Gov’t Plans to Reopen Schools After Easter, Teachers Object to Not Being Given Vaccination Priority The government has apparently decided to reopen in-person education after Easter. Public education employees' concern and fear, however, grows as... 2021.03.22.
Gov’t Publishes Eastern Vaccine Contracts, Price of Sinopharm and Sputnik V The Hungarian government has published its vaccine procurement contracts with the producers of Sputnik V and Sinopharm's vaccine. In the... 2021.03.12.
Hungary’s Opposition Parties Demand Repeal of New Healthcare Bill Hungary's opposition parties have spoken out against the government's most recent, mandatory contract for all those working in Hungary's healthcare... 2021.03.03.
Opposition Parties Refuse to Extend State of Emergency Law The government wants to extend a law on its response to the second wave of the novel coronavirus, extending the... 2021.02.16.
Official: Govt Takes Legal Steps over ‘Fake News’ on Conditions at Kalocsa Orphanage The government has taken legal steps over "fake news" on conditions at an orphanage in Kalocsa, in southern Hungary, the... 2021.02.12.
Chief Medical Officer Reported for Abuse of Office After Misaddressed Email Independent MP Bernadett Szél announced charges would be brought against Cecília Müller for abuse of office. The Chief Medical Officer... 2021.02.09.
Ombudsman Orders Probe into Conditions at Kalocsa Orphanage The ombudsman for fundamental rights has ordered a review of the conditions at a children's home in Kalocsa, in southern... 2021.02.08.
Gov’t Prescribes Model Change for Medical Unis to be More Competitive The government-pushed but debated model change of the Hungarian universities rolls on. Lately, all four medical universities voted to switch... 2021.02.05.
Opposition Politicians Slam Orbán Gov’t for ‘Deafening Silence’ on Navalny’s Prison Sentence Following the prison sentence of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who was sent to prison for more than two and... 2021.02.04.
Fidesz-KDNP Votes Down ‘Lex Szijjártó’ Fidesz-KDNP members of the Parliament's Committee on Justice eventually voted down the proposal that many grew to dub as "Lex... 2020.12.10.
Opposition on Orbán’s Covid Measures: Gov’t Late, Epidemic Situation Severe Opposition parties and leading politicians commented on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's latest announcement of further restrictions. All political parties agree... 2020.11.10.
October 23: Only Two State Events and Two Demonstrations to be Held Amid Coronavirus Scare In light of the coronavirus pandemic, only two official state events will be held this year to commemorate Hungary’s 1956... 2020.10.22.
Coronavirus: Nearly 20,000 Patients Sent Home from Hospitals in a Month during the First Wave Independent MP Bernadett Szél filed a lawsuit against the National Health Insurance Fund Manager (NEAK) because the organization did not... 2020.10.19.
New Law Limits Independent MPs’ Rights to Maneuver in Parliament According to a fresh amendment voted in by all the parties of the National Assembly, independent MPs can only present... 2020.10.08.
Opposition MPs Take 260,000 National Consultation Papers to PM’s Office Two independent lawmakers and other opposition party representatives have placed a 260,000 questionnaires they received from people who, rather than... 2020.09.18.
Opposition’s Collection of Blank National Consultation Surveys Faces Pressure Controversy isn't lacking regarding the government's latest national consultation survey. Lately, several opposition parties started to collect the blank sheets... 2020.07.15.
Opposition MPs Launch Campaign to Collect Empty National Consultation Sheets Independent Members of Parliament, Ákos Hadházy and Bernadett Szél, former co-chairs of the centrist green opposition LMP party, are asking... 2020.06.22.
Opposition Politician Claims at Least 16,000 Patients Were Sent Home Amid Hospital Evacuations The National Health Insurance Fund Manager published the April data on inpatient hospital care on their website. Independent MP Bernadett... 2020.05.27.
Hefty Police Fines Force Demonstrators to Cease Car-Honking Protests Following police handing out colossal fines for the participants in the -not authorized but publicly advertised- car-honking demonstration during the... 2020.05.26.
Coronavirus: Opposition Proposal on Taxing Hungary’s ‘Wealthiest Oligarchs’ Rejected by Parl’t Cmte The Fidesz majority of Parliament’s Committee on Economics rejected a supertax proposal by opposition MPs aimed at the wealthiest businessmen... 2020.05.14.
Second ‘Car-Honking Protest’ Against Gov’t Freeing Up Hospital Beds in Mass Numbers, Participants Fined by Police Police officers fined protesters who demonstrated at the head of the Chain Bridge on the Buda side on Monday afternoon... 2020.04.28.