Alexandra Béni
New police shacks at the border
Röszke – The policemen serving along the southern borderline started a new “estate development”. Blikk.hu writes that, just like a few months ago, they tried to make their everyday service, which sometimes lasts for 15 hours, more bearable with their…
Hungary economic acceleration indicator climbs in July
Budapest, July 28 (MTI) – The Acceleration Indicator (GYIA), a measure of economic and financial indicators compiled by business daily Világgazdaság, rose to 1.9 percent in July from 1.1 percent in June, showing an acceleration in the pace of growth,…
This is how many points you need to get admitted to Hungarian universities
111 thousand students found out whether or not they were admitted to their desired university last Tuesday at 8 pm. Index.hu writes that the points were quite high again this year. You could see both happy and disappointed faces at…
MOL to lower petrol prices
Budapest, July 25 (MTI) – Hungarian oil and gas company MOL will lower its wholesale petrol price by 2 forints per litre on Wednesday, industry insiders told MTI. Prices at the pump will fall to around 329 forints (EUR 1.05)…
Budapest forint fixing
Budapest, July 25 (MTI) – Official forint fixing of the National Bank of Hungary: Australian dollar 213.16 Brazilian real 87.39 Bulgarian lev 159.88 Canadian dollar 216.43 Chinese yuan 42.63 Croatian kuna 41.81 Czech crown 11.57 Danish krone 42.04 Euro 312.70…
Taxify to take Uber’s place
According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, an Estonian smart phone application is about to relay the American company and they plan on starting soon. The Estonian application can be dowloaded to all platforms (Android, Windows Phone, iOS) and after registration, it welcomes its…
Budapest’s 5 best ruin bars – The Times’ list
Hungarian ruin bars have been in the limelight for a few years now, foreigners seem to love them. They’ve also been appraised by several foreign magazines and now, the famous The Times travel site also picked their favourite ruin bars…
17-year-old Hungarian beauty won this year’s Anna Ball
24.hu writes that the 17-year-old Villő Kriveczky from Szeged was chosen as the most beautiful girl at the 191st Anna Ball in Balatonfüred last Saturday night. The 18-year-old Csenge Gorosics from Szigetvár finished as the first runner-up, while the 18-year-old…
PM advisor: Goverment will not be pressured into opening border to migrants
Budapest, July 25 (MTI) – Hungary’s government will not be pressured into opening up its borders to migrants, the prime minister’s chief domestic security advisor said on Monday. On Sunday 130 of the 300-400 migrants who had set off from…
DK frowns on prime minister for backing Trump
Budapest, July 25 (MTI) – Donald Trump, if elected US president, would bring about destabilisation in Europe, Attila Ara-Kovács, of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), told a press conference on Monday. The head of DK’s foreign affairs cabinet referred…