Warsaw Claims EU Cohesion Funds Are Not at Risk There is no threat to Poland's cohesion and agricultural funds from the European Union, Radoslaw Fogiel, a spokesman for the... 2022.10.20.
Top Court: No Basis for EC Objections to Hungarian Judicial Appointments The European Commission's objections to how judges in Hungary are appointed -- raised within the rule-of-law mechanism launched against the... 2022.04.29.
CoE Calls on Hungary to Implement ECHR Ruling on Former Supreme Court President The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has expressed concern about Hungary delaying the implementation of an European... 2022.03.11.
Justice Minister: Digitalisation, AI Present Challenges to Judicial Systems Whereas digitalisation and artificial intelligence offer "the greatest opportunities of our time", they also present huge challenges to judicial systems,... 2021.10.05.
Justice Minister: Gov’t Responding to ‘Unprecedented Attacks by Brussels’ Hungary has been attacked by Brussels "on an unprecedented proportion only because the protection of children and families remains our... 2021.08.03.
Council of Europe: Gov’t Bills Would Have Detrimental Effect on Human Rights if Passed The Council of Europe has called on Hungary's parliament to postpone voting on bills the government submitted last Friday, predicting... 2020.11.20.
Justice Minister: Hungary Judiciary as Efficient as ‘Europe Elite’ The efficiency of Hungary's judicial system "is on par with that of the European elite", Justice Minister Judit Varga said... 2020.11.10.
Zsolt András Varga Nominated as President of Supreme Court Kúria Zsolt András Varga has been nominated to serve as president of the Kúria, Hungary's supreme court, by President János Áder.... 2020.10.05.
Orbán: Coronavirus Likely to Reach Hungary but Migration Historical Challenge Hungary should be prepared for further waves of migrants and "regular, massive attacks" on its border fence in the south,... 2020.02.28.
Parlt Cttee Backs Handó for Constitutional Court Judge Parliament's justice committee on Tuesday approved National Office for the Judiciary (OBH) head Tünde Handó's nomination for constitutional court judge.... 2019.10.29.
Fidesz Nominates Handó for Constitutional Court Judge, Opposition Protests The parliamentary group of the ruling Fidesz-KDNP (Christian Democrat) alliance has nominated Tünde Handó, head of the National Office for... 2019.10.29.
Rule of Law Sanctions Only against Anti-immigration Governments, Says Justice Minister The Hungarian government's political opponents "have completely distorted" the idea of the rule of law, Justice Minister Judit Varga said... 2019.09.05.
New Justice Minister: “Witch Hunt” against Hungarian Judiciary System Employees of the judiciary sector may see their wages raised as soon as next year, Judit Varga, who was sworn... 2019.07.16.
Partl Postpones Introduction of Public Admin Courts Lawmakers on Tuesday decided in a unanimous vote to postpone the introduction of public administration courts for an indefinite period... 2019.07.02.
Top Court: Law on Administration Courts in Line with Constitution Hungary's top court has rejected a submission requesting a review of the law on setting up independent administrative courts, establishing... 2019.06.20.
Govt to Propose Postponing Introduction of Public Admin Courts The government will motion to initiate in parliament the postponement of the introduction of public administration courts indefinitely, the head... 2019.05.30.
Govt Slams EC List of Trust in Judiciary in Member States Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary for international communication and relations, on Monday slammed the European Commission's figures on trust in... 2019.04.29.
Kövér: “Judicial Independence Is Not Absolute Nor Can It Be Self-serving” Judicial independence is not absolute nor can it be self-serving, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér told a conference marking the... 2019.04.24.
Justice Minister: Hungarian Judiciary Independent Hungary's justice minister, in an interview to Austrian newspaper Die Presse, underlined the independence of Hungary's justice system. László Trócsányi,... 2019.02.22.
Judicial System Change: Public Admin Courts to Be Set Up by 2020 The justice ministry plans to set up public administration courts, a new structure within the judicial system to deal with... 2018.09.21.