Covid Vaccinations to Start December 27-28
Hungary will begin inoculating people with a Covid-19 vaccine on December 27 or 28, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a radio interview.
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National
The body of a Hungarian football player who had disappeared 11 years ago may have been found
They may have found the body of Imre Katzenbach, a former MTK footballer who had been missing for 11 years, MTI learned on Friday.
There might be a wintry turn at Christmas, there is a chance of having several centimeters of snow by the end of the year
Overcast, humid weather is expected on the weekends as well, no cooling or significant precipitation is expected. No “wintry turn” is expected until Christmas.
MTEL, Telenor and Vodafone Registered for Frequency Band Auction
Hungary’s media and Infocommunications authority (NMHH) has registered mobile service providers Magyar Telekom, Telenor Magyarország and Vodafone Magyarország as participants in the auction procedure for the use of the 900 MHz and the 1800 MHz frequency bands.
157 Covid-19 Fatalities, Infections Up 2,982
Fully 157 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 2,982 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 291,549, koronavirus.gov.hu said.
Cornerstone Laid for Western Hungary Plant to Make Lynx Armoured Fighting Vehicles
The foundation stone of a 60 billion forint (EUR 169m) plant was laid in Zalaegerszeg, in western Hungary, to manufacture Lynx infantry fighting vehicles in cooperation with German defence industry company Rheinmetall.
157 Coronavirus Fatalities, Infections Up 2,804
Fully 157 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 2,982 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 291,549, koronavirus.gov.hu said.
Fireworks will also be banned on New Year’s Eve
As part of protection against the coronavirus epidemic, the government is banning the sale and use of pyrotechnic products for New Year’s Eve in order to enforce the New Year’s Eve curfew and avoid groupings, the Government Information Center (CSF) said.
Stamps Commemorate the 1st Freely Elected Hungarian Government
Commemorating “30 years of freedom”, Magyar Posta has issued a series of stamps marking Hungary’s 1989-1990 change of political system and its first freely elected post-communist government.
Kúria Okays New Procedure in Szeviép Case
Hungary’s supreme court, the Kúria, upheld a decision by the appeals court of Pécs, which ordered a new procedure in the case of construction company Szeviép, whose leaders have been charged in connection with gross violation of bankruptcy regulations.