President Katalin Novák opened the 19th World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on Saturday. Novák noted that organisers had just four months to prepare to host the worlds and said they had “set a world record on dry land”. She acknowledged the athletes who had to train in difficult conditions and without knowing if or when […]
Márton Nagy, Hungary’s economic development minister, is demanding an apology from low-fare carrier Ryanair. Nagy told MTI that the practices “Europe’s most profit-hungry airline” allows itself are “unfair and petty”. He said the expectations of Hungary’s government are unchanged: everybody must abide by the rules, everyone must behave in a responsible and fair manner, and, […]
President Katalin Novák, in an interview with news portal Telex on Friday, said she considered Hungary’s constitution the most important source of law and saw herself as an independent actor from the government. Novák said her number one responsibility was to represent Hungary, adding that she spoke on behalf of her country on all her […]
Both Hungary and Slovakia have benefitted a lot from their cooperation in the current rather tense global economic situation in which stable and predictable ties are of high value, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Budapest on Friday, after talks with Ivan Korčok, his Slovak counterpart.
Gas supplies from Russia to Hungary are stable and uninterrupted with deliveries continuing in an amount set invalid agreements, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Friday afternoon. Speaking at a press conference, Péter Szijjártó noted serious tensions in international politics which he partly attributed to energy supply disruptions. “Most recently uncertainty surrounding […]
The number of people infected with monkeypox in Hungary has risen to six, the National Center for Public Health (NNK) told MTI on Thursday.
Sunny, warm, typically dry weather is expected over the weekend, according to the National Meteorological Service’s national medium-term forecast, which was submitted to MTI on Thursday.
73 percent of Hungarian voters agree that only cars with Hungarian license plates can be used to buy fuel at a discounted price, according to a poll conducted by the Nézőpont Intézet (Perspective Institute), the summary of which was sent to MTI on Friday.
The day of the reburial of Imre Nagy, the martyred prime minister of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising and freedom fight, was when Hungarian political life was able to begin anew, a state secretary of the ministry of culture and innovations told a commemoration event on Thursday.
The government has decided to extend the food price stop, the credit moratorium, the interest rate stop, and the gasoline stop. Viktor Orbán announced on the community page how long these will be extended.
