Media: Controversial Anti-Márki-Zay Front Pages in Pesti Hírlap Lead to Departures One week after newspaper Pesti Hírlap had published controversial front pages in connection to the opposition primaries, the editor-in chief,... 2021.10.19.
Fidesz Modifies Petition Campaign to Focus on Primaries Winner Márki-Zay Hungary's ruling Fidesz is making changes to its anti-Gyurcsány signature drive launched in September to put more focus on Péter... 2021.10.19.
Media Authority Head Resigns One Year Early, Ruling Parties to Appoint Successor before 2022 Elections After eight years in office, Monika Karas is stepping down from her post as President of the National Media and... 2021.10.18.
Reactions to Márki-Zay Winning Primaries: Beginning of a New Chapter vs. Gyurcsány’s Fake-Right Candidate Péter Márki-Zay has been elected by a significant majority to lead the opposition alliance against Viktor Orbán and Fidesz-KDNP in... 2021.10.18.
An Unexpected Win: Who is Orbán Challenger, Péter Márki-Zay? On Sunday night it was announced that Péter Márki-Zay had won the opposition’s primary election. Unlike his opponents, he was... 2021.10.18.
Orbán to Continue as President? Press Chief Dismisses Media Reports "Fake news, we're not bothering with it," the prime minister's press secretary said in response to media reports that Viktor... 2021.10.18.
Primaries Site Suffers Another Overload Attack on Last Day, Several Gov’t-critical Portals Unavailable over Weekend Mérce, 444.hu, 24.hu, and the opposition primaries' online system were all unavailable or faced disruptions for some time over the... 2021.10.18.
DK Calls for Stopping Ukrainians from ‘Abusing Hungarian Pension System’ The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is calling for efforts to stop Ukrainians from abusing Hungary's pension system, a party lawmaker... 2021.10.18.
Pro-Gov’t Org CÖF: October 23 Peace March ‘will be message to all of Europe’ The Peace March being organised by the pro-government Civic Union Forum (CÖF) and associated CÖKA foundation on the Oct 23... 2021.10.18.
Coronavirus: PM Orbán Receives Booster Jab Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has received his Covid-19 booster shot, his press chief said on Sunday. After two doses of... 2021.10.18.
Conservative Márki-Zay Wins Opposition Primary Péter Márki-Zay of the Everyone's Hungary Movement (Mindenki Magyarországa Mozgalom, MMM) won the opposition's primary election with 371,560 votes (56.71... 2021.10.18.
Hungarian Opposition Primaries Conclude with 662,000 Voting in Second Round The final round of the opposition primaries was concluded Saturday evening. The winner, DK's Klára Dobrev or Péter Márki Zay... 2021.10.17.
PMO State Secretary: DK Will Be “Calling the Shots” in Joint Opposition The outcome of the opposition's prime ministerial primary is irrelevant because the balance of power among Hungary's political parties is... 2021.10.16.
“Climate Elections:” Green Debate During Primaries After a long debate on Wednesday evening, Klára Dobrev and Péter Márki-Zay, the two remaining candidates for prime minister in... 2021.10.15.
Márki-Zay: Fidesz Media Joined Opposition Primary Campaign on Klára Dobrev’s Side "[Minister of the PM’s Cabinet Office] Antal Rogán has decided to join the election campaign of Klára Dobrev," Péter Márki-Zay,... 2021.10.15.
PM Orbán: Fourth Wave Inevitable Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday said a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Hungary was inevitable and urged... 2021.10.15.
PMO Head: Proposal on Public Prosecutor’s Status in Line with Previous Legislation The prime minister's chief of staff on Thursday said that the government had submitted a proposal to "clarify" regulations regarding... 2021.10.15.
MSZP Finally Decides to Back PM Candidate Márki-Zay in Primaries The Socialist Party (MSZP) has finally decided who they will support as the joint opposition's prime ministerial candidate in the... 2021.10.14.
Opposition PM Candidates in Third Debate Promise to Help Winner’s Campaign after Primaries The second round of the primary elections is underway, and yesterday the two remaining candidates for prime minister had their... 2021.10.14.
New Gov’t Bill to Propose Qualified Majority for Dismissal of Chief Prosecutor Justice Minister Judit Varga has submitted a new bill on behalf of the Orbán administration, which would among other things,... 2021.10.14.
Gov’t Says Experts Wrong, Budapest’s South Circle Railway Not Overpriced After experts labeled Budapest's partly-new South Circle railway project, to be built by Orbán-ally businessman Lőrinc Mészáros, "staggeringly overpriced," the... 2021.10.14.
