State Secy Rétvári: Govt Helping People Who Want Children The government aims to ensure that people who want to have children are given all possible support, not just financial,... 2021.11.12.
Govt Politicians Mark Intl Day of Older Persons The Hungarian government has worked over the past eleven years to provide security to elderly Hungarians, a human resources ministry... 2021.10.01.
Capitol Hill Riot’s Domestic Relevance Interpreted Differently by Political Sides The Capitol Hill riot has inspired Hungarian policy-makers. Although the conflict was generated by pro-Trump, right-wing activists, Fidesz-KDNP politicians began... 2021.01.12.
Coronavirus: Screening Buses Deployed to Test for Coronavirus The government is deploying mobile screening buses to test people who may have contracted coronavirus, a state secretary of the... 2020.11.13.
More Politicians Test Positive for Coronavirus Besides András Pikó, who had difficulties in beating the virus, and Lénárd Borbély, who by now can leave the hospital,... 2020.11.02.
Gov’t to Set Up New Testing Points for Contacts of Coronavirus Patients New testing points are being set up to conduct tests of close contacts of people infected with COVID-19. According to... 2020.09.22.
1.5 Million Hungarian WW1 Heroes’ Names Accessible in Unique Database The database of Hungarian WW1 heroes is freely accessible to everyone. It contains the names of all the soldiers who... 2020.09.18.
State Secy: Hungary Seven Places Up on Healthy Life Years List Hungary has improved its position by seven places over ten years on a list of countries ranked by the number... 2020.08.13.
Rétvári: Free Textbooks to All Students from September All students of Hungary's primary and secondary schools will be provided textbooks free of charge from the next academic year... 2020.07.20.
Coronavirus: 6-hour Long Parl’t Committe Meeting Still Leaves Questions Unanswered The Parliament’s Public Welfare Committee held an extremely lengthy hearing on Tuesday, asking members of the operative board about several... 2020.04.29.
Gov’t Asks Top Court for Expedited Hearing in Gyöngyöspata School Segregation Case The government is appealing against a court decision to award cash compensation to Roma who were segregated at school in... 2020.02.12.
Párbeszéd Calls for Scrapping ‘Far-right’ National Curriculum The opposition Párbeszéd party will submit a proposal to parliament to scrap amendments to the national curriculum (NAT), which the... 2020.02.06.
Memory of Hungarians Deported to Soviet Labour Camps Honoured Hungarians have a duty to honour the memories of the roughly 100 million victims of communist dictatorships worldwide, a human... 2020.01.20.
Gov’t Urges Rights Protections for Transcarpathian Hungarians at UNESCO Assembly Violations of the rights of Transcarpathian Hungarians and the persecution of Christians must both be fought against, Bence Rétvári of... 2019.11.15.
Rétvári: Social, Family, Employment Decisions Should Remain National Competence Hungary wants decisions on social, family and employment matters to remain a national competence, the state secretary of the Ministry... 2019.10.25.
DK to Investigate Number of Missing Teachers in Hungarian Education The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) will write to all school district heads to find out how many teachers are missing... 2019.07.23.
Govt Official: Some 130,000 Children to Attend Govt Funded Summer Camps The number of children participating state sponsored Erzsébet camps has risen to 130,000 this year, with the state taking over... 2019.07.23.
Grandparents’ Child-Care Fee Coming in 2020 On Tuesday, the government filed a bill for grandparents' child-care fee. The new measure will come into effect on 1... 2019.06.06.
WWI Memorial Unveiled in Budapest A memorial dedicated to the Hungarian heroes of the first world war was inaugurated in Budapest's Fiumei Street cemetery on... 2018.11.12.
Govt: Homeless Ban Aimed at ‘Saving Lives’ Regulations banning rough sleepers from public areas, effective from Monday, are aimed at "saving lives", a state secretary of the... 2018.10.15.
Vatican Official Praises Hungary’s Help For Persecuted Christians Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States for the Holy See, praised Hungary’s efforts in helping persecuted Christians... 2017.08.28.
