Wages Grow by 13.7% in January Wages grew by an annual 13.7 percent in January, up from 9.7 percent in December, the fastest growth in 18... 2022.03.28.
Socialists: Change of Govt Needed to Handle Fallout of Ukraine War The united opposition insists that voters can only avoid the fallout of the war in Ukraine if they head to... 2022.03.28.
Opposition: Govt ‘Pushed Teachers to the Brink of Subsistence Crisis’ In the past 12 years, the government has "humiliated teachers and pushed them to the brink of a subsistence crisis,"... 2022.03.17.
Teachers’ Indefinite Strike Begins An indefinite teachers' strike organized by several unions began in Hungary at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Teachers have been trying... 2022.03.16.
PM Candidate Márki-Zay Presents Opposition Alliance’s Election Program Hungary has a chance to "find its way back" to civic values and Europe at the April 3rd election; the... 2022.03.10.
Teachers Union Calls on Gov’t to Negotiate Demands Concerning Wages and Workload The PDSZ teacher union, which has formed a strike committee, on Wednesday called on the government to negotiate its demands... 2022.03.10.
Opposition: Forint Weakening Caused by Govt Economic Policies The recent weakening of the forint has resulted from the government's "ill-advised, unconvincing economic policy", representatives of opposition parties said... 2022.03.09.
Teachers Call for Nationwide Protest if Gov’t Refuses to Revoke Ban on Strikes As the Hungarian government has revoked virtually all coronavirus-related restrictions and obligations, a teachers' trade union is demanding that the... 2022.03.08.
Hungary Wage Growth Slows to 9.7% in December Annual wage growth in Hungary slowed to 9.7 percent in December from 10.1 percent in the previous month, the Central... 2022.02.23.
Teacher Unions Turn to Top Court over Strike Restrictions Teacher unions PSZ and PDSZ have turned to the Constitutional Court over restrictions on strikes. In their appeal, the unions... 2022.02.23.
Márki-Zay: Hungary Going Down Rather than Forward since 2010 "Hungary has been plundered," Péter Márki-Zay, prime ministerial candidate of the united opposition, said in a speech assessing the state... 2022.02.18.
Hefty Pension and Tax Handouts Promised by Orbán Gov’t Arrive in February, Weeks Ahead of Election Last year, the Orbán government announced a wide series of handouts and tax cuts, the total amount of which is the... 2022.02.17.
Analysts to Raise 2022 Growth Expectations due to Surprisingly Good 2021 Data Analysts told MTI they would raise their growth expectations for this year based on the pass-through effect from the strong... 2022.02.15.
PM Orbán Lambasts Gyurcsány and Lists Gov’t Achievements in Keynote Speech Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in a keynote speech on Saturday kicking off the official election period in Hungary, castigated former... 2022.02.12.
Budapest Court Changes Initial Decision, Declares Teacher’s Strike Illegal While in a first instance ruling the teachers' warning strike was ruled lawful, the Municipal Appeals Court of Budapest now... 2022.02.11.
Hungary’s 2022 Minimum Wage Increase Highest in EU Although minimum wages have grown almost everywhere in the European Union in 2022, the nominal increase of almost 20% in... 2022.02.07.
Election 2022: Opposition Presents Plans for Economic Policy Parties of the united opposition presented their ideas concerning a possible introduction of the euro, taxes, inflation, job creation and... 2022.02.04.
Election 2022: Opposition Promises Predictable Pensions, Better Healthcare The opposition will restore the Swiss indexation method for the calculation of pensions and will offer people better health care... 2022.02.03.
Press Roundup: Teachers Launch Warning-Strike A left-wing commentator accuses the government of ignoring the legitimate demands of teachers and trying to limit their right to... 2022.02.01.
Teachers’ Warning Strike Concludes in Hungary with More Than 20,000 Taking Part Hungary’s two largest teachers' unions, the Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ) and the Teachers' Union (PSZ), held a two-hour... 2022.01.31.
Teaching in Hundreds of Schools May Be Halted on Monday Due to Strike Two lessons will be dropped from schoolchildren's timetables on Monday, as the two biggest teacher's unions are organizing a nationwide... 2022.01.28.