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Latest update: 15/05/2025

The celebration of the World Telecommunication Day has been decreed in 1968. The signing of the International Telecommunication Union’s deed of foundation on 17 May 1865 in Paris was the event leading up to this celebration. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a specialised agency of the UN, Hungary is among its close to two hundred member states, too. ITU decided on its 2005 conference to celebrate on 17 May not only telecommunication, but the information society as well.
17/05/2025

In 2024, the calendar-adjusted volume of retail trade in Hungary was 2.6% up on the previous year: the volume of sales rose by 3.8% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, and by 2.5% in non-food retailing, while they fell by 0.8% in automotive fuel retailing. The number of retail stores at the end of June 2024 was 7.0% lower, or 7,000 fewer than a year earlier. The average floor area of shops increased by 4.7% over this period.
16/05/2025

After a slowdown in the previous year, the amount of housing loans in Hungary increased by 13% in 2024, reaching 6.9% of GDP. Compared to the low base, the amount of both subsidised and unsubsidised housing loans increased significantly. Overall, loans for the purchase of second-hand dwellings continued to dominate within the housing loan flows, which doubled from a year earlier. However, in line with the decline in housing starts, the share of loans for new housing decreased significantly.
15/05/2025

Consumer prices were up by 3.7% on average in 2024 compared to the previous year, and the rate of price rise significantly decreased compared to the 2023 figure (17.6%), being a 25-year peak. It was the growth in service prices that had the largest impact on inflation, furthermore, the rise in food prices also had a substantial part, however, electricity, gas and other fuels as well as consumer durables became cheaper.
14/05/2025

At the beginning of 2025, 2 million 413 thousand people in Hungary were entitled to a pension or other pension-like benefit, and 77% of the beneficiaries received an old-age pension over retirement age. Those receiving a pension or other benefits received an average of 222 thousand forints as full benefits. The average amount of old-age pension was 242 thousand forints, with men's benefits more than 39 thousand forints higher than women's, due to the typically longer service time and higher earnings.
13/05/2025

According to seasonally and calendar adjusted data, financial corporations as well as households and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) were in a net lending, while non-financial corporations and general government in a net borrowing position in the 4th quarter of 2024. The gross saving rate of households and NPISHs came to 17% and their gross investment rate to 6.6%. The gross profit share of non-financial corporations reached 41% and their gross investment rate 29%.
09/05/2025

In 2025, Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport celebrates its 75th anniversary. The airport, which started operating in 1943, was rebuilt after suffering severe damage in the Second World War and the inauguration ceremony of the new complex took place on 7 May 1950. The initial passenger traffic of 50 thousand rose to 17.6 million in 2024, surpassing the record year before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
07/05/2025

Bees are useful not only for honey production but a large part of the world’s agriculture also depends on them: by their pollinating activity they influence the reproduction of many plants. On the initiative of the Hungarian National Association of Beekeepers, the Day of Bees is held on 30 April from 1994 in Hungary, since life starts to flourish in beehives at around this time. The UN declared 20 May as World Bee Day from 2018, to draw attention this way as well to the importance of beekeeping. In addition to its use for food, honey is one of the oldest natural medicinal products, having about 70 kinds of curative effects as we know today.
30/04/2025

The deficit of the general government sector in Hungary was HUF 4,006 billion, 4.9% of GDP in 2024 based on preliminary data of national accounts. According to data produced in compliance with the methodological requirements of the system of national accounts (ESA 2010) the revenue of the general government sector was HUF 34,203 billion and its expenditure HUF 38,210 billion. Compared to 2023 revenues increased by 6.7% and expenditures by 2.9%.
22/04/2025