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Government Launches Online Survey on Green Issues

Hungary’s government is canvassing people’s views online on green issues, Zsolt Nyitrai, a prime ministerial commissioner, said in a video on Facebook over the weekend. So far, citizens have been consulted on 13 occasions and their ideas have been incorporated into policymaking, he noted. He said that unlike the left, the government took action rather […]

Today it will be decided whether Katalin Karikó will receive the Nobel Prize

This is a very important day today: today it will be decided whether Katalin Karikó will receive the Nobel Prize. Today, everyone is in favor of Katalin Karikó’s success, and today the winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine will be announced in Stockholm. The Hungarian scientist, the patenter of the technology of mRNA-based vaccines, […]

DK MEP Dobrev Wins First Round of Opposition Primary Election

Klára Dobrev, an MEP of the Democratic Coalition (DK), has won the first round of the opposition’s primary election, the official website elovalasztas2021.hu said. The opposition DK, Jobbik, LMP, Momentum, Socialist and Párbeszéd parties held the first round of their primary between September 18 and 28, to choose the joint prime ministerial candidate for the […]

Nature Protection Authority: Over 100 Predators Poisoned With Illegal Carbofuran

Toxicology and pathology tests carried out by the national food safety authority (Nébih) have confirmed the poisoning of 114 predators, including 8 endangered species of birds of prey, from carbofuran, a highly toxic pesticide banned in the European Union, at the Tura hunting ground east of Budapest, according to Hungary’s bird and nature protection association […]

Impact Study for Railway Tunnel Under River Danube Wins EU Funding

The preparation of an environmental impact study and technical assessments for a railway tunnel under the Danube can be started after the government passed a resolution to provide funding for the project which has received European Union funding of 1 billion forints (EUR 2.8m), the managing director of the Budapest development centre announced.