The geopark networks of the V4 countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia) - at the initiative of the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Environment Agency - signed a declaration of intent for cooperation („Memorandum of Cooperation among the Visegrad Group Geoparks“) at an international meeting held in Banská Štiavnica (Selmecbánya) on May 10, 2023.

Members of the UNESCO Global Geoparks regional network, the European Geoparks Network (EGN) commemorate the geological heritage of our old continent every year from the end of May to the beginning of June, to which the transnational Slovak-Hungarian Novohrad-Nógrád Geopark also joins.

International geoparkers appeared at the Slovak-Hungarian stateborder on the topic of Photography and Climate Change project to visit the spectacular borderline geosites of the transnational Novohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark on January 18, 2023.

The photo was taken from the roof terrace of the Bükk Observatory by astronomer Erika Varga-Verebélyi, astronomy guide, with a Nikon Z6 with 13 sec exposure time, from a tripod, without a telescope, at 23:30 on the night of 23rd.

The Novohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark suffered a great loss. Our founding member Ivona Cimermanova has passed away. Her spirit and activity have been incorporated into the consciousness of our geopark, and are now part of our heritage.

The Fossil Site of Ipolytarnóc can be visited even during the winter break, and as time-travel hunters, the visitors can follow the footprints of former tropical predators.

The Hungarian Natural History Museum issued a press release on the latest results of the research on the fossil footprints of Ipolytarnóc. Together with the staff of the Bükki National Park Directorate and the Herman Ottó Museum in Miskolc, they used the latest techniques, including 3D scanning, to track down the Miocene prehistoric world.

The thematic tours of the Bükk National Park Directorate are becoming more and more popular at the Ipolytarnóc Fossils Nature Reserve.

As part of the RiWild INTERREG project of the Bükk National Park Directorate the research on the footprinted sandstone continues, the expert of the Herman Ottó Museum of Miskolc stated about the newest discoveries in the media.

A new study was published on the research concerning the paleohabitat of the Ipolytarnoc Fossils.

In the second half of May the Prehistoric Pompeii of the Miocene Park awaits its visitors with special programs.

The staff of the Ipolytarnóc Fossils will collect the rubbish on the access roads of the area in honor of the Earth Day and will celebrate the famous event with a special thematic tour.

The Rudapithecus will come to Ipolytarnóc again after its 2014 photo exhibition. Starting at 11 a.m. on March 12, 2022, dr. Laszlo Kordos will present his new book about the fossil ape at a press conference and audience meeting in the Miocene Park. The joint event of the Bükk National Park Directorate and the Novohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark pays tribute to the work of the famous paleontologist.

An in situ beardog footprint is exhibited at the Tasnadi Hall at the Prehistoric Pompeii.

A dangerous shark emergency was averted by the area's staff of the Ipolytarnoc Fossils. Our investigative Petrified looked into the matter. He found out that the feared cartilaginous fish specimen did not swim up the River Ipoly, it followed a different way. But what was it?

The Ipolytarnoc Fossils joins to the European Geoparks Week's activity, which takes place at late May early June each year. It is a European – wide festival of the Geoparks aimed at raising public awareness of geoconservation and promotion of the geoheritage of our old continent. Due to the pandemic restrictions only outdoor programs will be available to the visitors this year.

As of 1 May 2021, following the latest coronavirus regulations, with some extra rules our Miocene Park reopens again. The world-famous geosite, managed by the Bükk National Park Directorate, is the gateway to the Novohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark, and you can now really enter it, Come and visit us!

The first national press report about the famous footprints of the Prehistoric Pompeii appeared in the " Pest Diary" on Friday, August 17, 1900, 120 years ago. We commemorate on this event.

Aggie Reiter from the Rolling In Budapest blog gave a nice report about our Volcano Day. Here it is: