Although Already Promised, Teachers Still Have to Wait for Wage Hike While even government politicians now admit that a wage hike for teachers is much needed, other than the promise of... 2021.09.24.
Opposition Primaries Continue after Software Crash, Tens of Thousands Voting Daily The first round of the opposition primary elections started this Saturday, the 18th of September. The start was not a... 2021.09.21.
Press Roundup: Opposition Primary Suspended after IT Crash Opposition-leaning authors suspect the government side behind the crash of the vote counting server on Saturday, the first day of... 2021.09.21.
“Corruption, Covid Deaths, Party Secretary Mentality,” – Opposition Reacts to Orbán’s Speech After Viktor Orbán's address at the opening of parliament’s autumn session on Monday, the opposition began to harshly criticize the... 2021.09.21.
Parlt Committee Declares Meeting on Pegasus Spy Software Confidential Parliament's national security committee declared its meeting on the issue of Pegasus, an Israeli spy software, confidential for 50 years,... 2021.09.20.
Karácsony’s Referendum Questions Approved by Election Committe Appealed By the Tuesday afternoon deadline, six applications for legal procedures had been submitted to the National Election Office(NVI) regarding two... 2021.09.17.
Orbán Gov’t Under Fire as EP Debates Pegasus Scandal In the European Parliament on Wednesday, MEPs debated on the Pegasus spyware scandal and asked the Commission and member states... 2021.09.16.
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.
Justice Minister: EP Resolution on LGBTQ Rights for Same Sex Marriage ‘Unfounded and Political’ Justice Minister Judit Varga has called the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on the rights of the LGBTQ community... 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.
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.
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.
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.
Skirmishes and Controversy Accompany Opposition Primaries Despite the opposition parties endorsing one another, stressing that primaries are a celebration of democracy, their campaign and fights for... 2021.09.08.
Five PM Candidates to Enter Ring at Opposition Primaries after Signature Collection Comes to a Close Five prime ministerial candidates will run in the primaries after two of them didn't manage to collect the relevant number... 2021.09.07.
Jobbik’s Péter Jakab Third to Secure Opposition Primary Election Candidacy After Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony and DK's Klára Dobrev, Péter Jakab is the third candidate to collect enough signatures to... 2021.09.03.
PMO Head Gulyás: ‘Only Thing Gyurcsány Family Loves More than Lies is Power’ "The only thing the Gyurcsány family loves than lies is power," the prime minister's chief of staff said on Facebook... 2021.09.03.
Press Roundup: Crossfire of Accusations of Demagoguery A pro-government commentator interprets Budapest Mayor Karácsony’s threat to veto the Budapest Athletics Championship as a demagogic stunt. A liberal... 2021.08.30.
DK’s Klára Dobrev Second to Secure Candidacy in Opposition Primaries The 20 thousand signature endorsements necessary for running in the opposition primaries have been gathered by prime ministerial candidate Klára... 2021.08.25.