Election Office to Begin Weekly Publication of Voter Registry Numbers Hungary's National Election Office (NVI) has said it will publish the number of registered voters by electoral district and locality... 2021.12.09.
Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Referendum on Fudan, Extending Jobless Benefit The Kuria, Hungary's supreme court, on Wednesday granted its approval to referendum questions aimed at preventing property from being transferred... 2021.12.09.
Völner Case: Thousands of Pages of Wiretrap Transcripts and Months of Investigation There are still a lot of question marks over MP and Deputy Minister of Justice Pál Völner's suspected corruption case,... 2021.12.08.
State Secretary Völner’s Asset Declaration: Modest Life, Little Savings Although Pál Völner earned roughly six times the Hungarian average salary, his assets appear to have stagnated in the past decade,... 2021.12.08.
Völner’s Resignation: ‘Right Decision’ vs. Justice Minister Should Also Go – Reactions to State Secy’s Corruption Scandal "So in our country, the state does not monitor criminals with the help of the tools of the secret services,... 2021.12.07.
Deputy Justice Minister Völner Suspected of Bribery Hungary's attorney general has asked the speaker of parliament to lift the immunity of MP and deputy justice minister, Pál... 2021.12.07.
Govt’s Fudan Project Moving Forward Despite Budapest Mayor’s Recent Claims Last week, Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony said that China and the Orbán-led government had given up on the construction of... 2021.12.07.
PM Orbán: Pensions to be Raised by 5% in 2022 The government decree ordering 13th month pensions to be paid out in February 2022 was signed on Tuesday, Prime Minister... 2021.12.07.
Foreign Minister: Hungary Economy among ‘Winners of New World Economy’ Hungary's economy rebounded to pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021, while the global economy is only expected to do the same by... 2021.12.06.
Orbán to Ask Ethnic Kin Abroad to Participate in Hungary General Election Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will send letters to ethnic Hungarians abroad in the coming weeks and ask them to cast... 2021.12.06.
House Speaker Kövér Says Opposition’s Policy Is “Openly Treacherous” László Kövér, the speaker of parliament, accused the leftist opposition of pursuing "an openly treacherous policy", in an interview published... 2021.12.04.
HR Ministry Marks Day of Persons with Disabilities As there are nearly one million people living with some form of disability in Hungary, the government "is working to... 2021.12.04.
President Áder Vouches for Environmental Protection at Planet 2021 Expo The aim of the Planet 2021 Budapest sustainability expo is not to scare monger but rather to present opportunities to... 2021.12.04.
Coronavirus – LMP: Hungary Must Prepare for Prolonged Economic Slowdown Hungary must prepare for the possibility of a prolonged economic slowdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, a lawmaker of opposition... 2021.12.04.
Pegasus Case: Data Authority Waiting for List of Targets Hungary’s data protection authority (NAIH) has yet to close its investigation of the Pegasus case, saying that they are still... 2021.12.04.
President Appoints András Koltay to Head Media Authority President János Áder on Friday appointed András Koltay, the rector of the University of Public Administration (NKE), to head the... 2021.12.03.
Fidesz Vows to Stop ‘LGBTQ Lobby’ at Referendum, Opposition Says it’s Only Campaign Tool The Parliament's Fidesz-KDNP majority voted to hold a referendum concerning the child protection law. According to the joint opposition's PM... 2021.12.03.
PM Orbán: Vaccination Day to Be Held in All Localities within 6 Weeks A vaccination day will be held in all Hungarian localities within the next six weeks, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told... 2021.12.03.
Planet 2021 – President Áder: Hungary Making Progress in Environmental Protection, More Needs to Be Done Hungary has more work to do when it comes to environmental protection, but it must also recognise what it has... 2021.12.03.
Gov’t Extends National Vaccination Drive The government has decided to add another week to the national vaccination drive now under way, the prime minister's chief... 2021.12.02.
City Hall Case: After New Recordings, Mayor Karácsony Publishes All Sales Records since 2019 Two new recordings have been made public, with Gyula Gansperger still in the focus since our last followup on the... 2021.12.02.