The 35th edition of the biannual Hungarian Society of Oncologists Congress is starting today It will be taking place from 9–11 November hosted by the Budapest Congress Center in Budapest The first panel discussion will be about the improving cancer statistics in Hungary and will feature Hungarian Academy of Sciences Professor Csaba Polgár head of the National Institute of Oncology and leader of the Hungarian Society of Oncologists Dr Polgár gave an exclusive interview to our site back in April. In it, he did concede that Hungarian cancer death rates are still high, as reported by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) annual cancer report which placed Hungary at #1 in cancer deaths per 100,000 people he also pointed out that this has been the case for decades now and that the numbers fare well in comparison to other former Soviet states who are not in the EU the chance of survival for a Hungarian cancer patient has increased significantly in the past decade went on the morning show of the Hungarian cable news channel Hír TV to talk about the upcoming event ‘The Hungarian Society of Clinical Oncology is a multidisciplinary scientific society as well all the therapeutic and diagnostic professions are all concentrated in this one society most representative scientific society in the field of oncology…Every two years we examine the newest innovative technologies as well study prevention and screening methods,’ Dr Polgár explained what his society’s Congress is about to the TV audience The Oncology Society can now boast over 1,100 members after a large increase in membership in recent years the number of young oncologists has doubled in the same time period Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller will also be speaking at the event: she will be on the panel about the current state of cancer screening in Hungary Other topics will include the new method of targeted DNA modification in oncology Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective As the Northern Hemisphere begins to warm and the spring equinox has passed flowers and trees finally appear to be in bloom a small collection of images from the past few weeks from North America and cherry blossoms—surely signs of warmer days to come We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition A collection of amazing recent images made with the Hubble Space Telescope Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025 and landscapes of the Earth’s arctic and subarctic regions BYD delivered its first electric bus to the Hungarian market where the Chinese company produces (at Komaron plant) vehicles for the European market The first electric bus BYD for Hungary will operate in Salgótarján It was delivered a few days before the end of 2018 Thirty ebuses BYD has been delivered in Italy during 2018 The new BYD plant is located in Allonne near Beauvais And the city near the factory has signed the first French order for BYD electric buses the first BYD electric bus unit was indeed delivered to Agglo du Beauvaisis © Copyright 2012 - 2025 | Vado e Torno Edizioni | All rights reserved | P.I A famous grandmaster and coach has turned 50. asteroids and even from the creation of the solar system can be seen on dark moonless nights in late March Our solar system is littered with dust and late March is a good time to see it; but it’s only visible from a truly dark, rural sky. It’s called the zodiacal light and the dust that creates it comes primarily from the tails of comets, and colliding asteroids. Some may even be left over from the formation of the planets 4.6bn years ago. On dark, moonless nights, it can be seen as a faint triangular-shaped glow reaching up into the sky. Mid-March is particularly good for it because, from northern latitudes, the zodiacal light will point upwards from the western horizon in the evening sky. It hugs the ecliptic, which is the plane of the planets. The chart shows the view looking west from London, UK, on the evening of 23 March. Venus will guide your eye to the correct portion of the sky in which to search. From the southern hemisphere, the zodiacal light is better seen at this time of year looking east in the pre-dawn sky. The Budapest Times The painting entitled “A Lady from Budapest” depicts Rosa Cheh Kontha Addressing the ceremony in the Dornyay Bela Museum who owns as an art collector a couple of Cheney’s paintings said the artist had won several awards in Chile including Santiago city’s Gold Medal in 1942 The ambassador said that a book is in preparation about Hungarian artists including Cheney who settled in Chile in the 1940s Salgotarjan Mayor Zsolt Fekete said at the ceremony that the painting arrived in the museum in the spring where it underwent restoration and was put in a new frame He said Cheney had been instrumental in teaching artists many of whom have become prominent painters in Chile Esteban Vuchetich de Cseney called his grandfather the most famous 20th-century Hungarian artist in Chile You must be logged in to post a comment PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE 2007 - 2025 BZT MEDIA Kft. Design: GoOG Webdevelopment: diVid Forgot your password? You will receive mail with link to set new password “There are not many true master glass-blowers left in Hungary,” James explains You could put a drawing of anything in front of him and he could make it I am probably the only one in Hungary able to do that melts his own glass and makes wonderful objects but we are pretty much alone in this area.” James studied glass making in Sunderland alongside playing in a punk band after which he established a glass workshop in London in 1993 he fashioned glass door handles for high-class shops in Chelsea “I also got chased by all sorts of people: interior designers people involved in restoration and in antiques,” he says It was in 1998 that James first came to Hungary until in 2008 they decided to try to establish themselves in Hungary “At that time there was still plenty of glass making in Hungary but in the time I’ve been here that’s pretty much all disappeared,” says James “In Salgótarján they didn’t survive Covid and social distancing – you’re working continuously next to people And then Ajka closed a couple of years ago.” James and Bernadett spent months trying to find an ideal property in which to set up their workshop – and a home – scouring the villages outside the capital “We needed somewhere without any neighbours too close by,” explains James has to be on all night as well – and glass cutting is pretty loud They were lucky enough to find a house with pig sties which they transformed to accommodate their Italian furnace and to include an area for the sandblaster and lathes alongside a room to display finished items “I’ve just turned the furnace off,” says James 40 degrees out here but when the furnace is on it can be 55 degrees in the workshop I work every day and I’m up two or three times in the night to see to it So I work for two weeks and then switch it off and have a break for a couple of weeks That’s my basic work pattern but I’ve been working non-stop now for four months.” It transpires that the commissions James has been fulfilling have come from the Budai Vár (the Buda Castle) and the Opera House – currently closed for renovations He has been making glass lights for the huge brass chandeliers which will hang in the Opera House – but he brushes aside any suggestion that it is an honour to have been asked to complete these “They don’t approach me directly,” he clarifies They don’t know it’s me doing it – they probably think there’s still a thriving glass-making industry in Hungary!” he laughs Another iconic Hungarian concern turned to James to produce blown bottles for its most exclusive product: Tokaji Essencia “The Royal Tokaji company was looking to put their Essencia into a bottle that would differentiate it from normal wine I designed a bottle based on the process of the wine dripping.” the wooden moulds which need be kept under water is a table of almost completed items: vases and drinking glasses using the “pinching technique” invented by the 17th-century English glass maker “I like to experiment with different techniques with colour; I use copper leaf and silver leaf and silver nitrate but the materials are becoming increasingly expensive.” all these things would go to England,” says James “but since Brexit the situation has become incredibly problematic it is maybe surprising that James sometimes thinks he would rather leave glass making and spend more time on his other passion “When I switch the furnace off and I’ve got nothing to do leading the way to an unfinished piece of work “I always work with walnut – some of my pieces are in Budapest galleries.” Asked why he would prefer this to glass-blowing he explains: “Glass making is very hard work the materials are expensive – just my gas bill for the last month will be about 400,000 forints and it’s difficult to make good quality glass in my old furnace This piece of wood cost me just 1000 forints “But my future may be incredibly busy in front of the furnace,” he continues “I work with the Szimultán Müvészeti Iskola in Budapest where I teach the students a crash course in glass-blowing I’ve also been helping students at MoME and the Kisképző “Industrial glass making disappeared in England through the 60s and this was replaced by university programmes Now there’s a thriving glass industry but it’s all done from workshops like mine “If Hungary wants to retain any glass making it’s going to have to go through the same process It’s going to have to change the education to not just teaching glass designers but teaching the people who can make the glass as well they need people who have business skills and can run a business profitably