Fukuyama Asks Budapest Mayor Karácsony About Situation in Hungary American Purpose, a magazine that aims "to defend and promote liberal democracy in the United States," organized a Zoom conference... 2021.09.22.
Párbeszéd Proposes Expanding Free Public Transport for Children to Pest County The opposition Párbeszéd party has submitted a proposal to parliament to making public transport free in Pest County for children... 2021.09.22.
Karácsony to Orbán: CEU Building Not Disappeared but No Classes Held The Central European University building in Budapest has not disappeared but education activities are not held there and students need... 2021.09.20.
Press Roundup: Voting in Opposition Primaries Underway As voting begins in the opposition primaries to choose PM Orbán’s challenger, weeklies and the weekend editions of dailies wonder... 2021.09.20.
Mayor Karácsony Gives Speech in English to Prove his Developing Skills Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony could be seen noticeably reading aloud his opening speech in English at the Budapest Forum -... 2021.09.17.
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.
Karácsony Unlawfully Taught in Corvinus? Budapest mayor and candidate for prime minister, Gergely Karácsony, might have taught unlawfully at Corvinus before his political career, according... 2021.09.15.
Budapest Sues German Supplier after E-ticket Implementation Failure German electronic ticketing system supplier, Scheidt & Bachmann, will be sent to international arbitration by Budapest Transport Center (BKK) following... 2021.09.13.
Focus on Fidesz’s Accountability, ‘Unjust’ Taxation, Healthcare, and Education at Opposition PM-Candidates’ First Debate The first debate between the opposition parties' prime-ministerial candidates was held Sunday night. Besides only one minor verbal clash, the... 2021.09.13.
Minor, yet Worrying Violent Incidents Increase as General Elections Near As political events leading up to next year's general elections are gearing up (e.g. ongoing primaries for the opposition and... 2021.09.10.
Direkt36: Opposition Media Owner Also Surveilled by Pegasus Spyware A former politician of the opposition party MSZP, now the publisher of a harshly government-critical news portal, was also under... 2021.09.09.
“Greed, Treason, Mafia State,” – Opposition Reacts to Casino Concession Decision Tough reactions, outcry, and anger followed the Orbán administration's new controversial move that will provide businessmen with close ties to... 2021.09.09.
Skirmishes and Controversy Accompany Opposition Primaries Despite the opposition parties endorsing one another, stressing that primaries are a celebration of democracy, their campaign and fights for... 2021.09.08.
Fidesz’s Anti-Gyurcsány, Anti-Karácsony Signature Drive Garners 100,000 Signatures More than 100,000 people have already signed Fidesz's "Stop, Gyurcsány! Stop, Karácsony!" petition in only five days, announced the ruling... 2021.09.07.
Five PM Candidates to Enter Ring at Opposition Primaries after Signature Collection Comes to a Close Five prime ministerial candidates will run in the primaries after two of them didn't manage to collect the relevant number... 2021.09.07.
Karácsony Greets Budapest Jewish Community on Jewish New Year Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony greeted the city's Jewish community on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, in... 2021.09.07.
Fidesz: Mayor Karácsony Has Deserted Budapest Budapest's mayor has neglected his duties in the capital in preference for the campaign trail, Zsolt Láng, who heads the... 2021.09.04.
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.
Jobbik’s Péter Jakab Third to Secure Opposition Primary Election Candidacy After Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony and DK's Klára Dobrev, Péter Jakab is the third candidate to collect enough signatures to... 2021.09.03.
Socialists: Karácsony’s Referendum to Give People Chance to Judge Govt’s Performance Hungarians will soon be given a chance to express their views on the government's performance in a referendum, an opposition... 2021.09.03.
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.