attends the unveiling ceremony of the statue of Bai Mang in Kiskunfelegyhaza A statue was unveiled on Tuesday to honor Bai Mang the Chinese translator of Hungary's most renowned poet: Sandor Petofi June 12 (Xinhua) -- A statue was unveiled on Tuesday to honor Bai Mang "This event today is another bridge built between a very important country of the world as Sandor Petofi's poems are well known there thanks to Bai Mang," Joseph Csanyi mayor of Petofi's hometown Kiskunfelegyhaza Csanyi emphasized the significance of the memorial which completes a series of monuments dedicated to the first translators of Petofi into various languages told Xinhua: "Petofi introduced the term 'world freedom' in literature .. who sacrificed his life for the freedom of the Chinese people is the most worthy individual to be honored with this memorial." Tarjanyi recalled an anecdote about the influence of Petofi's poetry in China She wrote his poem 'Liberty and Love' on a paper napkin demonstrating its resonance in Chinese education." deputy director of the Local Chronicles Office of Bai Mang's birthplace Xiangshan County underlined the significance of the ceremony saying that Tuesday marks Bai's 114th birthday the revolutionary writer and poet also known as Yin Fu in China Mayor Csanyi said at the end of the ceremony: "We trust that this bridge between Kiskunfelegyhaza and Bai Mang's birthplace will become an economic friendship too." ■ 2024 shows the statue of Bai Mang in Kiskunfelegyhaza Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The number of crimes committed annually in Hungary has fallen by nearly 60 per cent since 2010 according to Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Interior Bence Rétvári He made the announcement during an event in Kiskunfélegyháza marking the National Crime Prevention Day Rétvári emphasized that the Hungarian government has tripled its law enforcement budget in recent years and increased the number of police officers by 2,000 to 3,000 He credited these measures as key factors in the country’s improving crime statistics He also highlighted the significance of a youth-focused prevention programme run by the National Crime Prevention Council (NBT) The initiative aims to help young people avoid becoming victims of crime or making harmful lifestyle choices participants are trained to recognize signs that a classmate might be experiencing domestic violence The goal is to empower youth to identify and respond to these issues in their communities Rétvári also discussed Hungary’s recent crackdown on drug trafficking He noted that over 3,500 police officers have taken part in more than a thousand raids in recent weeks One of the largest busts occurred at a drug lab in Csepel where 100 kilograms of crystal substance and 7.5 tons of precursor materials were found—enough to produce 200 million doses with a street value of 900 million forints ‘This shows the drugs weren’t just intended for Hungary but for distribution across Central Europe,’ he said He reiterated the government’s firm stance: ‘We trust everyone in Hungary will be a partner in ensuring that drug dealers end up behind bars.’ He stressed that it is a national consensus that drug trafficking should be met with prison time Rétvári also pointed out that Hungary’s constitution now prohibits not only the production ‘A young person who becomes addicted to drugs loses not only their youth but their adulthood too,’ he warned The state secretary praised the NBT’s prevention programmes especially those educating the public on the risks of drug use NBT president József Hatala added that the organization including one aimed at protecting elderly citizens from becoming victims of crime He noted that five county-level crime prevention councils are now supporting local efforts to improve public safety Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective The recent 2nd Eurotalents Selection Camp held from August 4th to 11th 2023 in Kiskunfélegyháza Hungary counted the participation of 46 young players from 17 Member Associations Guided by accomplished coaches participants displayed their abilities on the table aiming for a coveted spot in the Eurotalents program The coaching team was consist by ETTU’s consultant coach Renata STRBIKOVA leading the way with her wealth of experience Ferenc KARSAI the Head Coach and Organizer played a key role in making the event a success Alongside Attila HALMAI served as the Assistant Coach to the organizer contributing to the camp’s smooth operation Provas MODAL an accomplished assistant coach and Nevena KOSTOVA a dedicated physical coach completed the team ensuring holistic guidance for the players The camp was marked by a competitive spirit as players put their all into rigorous training and tournament matches The following young players who stood out as the top performers during the camp have earned their positions in the Eurotalents program for 2024 They will also be joining the players who were previously chosen earlier this year in Havirov (CZE): The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) is the governing body of the sport of table tennis in Europe and is the only authority recognized for this purpose by the International Table Tennis Federation