PMO Head Flags Possible Election Interference from Abroad The prime minister's chief of staff has flagged the possibility of interference from abroad in Hungary's upcoming general election. Gergely... 2022.02.09.
Like PM Orbán, Local Rival Lázár Also Refuses Márki-Zay’s Debate Challenge After PM Orbán apparently declined the invitation, the opposition alliance's prime-ministerial candidate Péter Márki-Zay challenged János Lázár as well. Márki-Zay... 2022.02.02.
Fidesz Still against Public Debate between PM Candidates Orbán and Márki-Zay This time, in response to the second challenge by the opposition alliance's candidate for prime minister, Péter Márki-Zay, the parliamentary... 2022.01.22.
Márki-Zay Again Calls upon Orbán to Take Part in PM Candidate Debate The opposition alliance's candidate for Prime Minister, Péter Márki-Zay, has again called on incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to participate... 2022.01.19.
Migration Debate Between State Sec. Orbán, Pro-Migration Assoc. Leader Kováts, and Economist Caplan World-wide migration, the Hungarian government's migratory policies, communication and border protection, were all on the menu in a public debate... 2021.10.21.
“Climate Elections:” Green Debate During Primaries After a long debate on Wednesday evening, Klára Dobrev and Péter Márki-Zay, the two remaining candidates for prime minister in... 2021.10.15.
Press Roundup: Opposition Frontrunners Clash in Third Televised Debate A liberal commentator thinks that despite the tense and personal exchange between Dobrev and Márki-Zay, there is no vast ideological... 2021.10.15.
Opposition PM Candidates in Third Debate Promise to Help Winner’s Campaign after Primaries The second round of the primary elections is underway, and yesterday the two remaining candidates for prime minister had their... 2021.10.14.
EPP President Tusk Confronts Fidesz Again, Wants to See Party Out Donald Tusk, president of the European People's Party, spoke out against the Hungarian government once again on Twitter, asking what... 2020.12.03.
Government Spokesman Calls for EC Vice-President Jourova’s Resignation Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary for international communications, called for the resignation of European Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova on Friday,... 2020.11.21.
Gov’t Bills to End Special Emergency Powers on June 20th, May Allow Gov’t to Rule by Decree in Future During a Public Health Crisis The government has submitted a bill to Parliament declaring the end of the state of emergency, which, if passed, is... 2020.05.27.
Hungarian Press Roundup: European Parliament Debates Hungarian Emergency Measures In the wake of a debate in the European Parliament on the rule of law in Hungary, a pro-government and... 2020.05.16.
EP Holds Debate on Rule of Law in Hungary without Representative from Hungarian Gov’t Today, the European Council and the Commission presented a statement on ‘Emergency Legislation in Hungary and its impact on the Rule... 2020.05.14.
Debate on Hungarian Representation at Debate on State of Rule of Law in Hungary On Thursday, the European Parliament will hold a debate on the state of the rule of law in Hungary. Yesterday,... 2020.05.13.
Harsh Debate between Doctors’ Chamber and Gov’t on Protection from Coronavirus Earlier this week, the Hungarian Chamber of Doctors (MOK) stated at a press conference that surgical masks that doctors and health... 2020.03.13.
‘Prison Business’ Plenary Debate: Gov’t Sets Deadline to Reduce Average Occupancy Rate to 100% or Below The government aims to put a stop to the "prison business" which has grown into a billion-forint "industry", Justice Minister... 2020.02.20.
Orbán Says No to TV Debate with Timmermans Lead candidate of the Party of European Socialists (PES) for European Commission president Frans Timmermans is preparing for a televised... 2019.05.13.
Fidesz MEP: EP Hungary Debate ‘Cheapest Auto-Da-Fe’ Ever The recent debate held in the European Parliament about the rule of law in Hungary can be regarded as "the... 2019.02.04.
