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The first E-ID cards issued from today on
According to metropol.hu, the first electronic multi-purpose identity cards arrive on January 1, which can be used for electronic signatures as well – Central Office of Administrative and Electronic Public Services (KEKKH) said. The office said that the new card will…
Warning for people celebrating New Year’s Eve in Hungary
National Ambulance Service (OMSZ) warned for the dangers of drunk driving, hypothermia and petards. This night, the organization has a reinforced service, hvg.hu wrote. At the press conference on Tuesday Pal Gyorfi, spokesman of OMSZ asked people not to drive if they…
15-year-old Hungarian hockey player sang the National Anthem in front of Canadian audience – VIDEO
According to index.hu, the Hungarian U16 hockey national team played in the international tournament in Kamloops, Canada. The sound system broke down just before the match of the Hungarian team, so a Hungarian boy had to sing the National Anthem.…
This is how Budapest developed in 2015 – 10+1 big changes in the Hungarian capital
In 2015 important renovations and traffic development projects have been started and finished, and huge visual investments were decided on, not to mention the Olympic application. Portfolio.hu collected the most important projects of 2015 and showed what is expected in 2016. Change of…
Police brutality or did the Romanian police catch Hungarian terrorists?
According to maszol.ro, members of the 64 Counties Youth Movement (HVIM) wanted to blow up 20 home-made bombs at the parade held in Kezdivasarhely on the Romanian National Day with the aim to cause panic. At least, the Prosecutor’s Office…
Hungarian population’s assets are many on paper
According to vg.hu, household financial assets can reach HUF 40 billion soon. The statistics are provided by the Hungarian central bank. The population owned HUF 39 574.4 billion in September. If this is divided by the roughly 4.1 million households it means more…
Huge innovation in the Budapest Zoo
According to blikk.hu, the Budapest Zoo constructs a two-acre building in the area until 2018. The bio dome will be larger than 17 thousand sq m, which is unique in the world. The total floor of the Pest bio dome…
Stabbing in a night club, one of the perpetrators missing
3 people – two of them minors – robbed a 16-year-old boy and stabbed him in the thigh because he did not want to give them his phone. The police caught the two minors, but their third partner is missing.…
Gray-haired baby born in Szekesfehervar
A little boy was born with white hair in a hospital in Szekesfehervar. His nickname is Prince Charming and he is not albino. His gray hair can disappear in a couple of years, origo.hu wrote. The white hair is not…
Several thousand people start 2016 with the “pig run” in Budapest
According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, “pig run” is not an age-old Hungarian tradition, but a Facebook event spreading rapidly. Imre, the main organizer ran a pig-shaped lap alone in January, 2015. Now he also wants companions in the New Year. Thus the…