Festivities for the big St Stephen’s Day weekend begin today, with hundreds of events at 17 different locations across the country, from fireworks to celebrations of Hungarian cuisine

At the world final of the prestigious Bocuse d'Or cooking competition in Lyon, Bence Dalnoki and Patrik Nyikos, under the leadership of Tamás Széll, achieved Hungary's best ever result in the competition, taking third place

The government is trying to avoid a new potentially damaging conflict with EU after the EU Council informed that country's universities, operating as private foundations governed by a board of trustees, will not be eligible for Erasmus + funding

In Forbes Hungary list of billionaires, for the first time in several years, Mészáros did not take first place, occupied instead by Sándor Csányi, CEO of Hungary's largest bank, OTP; he is the first person to cross the 500 billion threshold

Hungary continues to be at the forefront in the defense of Christian culture and persecuted Christians, the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a video