Press Roundup: EP Condemns Hungary’s Anti-LGBT Law Pro-government commentators accuse the EU of endorsing gender and LGBT ideologies which are alien to everyday Europeans. A liberal media... 2021.07.12.
Fidesz: Leftist Parties Want Households to Bear Costs of Climate Change Leftist parties, "hand in hand with Brussels", would have private citizens bear the costs of pollution and climate change by... 2021.07.10.
EP Says Hungary Anti-paedophile Law in Breach of EU Values, Principles The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution denouncing "the dismantling of democracy and the rule of law in Hungary"... 2021.07.09.
EP Urges Commission to Apply Rule-of-Law Conditionality Mechanism Against Hungary European Union lawmakers on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the European Commission to activate a mechanism in the bloc's budget... 2021.07.08.
Fidesz Gov’t’s New Political Ad Campaign Uses Emojis to Advertise Nat’l Survey The government's fresh political advertisement campaign applies emojis in order to call on people to fill out the newest 'National... 2021.07.08.
EP Debate on LGBTQ+ Restrictive Law: “A Matter of Deep Concern” vs. “Hungary under Attack” Controversy around the Hungarian government's new, anti-pedophilia law's restrictive features towards the LGBTQ+ community hasn't been toned down. At the... 2021.07.07.
PM Orbán Buys Gov’t Critical News to Prove Freedom of Hungarian Press In reaction to being listed as a “predator” of press freedom, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán posted a short video on... 2021.07.07.
Budapest Mayor Refuses to Give Go-Ahead to Light Up Chain Bridge on St. Stephen’s Day Budapest Fidesz politician Zsolt Láng has decried a decision by the leadership of Budapest not to allow the city's iconic... 2021.07.07.
RSF: Orbán Only European Union Leader on “Press Freedom Predators” List Hungary's Prime Minister has been named among the Press Freedom's Predators on a fresh list compiled by Reporters Without Borders... 2021.07.05.
Following Criticism, Government Waters Down New Law on NGO Donations After the Fidesz-led government moved to ban any unnamed donations for civil organizations, it apparently toned down its original version... 2021.07.05.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on New Divergences Between the EU and Hungary Opposition-leaning weeklies ponder whether the row between most European governments and Hungary’s leaders over sexual education might ultimately lead to... 2021.07.05.
Fidesz Joins Kaczynski’s Declaration on Future of Europe Hungary's ruling Fidesz party has signed a declaration on the future of Europe drawn up by Poland's Law and Justice... 2021.07.03.
Press Roundup: Divided Views on the Frontal Collision Between EU Leaders and the Hungarian Government A left-liberal foreign policy expert lambasts the new ‘law on paedophilia’ as a cheap propaganda manoeuvre that will cost Hungary... 2021.07.02.
House Speaker Fines Ferenc Gyurcsány, Tímea Szabó Millions of Forints The leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), Ferenc Gyurcsány has had his salary as a lawmaker docked by 2.4... 2021.07.02.
Motorway Concession: A Good Deal or Another State Asset Sell-off? Just less than year before the elections, the Fidesz-led government is moving to introduce concession on Hungary's motorway network for... 2021.07.01.