Press Roundup: Analysts on Why the Opposition Lost the Election Columnists identify two reasons behind the failure of the opposition to unseat PM Orbán’s government: the lack of unity within... 2022.04.06.
Rule of Law Mechanism: Hungarian Stock Market Plunges, Forint Weakens As we reported earlier, the European Commission announced on Tuesday that it is launching the rule of law procedure against... 2022.04.06.
Coronavirus: 36 Deaths, 2,880 New Infections Altogether 36 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 2,880 new coronavirus infections were registered,... 2022.04.06.
EC Activates Rule-of-Law Conditionality Mechanism against Hungary The European Commission has formally notified Hungary that they are activating the mechanism in the European Union budget, which links... 2022.04.06.
Fifth Orbán Gov’t to Change Policy and Focus on Economic Crisis Management? Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Hungary have concluded, resulting in Viktor Orbán's fourth term in a row. The new political leadership... 2022.04.05.
Eötvös Loránd Research Network to Help Ukrainian Researchers The Eötvös Loránd Research Network Secretariat (ELKH) is helping Ukrainian refugees: the ELKH has made an appeal to the members... 2022.04.05.
Winners of the Friend of Hungary Award 2022 Announced The Friends of Hungary Foundation, publisher of our website, as well as our sister site, Ungarn Heute, awards the Friend... 2022.04.05.
Opposition’s Collapse: What’s Behind it? Although the opposition's defeat was predicted, such a huge fiasco was not foreseen. Fidesz was able to improve almost everywhere,... 2022.04.05.
Zelenskyy: Orbán Must Choose Between Moscow and “the Other World” Speaking on Ukrainian public television, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned, among other things, the newly re-elected Hungarian Prime Minister. According to... 2022.04.05.
Press Roundup: Two-thirds Majority for Fidesz Confirmed As PM Viktor Orbán secures a record fourth consecutive term in office with a crushing parliamentary majority, partisan commentators offer... 2022.04.05.
EC Commissioner: “We will launch rule of law mechanism against Hungary” Speaking to the Austrian news portal Tiroler Tageszeitung, the Commissioner for Budget and Administration, Johannes Hahn, has announced that he... 2022.04.05.
Belarusian President Lukashenko Also Congratulates Orbán on Election Victory Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated Viktor Orbán on his success in the April 3 parliamentary elections. This article was... 2022.04.05.
Opposition’s Search for a Scapegoat Continues Following the crushing defeat of the opposition in the 2022 elections, the search for a scapegoat continues. Péter Jakab, the... 2022.04.05.
Photo Exhibition of Refugees Surviving Ukrainian War Vandalized A photo exhibition in Budapest of survivors of the Ukrainian war was smashed on the night of the elections. As... 2022.04.05.
Coronavirus: 101 Fatalities Registered in Hungary Altogether 101 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 72 hours, while 5,961 new coronavirus infections were registered,... 2022.04.05.
Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reacts to PM Orbán’s Victory Speech The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ukraine reacted to the Hungarian elections on social media. In his victory speech, Prime... 2022.04.04.
Orbán’s Election Victory Significantly Raises Share Prices of Fidesz-linked Companies Following Sunday's general election in which Fidesz won a fourth successive supermajority, the forint started a slight strengthening against the... 2022.04.04.
Deputy of German National Minority Receives Mandate in Parliament A preferential seat was allocated in the Hungarian Parliament to the German minority, represented by Imre Ritter. Imre Ritter, a... 2022.04.04.
President-Elect on Fidesz Election Victory: “A big win: a big responsibility” President-elect Katalin Novák posted on her social media page after the election results. In the short post, Novák thanked everyone... 2022.04.04.
Joy and Sorrow, Crowds and Emptiness – 2022 Elections in Pictures! The 2022 elections, which were once again won by Fidesz-KDNP by a two-thirds majority, were captured in photos. We have... 2022.04.04.