The answer is to do this through the universities There’s a – not a sense of panic exactly – but there’s a number of people looking at each other saying: it’s disappeared I ask James how he sees the next few years of his life “Some of my students are trying to set up a studio in Budapest,” he replies I’m trying to help them but they need some public funding This is a goal for me in the next years – to set up a facility in Budapest he will hopefully not be Hungary’s last master glass-blower There was a time before 1989 when many Hungarians sought to start new lives in ‘the West’ and when the very idea of an expat community in Hungary was an as-yet unimagined concept there were fewer than a dozen British people living in the country I’ll be looking at those who have come to Hungary to pursue much more ‘local’ Hungarian lives than the usual expat working in the capital for an international concern and finding out what brought them – and what’s keeping them here… “Now You See It, Now You Don’t” and “House of Cards” and the website Budapest Retro You must be logged in to post a comment Cég, szervezet:Pécsi Tudományegyetem Műszaki és Informatikai Kar Építész Szakmai Intézet Wienerberger Diplomadíj – Rekonstrukciós díj I Salgótarján a rendszerváltást követően gyors hanyatlásnak indult melyek a szocializmus alatt váltak igazán naggyá és határozták meg működésükkel a város identitását Mára azonban a technológia gyors fejlődése elhaladt a város mellett az épített környezet pedig nem elégíti ki a mai gyártástechnológiai és dolgozói komfortigényeket Az 1990-es évektől kezdődően a nyugati-európai gazdasági nyitás legfőképp az ország középső és északnyugati területeinek kedvez Ezzel párhuzamosan az Észak-Magyarországi Régió azóta is tartó folyamatos leszakadásba kezdett Elindult egy visszafordíthatatlannak látszó gazdasági majd ennek következményeképp kulturális és társadalmi jelentőségű folyamat Ennek a három évtizedes folyamatnak esett áldozatául a volt palackgyár területe is A régi Öblösüveggyár helyszíne az észak-déli irányú tölcséralakban a városszövetbe ékelődő ipari terület északi csúcsán található Ez a belvároshoz legközelebb eső nyolc hektáros rozsdaövezeti terület amely jelenlegi mivoltában egy izolált zárványként jelenik meg a város szerkezetében Az üveggyár területe sok potenciált hordoz magában Bevonásával a belváros déli irányban meghosszabbodik így újabb taggal bővül a már meglévő közterek láncolata multifunkcionális központként születik újjá A komplexum része lesz a belvárosból ide költöző Zenthe Ferenc Színház a Nógrád Táncegyüttes által működtetett táncház konferenciáknak és egyéb rendezvények ad otthont A csarnoképület újragondolásának alapkoncepciója a bazilikális jellegű bütühomlokzat megőrzése mellett középület jellegű megjelenését biztosítani kellett hogy a ráépítés mögött egyértelműen megjelenjen a meglévő épület habitusa Fontos irányelv volt a terv kidolgozása alatt a működés és a vendégforgalom bizonyos mértékű téri és vizuális keverése egymást nem zavarva mozogjanak a dolgozók és a vendégek. A kettő funkció közös halmazaként jött létre a főhajó erkélye és a belső megjelenést meghatározó hidak amelyek a színészek és táncosok közlekedését hivatottak biztosítani A vendégforgalmi terek és az úgynevezett „backstage" közötti markáns határvonal transzparensé tételével – azonban határozott megőrzésével – ezáltal a színház misztikumának feszegetésével olyan folyamatok indulhatnak el amelyek a fiatal generációk a művészetek iránti érdeklődését fokozzák Az új építésű hátsó blokkban kapott helyet a teljes színpadtechnika A díszletraktár melletti déli traktusban helyezkednek el a műhelyek A meglévő épületbe bekúszó nézőtér pozíciója a klasszikus európai színház-sémán alapszik A nézőtér két oldalról szimmetrikusan közelíthető meg ruhatár és vizesblokkok ennek megfelelően lettek pozícionálva Ezáltal a reprezentatív terekben az előadások idején kívül a nézők egyenletes áramlására lehet számítani Az északkeleti hajóban létrehozott új tömegben az első emeleten kaptak helyet a színház és a táncház irodái Külső lépcső vezet a táncház előteréhez és az öltözőkhöz A második emeleten találhatók a színészöltözők és a variálható színészapartmanok úgy a belső terek kialakításánál is a meglévő épület karakterének megőrzése és az új épületrészek mértéktartó megmutatása volt a cél ott az eredeti felhasználásával jön létre a belsőépítészet úgy az épület is mindössze hátteret ad és nem próbálja felülmúlni a funkciót vegyszerrel szennyezett talaj a gaztól felvert ma elhagyatott zárványként enyésznek a rajtuk túlnőtt település szövetében A múlt század 60-as évei óta számtalan kísérlet született a rozsdaövezetek felélesztésére Több helyen a termelés más léptékű és minőségű újraindításával máshol új funkciók betelepítésével próbálkoztak Tácsik Tamás diplomamunkájának témáját városépítészeti és társadalmi problémák sora hívta életre