Hungary

Economy

How abolishing taxes saved a dying Hungarian village

A world away from Panama, the sleepy eastern Hungarian village of Komlóska has become a kind of tax haven to survive, eliminating local taxes to bring in more than 100 companies.

22/04/2016

Hungary

Hungary's teachers strike and give Orban 'fail' grade

Hungary’s teachers are staging a one-day strike in process at the government’s centralising of the system. Many complain the centralising refoms have

20/04/2016

Culture news

Budapest holds its third international theatre festival

22 performances from 13 countries

18/04/2016

Culture news

Hungarian classical music TV talent show goes global

A Hungarian TV talent show that uncovers young classical musicians is going global. The first season of Virtuosos was a huge hit for Hungarian state

06/04/2016

Hungary

Former Hungarian politician Bela Biszku has died

Former Hungarian politician Bela Biszku has died. He was the only high-ranking communist-era official to be tried for his role in a deadly crackdown

01/04/2016

Hungary

Hungary mourns the loss of one its most prominent writers

Imre Kertesz dies at home in Budapest at the age of 86

31/03/2016

Hungary

School's out in Hungary in protest at government control

First lessons of the day were cancelled at some 250 establishments in Hungary on Wednesday, as teachers, pupils, their parents and grandparents

30/03/2016

Culture news

Budapest honours father of op art Victor Vasarely

He is widely considered the father of the op art movement, a style of visual art that uses optical illusion. Now, the public can discover or

25/03/2016

Sport

Anqi and Grumier boost Olympic fencing ambitions with Budapest wins

Two fencers laid down serious markers ahead of the Olympics at the Budapest Grand Prix by striking gold, China’s Xu Anqi just fending off a spirited

21/03/2016

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From nuclear to neutral

Greenpeace in Hungary commemorated the anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident by lighting up lanterns powered by solar energy on the main

12/03/2016

Hungary

Can you be punished for committing a "crime" in a country where it is legal?

Gabor Tanacs examines the case of a Hungarian owner of a brothel in Germany to examine the reality of cross-border justice. ‘Elizabeth’ runs a

04/03/2016

Hungary

Pupils and teachers join forces in Hungary to protest over state education system

At a German lesson in a Hungarian school half of the students were missing and it wasn’t because of a flu bug. It was a response to a Facebook event

01/03/2016

Hungary

EU Commission questions legality of Hungary's migrant referendum

The European Commission says Hungary’s planned referendum on the EU’s quota plan for asylum seekers may be at odds with an agreed strategy to handle

25/02/2016

Hungary

Hungary to hold referendum on EU migrant quotas

Hungary’s right-wing government under Viktor Orban is to call a referendum on the European Union’s mandatory quotas on migrants. The prime minister

24/02/2016

Culture news

Budapest celebrates 90 years of György Kurtág

As Hungarian composer György Kurtág celebrates his 90 th birthday Budapest is marking his career with a week- long festival.

22/02/2016

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A sauna with a view

This six-person wood-heated mobile sauna is located at the Citadel of Budapest, Hungary. It gives its audience a stunning view over the river Danube.

18/02/2016

Hungary

Balancing act: Hungary treads a delicate line between Russia and the EU

Keeping a foot in both camps can be tricky. No-one knows that better than Viktor Orban, prime minister of EU-member Hungary, who visits Moscow on

16/02/2016

Hungary

Protesters slam Hungary's 'shameful' education policy

Education reforms critics say overtax pupils and teachers alike brought thousands of teachers, students and union members onto the streets of

14/02/2016

Business Series

Budapest gets bitcoin taxis

Hungary's capital Budapest has become the latest city where you can use the virtual currency bitcoin to pay your cab driver.

11/02/2016

Hungary

EU refugee crisis: "Like it or not, we have to work together"

09/02/2016

Hungary

Refugees in Hungary offered classes to speed integration

Registered refugees in Hungary are getting English lessons to help them integrate in Europe. Every Saturday around 40 of them gather at the Central

08/02/2016

Hungary

Hungarian court acquits managers over deadly alumina reservoir spill

Fifteen people tried in connection with a toxic spill from an alumina reservoir in western Hungary in 2010 have been acquitted. Ten people were

29/01/2016

Hungary

Budapest cabbies protest and call for ban on Uber

More than 100 Hungarian taxi drivers brought the capital Budapest to a standstill today calling for a ban on Uber and other smartphone taxi

18/01/2016

Cinema

Son of Saul goes for Oscar glory

Hungary has only ever once won an Oscar in 1981 when István Szabó‘s “Mephisto” triumphed as Best Foreign Language movie. This year it may have its

15/01/2016

Cinema

'Son of Saul' earns Hungary its first Golden Globe

The Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film has gone to ‘The Son of Saul’, a first feature by Hungarian director László Nemes. It tells the

12/01/2016

Hungary

Hungarian PM to David Cameron over EU reform: "We are not parasites"

The British PM has been in Germany and Hungary, as part of campaign to convince other leaders to back EU reform plans

07/01/2016