On 5 November, the European Commission published its 2020 call for proposals for the Erasmus+ programme. 2020 is the last year of the current European Union programme for mobility and cooperation in education, training, youth and sport.
Most guest workers in Hungary are from Ukraine, with almost 44,000 in possession of a work permit at the end of September, according to Világgazdaság business daily.
Hungarian banks signed contracts for 76.29 billion forints of new home loans in September, 3% less than in the same month a year earlier but 11% more than in August, data released by the National Bank of Hungary shows.
Hungarian oil and gas company MOL said it has signed an agreement with Chevron Global Ventures and Chevron BTC Pipeline to acquire their non-operated Exploration and Production and mid-stream interests in Azerbaijan.
The Hungarian state has purchased British-Austrian-owned company Hirtenberger Defence Systems, Gáspár Maróth, the government commissioner in charge of coordinating defence industry development said in an interview published in Monday’s issue of daily Magyar Nemzet.
A plan for how to handle nuclear waste is being developed in Szeged, the minister of innovation and technology noted at the signing of a related agreement in the southern Hungarian city.
Homeless shelters in Hungary have started expanding their capacities to welcome an additional 1,600 people in total over the winter period, the human resources ministry said, adding that homeless shelters have room to house more than 10,000 people in total.
The Hungarian flag was hoisted in front of Parliament and lowered to half-mast on Monday morning, to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of Soviet forces crushing the 1956 uprising.
Rainy but warmer weather is expected for this week – says the Hungarian Meteorology Service.
The PPF Group sold 25% of the Hungarian Telenor companies, Telenor Hungary and Telenor Real Estate to Antenna Hungária, the partners told MTI in a statement.
