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Liszt Ferenc International closes one runway because of snow

Friday 11:40, February 17th, 2012

EU-compatible hen cages could push up egg prices

Tuesday 11:00, January 31st, 2012

The introduction of hen cages conforming to European Union standards at egg farms in Hungary could cause the cost of eggs in the country to rise to as much as HUF 50 compared to their current retail price of HUF 30-42 per egg, the newspapers Nepszabadsag and Napi Gazdasag reported on Tuesday.Read more

MOL to lower petrol, diesel prices

Monday 03:25, January 30th, 2012

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL will lower its wholesale petrol and diesel prices by HUF 5 and HUF 8 per litre, respectively, from Wednesday, industry insiders told MTI on Monday.Read more

Hungarians file 660 patents in 2011

Monday 09:40, January 30th, 2012

The number of patents filed with the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office edged up 2% to 660 in 2011 after reaching a ten-year low in 2010, data published by the office show.Read more

3,000 call national asset manager foreclosure hotline

Thursday 06:10, January 26th, 2012

About 3,000 people have called the National Asset Manager’s (NET) hotline to inquire about participation in a programme for distressed borrowers, NET spokesperson Edit Ternyak told MTI.Read more

Heviz guest nights climb to over 1m in 2011

Thursday 11:30, January 26th, 2012

Visitors spent 1,051,000 guest nights in the Hungarian spa town of Heviz last year, mayor Gabor Papp said on Thursday.Read more

Budapest council approves HUF 15bn for BKV

Wednesday 01:40, January 25th, 2012

The Budapest municipal council on Wednesday decided to give the capital’s troubled public transport company BKV a HUF 9bn loan and a further HUF 6bn in support.Read more

Hungary places 10th on Globalization Index

Wednesday 11:35, January 25th, 2012

Hungary placed tenth among the world’s leading 60 economies on consultancy Ernst and Young’s fresh Globalization Index.Read more

Ryanair relaunches Budapest flights

Tuesday 11:30, January 24th, 2012

Irish low-fare airline Ryanair will relaunch Budapest flights from March 12, CEO Michael O’Leary said at a press conference in the capital on Tuesday.Read more

Bank card numbers fall in Q4 - paper

Tuesday 09:30, January 24th, 2012

The number of credit cards in Hungary fell by 11,746 to 1,230,000 in the fourth quarter of last year, business daily Napi Gazdasag said on Tuesday.Read more

MOL to lower diesel prices from Wednesday

Monday 01:30, January 23rd, 2012

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL will lower its wholesale diesel price by HUF 5 per litre from Wednesday, industry insiders told MTI on Monday.Read more

Mako unveils HUF 4bn spa designed by Makovecz

Friday 03:55, January 20th, 2012

The spa was one of the last projects designed the Kossuth Prize-winning architect Imre Makovecz before his death last September.Read more

Hungary mobile internet subscriptions climb to 2.155m in December

Friday 01:15, January 20th, 2012

The number of mobile internet subscriptions in Hungary rose to 2.155m in December, while the number of active mobile internet subscriptions - those who used the service at some time during the previous three months - climbed to 1.696m from 1.585m a month earlier, the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) said on Friday.Read more

Hungary to spend HUF 600m on wine marketing this year

Friday 11:50, January 20th, 2012

Hungarian winemakers can apply for about HUF 600m in funding for marketing this year, Agrarmarketing Centrum (AMC) director Peter Simon said at a conference of vintners on Thursday.Read more

Govt offers fixed-rate plan to public workers under mortgage aid program

Friday 09:50, January 20th, 2012

Hungary’s government aims to help public sector employees struggling to pay off their foreign currency-denominated mortgages with a fixed exchange rate construction, rather than by converting their forex debt into forint loans, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Friday, without citing any sources.Read more