Prime Minister Peter Magyar called on MBH Bank and Lorinc Meszaros, who has ties to business interests with stakes in the lender, to reinstate a charity programme benefitting children from low-income households with good grades in a post on Facebook on Monday. More >>
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Why Hungary Adopting Euro Would Benefit Whole Economy - National Bank
- 10 Aug 2026 12:43 PM
Meeting the Maastricht criteria for adopting the euro would benefit the whole Hungarian economy, Peter Beno Banai, a deputy governor at the National Bank of Hungary (NBH), said in the central bank's latest podcast.
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Private Fund Associated with Hungarian Oligarch Returns Billions to Central Budget
- 10 Aug 2026 11:18 AM
Prime Tech, a private fund associated with businessman Lőrinc Mészáros, has repaid nearly 2.3 billion forints (EUR 6.3m) to the central budget in wake of a probe into a project concerning the electronic toll system, Dávid Vitézy, the minister of transport and investment, said in a Facebook post on Saturday.
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Hungarian Currency Celebrates 80 Years - Surprising Origins of the Forint
- 10 Aug 2026 9:55 AM
The name of Hungary's official currency was born in the aftermath of one of history's most devastating episodes of hyperinflation.
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Billions in Profit booked by Erste Bank Hungary, OTP earnings fall
- 6 Aug 2026 7:02 AM
Austrian-owned Erste Bank Hungary had first-half after-tax profit of close to HUF 56bn, down from HUF 69bn in the base period as new rules required the windfall profit tax to be booked for the full year, chairman-CEO Radovan Jelasity said on Wednesday.
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Services Drive Latest GDP Growth in Hungary
- 31 Jul 2026 7:45 AM
Hungary's GDP rose 1.7pc in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, a first reading of data released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) on Thursday shows.
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Private Banking in Hungary Now More Exclusive as Entry Limits Rise
- 30 Jul 2026 11:33 AM
Hungary's wealthiest investors are holding more assets than ever, with total private banking assets rising above HUF 13,600 billion by the end of June, according to a new industry survey by Portfolio.hu.
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