Community notices and news from Hungary.
A nationwide reading challenge titled 1 Million Pages was launched on November 11, bringing together students from hundreds of Hungarian schools to encourage a love of reading. Organized by Könyves Magazin with the support of Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein and Alfa Biztosító, the initiative a
2d ago · Read at Hungary Today →
Hungarian singer Ákos shared news of a special birthday on his social media page. His former English teacher, Klári Török, turned 103, and the singer visited her in person to celebrate the milestone. In his post, Ákos fondly remembered his former teacher, from whom he began taking English lessons fi
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Caretakers are raising the spectacled penguin chick at the Szeged Wildlife Park; it hatched at the end of August, and the bird will be able to join the zoo’s penguin colony in a month. The chick—whose parents were both born at the Szeged Wildlife Park—hatched on August 27. Its mother died, and its f
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Hévíz has received international professional recognition for its efforts to develop a sustainable tourism destination; alongside awardees from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Taiwan, it has earned the Green Destinations Bronze certification. In his statement, Mayor Péter Naszádos noted
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Making a will is no longer just a privilege of the wealthy: life partners and those in blended families are also making arrangements in advance for the disposition of their assets, while others bequeath their estates to civic or religious organizations, Index reported. According to data from the Hun
11/3/2026 · Read at Hungary Today →
File photo of destroyed Middle-Eastern church The Hungary-based Axioma Center is announcing a fundraising for the victims of the Jordanian terror attack, during which Islamist have opened fire on a funeral procession, killing 9 Christian mourners and injuring some 40 people. The initiative is trying
10/26/2026 · Read at Hungary Today →
Hungarian farmers Nikoletta Pajsan Nagy and Laszlo Pajsan achieved a successful paprika harvest despite dry summer conditions.
10/17/2026 · Read at The Portugal News →
A humanitarian aid project supporting people wounded in the Ukraine war has been successfully completed in Budapest, providing 100 patients with modern, custom-fitted prosthetic limbs. Treatment was carried out in five phases at the Pillangó Health Center in the Hungarian capital, reads a statement
10/16/2026 · Read at Hungary Today →
Translator Júlia Jancsó with Jonathan Lacôte, Ambassador of the French Republic to Hungary Hungarian literary translator Júlia Jancsó has been honored with the Officer’s Cross of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her monumental translation of Marcel Proust’s magnum opus. She succeeded in transla
10/14/2026 · Read at Hungary Today →
A single photograph could help researchers better understand what domestic cats hunt in the wild. The HUN-REN Center for Ecological Research is now asking the public to submit photos of wild animals encountered by their cats as part of its MACSKAPRÉDA Projekt (“Cat Prey Project”). The go
10/7/2026 · Read at Hungary Today →