The ETTU deals with all matters relating to table tennis at a European level including the development and promotion of the sport in the territories controlled by its 58 member associations and the organization of continental table tennis competitions The shoe manufacturer Berkemann has completed the investment measures initiated last year in its three Hungarian production sites A large part of the total volume of around 1,6 million euros in which the Hungarian state contributed with the program to support competitiveness went into the purchase of the latest generation of cutting tables and their corresponding hardware and software Investments were also made in sustainable building technology On the occasion of the investment completion a delegation of Hungarian state and regional politicians visited the Berkemann headquarters in Kiskunfélegyháza Led by Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó local politicians were convinced of the new purchases “By investing in the latest machine technology and sustainable building technology we are committed to European production on our own and to the future of our three Hungarian production sites This means we will continue to be ideally positioned in the future for example to react quickly and flexibly to market events and to keep our supply chains under our own control,” commented Managing Director Thomas Bauerfeind We always keep you up to date: with our free newsletter SHOEZ compact You will regularly receive all information from the shoe industry in a clear form when a new magazine is published US Managing Director Peter Sachs hands over to Lance Taylor Alchemy plans to take over almost half of the Austrian shoe retailer Second best financial year in the company's history Creditors' meeting decides against P&C's takeover offer Sanela Krisat becomes International Sales Director sales representatives and business partners throughout the DACH association Telephone: +49 (0) 6 41 / 7 95 08 – 0Fax: +49 (0) 6 41 / 7 95 08 – 15Email: info@shoez.biz Designed by willsch-media.de Tamas Sulyok (C) is seen after being elected as Hungary's new president at the Hungarian parliament in Budapest, Hungary, on Feb. 26, 2024. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua) Tamas Sulyok was elected president of Hungary Monday. Out of the 199 lawmakers, 146 participated in the voting, with 134 votes in favor, five against and seven invalid. BUDAPEST, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian lawmakers on Monday elected Tamas Sulyok, head of the Constitutional Court, as the country's new president. Out of the 199 lawmakers, 146 participated in the voting, with 134 votes in favor, five against and seven invalid. Most opposition lawmakers did not participate in the vote. The opposition parties failed to reach an agreement on a common candidate to challenge. "As a jurist, and in my role as the President of the Republic, my foremost commitment is to serve the public good and to embody the nation's unity, all the while upholding the fundamental values of the law," Sulyok said last Thursday upon his nomination. Sulyok's predecessor Katalin Novak stepped down on Feb. 10 following a child abuse pardon scandal. Sulyok has been elected for a mandate of five years and can be re-elected for one more term according to the fundamental law. His inaugural ceremony will take place on March 5. Following his election, Sulyok said that he wanted to be a "president of trust." "For me, all power can only be interpreted within the framework of the law. The law carries values, its central function is the fair complementation of competing values," he added. Tamas Sulyok (C, Rear) is applauded by members of the Hungarian parliament after being elected as Hungary's new president in Budapest, Hungary, on Feb. 26, 2024. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua) Born on March 24, 1956 in Kiskunfelegyhaza in southern Hungary, Sulyok boasts a distinguished career in both law and academia. After graduating from Jozsef Attila University in Szeged in 1980, he furthered his legal expertise with a European law qualification in 2004 and a PhD in 2013. Sulyok's professional journey encompassed roles as a judicial clerk, legal adviser, lawyer, and honorary consul of Austria in Szeged. He has served as a guest lecturer in constitutional law at the University of Szeged since 2005. He has assumed the role of deputy president of the Constitutional Court since 2015 while he was elected president of the Constitutional Court in 2016. On Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban justified Sulyok's nomination as presidential candidate, highlighting his extensive qualifications such as "experience, proficiency in constitutional and legal matters, knowledge of international law, maneuvering in the international arena, understanding of the nature of political institutions, and a career that also confers professional authority." ■ You will also start receiving the Star's free morning newsletter, First Up, soon. Ambulances and firefighters stand next to a bus after the vehicle went off the road and overturned in a ditch at the 115-meter section of the M5 motorway leading to Budapest, in Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. One