Roundtable Discussion: Excessive Influence of NGOs Leads to “Disruption of Democracy” At a discussion at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs on Wednesday, it was stated that NGOs have a very... 2024.06.20.
The Venice Commission Is Ill-equipped to Recognize Current Hybrid Political Threats In its March 18 opinion, the Venice Commission (VC) analyzed Hungary's 2023 Act on the Protection of National Sovereignty. Their... 2024.03.26.
Exclusive Interview: Grassroots Democracies Will Prevail, Says Jeffrey Sachs Professor Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University in New York. We have... 2023.06.10.
Justice Minister Warns against Politically Active NGOs Thanks to more than 60,000 registered NGOs and associations, civil society is flourishing in Hungary, Justice Minister Judit Varga wrote... 2023.03.21.
First Belgian Foreign Minister in Twelve Years Visits Budapest Hungary's Minister of Justice Judit Varga received Belgian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Hadja Lahbib in her office on... 2023.02.08.
Government Accuses Transparency International of Double Standards Hungary has been rated the most corrupt country in the EU by Transparency International, reports Index. The government has also... 2023.02.01.
What Will the Return of USAID Money Mean for Hungary? The US Embassy in Hungary has announced in a press statement on Monday that USAID that aims to "strengthen democratic... 2022.12.13.
Anti-government NGOs Receive Direct EU Funding Opposition-affiliated NGOs involved in protests against the government in Hungary will receive 1.4 billion forints (around 4 million euros) in... 2022.12.08.
Anti-Corruption Task Force Launched An Anti-Corruption Task Force attached to the Integrity Authority has been set up. This was one of the conditions for... 2022.12.02.
PM Orbán Thanks Giorgia Meloni for Protecting European Borders Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a message to newly elected Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in his latest tweet,... 2022.11.07.
Fidesz MEP Criticizes Partisan EP Mission The European Parliament's cultural committee is expected to visit Hungary in November, yet according to Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch, their... 2022.10.27.
Hungarian NGOs Support Newly Introduced Heartbeat Regulation regarding Abortion Twenty Hungarian NGOs working to protect fetal life and support pregnant women in crisis have issued a joint statement in... 2022.09.23.
RFE: Hungary Vetoes EU Condemnation of Turkish Activist’s Imprisonment Hungary has vetoed the European Union's initiative to condemn the Turkish High Criminal Court for sentencing Osman Kavala to life... 2022.04.29.
NGOs Protest against Fine Imposed for Campaigning for Invalid Voting on Govt’s Referendum Last week, the National Election Committee (NVB), in which the ruling parties have a majority, fined several NGOs who were... 2022.04.13.
LMP Calls for Stop to ‘Putinisation’ of Hungary The opposition LMP party has accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of importing Russian President Vladimir Putin's policies to Hungary along... 2022.03.09.
State Secretary Kovács Condemns NGOs Attempting to Gain a Grip on Political Decision-making It is "highly dangerous" if organisations without democratic legitimacy have a decisive influence on political decision-making, Zoltán Kovács, the state... 2022.02.25.
Fundraising Begins to Enable More Hungarians to Vote in Britain Diaspora Aid, an organization set up by Hungarians living in the UK, is organizing a fundraising campaign to ensure that... 2022.02.08.
New Movement to Give Personal Income Tax Refund to Charity In February 2022, everyone with children gets a refund of the personal income tax they paid in 2021. The aim... 2022.02.07.
MEPs Call for Full Election Observation in Hungary 62 members of the European Parliament would like the upcoming Hungarian elections to be fully monitored because they think that... 2022.01.19.
20 NGOs Want OSCE to Send Full-Scale Mission to Hungarian Elections as ‘Situation is Worse than in 2018’ The delegation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) arrived in Hungary on Monday to put together... 2022.01.18.
Police Suspect Embezzlement in Case Involving House Speaker’s Chief of Staff Police began an investigation for embezzlement in the case surrounding House Speaker László Kövér's associates. According to 24.hu's findings, a... 2021.12.15.
