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PM Orbán: "We are on the verge of the hardest period of the pandemic"

“We had no choice," Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, providing details of the tightened restrictions necessitated by the third wave of the pandemic.

BREAKING! Here are the tightened restrictions in Hungary

Speaking at the weekly Kormányinfó event, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, announced that all shops must close between March 8 and 22, with primary schools and nurseries remaining shut until April 7.

Hungary at the forefront of the EU in terms of vaccination rate

Hungary ranks third in terms of Covid-19 vaccination coverage in the European Union with only Denmark and Malta ahead.

New restrictions could be introduced in the coming weeks

Where does the EU money go? To small- and middle-sized farming businesses!

A recent report from the European Greens has a rather loose relationship with the truth when it comes to Hungary’s agricultural support regime. Here are some facts.

PM Orbán: High level of preparedness ordered in hospitals

“The number of infections is expected to grow drastically in the next two weeks. This is why a high level of preparedness had to be ordered in hospitals,” PM Orbán said.

Hungarian government decides to speed up the administration of COVID-19 vaccines

By freeing up all newly procured vaccines and those currently in stock, Hungary aims to double the speed of mass inoculation in an attempt to vaccinate as many Hungarians, as early as possible.

Bertelsmann Stiftung

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You must be kidding: A tale of an “independent country ranking”

Apr 29, 2020 - Zoltán Kovács

A good, independent country ranking should paint an objective picture of countries. These rankings can be interesting and useful, except when they’re politically driven and biased like the 2020 report issued recently by the Bertelsmann Stiftung.