person is known to have died in the accident and others are reported injured aboard the tourist bus travelling from Poland to Hungary. Emergency services attend the scene after a bus went off the road and overturned in a ditch along the M5 motorway leading to Budapest, in Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. One person is known to have died in the accident and others are reported injured aboard the tourist bus travelling from Poland to Hungary. BUDAPEST, Hungary - One man died and three people including a young child were seriously injured when a tourist bus crashed into a ditch on the side of a highway in Hungary, police and rescue officials said Sunday. BUDAPEST, Hungary - One man died and three people including a young child were seriously injured when a tourist bus crashed into a ditch on the side of a highway in Hungary, police and rescue officials said Sunday. The incident happened on the M5 highway in the city of Kiskunfelegyhaza, about 115 kilometres (71 miles) east of Budapest, the capital. Police said the vehicle was a Polish tourist bus with 46 people aboard. A spokesman for the National Rescue Service said a 35-year-old man died at the scene and 34 people were injured. Three people suffered serious injuries, including a child about 5 years old. Two helicopters and 14 ambulances were taking the injured to hospitals. The bus was travelling toward Budapest and the crash happened around 6:30 a.m. (0430 GMT). 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At the event, Hungarian Minister of Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said that as a result of the agreement two new types of ammunition, both crucial for the Hungarian Defence Forces, will be manufactured in Hungary. According to the agreement, 7.62 millimetre and 12.7 millimetre ammunition will be made in Hungary (probably the NATO-standard 7.62×51 and 12.7×99 machine-gun ammunition), which will be used, among others, by the Lynx and Gidrán combat vehicles used by the Hungarian Defence Forces and soon to be produced in Hungary. ‘The production of both of our equipment is in Hungary, and soon the ammunition will be produced here as well,’ the Defence Minister said. The minister stressed that in the current security situation, both types of ammunition are in high demand, but with domestic production Hungary can increase the security of supply. At the same time, it can also set itself up for export production in the long term, thus boosting and strengthening the country’s economy. At the end of July, the Swiss Ruag Group transferred all the shares in Ruag Ammotec to Beretta Holding, which from 1 August also became the owner of the ammunition factory in Sirok, Hungary, which has since been operating under the name MFS Defense. However, it is not clear whether production under the current agreement will take place here. This was not the first agreement in recent years on the production of firearms and ammunition in Hungary. In the mid-2010s the Hungarian defence industry was declared a key national economic area with the goal of providing Hungarian-made state-art defence equipment for the renewed Hungarian armed forces and make Hungary and arms exporter. Since then several major international companies have announced plans to bring their manufacturing and development capacity to the country. In 2018, Czech arms manufacturer Ceská Zbrojovka Export (CZ) and the Hungarian state signed a technology transfer agreement under which Hungary acquired the licence for certain Colt products (the Czech company fully bought the US Colt brand in 2021). Under the licence, CZ P-07 and CZ P-09 pistols, Scorpion Evo3 A1 submachine guns, and Bren2 machine rifles started to be produced in the town of Kiskunfélegyháza. In December 2022, the German-Israeli-owned Dynamit Nobel Defense (DND) signed a joint venture agreement (JV) with the Hungarian state-owned company N7 Holding National Defence Innovation Ltd. Under the agreement, the production of shoulder-fired rocket launchers and reactive armour (ERA) elements will take place in Kiskunfélegyháza. Also, last December, the Colt CZ Group SE signed another joint venture agreement with the state-owned N7 company, to set up a small arms manufacturing facility in Hungary. Hungary is set to meet a growing market demand for its defence products as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caught the European defence industry unprepared. Countries who send their weapons to Kyiv are struggling to replenish their depleting stocks and find it hard to continue to support the embattled Eastern European nation. Thus, with its defence industry build up, Hungary contributes to the development of European defence industrial capabilities and is enhancing the EU’s security. Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political, philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. 