Hungarian State Acquires Right of First Refusal Over Most Valuable Residential Properties in Budapest Following a change in the law on heritage protection, the Hungarian state now has the right of first refusal for... 2021.10.06.
Parl. Passes Controversial New Housing Law Allowing Council Apartments to Be Sold Underpriced Hungary’s parliament passed the government’s recent bill on housing into law, allowing for state-owned or council apartments to be purchased... 2021.06.17.
Local Assemblies Allowed to Reconvene from June 15 Municipal assemblies will be allowed to reconvene and meet as they had prior to the introduction of the special legal... 2021.06.07.
Watered-Down Housing Act Still Unacceptable for Many On the heels of loud debate regarding the sale of council-owned rental flats, Fidesz has eventually moved to take one... 2021.05.27.
Free Parking to End in Hungary As epidemic data shows declining numbers, the government announced the end of country-wide free parking from the day after Pentecost... 2021.05.20.
Opposition Slams Govt Proposal on Sale of Council-owned Rentals Opposition district leaders on Wednesday lambasted the government's proposal to privatise apartments owned by Budapest district councils, originally used as... 2021.05.19.
Even Fidesz Mayors Criticize Bill on Sale of Council-Owned Flats Even some of ruling Fidesz's mayors have grown critical with the draft bill that would enable virtually all the current... 2021.05.19.
Opposition DK Mayors Protest Plans of ‘Selling Off’ Housing Stock Deputy mayor of Budapest Erzsébet Gy. Németh and the mayors of five districts delegated by the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK)... 2021.05.15.
Fidesz’s New Bill on Sale of Council-Owned Properties Draws Criticism A fresh draft bill by ruling Fidesz would enable current tenants of council properties to buy them at a fraction... 2021.05.14.
Fidesz Mayor Szita: Compensation for ‘Left-wing Cities’ Higher than for Pro-govt Ones Central government compensation for lost local council revenues has been higher in cities run by left-wing councils than those headed... 2021.05.11.
Budapest Mayor Slams Govt Over Missing Business Tax Revenue Compensations Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony on Thursday slammed the government for what he said was a failure to keep its promise... 2021.05.07.
Karácsony: Budapest Residents Should Get to Decide on City’s Future Decisions on the future of Budapest should be left up to its residents "and not the government's confidants", Gergely Karácsony,... 2021.05.05.
Audit Office Welcomes Review Findings Outlining Low Risk of Graft at Local Councils The State Audit Office's review of the compliance of local authorities in tackling corruption has yielded "surprisingly good results", uncovering... 2021.04.13.
Government, Budapest City Council Sign Agreement on EU Funds The government and the Budapest city council signed a five-point agreement at a session of the Municipal Development Council on... 2021.03.26.
War of Words over Opposition-led Councils’ Vaccination Assistance for GPs The Budapest government office on Friday said it had received "multiple complaints" from GPs that left-wing district councils were failing... 2021.03.21.
Socialists: Opposition Mayors Urge National Solidarity Opposition mayors are urging solidarity in the management of the coronavirus pandemic and ask the government not to reject their... 2021.03.20.
LMP: Govt Continues ‘Anti-locality Policy’ with New Bill With its recent law amendment submitted on local planning, the government is continuing its policy of undermining local councils and... 2021.03.17.
Local Councils’ Offer to Help Vaccinate Public Declined by Gov’t While Hungary is doing well in terms of rate of vaccination of the public, it underperforms in terms of vaccinations... 2021.03.16.
LMP: Government Abuses Special Powers Opposition LMP on Monday accused the government of abusing its special powers to fight the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had... 2021.02.15.
Bp Mayor Calls on Govt to Cooperate with Local Councils on EU Recovery Fund Budapest's mayor, Gergely Karácsony, has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to consult all associations of local councils on the... 2021.02.10.
DK: Govt Making It Difficult for Local Councils to Function The government's cuts to funding for local councils is making it difficult for them to function, the opposition Democratic Coalition's... 2021.02.08.
