June 4th Won’t Be Public Holiday after Ruling Party MP’s Abstention Following the government politicians' abstention, June 4th, the Day of National Cohesion, a.k.a. the anniversary of the signing of the... 2021.09.16.
Analysis of Primaries: Balance Among Potential Winners but DK and Jobbik Can Hope for More Besides a virtual balance in potential candidates, current situation predicts the likelihood of Jobbik and Democratic Coalition (DK) to come... 2021.09.16.
PMO Head: Gov’t Has No Intention of Bringing Back Lockdowns The fourth Covid wave will be fundamentally different from previous ones in Hungary thanks to the country's vaccination drive, the... 2021.09.16.
Orbán Warns Against ‘Gyurcsány Era’s Return’ at Fidesz-KDNP Group Meeting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned against "the return of the Gyurcsány era" at a meeting of the Fidesz and KDNP... 2021.09.16.
Karácsony Unlawfully Taught in Corvinus? Budapest mayor and candidate for prime minister, Gergely Karácsony, might have taught unlawfully at Corvinus before his political career, according... 2021.09.15.
Budapest Hunting Expo Exempt from Coronavirus Related Restrictions Restrictions introduced due to the coronavirus pandemic will not apply at the upcoming international hunting exhibition Budapest will host between... 2021.09.15.
Gov’t to Initiate Extending Pandemic Related Special Legal Order The Orbán government will submit to parliament a proposal on extending until Jan 1, 2022 the effect of the law... 2021.09.15.
Opposition Turns to Top Court to Annul ‘Inadequate’ Climate Law Hungary's opposition parties are turning to the top court with a request that it annul the country's law on climate... 2021.09.14.
Gov’t Extends Repayment Moratorium for Vulnerable Borrowers The government has decided to extend the moratorium on loan repayments for vulnerable borrowers until June 30, 2022, Finance Minister... 2021.09.13.
Direkt36: Media Owner Páva’s Surveillance Began After Working Contract with Opposition Party was Published Government-critical news portal Ezalényeg's current publisher, former MSZP politician Zoltán Páva's surveillance with Pegasus could potentially be related to one... 2021.09.13.
DK Promises to Set Up Anti-Graft Agency Democratic Coalition (DK) MEP Klára Dobrev, the party's candidate for prime minister, has promised to set up an anti-corruption agency... 2021.09.13.
Focus on Fidesz’s Accountability, ‘Unjust’ Taxation, Healthcare, and Education at Opposition PM-Candidates’ First Debate The first debate between the opposition parties' prime-ministerial candidates was held Sunday night. Besides only one minor verbal clash, the... 2021.09.13.
State Secretary: National Consultation to Serve as Basis for Future Measures The findings of the government's latest National Consultation public survey will serve as a basis for future measures that will... 2021.09.13.
President Áder: Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Warning to Live in Harmony with Created World’ President János Áder of Friday addressed a festival on environmental protection in Gödöllő, near Budapest, and called the coronavirus pandemic... 2021.09.11.
DK MEP Calls for Independent Health-Care Ministry Klára Dobrev, an MEP of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) party, pledged wage and staff increases in health care and... 2021.09.11.
Socialist Parlt Official Queries Security Agency on Pegasus Spyware Attila Mesterházy, the Socialist deputy head of parliament's foreign affairs committee, on Friday turned to the director general of the... 2021.09.10.
National Consultation: Most Survey Participants Reject Migrant Quotas Almost all respondents to the government's National Consultation public survey have indicated their objection to any form of mandatory distribution... 2021.09.10.
Minor, yet Worrying Violent Incidents Increase as General Elections Near As political events leading up to next year's general elections are gearing up (e.g. ongoing primaries for the opposition and... 2021.09.10.
PM Orbán: Protection of Carpathian Basin Hungarians’ Centuries-Long Mission "Hungarians have never lost sight of their mission," Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared in a speech on Thursday at Budapest's... 2021.09.10.
Direkt36: Opposition Media Owner Also Surveilled by Pegasus Spyware A former politician of the opposition party MSZP, now the publisher of a harshly government-critical news portal, was also under... 2021.09.09.
“Greed, Treason, Mafia State,” – Opposition Reacts to Casino Concession Decision Tough reactions, outcry, and anger followed the Orbán administration's new controversial move that will provide businessmen with close ties to... 2021.09.09.
