Extension of Food and Fuel Price Caps Also Has a Price As we have previously reported, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced the extension of the food and fuel price cap on... 2022.04.28.
Gov’t Approves 3.9% Pension Top-Up Hungary's government has decided to raise pensions by a further 3.9 percent from July in light of higher than expected... 2022.04.28.
PMO Head on Rule of Law Mechanism: Voters Made Clear Decision in April 3 Election Hungary's government has received from Brussels the letter activating the so-called conditionality mechanism linking European Union funding to the rule... 2022.04.28.
New Orbán Gov’t to Still Lack Health Ministry Despite Medical Chambers’ Request According to the Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK), the recently introduced increase in doctors' salaries was of "historic significance," but the... 2022.04.22.
Despite Approaching Deadline, Gov’t Has Yet to Decide on Fate of Price Caps The Orbán government believes that the several price caps introduced in Hungary have proven to be effective and had a... 2022.04.21.
Gov’t Proposes Expansion of Definition of Special Legal Order, Citing Russia-Ukraine War In view of the war in Ukraine, the government will propose expanding the types of special legal orders enshrined in... 2022.04.21.
PMO Head Gulyás: Post-WW2 Deportation of Hungarians from Czechoslovakia “Painful Chapter” Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister's chief of staff, addressed a commemoration of ethnic Hungarians deported from Czechoslovakia after the second... 2022.04.13.
PMO Head: ‘Brussels Making Mistake by Dancing to Hungarian Leftists’ Whistle’ Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister's chief of staff, on Tuesday said Brussels was making a mistake "by dancing to the... 2022.04.06.
Election 2022 – PMO Head: ‘Decline or Progress at Stake’ At stake in Sunday's parliamentary election is to make a choice between "decline and progress, between war and peace", the... 2022.04.03.
PMO Head Gulyás: “Democracy is Alive and Stronger” with Fidesz Voters must make a choice between "war and peace; danger and security", in Sunday's general elections, Gergely Gulyás, the prime... 2022.04.02.
Gov’t to Teachers: “Now is not the time to strike” Hungary's government agrees with the demands of teachers, but 87 percent of teachers agree that now is not the time... 2022.03.17.
Teachers’ Indefinite Strike Begins An indefinite teachers' strike organized by several unions began in Hungary at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Teachers have been trying... 2022.03.16.
March 15 – PMO Head: 1848/49 Revolution Fought for a Free Hungary The creation of a free, independent Hungary was the aim of the 1848/49 revolution and the war of independence 174... 2022.03.15.
PMO Head Meets Former NY Governor Pataki Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister's chief of staff, met former New York State Governor George Pataki on Saturday, the prime... 2022.03.12.
Panic Buying and Fuel Tourism: Government Reacts With New Measures On Wednesday and Thursday, numerous Hungarian gas stations ran out of fuel or imposed various quantity restrictions on sales earlier,... 2022.03.11.
Epidemic Restrictions Canceled from Monday, No Masks Needed The mandatory wearing of masks, which was made compulsory again in November 2021, is no longer compulsory as of Monday... 2022.03.07.
Ukraine War: Hungarian among Volunteer Fighters from Great Britain Following the call of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a large number of people arrived at the Ukrainian Embassy in London to join... 2022.03.05.
Hungary Also Joins EU Refugee Protection Scheme Despite voicing opposition, Hungary has decided to support the European Union’s Temporary Protection Directive for Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country.... 2022.03.04.
PMO Head: Ukrainian Situation Different from Hungary in 1956 The position of the Hungarian government on the war in Ukraine was shared by Gergely Gulyás in a press conference... 2022.03.03.
Gov’t Lifts Almost All Pandemic-Related Measures As the fifth Covid wave is coming to an end, the government has decided to lift almost all coronavirus-related restrictions... 2022.03.03.
Ukraine Crisis: Government Launching Aid Campaign Hungary's government is launching a coordinated aid campaign to help ethnic Hungarians "and anyone fleeing Ukraine for their lives", the... 2022.02.26.