab, while 5,736,452 have been fully vaccinated.
The Hungarian government is always prepared to engage in dialogue on specific issues and laws but it firmly rejects remarks that call into question Hungary’s democratic nature, the foreign minister said on Tuesday.
In Friday’s broadcast of M1, Béla Merkely, rector of Semmelweis University, said he had already vaccinated more than 21,000 people.
Air pollution caused by a high concentration of airborne particulates has improved across Hungary but there were still several cities in the northeast where the National Public Health Centre (NNK) said air quality was “dangerous” or “unhealthy” on Monday.
Fully 30% of Hungarians are in favour of the government introducing stricter measures aimed at containing the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey conducted by the Nézőpont Institute before new protective measures were announced last week.
Co-ruling Christian Democrats and opposition LMP marked the Day of Szekler Autonomy on Sunday. Christian Democrats group leader István Simicskó said it was a moral obligation for Hungarians living in the motherland to support ethnic Hungarians in diasporas everywhere in the world.
Hungary’s government considers space exploration programmes a key priority for economic and technological development, the state secretary for security policy told the opening of the 33rd congress of the Association of Space Explorers in Budapest on Monday.
The opposition LMP has called on Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony to intensify support for green policies and promote the vision of a more liveable city with a greater deal of dedication, a member of the party’s Budapest board said on Sunday. Bernadett Bakos told a press conference on Facebook that more cycle lanes need to […]
Hungary’s government will spend some 3,500 billion forints (EUR 9.7bn), or 6.2% of GDP, on family support measures in 2022, Katalin Novák, the minister in charge of family affairs, said in an interview to Saturday’s edition of the daily Magyar Nemzet.
