40 percent plan to vacation in Hungary this year, 21 percent will take trips both in Hungary and abroad, and 11 percent have their sights set only on foreign destinations – a survey by tourism company Everguest and Tárki shows. ​ 67 percent of Hungarian said they definitely want to visit Lake Balaton in 2021. Photo credit: Balazs Mohai / MTI / PAP / EPA (JAP)

Budapest aims to fill its new Puskás Aréna for EURO 2020 matches in June. Puskás Aréna in Budapest. Photo credit Zsolt Szigetvary / MTI / PAP/EPA   (JAP)

The Central European region is appreciating and strengthening, and due to geopolitical conditions, cooperation is needed to further advance the interests of the countries of the region – emphasized Balázs Orbán, Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office in a debate at the Waclaw Felczak Institute in Warsaw.   (JAP)

– Today we reached an important milestone as 2,5 million of our compatriots are inoculated, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán said in a new video uploaded to his social media.   Source: Facebook   (JAP)  

– Virus does not rest, vaccination continues during Easter  – said Hungarian Prime Minister in a video publish on Facebook today.  Source: Facebook (jap)

Hungary came in first in the European Union in terms of vaccination against the coronavirus, ahead of Malta, according to the latest summary of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Photo credit: Gerd Altmann z Pixabay  (JAP)

According to the the German daily “Der Tagesspiegel” in the era of the coronavirus, the Visegrad Group countries are much more important for the German economy than China. Imports from and exports to China add up to 212 billion euros; this corresponds to 9.5 percent of German foreign trade. The exchange of goods with the four EU countries is one third larger: 286 billion euros, or 12.8 percent.  ​ Photo credit: Clayton Cardinalli on Unsplash (JAP)

On the occasion of the Hungarian-Polish Friendship Day, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Hungarian President János Áder had a video chat on Monday evening. Photo credit: Kancelaria Prezydenta RP In 2007, the Hungarian Parliament and the Polish Sejm declared March 23 the Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship. (jap)