President Katalin Novák Resigns from her Office President Katalin Novák has just announced her resignation from her office on the Hungarian M1 news channel. The announcement comes... 2024.02.10.
Commissioner Launches Inquiry into Child Safety in Schools To prevent future abuses of children's rights, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Ákos Kozma, has launched an ex-officio comprehensive inquiry... 2023.02.28.
Government Ramps Up Effort to Protect Children Against Sexual Predators Hungary is coming under increasing international pressure over the Russian-Ukrainian war, but the Hungarian government's position remains unchanged: it must... 2023.02.26.
Viktor Orbán Holds State of the Nation Address Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has given his annual state of the nation address in Budapest on Saturday afternoon. He... 2023.02.18.
Organizer of Teacher Protests Brags about Having an Underage Lover A shocking story has emerged about a teaching assistant, allegedly one of the organizers of the teachers' strikes in Hungary.... 2023.02.14.
Child Protection Law under New Attack Belgium joins the European Commission at the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of child protection... 2023.02.14.
National Referendum Held Together with Parliamentary Elections for First Time Ever A referendum (the "child protection referendum") is also being held today, on the day of the parliamentary elections. This has... 2022.04.03.
Court Hands Man 19 Year Prison Sentence for Sexually Abusing Daughter A court in Székesfehérvár, in a non-binding ruling on Monday, handed a man a 19 year prison sentence for sexually... 2022.02.08.
Fidesz: Child Protection Referendum ‘Pre-emptive Strike Against Gender Ideology’ Hungary's spring referendum on child protection is aimed at creating consensus on the issue and could serve as a "pre-emptive... 2022.01.26.
Mental Health Professionals Protest Fidesz’s “Child Protection Law” The Fidesz government's "child protection law" threatens the mental health of several groups of young people, say Hungarian mental health... 2022.01.26.
PM Orbán “Prepared to Defend” Price Caps in Brussels In critical situations the main question was "to what extent is it good to interfere in the operation of the... 2022.01.14.
Fidesz Vows to Stop ‘LGBTQ Lobby’ at Referendum, Opposition Says it’s Only Campaign Tool The Parliament's Fidesz-KDNP majority voted to hold a referendum concerning the child protection law. According to the joint opposition's PM... 2021.12.03.
Parliament Orders Referendum on Child Protection Law Parliament on Tuesday voted to hold a referendum concerning Hungary's child protection law. The motion was passed by pro-government lawmakers... 2021.12.01.
CNN’s Richard Quest Confronts FM Szijjártó About Child Protection Law Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó was interviewed by CNN's Richard Quest about the controversial "Pedophilia Law," the upcoming elections, and the... 2021.09.22.
Hungarian Man Living in Austria Charged with Child Sexual Abuse The Pest County Chief Prosecutor's Office charged a Hungarian man living in Austria of sexually abusing three minors over the... 2021.07.29.
Gov’t Again Allows Referendums, PM Orbán Promptly Announces One on “Child Protection” Against Brussels The government has decided to allow referendums once again. Virtually just hours after the decree came out, Prime Minister Viktor... 2021.07.21.
PMO Head: Linking Child Protection Law, EU Subsidies ‘Detrimental’ The European Union will "come to ruin" if "unrelated issues are linked", Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister's... 2021.07.15.
EP Says Hungary Anti-paedophile Law in Breach of EU Values, Principles The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution denouncing "the dismantling of democracy and the rule of law in Hungary"... 2021.07.09.
NGOs Raise Rainbow Balloon at Parliament as LGBT+ Restrictive Law Goes into Effect The Hungarian government's anti-pedophilia law that includes restrictive features to the LGBT+ community, entered into effect today. In protest, Amnesty... 2021.07.08.
EP Debate on LGBTQ+ Restrictive Law: “A Matter of Deep Concern” vs. “Hungary under Attack” Controversy around the Hungarian government's new, anti-pedophilia law's restrictive features towards the LGBTQ+ community hasn't been toned down. At the... 2021.07.07.
PM Orbán: EU ‘Coordinated Attack on Paedophilia Law in the Mold of Previous Attacks’ The European Union's "coordinated attack" against Hungary's law against paedophilia is "in the same mold as previous attacks connected to... 2021.07.02.
