Protesters Ask President Áder Not to Sign New Law Banning ‘Promotion of Homosexuality’ On Wednesday, the Background Society and Amnesty International Hungary announced another protest against a new law, which according to critics... 2021.06.17.
EU to Begin Investigating Hungary’s Ban on ‘Promoting Homosexuality’ Hungary’s new law banning the promotion of homosexuality has caught the attention of the European Union, and may face an... 2021.06.17.
Hungary’s ‘State of Pandemic Preparedness’ Extended to December The government has extended Hungary's state of pandemic preparedness for six more months, allowing it to step in to the... 2021.06.17.
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.
Hungary’s New Law Against ‘Promoting Homosexuality’ Generates International Outcry The news about Hungary’s new law banning the 'promotion of homosexuality' was met with huge outcry, not only in Hungary... 2021.06.16.
Gov’t Passes Bill on Fudan Hungary While Rejecting Relevance of Debate The Hungarian government argues that the debate around Fudan University is irrelevant, since no final decision has been made, yet... 2021.06.16.
Press Roundup: Debate on the Ban on the ‘Promotion of Homosexuality’ Ahead of the vote in Parliament on Tuesday, left-wing critics condemned a bill banning the promotion of homosexuality among children... 2021.06.16.
Orbán: ‘Brave, Novel’ Decisions Needed to Support Growth "Brave and novel decisions" are needed to make sure economic growth this year exceeds 5.5 percent, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán... 2021.06.15.
Finance Minister: Next Year’s Budget Ensures Full Resources to Relaunch the Economy In 2022, all the resources necessary will be available to relaunch the economy, create jobs and boost investments, Mihály Varga,... 2021.06.15.
Parliament Passes Hungary’s 2022 Budget Hungary's parliament passed into law the government's 2022 budget in a final vote on Tuesday. The budget passed with 132... 2021.06.15.
Orbán Gov’t to Place Hungary’s Motorway Network in Private Hands for 35 Years According to the government's plans, the operation of Hungary's motorway network will be placed in private hands, in the framework... 2021.06.15.
Govt Calls New HUF 3 bn Tender for Electric Car Subsidies The government has called a new 3 billion forint (EUR 8.6m) tender for subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles... 2021.06.14.
PM Orbán Congratulates Israel’s New PM Viktor Orbán has written to the new Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, to offer his congratulations and best wishes, the... 2021.06.14.
Gov’t and Mayor Karácsony Clash as Traffic Jams Return to Budapest In the past weeks, several junctions in Budapest were closed, and today a number of renovations have begun, resulting in... 2021.06.14.
Former CDU Minister Supports Orbán in Upcoming Elections A former politician of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has come to the defense of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán... 2021.06.14.
PM Candidate Karácsony Presents First Part of 99 Movement Program Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony on Saturday presented 18 points of his 99 Movement program. Karácsony, the prime ministerial candidate of... 2021.06.12.
Orbán Announces Huge Minimum Wage Increase, but Still Among Lowest in EU In the past days, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has talked about one of the government's major new goals to raise... 2021.06.12.
Foreign Minister Opens Consulate General in Innsbruck Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó opened Hungary's consulate general in Innsbruck, Hungary's 148th around the world, on Friday. "Innsbruck is a... 2021.06.11.
LMP Brands PM’s Proposed Tax Rebate ‘Campaign Stunt’ Opposition LMP has branded a personal income tax rebate for low-earning parents proposed by the prime minister this week as... 2021.06.11.
Promised PIT Refund for Families Could Total HUF 1.6 Million Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced a big personal income tax refund to families with children. Although many details of... 2021.06.11.
Orbán: Hungary-China Cooperation Needed in “New Economic Order” The world economy is changing, and Hungary’s cooperation with China is a key part in ensuring the future benefits of... 2021.06.11.
