New Recording in City Hall Case: Mayor Karácsony to File Charges In the wake of the publication of a new recording in which a well-known businessman makes accusations against the city... 2021.11.17.
Budapest Mayor Karácsony Gets Third Covid Vaccine Jab Gergely Karácsony, Mayor of Budapest, announced on Saturday that he has been inoculated with his third jab of the coronavirus... 2021.11.16.
Opposition Politicians Liken Fidesz Party Congress to that of Former Hungarian Communist Party There is not much difference between the Fidesz party congress and a congress of the former Hungarian Communist Party (MSZMP),... 2021.11.15.
Fidesz Budapest Chapter Questions City Leadership Over Used Frankfurt Tram Purchase The Budapest chapter of ruling Fidesz questioned the city's left-wing leadership about the procurement of used trams from Frankfurt which... 2021.11.13.
Mayor Karácsony Issues Reprimand to Head of Budapest Capital Asset Management Center Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, has issued a written reprimand to Balázs J. Barts, the chief executive of Budapest... 2021.11.13.
Press Roundup: Budapest Mayor Accused of Planning to Sell City Hall Pro-government media accuse the Budapest Mayor of intending to sell the City Hall building. A left-wing commentator describes the allegation... 2021.11.12.
Budapest Leadership Says Plan to Sell City Hall was Taken Off Table Long Ago As a new recording was leaked in connection with the sale of City Hall, Budapest's leadership hasn't ruled out that... 2021.11.11.
Metropolitan Council Invites Bids to Refurbish City Hall Park The Budapest metropolitan council is announcing a call for bids for plans to refurbish the capital's City Hall Park, Mayor... 2021.11.09.
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.
Compulsory Vaccination Unpopular Even with Employers The list of companies announcing that they won't be imposing compulsory vaccination is growing, while there still isn't one company... 2021.11.04.
LMP Calls on Budapest Mayor Karácsony to Intensify Support for Green Policies The opposition LMP has called on Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony to intensify support for green policies and promote the vision... 2021.11.02.
Coronavirus: Budapest Mayor Orders Masks to be Worn in Metropolitan Venues Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony has ordered masks to be worn inside metropolitan venues such as theatres and cinemas from Nov.... 2021.10.29.
Budapest to Reintroduce COVID-19 Restrictions While the Orbán administration does not plan to reintroduce restrictions, some cities and universities have already done so, most recently... 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.
BP Mayor Karácsony: Ideals of 1956 Must be Preserved “Every Day” The ideals of 1956 and the hopes of 1989 must be preserved "every day", Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said on... 2021.10.23.
Karácsony on DK’s ‘Blackmail:’ “They Threatened to Overthrow Me” After the primaries, during which both Gergely Karácsony and Péter Márki-Zay spoke about Democratic Coalition blackmailing them and their allies,... 2021.10.21.
Fidesz Modifies Petition Campaign to Focus on Primaries Winner Márki-Zay Hungary's ruling Fidesz is making changes to its anti-Gyurcsány signature drive launched in September to put more focus on Péter... 2021.10.19.
Reactions to Márki-Zay Winning Primaries: Beginning of a New Chapter vs. Gyurcsány’s Fake-Right Candidate Péter Márki-Zay has been elected by a significant majority to lead the opposition alliance against Viktor Orbán and Fidesz-KDNP in... 2021.10.18.
An Unexpected Win: Who is Orbán Challenger, Péter Márki-Zay? On Sunday night it was announced that Péter Márki-Zay had won the opposition’s primary election. Unlike his opponents, he was... 2021.10.18.
Patti Smith Shares her Love for Hungarian Literature at Budapest Performance On Wednesday evening, Patti Smith gave a concert in Müpa Budapest. During her performance, she recited three Hungarian poems. But... 2021.10.14.