2,004 result(s) for record year
Former MNB Vice-Governor: Hungary Needs A Miracle
- 25 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s national debt of 85.1% of GDP is so high that it will take a miracle for the government to avoid breaking its own constitutional stipulation that it set out in the Basic Law, former National Bank of Hungary (MNB) vice-governor Zoltán Bodnár said this week.
Cigarette Black Market Flourishes In Hungary
- 22 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
Hungary’s exploding black market in cigarettes is depriving the country of billions in tax receipts and may soon overtake the legal market for cigarettes.
Births Up, Deaths Down In Jan-June In Hungary
- 21 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s natural population decline has slowed with more children born and fewer deaths recorded in the first six months of 2014, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Thursday. Altogether 43,130 children were born in the first half of this year, 3.1% more than in the first half of 2013.
Hungarian Film Week To Make A Debut
- 19 Aug 2014 11:00 AM
- entertainment
A Hungarian Film Week will be held in October. The event featuring movie productions and TV films of the past three years will take place from October 13 to 19, Ágnes Havas, the head of the co-organising Hungarian National Film Fund, said on Monday. Celebrating a special centenary, the Film Week will open with the screening of an early film made by Oscar-winning Hungarian-born Hollywood director ...
415 000 Szitizens At Sziget Festival In Budapest – Together!
- 18 Aug 2014 3:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival has attracted a record weekly crowd of 415 000 this year. Passes were sold out already before the start of the event and on Thursday there was full house with 85 000 fans on the island. The festival keeps on using the ‘Island of Freedom’ as its slogan and even more efforts were put into the improvement of the visual experience around the festival site.
Hungarian Lottery Company Szerencsejáték Revenues Record High
- 12 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s state lottery company Szerencsejáték increased its revenues by an all-time record high of 36 billion forints (EUR 114m) or 32% in the first half of this year compared to the same period of last year, National Development Minister Miklós Seszták said.
Sziget Fest Budapest Expected To Attract Record 400,000 Visitors
- 11 Aug 2014 9:10 AM
- entertainment
A record number of around 400,000 visitors are expected to attend the Sziget Festival that will begin on Budapest’s Óbuda Island on Monday. It shows unprecedented interest in the event that weekly passes have all been sold in advance for the first time in the festival’s history, organisers said.
Guest Nights Climb 7.6% In June In Hungary
- 11 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
The number of guest nights at commercial accommodations in Hungary rose by 7.6% year-on-year to 2,365,000 in June, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported. The rise followed a 2.9% increase in the previous month. The number of guest nights spent by foreign visitors rose by 7.3% to 1,172,000. The number spent by Hungarian guests increased by 7.9% to 1,192,000.
Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra, Margaret Island Budapest, 10 August
- 7 Aug 2014 12:45 PM
- entertainment
To claim that perhaps Europe’s most popular brass band will give a concert on Margaret Island, would be no exaggeration. Boban and his son Marko have achieved everything that an orchestra can achieve in this corner of the world; hundreds of thousands of records sold and hundreds of club-and festival performances. No matter what country in Europe they jam in, tens of thousands of fans follow their ...
Former MNB Vice-Governor: Hungary Needs A Miracle
- 25 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s national debt of 85.1% of GDP is so high that it will take a miracle for the government to avoid breaking its own constitutional stipulation that it set out in the Basic Law, former National Bank of Hungary (MNB) vice-governor Zoltán Bodnár said this week.
Cigarette Black Market Flourishes In Hungary
- 22 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
Hungary’s exploding black market in cigarettes is depriving the country of billions in tax receipts and may soon overtake the legal market for cigarettes.
Births Up, Deaths Down In Jan-June In Hungary
- 21 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s natural population decline has slowed with more children born and fewer deaths recorded in the first six months of 2014, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Thursday. Altogether 43,130 children were born in the first half of this year, 3.1% more than in the first half of 2013.
Hungarian Film Week To Make A Debut
- 19 Aug 2014 11:00 AM
- entertainment
A Hungarian Film Week will be held in October. The event featuring movie productions and TV films of the past three years will take place from October 13 to 19, Ágnes Havas, the head of the co-organising Hungarian National Film Fund, said on Monday. Celebrating a special centenary, the Film Week will open with the screening of an early film made by Oscar-winning Hungarian-born Hollywood director ...
415 000 Szitizens At Sziget Festival In Budapest – Together!
- 18 Aug 2014 3:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival has attracted a record weekly crowd of 415 000 this year. Passes were sold out already before the start of the event and on Thursday there was full house with 85 000 fans on the island. The festival keeps on using the ‘Island of Freedom’ as its slogan and even more efforts were put into the improvement of the visual experience around the festival site.
Hungarian Lottery Company Szerencsejáték Revenues Record High
- 12 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s state lottery company Szerencsejáték increased its revenues by an all-time record high of 36 billion forints (EUR 114m) or 32% in the first half of this year compared to the same period of last year, National Development Minister Miklós Seszták said.
Sziget Fest Budapest Expected To Attract Record 400,000 Visitors
- 11 Aug 2014 9:10 AM
- entertainment
A record number of around 400,000 visitors are expected to attend the Sziget Festival that will begin on Budapest’s Óbuda Island on Monday. It shows unprecedented interest in the event that weekly passes have all been sold in advance for the first time in the festival’s history, organisers said.
Guest Nights Climb 7.6% In June In Hungary
- 11 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
The number of guest nights at commercial accommodations in Hungary rose by 7.6% year-on-year to 2,365,000 in June, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported. The rise followed a 2.9% increase in the previous month. The number of guest nights spent by foreign visitors rose by 7.3% to 1,172,000. The number spent by Hungarian guests increased by 7.9% to 1,192,000.
Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra, Margaret Island Budapest, 10 August
- 7 Aug 2014 12:45 PM
- entertainment
To claim that perhaps Europe’s most popular brass band will give a concert on Margaret Island, would be no exaggeration. Boban and his son Marko have achieved everything that an orchestra can achieve in this corner of the world; hundreds of thousands of records sold and hundreds of club-and festival performances. No matter what country in Europe they jam in, tens of thousands of fans follow their ...