Alexandra Béni
Szijjártó holds lecture at US National Press Club on 1956 uprising
Washington, DC, September 28 (MTI) – Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó gave a talk about Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on Tuesday evening local time. “Hungary is the home of freedom and freedom fighters,”…
Kövér: More at stake in Oct. 2 referendum than in any general election
Budapest (MTI) – The national referendum Hungary will have on EU migrant quotas on Oct.2 will have higher stakes than a regular parliamentary election, House Speaker László Kövér told commercial Info Radio on Tuesday. The migrant redistribution scheme is “not…
Centre of Budapest district named after former president Göncz
Budapest (MTI) – The centre of Budapest’s 13th district has been named after Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first post-communist president between 1990 and 2000, in a ceremony on Tuesday. Addressing the event, Mayor József Tóth said that with this move the…
Employer federation official: Labour shortage spreading nationwide
Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s labour shortage cuts across industries, regions and sectors, an employer federation official said on Tuesday. Whereas the labour shortage had previously been confined to western parts of the country, now the problem is nationwide and will…
Authority to crack down on tax-evading Uber drivers
Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s tax authority NAV will identify drivers who have failed to pay their taxes on earlier revenues from ride-hailing service Uber, which no longer operates in Hungary, daily Magyar Idők reported on Tuesday. Citing information from the…
Gripen fighter makes precautionary landing at Debrecen airport
Budapest (MTI) – A pilot of a Hungarian Air Force Gripen fighter carried out a precautionary landing at the Debrecen airport in eastern Hungary on Tuesday morning, the defence ministry told MTI, confirming earlier press reports. The ministry said that…
Orbán: Hungary will change if government ‘gives in to Brussels’
Budapest, September 27 (MTI) – If the Hungarian government gives in to Brussels and its plan to “force uncontrolled migration onto Hungarians”, the country will change, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday. “We will not allow them to take…
Two Hungarian settlements among the most flowery towns of Europe
The Entente Florale Europe award ceremony was held last week in the Brno. Hungary was represented by Dunakiliti in the village category and by Mosonmagyaróvár in the city category. Travelo.hu writes that both settlements finished in the second place and…
P&G announces USD 200m investment as signs strategic cooperation with government
Budapest, September 27 (MTI) – US consumer goods company Procter and Gamble announced a 200 million dollar investment project when signing a strategic cooperation agreement with the Hungarian government at the company’s plant in Csömör near Budapest on Tuesday. On…
LMP chides Varga for rosy assessment of labour market
Budapest, September 27 (MTI) – Commenting on the latest jobless and employment data released on Tuesday, opposition LMP chided Economy Minister Mihály Varga for a rosy assessment of the labour market following the release. Varga earlier told a news conference…