LMP Lawmaker to Join Jobbik Parliamentary Group After 2022 General Elections Márta Demeter, lawmaker of opposition green LMP, will be joining the parliamentary group of rightist Jobbik if she wins a... 2021.08.23.
Opposition Primaries Procedure Begins to Find Strongest Candidates to Challenge Fidesz Next Year Following long negotiations and dealings, administration of the opposition primaries has just been concluded, and the procedure officially started on... 2021.08.23.
MSZP: ‘Balaton Battle’ Will Continue The "Balaton battle" will continue, the opposition Socialists' party director said at a press conference on Sunday. Speaking online from... 2021.08.23.
Press Roundup: Hungary’s Future (or Not) in the EU A pro-government analyst thinks that it would be timely to assess the potential benefits of ‘Huxit’. Conservative and liberal commentators... 2021.08.23.
Jobbik Calls for Foundation of New State to Commemorate August 20 Péter Jakab, the head of the opposition Jobbik party, called for the foundation of a new state rooted in cooperation... 2021.08.20.
Jobbik’s László Bíró, Criticized for Racist Comments, Withdraws from Opposition Primaries Opposition Jobbik's candidate, László Bíró, who lost the by-election in the Borsod 6th district to governing Fidesz’s candidate a year... 2021.08.17.
Ministry of Justice Shares Numbers on Covert Intelligence Authorizations From the beginning of 2021 until news broke out of the Pegasus case, Justice Minister Judit Varga gave permission for... 2021.08.13.
Hungarian Gov’t Isolates Literature and Media with LGBTQ Content The first element of Hungary’s ban on the promotion of homosexuality has been written into law and will take effect... 2021.08.11.
Jobbik Protests Planned Closure of Small Post Offices The opposition Jobbik party has called for a parliamentary resolution against plans to "close down 800 post offices in villages",... 2021.08.09.
Secrecy Surrounds Hungary’s Pegasus as Investigations Hit Roadblocks Aside from the Olympics, Hungary’s Pegasus scandal has dominated online Hungarian political media for the past three weeks. Despite the... 2021.08.06.
Former Local Jobbik Politician Arrested on Suspicion of Child Pornography Police have opened an investigation against a man from the town of Gyula in southeastern Hungary, who is suspected of... 2021.08.06.
Opposition Parties Lambasts Gov’t for Losing Norwegian Funds After years of diplomatic tension and fruitless negotiations, it has recently become evident that Hungary has officially lost its access... 2021.08.05.
Election Cttee Approves Govt’s Child Protection Referendum Questions The National Election Committee (NVB) on Friday approved the government's five referendum questions on child protection. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán... 2021.07.31.
Pegasus Case: Opposition MPs Call on Gov’t to Resign at Budapest Demonstration Opposition lawmakers held a demonstration in downtown Budapest late on Monday, accusing the government of spying on people "for thinking... 2021.07.27.
Fidesz-KDNP Refuse to Appear at Nat’l Security Committee Meeting Re: Pegasus Spyware Ruling Fidesz-KDNP's members refused to turn up at the national security's meeting, convened by the opposition. As a result, the... 2021.07.26.
Direkt36: Former State Secretary of Orbán Gov’t Also on Pegasus Spyware’s List of Targets Former state secretary, Attila Aszódi, could be another potential target of Pegasus, surveillance software created by Israeli company NSO Group... 2021.07.23.
DK Turns to Ministers Over Pegasus Spyware Scandal The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is turning to five ministers and the public prosecutor, requesting answers on the purchase of... 2021.07.23.
Security Council Meeting Scheduled Over Hungary’s Pegasus Scandal It is up to Fidesz members of the National Security Committee to decide whether Minister of the Interior Sándor Pintér... 2021.07.22.
“Compounded Case of Political Pedophilia” – Opposition Slams Govt’s Newly Announced Referendum Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Wednesday that in response to the attacks from Brussels, the government will initiate a... 2021.07.21.
Jewish Org Mazsihisz: Hungary Has More to Do Against Anti-Semitism Anti-Semitism is present "across the whole of Hungarian society" and "we have something to do against that phenomenon", András Heisler,... 2021.07.21.
Pegasus Case: Opposition Believes Gov’t Silence Equals Guilt Opposition leaders have not settled on the subject of Hungary's Pegasus spyware scandal, declaring that the government needs to be... 2021.07.20.