Budapest Mayor Will Not Veto Athletics World Championship After a long political battle with varying intensity, the Budapest Mayor eventually announced that he won't veto the Athletics World... 2021.12.01.
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.
Ruling Parties Approve Tímea Szabó’s Giant Fine for Mixing China Flag with Fidesz Logo Fidesz-KDNP representatives of the National Assembly voted in Párbeszéd lawmaker Tímea Szabó's hefty fine for mixing the Chinese flag with... 2021.10.20.
Karácsony’s Referendum Questions Approved by Election Committe Appealed By the Tuesday afternoon deadline, six applications for legal procedures had been submitted to the National Election Office(NVI) regarding two... 2021.09.17.
Párbeszéd Submits Amendment Proposal to Speed Up Referendum Process on Fudan Campus Opposition Párbeszéd has submitted to parliament an amendment proposal to the law governing referendums in Hungary with a view to... 2021.09.07.
Press Roundup: Budapest at Loggerheads with the Govt Over the Athletics World Championship and the Fudan Campus A pro-government commentator accuses the opposition of using both the planned athletics event and the Fudan campus as political tools.... 2021.09.04.
War of Words Following Budapest Assembly’s Vote on Veto of Athletics World Championships Although there hasn't been complete harmony within the opposition leadership of the capital, the Budapest Assembly still voted in a... 2021.09.02.
Budapest Won’t Host World Athletics Championships if Student City Plans Axed, city assembly rules The Budapest metropolitan assembly on Wednesday approved a proposal declaring that the city will not host the 2023 World Athletics... 2021.09.02.
Election Com. Approves Karácsony’s Fudan and One Other Referendum Question The National Election Committee (NVB) approved two of the five referendum questions submitted by Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, the candidate... 2021.08.31.
Press Roundup: Athletics World Championship Hangs in the (Political) Balance A right-wing pundit accuses the Mayor of Budapest of high treason for his suggestion to withdraw Budapest’s offer to host... 2021.08.28.
Budapest Mayor’s Plan to Veto Hosting of 2023 World Athletics Championships Generates Outcry Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony has caused a huge uproar after he announced that he will veto the 2023 Budapest Athletics... 2021.08.27.
Innovation Ministry Submits Request to Register Foundation Supporting Fudan University The innovation and technology ministry (ITM) on Friday submitted a request to authorities to register a public interest foundation to... 2021.08.27.
Karácsony Targets Withdrawal of Budapest’s Approval to Host 2023 World Athletics Championships Budapest's mayor will propose to the Budapest general assembly a withdraw of its approval for the city to host the... 2021.08.26.
Gov’t Again Allows Referendums, PM Orbán Promptly Announces One on “Child Protection” Against Brussels The government has decided to allow referendums once again. Virtually just hours after the decree came out, Prime Minister Viktor... 2021.07.21.
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.
BP Mayor Karácsony: Yes to Student City, No to Fudan "The issue of the Student City is one of the biggest betrayals from this government," Mayor Gergely Karácsony said during... 2021.07.06.
LMP: Planned Spending on Fudan Should Be Spent on Higher Education More Broadly The opposition LMP has slammed the government for planning to spend 450 billion forints (EUR 1.3bn) on a Chinese-Hungarian project... 2021.07.03.