Salgótarjánnak nagy szüksége van olyan vonzerőre esetleg ide is tudja vonzani a képzett fiatalokat lassan pusztulásnak induló egykori öblösüveggyár épületei méltatlan városkapuként fogadják a főváros irányából érkezőket A salgótarjáni Zenthe Ferenc Színház jelenleg “albérletben" működik A tervezési program a felvetett kérdésekre és problémákra adott válaszok és megoldások mentén bontakozott ki a diplomázó szociológiai érzékenységéről téve tanúbizonyságot A gyártelep a település sajátos morfológiai adottságaiból kifolyólag nem idegen testként ékelődik a városi szövetbe Az épületek és az általuk közrezárt terek léptéke a város Tarján-patak völgyében fekvő részeinek dinamikáját mutatja aminek erős ellenpontjaként a csatlakozó völgyek családi házas beépítésének monotóniáját figyelhetjük meg Tamás a gyártelep revitalizációjára komplex kérdésként tekint Koncepcionálisan a teljes terület hasznosításával foglalkozik A tömegek és hiányok viszonyán csak a funkció által feltétlenül megkívánt mértékben módosít A volt hutacsarnok bazilikális épülettömegének továbbgondolása önbizalommal teli állítását hordozza magában A volt és a lesz szintézise ad otthont a színház Az épület funkcionális kapcsolata a környezetével jól megoldott Ha a tervező előre kijelöli a működéshez szükséges transzparensek és molinók helyét akkor azok utólagos és esetleges elhelyezése elkerülhető hogy az épület közvetlen környezetébe nem került parkoló így a megérkezés nagyon fontos aktusa és “drámája" mindenki számára egyformán biztosított: Az épületbe gyalogosan érkezőknek a két főbejáraton belépve hasonló módon tárul fel az impozáns Az egyes használati zónák egymástól térben és/vagy időben jól elkülönítettek Egyedül a büfé- és fogyasztótér önálló működtetésének a feltételeit nem látom biztosítottnak A betervezett funkciókat az épület mértéktartóan Ez a racionális tervezői magatartás remélhetőleg kellő meggyőző erővel párosul és Tamás a jövőben mint gyakorló építész hasonló mértéktartásra tudja majd bírni megbízóit is Esetleg a színház kiszolgáló területeinél kélt volna el egy kis nagyvonalúság - egy dedikált kelléktárat hiányolok Elszalasztott lehetőségnek érzem továbbá a kéménytest belsejének kihasználatlanságát a táncteremben a múlt tiszteletével a végeredmény sokkal több lesz A szociális érzékenység és az építészeti felelősség találkozása nemcsak esztétikai és térélményben ölt testet hanem a helyi kulturális élet és ezzel a város túlélését is biztosítja Cég, szervezet:Pécsi Tudományegyetem Műszaki és Informatikai Kar Építész Szakmai Intézet körülötte a város hírességeiről mintázott szobrok Az Egy hely Padova 90.000 négyzetméteres ovális formájú terét látogatta meg mely a Vörös tér után a legnagyobb európai városi tér a Vicenza dombvidékén épült Villa La Rotondát mutassa be században alkotó reneszánsz építész Veneto tartományban 30 villát tervezett nemesi családoknak Palladio stílusa a brit építészetre és Thomas Jefferson amerikai nemzeti építészetére is nagy hatással volt An international scheduled bus service will carry passengers on two new routes between Northern Hungary and Southern Slovakia A local Hungarian representative praised the initiative because it would help guest workers students and tourists reach destinations in Hungary there are plans to expand the bus transport system between the two countries while the Chairman of the Nógrád County Assembly expressed the need for railway connections According to Zoltán Cziprusz a councillor of the Hungarian Alliance in Slovakia relaunching the scheduled bus connection between the two regions was an old promise they could now fulfil The first bus will leave Rimaszombat (Rimavská Sobota) on 15 March and commute between Rimaszombat and Cered (Nógrád County Buses on the line will commute four times every day the bus line aims to help locals in the Southern Slovakian region get to their workplaces in Hungary they can travel either to Salgótarján or Budapest Another international bus line, which was terminated 24 years ago, will be launched between Losonc (Lučenec), Fülek (Fiľakovo) and Salgótarján. (HERE is a breathtaking video about the castle of Fülek.) Cziprusz also talked about future ambitions concerning the expansion of the international bus network in the region They would like to launch a Rimaszombat-Salgótarján and Rimaszombat-Putnok bus line but they would not forget about their friends in Nagykürtös (Veľký Krtíš) According to felvidek.ma travelling from Losonc to Salgótarján will cost EUR 3.5 while the ride from Rimaszombat to Cered will be EUR 3.3 The bus lines will be operated by the Slovak SAD Lučenec company tourists and employees living in the region He also highlighted the importance of tight cooperation with their Hungarian partners Nándor Skuczi, the Chairman of the Nógrád County Assembly, also praised the new bus lines. He added that the Hungarian state-owned Volánbusz will launch a new bus line