Teachers’ Warning Strike Concludes in Hungary with More Than 20,000 Taking Part Hungary’s two largest teachers' unions, the Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ) and the Teachers' Union (PSZ), held a two-hour... 2022.01.31.
Data Authority Finds No Problem with Use of Pegasus Spyware in Hungary The results of an investigation by the Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH) published on... 2022.01.31.
Bocuse D’or Europe: Three Hungarian Potato Varieties in the Final The nineteen best teams of the cooking competition, the Bocuse d'Or Europe, have to prepare their dishes from three Hungarian... 2022.01.31.
Two-time Olympic Champion Zsolt Gyulay Elected Olympic Committee Chairman Zsolt Gyulay, four-time Olympic medalist, was elected chairman of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) after the group had withdrawn support... 2022.01.31.
Storm “Malik” Raged in Hungary: Wind Record Broken, Ice Surge Reported on Lake Balaton Storm "Malik," which has just swept across Europe, also caused major damage in Hungary. In addition, dust storms and snow... 2022.01.31.
EU Support for Testing Canceled by Government Hungary could have applied for free or low-cost covid tests from a 900 million forint (more than 2,500,000 euros) EU... 2022.01.31.
Opposition: If Orbán Goes to Russia, He Should Not Come Home The political alliance, United for Hungary, is demanding, and not for the first time, that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán cancel... 2022.01.31.
Hungary’s Population Decline in 2021 Highest since WWII Approximately 155,000 people died in Hungary in 2021, more than in any year since World War II, revealed the Hungarian... 2022.01.31.
Lidl Introduces Quantity Restriction in Response to Price Cap As we have reported before, the Hungarian government introduced a price cap for seven food products which comes into effect... 2022.01.31.
Press Roundup: A Televised Duel between Orbán and Márki-Zay Deemed Unlikely A liberal media expert and a highly opinionated right-wing pundit equally believe that Prime Minister Orbán will not agree to... 2022.01.31.
Food Price Cap: Stores Must Display Government Price Freeze Logo Starting February 1st, domestic stores will be required to display an informational sign on their entrances to inform customers of... 2022.01.31.
Press Roundup: Prime Minister Orbán to Visit Moscow A liberal and a conservative weekly disagree on the chances of a serious military conflict between Russia and Ukraine –... 2022.01.31.
Coronavirus: More than 45,000 New Cases Over the Weekend, Number of Hospitalizations Rapidly Rising Altogether 176 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 72 hours, while 45,407 new coronavirus infections were registered,... 2022.01.31.
Survey Finds Hungarians to Be Less Trustful than Global Average, Media and Gov’t Least Trusted Hungarians are comparatively less trustful than the rest of the world. They are at the bottom of the list on... 2022.01.30.
Direkt36: Member of the Metropolitan Electoral Commission Also on Pegasus Surveillance List László Vértesy, a lawyer who has been a member of the Metropolitan Electoral Commission for years and before the 2018... 2022.01.29.
Márki-Zay Slams PM for “Betraying” Hungary’s Western Allies Ahead of Putin-Orbán Meeting Viktor Orbán is "conducting relations with Moscow solely for his own personal financial and political interests," and in doing so,... 2022.01.29.
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Pope Receives Hungarian Holocaust Survivor Edith Bruck Pope Francis received Hungarian writer Edith Bruck, who survived the Holocaust as a child, in his residency in the Vatican... 2022.01.28.
37,000 People Already Received 4th Vaccination in Hungary István György, Minister of State for Territorial Administration of the Prime Minister's Office, said on Thursday that 37,000 fourth-dose vaccines... 2022.01.28.
Teaching in Hundreds of Schools May Be Halted on Monday Due to Strike Two lessons will be dropped from schoolchildren's timetables on Monday, as the two biggest teacher's unions are organizing a nationwide... 2022.01.28.
Despite Opposition’s Demands, Referendum Not Likely to Be Held on Election Day While the opposition parties still insist on their referendum to be held together with the general election, even government-critical outlets... 2022.01.28.
