Detailed Charges against Fidesz MP Völner Published as Parliament Lifts His Immunity The National Assembly voted to lift former Deputy Justice Minister Pál Völner's immunity in the bribery charges against him. A... 2021.12.14.
Chief Prosecutor: Pál Völner Accepted 83 Million Forints in Bribes The President of the Hungarian Court Bailiff’s Chamber (MBVK) sent a total of HUF 83 million forints (EUR 226 thousand)... 2021.12.13.
Róbert Répássy Appointed State Secretary of Justice Replacing Scandal-Hit Völner President János Áder has appointed Róbert Répássy to the post of state secretary of justice, to replace Pál Völner in... 2021.12.10.
Opposition Calls on Justice Min Varga to Resign Over State Secy Bribery Charges Hungary's opposition parties on Thursday called on Justice Minister Judit Varga to step down in the wake of bribery allegations... 2021.12.09.
Völner Case: Thousands of Pages of Wiretrap Transcripts and Months of Investigation There are still a lot of question marks over MP and Deputy Minister of Justice Pál Völner's suspected corruption case,... 2021.12.08.
State Secretary Völner’s Asset Declaration: Modest Life, Little Savings Although Pál Völner earned roughly six times the Hungarian average salary, his assets appear to have stagnated in the past decade,... 2021.12.08.
Völner’s Resignation: ‘Right Decision’ vs. Justice Minister Should Also Go – Reactions to State Secy’s Corruption Scandal "So in our country, the state does not monitor criminals with the help of the tools of the secret services,... 2021.12.07.
Deputy Justice Minister Völner Suspected of Bribery Hungary's attorney general has asked the speaker of parliament to lift the immunity of MP and deputy justice minister, Pál... 2021.12.07.
Justice Ministry: Extending Special Legal Order “Absolute Necessity” Extending the current special legal order put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic is "an absolute necessity" to... 2021.09.21.
Ministry of Justice Shares Numbers on Covert Intelligence Authorizations From the beginning of 2021 until news broke out of the Pegasus case, Justice Minister Judit Varga gave permission for... 2021.08.13.
Gov’t Decides to Wait for Joint EU Regulation on Social Media Giants Although Judit Varga, Justice Minister, announced in January that the Ministry of Justice would submit a draft legislation to parliament... 2021.04.14.
Justice Minister: State of Medical Preparedness Needed after State of Emergency Justice Minister Judit Varga told in Kossuth Rádió that the coronavirus epidemic still presented a danger, and this is why... 2020.06.17.
Justice Min: EU Career Training Scheme Attracts Six-Fold Oversubscription A career training scheme dubbed Europe of Nations launched by the justice ministry and the National University of Public Service... 2020.06.03.
Digital Freedom Cttee Turns to Facebook Regional Head over Issue of Transparency, Neutrality The justice ministry's digital freedom committee aimed at improving the transparency of tech firms has penned a letter to the... 2020.06.03.
Coronavirus – Justice Minister to Concerned EU Gov’ts: Epidemic Bill in Line with EU Values The novel coronavirus outbreak has posed a unique challenge to the European Union, where traditional solutions "have been proven to... 2020.04.02.
Justice Minister: “Whether we will be able to control technology or technology will control our lives” The justice ministry's digital freedom committee aimed at improving the transparency of tech firms held its inaugural session on Monday,... 2020.03.03.
Gov’t Rejects Ratification of Istanbul Convention due to Gender Ideology, Migration Policy The justice ministry on Tuesday issued a statement calling on opposition parties to stop "the deliberate and perpetual misguidance" of... 2020.02.11.
Gov’t and Opposition Disagree on Ratification of Istanbul Convention The Hungarian government is committed to fighting violence against women, Judit Varga, the justice minister, told MTI on Monday. Varga... 2020.01.20.
Gov’t to Suspend Payment of Compensations to Prisoners with Immediate Effect The government is suspending with immediate effect the payment of compensations to prison inmates who had filed lawsuits over poor... 2020.01.20.
Justice Minister after Article 7 Hearing: Hungary Targeted by Witch Hunt EU affairs ministers held their first hearing into the ongoing Article 7 procedure against Hungary on Monday. According to Hungarian Justice... 2019.09.17.
Justice Minister to Reuters: Hungary Rejects Tying EU Funding to Rule of Law Hungary will resist any effort by the European Commission to tie European Union funding to observance of the rule of... 2019.07.25.
