Opposition PM Candidate Péter Márki-Zay Tests Positive for Coronavirus The opposition candidate for prime minister, Péter Márki-Zay, has tested positive for coronavirus. He has canceled all his outdoor activities,... 2022.01.19.
Opposition: Change of Govt Crucial for Fighting Climate Change If Hungary is to have a fighting chance of countering climate change, voters must elect a new government in the... 2022.01.19.
Gov’t Official Marks Memorial Day of Deportation of Ethnic Germans Some 200,000 ethnic Germans were deported from Hungary after the second world war, while in central and eastern Europe, nearly... 2022.01.19.
Márki-Zay Again Calls upon Orbán to Take Part in PM Candidate Debate The opposition alliance's candidate for Prime Minister, Péter Márki-Zay, has again called on incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to participate... 2022.01.19.
OSCE Election Experts Meet Heads of Election Office and Committee Attila Nagy, head of the national election office NVI and András Téglási, head of the national election committee NVB, met... 2022.01.19.
Fidesz-KDNP Refuse to Appear at National Security Cmte. Meeting of Völner, Sztojka Cases The ruling parties failed to show up at the meeting of the Parliament’s Committee on National Security which would have... 2022.01.18.
Justice Min: University Model Change Represents Freedom, Responsibility The new operational model that sees universities shifting from being state-run to being operated by foundations represents freedom and responsibility,... 2022.01.18.
Budapest Mayor: Allegations of Plans to Sell City Hall ‘Unfounded’ Allegations that the Budapest city council is planning to sell the City Hall building are "unfounded and false", Gergely Karácsony,... 2022.01.18.
British Polling Agencies Predict Orbán to Win Election It is now possible to bet on the outcome of the 2022 Hungarian general elections. Both Unibet and BetOnline firmly believe... 2022.01.18.
Opposition Pledges Continued Family Assistance, Utility Fee Cuts Maintaining the current family assistance system and the utility fee cut scheme with changes to make those systems more equitable,... 2022.01.18.
Fidesz Blasts Opposition ‘Attacks’ on Govt’s Anti-Inflation Measures Ruling Fidesz on Monday hit back at what it called "hypocritical attacks" by Hungary's left-wing opposition on the government's anti-inflation... 2022.01.18.
20 NGOs Want OSCE to Send Full-Scale Mission to Hungarian Elections as ‘Situation is Worse than in 2018’ The delegation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) arrived in Hungary on Monday to put together... 2022.01.18.
444: President of Branch Bailiffs Helped Relative of Fidesz’s Völner and Min. Rogán’s Chief of Staff Pass Uni Exams A recently obtained investigation report of Fidesz MP and former Deputy Minister of Justice Pál Völner’s suspected corruption case show... 2022.01.17.
Decree on Food Price Cap Published with Interesting Details The government decree on the food price cap instituted by the Orbán government "in order to prevent the harmful effects... 2022.01.17.
Opposition PM Candidate Márki-Zay Challenges Orbán to Public Debate Péter Márki-Zay, the Prime Ministerial candidate of the opposition alliance, has challenged incumbent PM Viktor Orbán to a public debate... 2022.01.17.
Far-right Mi Hazánk Party Holds Demonstration against Hungary’s ‘COVID Dictatorship’ Thousands of people marched in Budapest on Sunday at a demonstration organized by the far-right non-parliamentary Mi Hazánk party against... 2022.01.17.
Opposition: Price Cap on Foods ‘Pseudo Measure’ to ‘Cover for Govt’s Flawed Economic Policy’ Politicians of three opposition parties on Sunday criticized the food price curbs, insisting that it offered no solution to rising... 2022.01.17.
Agriculture Min: Capping Food Prices ‘Message to Market’ that Gov’t ‘Not Afraid to Take Even the Most Unexpected Steps’ The "bold step" of capping the prices of basic food at their October levels shows that the government is prepared... 2022.01.17.
FinMin: Gov’t Mortgage Rate Freeze to Save Families HUF 30 bn The government freeze of rates on retail mortgage loans in place for the first half of 2022 will save Hungarian... 2022.01.17.
Govt Official: Price Cap Put Hungarian Fuel Prices Among Lowest in EU Fuel prices in Hungary are among the lowest in the European Union thanks to the government's decision to cap retail... 2022.01.15.
Opposition Vows to Inject Extra HUF 1,200 Bn into Healthcare The united opposition plans to spend an extra 1,200 billion forints (EUR 3.4 billion) in four years on Hungarian healthcare,... 2022.01.15.