between Losonc and Budapest He added that there would be demand for re-establishing the railway connection If we take a look at the flags displayed on the bus doors The colour order on the Hungarian flag is red on the top the organisers messed up the order of the colours and created a green-white-red flag the Hungarian flag does not contain the coat of arms We explained in THIS article what the three colours stand for 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 © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved Salgótarján is the second smallest county seat in Hungary after Szekszárd, and it is the capital of Nógrád county It lies about 110 kilometres away from Budapest Its origin goes back even to the conquest of the Carpathian Basin Three mountains and two rivers surround it a monadnock that arose from a basalt volcanic activity The 20-25 metres tall basalt columns are unique wonders in the country there is the Castle of Somoskő that is definitely worth a visit because it was built back in the 13th century there is a so-called teaching pathway all the way up to Boszorkánykő (Witch Rock) The path has boards with exciting pieces of information written on them about the history of the area so that it can teach the younger generations a 20 million years old pine tree and footstep remains were found if you like spending time in the woods and hike On more than 17 acres lies a Safari Park in Salgótarján It aims to teach children to protect the environment and value the beauty of nature Visitors can see indigenous flora and fauna here and learn about them: moufflons This museum is the first underground facility in the country that is placed in an abandoned mine. It teaches visitors about the progress of coal mining and the tools used for it. When the mine functioned in the 20th century, about 800 thousand tons of coal was extracted here. The museum takes part in the yearly organised Night of the Museums event Do not forget to take a look at the other articles of our series that include many interesting facts about other less-known but fascinating cities of Hungary Japanese automobile electrical equipment manufacturer Mitsuba is expanding its production and storage capacities at its plant in Salgótarján; a section of the new facility was officially inaugurated on Wednesday The project will be fully completed by the end of 2017 with an investment of 4.3 billion forints (EUR 13.9M) and will create 150 new jobs; the Hungarian Government is providing 850 million forints (EUR 2.74M) in grants towards the development project the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary László Szabó said: “Japan has now become the most important Asian greenfield investor in Hungary” “There are almost 150 Japanese companies present in Hungary including 47 with production capacities; these companies have realised investments totalling 4.5 billion US Dollars and provide jobs to over 25 thousand people” Mitsuba’s expansion in Salgótarján is also proof of the fact that Hungary is a reliable partner that offers an attractive investment environment for companies that wish to come to Hungary to create jobs Hino Noboru told reporters: “The construction of the new 8600 square metre section of the facility is an important stepping stone in the company’s 4.3 billion forint development and expansion project The new section is doubling our storage and production capacity which was necessary in view of the increase in orders Production lines are being continuously installed in the new unit” Mitsuba Automotive Systems of Europe Automobile Part Manufacturing Limited currently employs 370 people in Salgótarján 90 new jobs have been created since the project was launched in October of last year and the number of new employees is expected to reach 150 by the time the project is fully completed at the end of 2017 Noboru thanked the Hungarian Government for providing 850 million forints in grants towards the project Mitsuba established its plant in Salgótarján in 2001 as a greenfield project The company manufactures windscreen wiper and washer units and other automobile accessories such as electric windows steering wheel servos and electric horns for the European market The plant’s export ratio exceeds 90 percent The company’s partners include Magyar Suzuki and Audi’s factory in Győr and Hungarian enterprises represent a significant proportion of its suppliers The company is Salgótarján’s largest employer Úgy tűnik nem található semmi ezen a helyen IMPRESSZUM SZERZŐI JOGOK ADATVÉDELEM FELHASZNÁLÁSI FELTÉTELEK Great news emerged: the Slovak Ministry of Transport plans to reopen several regional rail links between Slovakia and Hungary The Slovak Ministry of Transport plans to restart several Slovak-Hungarian regional rail connections the ministry in question told the Hungarian News Agency (MTI) According to the Slovak Ministry of Transport