House Speaker: Hungary’s Future Hinges on 2022 Election Winner The future of Hungary depends on who will win the 2022 general elections, house speaker Lászlo Kövér said on commercial... 2021.02.20.
Cabinet Office Chief Rogán: Nat’l Consultations ‘Key to Gov’t Policy’ The government's polices are informed by the National Consultation public surveys and "points of agreement" found with the public, Antal... 2020.11.24.
Media Authority Launches Campaign to Help People Identify Fake News Hungary's media authority (NMHH) has launched a campaign to help people identify fake news, with an emphasis on helping the... 2020.09.07.
PM Orbán Posts Video Urging Hungarians to Choose Domestic Products Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán posted a video titled 'Choose Domestic!' on his official Facebook page, encouraging Hungarians to buy... 2020.08.24.
Audit Office: Political Ads in Conventional Media Transparent The transparency and accountability of political advertisements has improved in conventional media thanks to several amendments to regulations since 2010,... 2020.06.03.
DK Proposes Channelling Gov’t Communications Money to Fight against Coronavirus The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has proposed channelling 24 billion forints (EUR 70m) from government communications allocations to the fight... 2020.02.28.
#GodisLove: Catholic ‘Response’ to Coca-Cola’s #LoveisLove Campaign The concept of the Church-friendly response to Coca Cola's short-term campaign featuring same-sex couples promoting acceptance, which stirred controversy after... 2019.10.16.
Coca-Cola Fined for Ads With Same-Sex Couples ‘Undermining Adolescents’ Moral Development’ The Consumer Protection Department of Pest County has fined Coca-Cola for its short-term poster campaign launched in early August, featuring... 2019.10.15.
Candidates Free to Make Statements Based on Opinion and not Facts, says Constitutional Court Despite a Fidesz candidate's statement contradicting the facts, the Constitutional Court (AB) has rejected a Socialist complaint, considering the statement in... 2019.10.09.
Smear Campaign Escalates before Local Elections Local elections will be held in Hungary on October 13th. There is more at stake now than at the last... 2019.10.01.
Local Elections – Tarlós Pledges to Refrain from Unrealistic Budapest Campaign Promises Incumbent Budapest Mayor István Tarlós on Wednesday pledged to only make realistic campaign promises in the run-up to the Oct.... 2019.09.26.
Budapest Mayor’s Speech Disturbed by Rabbit-Masked Opposition Activists Fidesz-supported Budapest mayoral candidate István Tarlós' speech was disturbed by rabbit-masked opposition activists who tried to instigate the incumbent mayor... 2019.09.25.
Supreme Court: State Bodies Do Not Have to Be Neutral in Election Campaigns State bodies are not required to remain neutral during an election campaign under the constitution, the supreme court, the Kúria,... 2019.09.24.
Local Elections – Joint Opposition Protest Held in Support of Mayoral Candidate Opposition parties held a joint demonstration on Friday evening to express support for District 8 mayoral candidate András Pikó and... 2019.09.16.
Police Search Campaign Center of Budapest District Opposition Mayoral Candidate Police have conducted a search at the campaign center of opposition mayoral candidate of Budapest's 8th district as part of... 2019.09.12.
Police Investigate Opposition’s Handling of Voter Data Police are investigating the opposition's handling of voter data in connection with the local election campaign in the 8th district... 2019.09.11.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Immigration Emergency Extended A left-wing columnist finds it unnecessary to prolong the state of emergency introduced during the 2015 migration crisis. Commenting on... 2019.09.06.
Fidesz Youth Starts Own Campaign: ‘Budapest is Not a Circus’ Governing Fidesz's youth organization launches its own poster campaign for the local election with the motto "Budapest is not a... 2019.09.04.
Data Protection Chief: Karácsony Campaign ‘Unreasonable but Not Illegal’ Citing reports that opposition mayoral candidate Gergely Karácsony's campaign had gathered "a disproportionately large number of recommendation signatures", the head... 2019.09.04.
Fidesz Accuses DK of Wanting to Dismantle Hungary Border Fence Ruling Fidesz on Tuesday said it had "further evidence" that the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) wanted to "tear down... 2019.08.27.
Kósa: Opposition Strategy of Joint Candidates Has ‘Failed’ The opposition's strategy to field a single joint candidate against nominees of the ruling parties for the upcoming municipal elections... 2019.08.26.
