More Money Raised From 1% Donations Than a Year Ago The amount of the 1% donations to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was HUF 900 million (EUR 256,000) higher this year than... 2021.09.18.
PM Orbán: Hungary and Serbia to Protect Europe from Migration Waves Hungary and Serbia will join forces to stop potential migration waves and so protect Europe, including Germany, where many of... 2021.09.08.
26 Hungarians Reportedly Waiting in Kabul Airport Following Taliban Takeover With the Taliban's take-over of Afghanistan, civilians are now attempting to flee the capital en masse to escape the atrocities... 2021.08.17.
Opposition Parties Lambasts Gov’t for Losing Norwegian Funds After years of diplomatic tension and fruitless negotiations, it has recently become evident that Hungary has officially lost its access... 2021.08.05.
Hungary Loses EUR 215 Million Norway Grants After No Agreement Reached While the Orbán administration had previously stated that there was a chance to reach a consensus on the utilization of... 2021.08.05.
LMP Calls on Gov’t to Seek Agreement on Norway Grants The opposition LMP has called on the government to "reach a consensus on the utilisation of funds from the Norway... 2021.07.27.
No Deal Reached on Norway Grants Worth EUR 215 Million No final deal has been reached on the usage of EUR 214.6 million (HUF 77 billion) worth of EEA and... 2021.07.23.
Press Roundup: Storm of Accusations Over Spyware Allegations A prominent left-wing columnist and the leading pro-government daily give diametrically opposing interpretations of the Pegasus spyware scandal. Hungarian press... 2021.07.21.
Online Income Tax Contributions to Charities Up 10 % in 2021 Some 1.2 million taxpayers in Hungary used the online tax returns system to donate one percent of their income tax... 2021.07.19.
Following Criticism, Government Waters Down New Law on NGO Donations After the Fidesz-led government moved to ban any unnamed donations for civil organizations, it apparently toned down its original version... 2021.07.05.
Orbán: Brussels Creating European Superstate Instead of Europe of Nations Brussels is creating a European superstate instead of a Europe of nation states, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Saturday,... 2021.06.19.
Fidesz to Prohibit ‘Promotion of Homosexuality to Those Under 18’ Following a virtual consensus on the need to tighten the anti-pedophile act, the ruling party's new amendment proposal, somewhat resembling... 2021.06.11.
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.
Moratorium on Evictions Prolonged Following NGOs’ Protesting for Months Following outcry and the campaigns of some NGOs and opposition parties, the government extended Hungary's moratorium on evictions. It will... 2021.05.06.
Justice Minister: Hungary Proposes New Regulation on NGOs ‘in Line with EU Law’ The Hungarian government agrees with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that transparency is a legitimate, democratic... 2021.05.01.
Government Revokes Controversial NGO Law Following an EU Court ruling and the Commission's infringement procedure, the Fidesz-led government eventually backed off, revoking the law it... 2021.04.22.
Hungary’s Penalising Aid to Asylum Seekers Violates EU Law, says advocate general Hungary's criminalisation of activities aimed at helping migrants apply for asylum, who do not meet the national criteria for international... 2021.02.26.
Justice Minister: Govt Ready to Scrap Law Over Infringement Procedure Hungary is ready to scrap the legislation on foreign-funded NGOs, and has sent a draft amendment to the statute to... 2021.02.19.
EC Launches Infringement Procedure Against Hungary for Flouting CJEU Ruling on NGOs The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary for flouting a ruling of the Court of Justice of... 2021.02.19.
After Long Debates, Agreement Reached on EEA and Norway Grants for Hungary More than 214 million euros in European Economic Area (EEA) and Norway Grants will be made available to Hungary under... 2020.12.22.
Orbán: Europe ‘Must Not Succumb to Soros Network’ Europe must not succumb to the Soros network, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote in an English-language post on his official... 2020.11.25.