the Lučenec-Fiľakovo-Salgótarján-Hatvan line could be connected to the Zvolen (Zólyom) Rimavská Sobota (Rimaszombat) and Rožňava (Rozsnyó) lines in Slovakia and to the Košice-Budapest EC in Hatvan It is planned that trains would run every hour during peak hours and every two hours off-peak trains are also expected to run at hourly intervals during peak hours “We want to improve cross-border relations and thus strengthen the bonds between people living in border regions,” Slovak Transport Minister Jozef Ráz is quoted as saying by MTI the former rail connections were discontinued in 2003 representatives of the Slovak State Railways (ZSR) and MÁV will hold talks on the subject on Thursday The Slovak Ministry of Transport wrote that there is also a possibility of reopening further rail links on the lines connecting Hungary’s Komáron with Slovakia’s Komárno the Lučenec-Ipolytarnóc-Szécsény-Balassagyarmat line the Slovenské Nové Mesto-Sátoraljaújhely line and the Šahy-Drégelypalánk-Balassagyarmat line Featured image: depositphotos.com Last light the moon passed through Earth’s shadow in a total lunar eclipse during the Full Wolf Moon The last full lunar eclipse took place in July 2018 when the moon moves between the Earth and sun a lunar eclipse is safe to view with the naked eye Hungary – MTI’s photographer Péter Komka took pictures of this special natural attraction: Czimbi Foto (@czimbi.foto) által megosztott bejegyzés Roland Fekete (@fekete.roland) által megosztott bejegyzés real estate prices have shown quite significant increases in the capital and in cities with county rights The lowest property prices can be found in Salgótarján the price per square metre increased for all types of used properties in the Hungarian cities with county rights in the first nine months of this year the average price per square metre of used condominiums in these cities reached HUF 387,000 (~EUR 1,065) in the first nine months which means a 10.3% increase compared to the same period last year In most cities, unit prices rose by 5−15%, and there was no change in the average prices in Nyíregyháza, Szeged, and Sopron, writes 24 The prices of condominiums increased the most Érd came in first as the city with the highest price per square metre: it is on average HUF 600,000 (~EUR 1,652) Debrecen and Székesfehérvár ranked second on the list of cities with the most expensive property prices The average price per square metre was HUF 520,000 (~EUR 1,431) in these two cities with an average price of HUF 500,000 (~EUR 1,376) As far as the cheapest cities are concerned, their order has not changed, explains 444 Salgótarján managed to keep its position as the city with the lowest average price per square metre: HUF 150,000 (~EUR 413) The average price per square meter was HUF 240,000 (~EUR 661) in Nagykanizsa and HUF 260,000 (~EUR 716) in Dunaújváros the average price per square metre was around HUF 300,000−450,000 (~EUR 826−1239) the average price per square metre rose to HUF 348,000 (~EUR 958) The only city that was not affected by this increase was Dunaújváros Otthon Centrum measured the highest increase − more than 20% − in Pécs and Debrecen with an average price of HUF 450,000 (~EUR 1,239) per square metre with an average price of HUF 440,000 (~EUR 1,211) per square metre Here is where you can buy beautiful, traditional Hungarian houses cheap! and Dunaújváros had the lowest average price per square metre the average price per square metre was between HUF 250,000−350,000 (~EUR 688−963) in the case of blocks of flats Property prices showed a similar pattern in the last category The average price per square metre of detached houses was HUF 307,000 (~EUR 845) in the period between January and September This means a 19.7% increase compared to the same period in 2020 Tatabánya was the most expensive city with an average price of HUF 395,000 (~EUR 1,087) per square metre Debrecen placed second with an average price of 387,000 (~EUR 1,065) followed by Sopron (HUF 384,000 [~EUR 1,057]) and Érd (HUF 379,000 [~EUR 1,043]) and Dunaújváros became the cheapest cities again with an average price of about HUF 200,000 (~EUR 551) per square metre the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) investigated which cities in Hungary are the most liveable while Salgótarján and Szekszárd were in the worst condition. There has been a great deal of research on the measurability of smart cities in the past, but few comprehensive studies have specifically addressed Hungarian cities. Now, Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) investigated which cities in Hungary are the most liveable in terms of economic and environmental sustainability Mitigating global climate change and reducing its negative impacts on the environment has become one of the biggest challenges for cities “United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP 2018) estimates