Hungary Registers 2 Coronavirus Fatalities and 32 New Infections
Fully 2 generally elderly patients with co-morbidities died over the past 24 hours, while 32 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.
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DK Pledges Steeper Pension Hikes
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has pledged to reinstate the Swiss indexation for calculating pensions, which they said would ensure steeper increases, and to give a 150,000 forint (EUR 427) bonus to pensioners to compensate inflation, DK’s deputy group leader said.
Hungary Records Four Covid Fatalities, 65 New Infections
Four patients died over the weekend, while 65 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Monday.
Gulyás: Being Hungarian ‘Advantage’
The government is working to ensure that “belonging to the Hungarian nation is an advantage”, the prime minister’s chief of staff told a graduation ceremony of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest.
Fuel prices are rising again
In the case of petrol, we will see a significant gross increase of HUF 5 on petrol stations on Wednesday, and the average price of diesel will change by HUF 2 gross. Thus, albeit minimally, the average price of petrol is higher than that of diesel:
The heatwave returns, then a change in the weather is expected
The air is warming, we have to prepare for a heatwave again this week: it can be up to 38 degrees Celsius. A cold front accompanied by thunderstorms over the weekend is expected to bring some relief, according to the National Meteorological Service’s national medium-term forecast.
LMP Calls for Free Covid Immunity Testing
The opposition LMP has called on the government to offer free Covid immunity testing, at least for over 60-year-olds, party co-chair Máté Kanász-Nagy said at an online press conference.
“Government Approves Economy Operative Board Proposals”
The government has approved six proposals submitted by the operative board for coordinating the economic recovery, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who heads the body, said at a press conference.
Number of Inoculated Reaches 5.5 M, Masks Not Mandatory From Saturday
The number of people inoculated against the coronavirus has reached 5.5 million in Hungary and masks will not be mandatory from Saturday, the government website kormany.hu said. Interior Minister Sándor Pintér announced in an official decree that the number of inoculated had reached 5.5 million, allowing the sixth phase of the gradual easing of restrictions […]
PM Attends Inauguration of Police Officers
“If we allow others to tell us how we should live, who should be allowed to live in Hungary, how we should organise our lives and raise our children, we will be lost,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the inauguration ceremony of young police officers at the National Public Service University.