Derogatory Comments from Gov’t’s Leading Cultural Politician on Hungarian Culture Ignite Harsh Reactions "If it were up to me, I would probably trash 80% of Hungarian literature, so I would say that unfortunately... 2021.11.10.
DK Calls for Parliamentary Cttee Hearing Over High Inflation The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has proposed summoning parliament's budget committee to hear the finance minister concerning the latest inflation... 2021.11.10.
Pegasus Case: DK to Turn to Israeli Defense Minister In the wake of Fidesz politician Lajos Kósa admitting the purchase and use of controversial spyware Pegasus, opposition Democratic Coalition... 2021.11.09.
Gov’t Withholds Covid Hospitalization Statistics of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Hungarians The government has chosen not to share detailed statistics on the number of vaccinated and unvaccinated patients in Covid wards.... 2021.11.09.
Fidesz MP Kósa Tests Covid Positive, Treated in Hospital Prior to Upcoming Party Congress Fidesz MP Lajos Kósa has tested positive for the coronavirus and is being treated in hospital, but he says he... 2021.11.09.
Pegasus Case: Opposition to Contact NSO to Uncover Details of Suspected Misuse After a Fidesz politician admitted that the government purchased and used Pegasus Spyware, which according to Direkt36's investigation, targeted journalists,... 2021.11.08.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Possible Outcome of Next Year’s Parliamentary Elections Weekly newspapers and magazines study the prospects of opposition parties in the Hungarian parliamentary elections due in just under six... 2021.11.08.
Mayor Karácsony Denies Plan to Sell Budapest City Hall Budapest's opposition mayor, Gergely Karácsony, denies claims that the leadership or anybody working in the Mayor's Office would have ever... 2021.11.05.
Fidesz Politician Admits Purchase and Use of Pegasus Spyware After four months, the ruling parties have eventually admitted the purchase and use of Israeli-made spyware Pegasus. While Fidesz MP... 2021.11.05.
Interior Minister: Authorities Worked Well Under “Enormous Pressure Due to Pandemic and Illegal Migration” Hungary's authorities controlled by the interior ministry have been under "enormous pressure" in the recent period due to the coronavirus... 2021.11.05.
Fidesz to Create New Party in EU, says Vice President Novák Fidesz is working to create a new party within the European Union, Katalin Novák, vice-president of the Hungarian ruling party,... 2021.11.05.
Local Opposition Politicians Would Allow Castle District Tenants to Buy their Properties Leftist-green Párbeszéd and green-centrist LMP have worked out an amendment that would allow anyone who has been renting a municipal... 2021.11.04.
Gov’t Accuses Opposition PM Candidate of Planning to Abolish Reduced Utility Prices The government and the pro-government media lashed out at Péter Márki Zay, claiming that the united opposition’s candidate for prime... 2021.11.03.
CDI Assembly Adopts Fidesz, Slovenia SDS Proposal Concerning EU Demographic Strategy The general assembly of the Centrist Democratic International in Brussels on Friday adopted a resolution proposal, tendered jointly by Hungary's... 2021.10.29.
Orbán Re-Elected Vice President of Centrist Democrat International Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the leader of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party, has been re-elected as vice president of the Centrist... 2021.10.29.
DK Sues Public Media for ‘Presenting Elk*rtuk Feature Film’s Conspiracy Theory as Fact’ The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) decided to sue the public media after one of the radio hosts was talking about... 2021.10.28.
Press Roundup: Prime Minister Orbán Meets Marine Le Pen A left-wing commentator remarks that Marine Le Pen has tried to repair her party’s hitherto poor image as an antidemocratic... 2021.10.28.
Fidesz Makes ‘Stop Gyurcsány, Stop Márki-Zay’ Petition Available in Sign Language The ruling parties' "Stop Gyurcsány, stop Márki-Zay" petition has been made available for people using sign language, Fidesz said in... 2021.10.27.
Orbán-Le Pen Meeting: ‘There is a pressing need for the renewal of the European right wing’ Ideological pressure within the European Union has become unprecedented, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday, after meeting Marine Le... 2021.10.27.
Propaganda or Reality? – Gyurcsány Movie ELK*RTUK Causes Controversy The movie about the 2006 events including then PM Ferenc Gyurcsány's "lie-speech" and police brutality, ELK*RTUK (The cost of deception... 2021.10.26.
Budapest Mayor Karácsony Meets Historian Timothy Ash British historian, author, and commentator, Timothy Garton Ash, and Budapest mayor, Gergely Karácsony, met on monday. Ash previously criticized Viktor... 2021.10.26.