Teachers’ Union to Take All Legal Steps to Defend Right to Strike The Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ) is prepared to take every possible step to enforce the right to strike;... 2022.05.29.
Small Gas Stations Sue Hungary in Strasbourg over Price Freeze The extended price cap could lead to the mass closure of smaller, mostly family-run gas stations that have been operating... 2022.05.03.
RFE: Hungary Vetoes EU Condemnation of Turkish Activist’s Imprisonment Hungary has vetoed the European Union's initiative to condemn the Turkish High Criminal Court for sentencing Osman Kavala to life... 2022.04.29.
Gas Station Owners Consider Constitutional Complaint against Price Cap Hungary's smaller gas station owners are considering filing a constitutional complaint against the Hungarian state over the HUF 480 fuel... 2022.03.17.
Tax Authority Raids Offices of Oltalom Evangelical Charity Dozens of National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) employees showed up at the buildings of the Gábor Iványi-led Hungarian Evangelical... 2022.02.22.
Beneš Decrees: Slovakia’s Confiscation of Land from Ethnic Hungarians Still Ongoing In recent years, the Slovak state has used the Beneš Decrees to confiscate hundreds of hectares of land from ethnic... 2022.02.22.
Párbeszéd’s Szabó to Turn to Strasbourg after Hefty Fine Left-wing green opposition party Párbeszéd's co-chair and MP, Tímea Szabó, will turn to the Strasbourg EU Court after the House... 2021.11.03.
Press Roundup: High Stakes in Next Year’s Election A liberal columnist suggests that if they win in 2022, the opposition parties should not bother too much about rule... 2021.05.17.
Human Rights Court: Hungary’s Extradition of ‘Azeri Axe Murderer’ to Azerbaijan Lawful The European Court of Human Rights has ruled on Tuesday that it was lawful when Hungary extradited an Azerbaijani national - convicted... 2020.05.26.
European Court of Human Rights Condemns Slovakia for Still Enforcing Beneš Decrees The Slovak state forest company wants to confiscate privately owned plots of land, referring to the Beneš decrees. The legal... 2020.05.26.
‘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.
Hungary Confining Migrants to Transit Zone Not Unlawful, says European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights, acting as a secondary court, has ruled that Hungarian authorities violated some rules in... 2019.11.22.
Strasbourg Court Rejects Mol Chief Hernádi’s Plea against Croatia The European Court of Human Rights has turned down an appeal by Zsolt Hernádi, head of Hungarian oil and gas... 2019.09.26.
Fidesz, NGO Slam Romanian top Court’s Rejection of Ethnic Hungarians’ Appeals Fidesz MP István Bajkai and Zoltán Lomnici, head of the Human Dignity Council civil group, on Wednesday, slammed as "unacceptable"... 2019.04.11.
ECHR Upholds Ruling on State Monopoly of Hungarian Textbook Distribution Market A panel of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judges on Tuesday rejected the Hungarian government's appeal against a ruling... 2019.03.19.
Strasbourg Court: Hungary Violates Rules Through Monopolising School Textbook Distribution The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled against Hungary in a suit initiated by Hungarian school textbook distributors... 2018.10.16.
Soros Foundation Appeals to Strasbourg Court Over “Stop Soros” Laws The Open Society Foundations is turning to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (ECtHR) to appeal against Hungary's... 2018.09.24.
Prison for Helping Refugees? Helsinki Committee Turns to Strasbourg Court The Hungarian Helsinki Committee has turned to the Constitutional Court and the human rights court in Strasbourg over a new... 2018.09.19.
European Court of Human Rights Said That Hungary Had Violated The European Convention On Human Rights Hungary has appealed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordering the state to compensate two Bangladeshi... 2017.06.15.