Mixed Reactions to Employers’ Right to Make Vaccination Compulsory The government provided employers with the right to make covid inoculation obligatory for their employees. Some reactions include welcoming the... 2021.10.29.
Top Court: Immunity Certificates Not Discriminatory Hungary's Constitutional Court (AB) has rejected claims that the rights enjoyed by immunity certificate holders, but withheld from those without... 2021.10.19.
Socialists Request Constitutional Review of Lake Balaton Construction Regulations The opposition Socialist Party (MSZP) on Thursday said it has asked the Constitutional Court to retrospectively review and annul a... 2021.08.13.
Top Court Thwarts Municipal Housing Law Stipulations Stipulations in Hungary's recent municipal housing law facilitating a purchase option to tenants renting their units for a shorter term... 2021.07.23.
MSZP Requests Constitutional Review of Lake Balaton Construction Regs The opposition Socialist Party has said it will ask the Constitutional Court to retrospectively review a section of a law... 2021.06.30.
Parliament Elects New Constitutional Court Judge Parliament elected Zoltán Márki as a Constitutional Court judge in a secret vote on Tuesday. Marki, who has served as... 2021.06.15.
Press Roundup: Opposition Debate Continues on How to Revoke the Constitution On consecutive days, the left-wing national daily carries two diverging opinions about whether the Left should swiftly abolish the Fundamental... 2021.06.03.
Opposition Turns to Top Court over Govt ‘Funnelling’ Public Money to Foundations Hungary's opposition parties have turned to the Constitutional Court to ask for the annulment of a law that channels public... 2021.06.02.
Press Roundup: Opposition Discusses Chances of Electoral Victory The editor-in-chief of a left-wing weekly promises impartial coverage of the upcoming opposition primaries, while a close associate of Budapest... 2021.05.25.
Healthcare Workers Refusing to Sign New Contract Turn to Constitutional Court Doctors and nurses who refused to sign new contracts in March will turn to the Constitutional Court (AB). They say... 2021.05.21.
Opposition Turns to Constitutional Court over Ruling Parties Outsourcing Public Assets and Unis Opposition parties are turning to the Constitutional Court over the controversial law that outsources the operation of several universities and... 2021.04.30.
Párbeszéd Challenges Gov’t Regulation for ‘Restricting Right to Assembly’ A board member of opposition Párbeszéd has turned to the Constitutional Court over a government regulation which the party says... 2021.03.27.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Opposition Braces for Next Year’s Election As opinion polls put the opposition parties combined at just over 50 per cent of probable voters, pundits in left-liberal... 2021.03.01.
Top Court Decision on ‘Special Economic Zones’ Still Leaves Question Marks Hungary’s Constitutional Court rejected the constitutional complaint of the opposition-led local government of Göd, in which it requested legislation regarding... 2021.02.24.
Parlt Approves Modified Waste Management Law Parliament on Monday approved legislation on waste management modified to address concerns raised by the Constitutional Court. The law was... 2021.02.23.
Top Court: Waste Management Law Unconstitutional A provision of Hungary's waste management law is unconstitutional because it violates property rights, the Constitutional Court ruled after President... 2021.01.20.
Socialists Turn to Constitutional Court over Social Contributions Law The Socialist Party has turned to the Constitutional Court asking for a review of an amendment to the law on... 2020.12.28.
President Áder Requests Constitutional Review of Waste Management Law President János Áder has asked the Constitutional Court for a review of an amendment proposal to a law on waste... 2020.12.22.
‘Lye Doctor’ Finally Sentenced to Prison Krisztián B., also known as the ‘Lye Doctor,’ was sentenced to 11 years in prison (7 and a half years... 2020.07.02.
Constitutional Court: March Law on Scare-Mongering Not Unconstitutional On Wednesday, Hungary’s Constitutional Court ruled that the new amendment to the Penal Code related to scare-mongering, which must be... 2020.06.17.
Constitutional Court Rules in Favor of Re-examination of ‘Lye Doctor’ Case Krisztián B., also known as the ‘lye doctor,’ was sentenced last year to 11 years in prison for burning his... 2020.02.18.
