PM Orbán Sends New Political Newsletter to E-mail Addresses Registered for Vaccination Despite round criticism and privacy concerns, the government has once again sent out a newsletter to the e-mail addresses of... 2022.04.14.
Budapest Urgently Needs HUF 30 Billion for Operations Budapest's budget would need a HUF 30 billion (EUR 79.6 million) loan for operations, the Budapest mayor announced, asking the... 2022.04.14.
Hungary Receives 100 Billion Forints from EU to Cope with Ukrainian Refugee Wave The Council of the European Union has approved an amendment to the law that will allow EU member states to... 2022.04.13.
More People Vote for Governing Fidesz in Places with Many Children More people voted for Fidesz in municipalities with a large number of children, while places with more elderly residents were... 2022.04.13.
Pro-Gov’t Journalist: “State Media too Politically Biased, this Is Untenable” After the elections, the taxpayer-funded state media (MTVA) recorded an interesting turn of events: after not inviting opposition politicians or... 2022.04.13.
Hungarian Ambassador Visits US President Joe Biden after Election Szabolcs Takács, Ambassador of Hungary to Washington, visited US President Joe Biden on Sunday. A photo of the meeting was... 2022.04.13.
EU Remains Adamant on Rule of Law Procedure after Orbán’s Election Victory in Hungary The European Commission has "a heavy dossier" to use as the basis for a formal rule of law procedure on... 2022.04.13.
NGOs Protest against Fine Imposed for Campaigning for Invalid Voting on Govt’s Referendum Last week, the National Election Committee (NVB), in which the ruling parties have a majority, fined several NGOs who were... 2022.04.13.
Márki-Zay Admits Contacting Ukrainian President Zelenskyy but Talks Never Happened Before the elections, the pro-government media and Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó accused Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition's joint candidate for prime... 2022.04.13.
Former PM of North Macedonia Gruevski, Fled to Budapest, Now on US Sanctions List The US Treasury Department has announced that sanctions will be imposed on former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski of Northern Macedonia.... 2022.04.13.
Coronavirus: Number of Active Infections Drops below 90,000 Altogether 26 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 2,740 new coronavirus infections were registered,... 2022.04.13.
Price Freeze Ineffective? Drastic Increase in Prices for Non-affected Foodstuffs Although the government imposed a price freeze on several food items on February 1, prices for other products rose at... 2022.04.13.
Russian Cargo Plane with Nuclear Fuel for Paks Spent Five Days in Hungary The Russian cargo plane that arrived at the military airport in Pápa, Hungary, directly from Moscow last week, spent a... 2022.04.13.
FM Szijjártó Confirms Hungary Will Continue Paying for Russian Gas in Euros "It is not impossible to pay for Russian gas in rubles," Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced on Monday afternoon, after... 2022.04.12.
Possible Teachers’ Strike in September over ‘Ridiculous Salaries’ Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke, among other things, about salary increases for teachers at his international press conference last Wednesday.... 2022.04.12.
Lower Embankment on Pest Side Open Again to Traffic From 6 am on April 11, the lower quay on the Pest side is open once again. This means the... 2022.04.12.
Márki-Zay Begins Building a New Center-Right Party Péter Márki-Zay, the six party opposition alliance’s former PM candidate, announced that he would build a center-right people's party, which... 2022.04.12.
FM Szijjártó: Perpetrators of the “Inhuman Acts” in Bucha Must Be Punished The perpetrators of the "inhumane acts" in Bucha must be punished, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after meeting with his... 2022.04.12.
EU Representative: Hungary “Pays Its Share, so It Participates in Ukraine’s Weapons Supply” According to Josep Borell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, since Hungary "pays its own... 2022.04.12.
Public Figures Call for Pardon of Radical Activist György Budaházy Accused of Terrorism An increasing number of public figures are urging president János Áder to grant clemency for György Budaházy and his accomplices,... 2022.04.12.