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Image: Fire Lieutenant Krisztina Molnar/Handout via REUTERS Five people were killed and more than 10 injured when a pickup truck crashed into a train in southern Hungary early on Tuesday The accident happened at a crossing in Mindszent near the Hungarian-Serbian border shortly before 0500 GMT Five people in the truck were killed and there were injuries both among those in the truck and on the train The truck was registered in Hungary and was carrying local workers Local news site delmagyar.hu showed a photograph with the train carriage on its side and a helicopter ambulance and several ambulance cars at the scene The state railway company said a train on its way from Kiskunfelegyhaza to Hodmezovasarhely had crashed with a truck of whom two were severely injured and a further eight lightly injured Úgy tűnik nem található semmi ezen a helyen IMPRESSZUM SZERZŐI JOGOK ADATVÉDELEM FELHASZNÁLÁSI FELTÉTELEK a company under the Hungarian Defence Ministry will continue to make Unique Alpine AG’s sniper rifles and hunting guns in its factory in Kiskunfélegyháza According to Index the government commissioner for armed forces development said before signing the relevant German-Hungarian industrial cooperation agreement that the Bavarian company will transfer not only the production facilities to Hungary but also its research and development units have been developing new weapons for one year He added that key players in the sector are already interested in the new products of the two companies and the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary will also buy the new weapons made in Kiskunfélegyháza Maróth stated that the investment can play a key role in the development of the Hungarian economy The factory showed its newest TPG-3 sniper rifle made by Bavarian engineers and Hungarian developers for a Canadian tender and the AR–10 NX and AR–15 NX semi-automatic rifles allowing more accurate targeting than other products in their category HERE we wrote about six weapons made by Hungarians trying to introduce our readers to Hungarian inventions or products that might be less known but others have even influenced the conduct of modern warfare The emergence and number of the Soviet armoured vehicles and heavy tanks in 1942 incited the production of Hungarian anti-tank missiles the Germans were reluctant to hand over the blueprints of their own panzerfaust The missile department of the Institute of Military Technology embarked on the development of two types The smaller was the 60mm diameter 44M anti-tank hand-held missile launcher the larger was the 215mm 44M mace projectile the first known heavy anti-tank missile in the world It had its own portable dual launcher that could be operated from a truck-bed or the ground Hungary was the third state in the world – only after the Third Reich and the US – to build deployable anti-tank missiles It was inspired by and used solutions from the Czechoslovak Škoda T-21 medium tank The Turán was produced in two main variants: the 40M (or Turán I) with a 40mm gun and the 41M (or Turán II) with a 75mm gun The Turáns were employed by the 1st and 2nd Hungarian Armoured Divisions  There is only one known surviving Turán tank which is a Turán II on display at the Kubinka Tank Museum Hungary needs to loosen its firearm restrictions for the civilian market and bring them in line with most of its neighbors Hungary has one of the lowest private firearm ownership in Europe In a free society the people should not be scared of their government The government should be afraid of the people and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list SupportUs Newsletter © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved The black panther was spotted first at a construction site in Kiskunhalas it seems that the wild animal is roaming the streets and villages of the region people saw the animal in Kecskemét and Ballószög Now locals say that the beast committed a massacre in Kiskunfélegyháza Locals say that the black panther is responsible for what happened – Blikk highlighted They also said that hunger drew the beast out from its hiding place have been searching for the wild beast for weeks The farmer wrote that everybody should protect their animals since an unknown animal tore eight of his lambs into pieces He added in his post that the authorities were searching for the predator We reported before that the panther was first spotted on 11th December a black animal could be seen near a construction site in Kiskunhalas later informed the public that the footage was real They also added that the wild animal was most probably illegally kept by its owner Black panthers are native to Africa and South Asia meaning that the Hungarian climate puts the animal in danger told then that the animal was probably raised by humans and it has difficulty finding food and water since it never had to hunt The spokesperson also said that this wild cat The animal can hide easily but does not attack people unless it senses danger it is crucial not to approach the wild cat and to just walk the other way An important thing to keep in mind is that this animal is used to people so the instinct to avoid them is not as strong as it is in the case of panthers living in the wild Correction to the title: Massacre by a Black Panther near Kiskunhalas – PHOTO “Massacred” means the Black Panther was killed a Black Panther will absolutely kill and eat a human if they are hungry They will go after small children and short adults Wild animals can be very dangerous and when hungry