that the use of raw materials associated with cities will increase by 40 billion tonnes in 2010 to 90 billion tonnes in 2050.” The spread of views on sustainability is also seen as increasingly important by policy makers This is also reflected in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 the SDG survey has so far been carried out on a county level The institute has now examined the performance of Hungarian cities with county status in some of the SDG Index’s priority components It is important to underline that the analysis of the SDG indices for both European and US cities has highlighted the problems of data availability and comparability social and economic structures are reflected in the SDG Index These are crucial for the development of cities the economic part takes into account the economic competitiveness of urban areas One part of the research looked at the economic performance of the cities in the county and dependency rate of the elderly population were taken into account Tatabánya and Veszprém were in the best position while Salgótarján and Szekszárd were in the worst position with a difference of HUF 600-700,000 (EUR 1,572-1,834) in average per capita net income between the best and worst placed Székesfehérvár and Baja/Sopron the proportion of unemployed people who have been unemployed for more than 180 days is high But it is more than 10 percent which points higher than even Nagykanizsa Győr is above average in terms of industrial data In terms of sustainability and community aspects Esztergom and Veszprém have the most balanced performance Salgótarján and Nyíregyháza have the most negative indicators fine dust concentration is higher than average groups are identified in the following way below the status of the target reach is indicated by blue squares The data shows that by far the best ranking was achieved by two cities, Győr and Veszprém. The former is now the most dynamic and innovative city in the county, partly because of the Audi Hungaria factory, Index.hu reports R&D has always had its foundations linked to the University of Pannonia according to the KSH researchers on Veszprém The university remains a key contributor to the city’s scientific activity The loser among the most liveable cities in Hungary is Salgótarján as it is the worst performer in the three SDG targets examined “We can conclude that one of the former “socialist” flagships has become a city abandoned by industry Its development has not been accompanied by new elements of urbanisation functionality thus it has become a runner-up among the cities with county status,” the research concludes Hungary has seen quite a bit of snow in the past couple days, which means that the lovers of winter sports can enjoy their hobbies again. If you happen to be residing in the capital city and would love to go sledging, but the two most popular spots in Budapest (Dobogókő and Normafa) are crowded, then this article by the Pilisi Parkerdő you might still catch a bit of snow in the mountainous area surrounding Budapest as in some places 20 centimetres of snow is reported This is the time when most families dig out their sledges from out of the closet and luckily even if Normafa and Dobogókő are over-crowded there are lots of other hillsides near Budapest The neighbouring area of the Hármashatárhegy airport is an excellent place to head to in the Buda Hills, or even the slopes next to the Guckler Károly outlook, which is on top of Hármashatárhegy. A web camera is placed at the Guckler Károly outlook which will be helpful before setting out as you can check the current weather conditions and how many people are enjoying themselves there The gentle slopes next to the summer bob track and the Zsitvay outlook near Visegrád are also less frequented so there is nothing to prevent you from having fun while sledding and there are several opportunities at the Pilis Park Forest thanks to the current weather conditions You can take out your cross-country skis anywhere where the snow reaches a thickness of 10-20 centimetres There are ski-running possibilities at the Nagyrét near Hűvösvölgy and near the Hármashatárhegy airport where the keen sports lovers create a track that can be used by anyone on snowy days the snow at the Pilis and the Buda Hills was quite watery you might bump into a couple of fallen trunks at the forest paths which makes access more difficult in the higher regions The thick snow makes it especially hard to cross valleys like the Rám-szakadék.If you’re setting out by foot you will have to devote more time to get to your destination and will have to be much more careful as well It is more important than usual to be well-prepared before setting out: make sure that you have reserve food on you and warm drinks You can learn more about the current weather conditions at parkerdo.hu where you can get access to the web cameras in the region