President János Áder urged Hungarians to register for vaccination against Covid-19, stressing that this was the only way to shield themselves from the virus which will “find everyone”, in his latest environmental Blue Planet podcast. In the programme, the president welcomed that the number of people inoculated in Hungary is getting close to 6 million […]
The superiority of intelligence services and resulting ability for fast action is crucial for democratic states as opposed to non-democratic countries and terrorist organisations, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér told the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum held in Budapest.
Hungary’s intelligence services will make every effort to protect the country against cyber-attacks and trace every possible threat, the foreign minister told an international security conference in Budapest.
Vaccine production will begin at the end of next year at the National Vaccine Factory in Debrecen, the Minister of Innovation and Technology confirmed at the site on Sunday when the cornerstone of the future plant was laid in the innovation park of the University of Debrecen.
This summer was 1.2 C. warmer than on average and the fifth hottest since 1901, the national meteorological service has said.
Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister’s chief of staff, has inaugurated the refurbished headquarters of the Batthyány Lajos Foundation, the Lónyai-Hatvany Villa in the Buda Castle. “It is important to have a conservative Christian base with a vision for the future that can define the national strategic objectives without which governing would lose meaning,” Gulyás said […]
Real wages have started to decline in Hungary for the first time in 12 months which “goes to show that the Fidesz-led government has failed in its pandemic-related crisis management efforts”, according to the co-leader of opposition LMP.
The opposition Párbeszéd party has submitted three proposals to parliament related to setting up an anti-corruption agency and protecting whistleblowers.
The government has decided to extend by six months the “state of crisis” in connection with mass migration due to the growing migration pressure on the Hungarian border and an anticipated new wave of migrants triggered by the developments in Afghanistan, the Government Information Centre (KTK) said on Friday.
The head of the Hungarian Catholic Church, Cardinal Péter Erdő, said that the “statio orbis”, or “Assembly of the World”, at the closing Mass to be held by Pope Francis next Sunday in Heroes’ Square palpably symbolised the church’s unity.
