Omicron Spreading Quickly, More and More Schools Affected More and more schools and kindergartens are reporting that they have to close classes or groups or "hybridize" them because... 2022.01.20.
Man Calls Out PM Orbán after Mother Dies from Coronavirus A man's mother and sister from Nagykanizsa both died from the coronavirus, and he has denounced the Hungarian government and... 2022.01.19.
Oxford University: Hungary Has Loosest Coronavirus Measures in Europe Omicron, the new, aggressive mutation of the coronavirus, is spreading rapidly in Hungary, increasing the number of cases. The phenomenon... 2022.01.18.
European Handball Championship: Organizer Rejects Criticism Regarding Corona Rules The Hungarian Handball Federation rejects the criticism of the French and Serbian national teams, according to which the domestic coronavirus... 2022.01.13.
Details of Reintroduced Indoor Mask-Wearing The latest regulation by the government makes face masks mandatory from Friday midnight in enclosed spaces. Experts have already asked... 2021.11.19.
Medical Chamber: “Epidemic Raging, Emergency Departments Drowning in Patients” "The numbers are rising steeply, the epidemic is raging," the Hungarian Medical Chamber writes in a statement. The Chamber is... 2021.11.18.
PMO Gulyás in Kurier Interview: “We Support Everyone Who Works, We Don’t Need EU Funds for That” "We have a weapon against the pandemic - vaccination," said Hungary's head of the Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyás, in... 2021.11.16.
Coronavirus: Current Trends in Hungary Point to Severe Situation in Near Future According to Gergely Röst, member of the epidemiological modeling and analysis working group, vaccination is not enough in the next... 2021.11.04.
Public Opinion Research Results on Covid Restrictions Strongly Differ 30 percent of Hungarians were in favor of the government introducing stricter measures aimed at containing the fourth wave of... 2021.11.02.
Opposition Representatives Demand Urgent Gov’t Measures to Fight Spread of Coronavirus A cooperation dubbed ELEGY and formed by opposition parties, politicians and civil organisations has called for urgent government measures to... 2021.10.28.
Budapest to Reintroduce COVID-19 Restrictions While the Orbán administration does not plan to reintroduce restrictions, some cities and universities have already done so, most recently... 2021.10.27.
Coronavirus – Opposition Blasts ‘Chaotic’ Crisis Management of Gov’t Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's management of the coronavirus crisis "has not only been a failure", but it "has also created... 2021.03.27.
Opposition Wants Extraordinary Parlt Session to Discuss ‘Insufficient’ Measures Representatives of the five parliamentary opposition parties and the extra-parliamentary Momentum Movement on Tuesday initiated an extraordinary session to discuss... 2021.01.26.
Free Internet Should be Requested at Service Providers, Telekom and Vodafone Ready Over the weekend, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that he has signed a government decree granting 30 days of free... 2020.11.16.
Coronavirus Measures in Austria ‘Laboratory’ and Hungary – Which are Stricter? On Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced new restrictions, saying that “in our experience, the course of the epidemic in... 2020.11.12.
Coronavirus: Karácsony to Coordinate Measures with Districts Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said on Facebook on Wednesday he was ready for talks with district mayors to coordinate coronavirus-related... 2020.11.11.
PM Orbán: COVID-19 Numbers Expected to Further Increase in Coming Weeks The government's aim is to encourage GP practices to create a community, to eliminate empty practices and improve the level... 2020.10.11.
Orbán ‘Not Big Fan’ of Wearing a Mask but Says It’s Important to Protect Each Other When asked about his special 'Coolest Hungarian' face mask, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán shared with Hungarian tabloid Blikk that he... 2020.09.16.
Coronavirus: Budapest Tightens Mask-Wearing Rules, Introduces Fines At a special session of Budapest's City Assembly on Monday, summoned by Gergely Karácsony, councillors voted to tighten regulations on... 2020.09.15.
Coronavirus: Election Cttee Rejects Referendum Bid on Protective Measures The National Election Committee (NVB) on Thursday rejected a submission by a private individual on holding a referendum on protective... 2020.09.11.
Coronavirus: Budapest Mayor to Convene Special Assembly Meeting Budapest's mayor, Gergely Karácsony, is convening a special meeting of the Budapest General Assembly next Monday with a view to... 2020.09.11.
