Hungarian Budget Closes September with a Surplus The protracted war between Russia and Ukraine and the sanctions policy in Brussels have led to an unfavorable global economic... 2023.10.10.
State Pensions Alone Do Not Protect against Poverty in Old Age There are fewer poor elderly where people rely on more than just pension benefits, according to a Hungarian analysis of... 2023.07.05.
Prime Minister Orbán Announces Further Pension Increase It was a good start to the day for Hungarian seniors: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced this morning that pensions... 2022.12.13.
Survey: These Were the Motivations of Fidesz and Opposition Voters Telex reported on a survey designed by the CEU Democracy Institute and conducted by Závecz Research. The survey shows that... 2022.06.03.
Central Bank Suggests Major Changes to Hungary’s Pension System The Central Bank of Hungary (NBH) would reform Hungary's pension scheme, according to its recently-published stabilization program. The main points... 2022.05.23.
Election 2022: Opposition Promises Predictable Pensions, Better Healthcare The opposition will restore the Swiss indexation method for the calculation of pensions and will offer people better health care... 2022.02.03.
Orbán Gov’t Promises Myriad of State Support, Massive Wage Hikes Ahead of 2022 Election As part of a spending spree ahead of the 2022 parliamentary elections, the Orbán-led government has announced a series of... 2022.01.02.
Government to Pay Full Annual Pension Bonus in 2022 Hungary's government will pay a full month's worth of extra pension benefits, dubbed the 13th month pension, next February, Katalin... 2021.11.18.
Finance Minister: Brussels ‘Could Not Thwart’ Hungarian Economy Brussels "could not thwart the Hungarian economy even if it wanted to", Finance Minister Mihály Varga said in an interview... 2021.07.12.
Press Roundup: Government Announces Pension Rise In order to compensate pensioners for higher-than-expected inflation, the government has announced pension hikes retroactive from January. Hungarian press roundup... 2021.05.01.
Socialists Call for Narrowing the Gap Between Rich and Poor The opposition Socialists (MSZP) have called for narrowing the gap between rich and poor. Speaking in an online press conference... 2021.02.15.
Restaurants, Gyms Exempted from Rent Payments until May 31 The government has decided to grant exemption to restaurants, cafes and gyms from paying rent on state or municipally owned... 2021.02.05.
Family Minister: One Million Benefit from Govt Family Protection Scheme The government's family protection action plan has helped 220,000 families, some one million people since it was launched 18 months... 2020.12.24.
Párbeszéd: Annual Pension Raise Insufficient to Support Low-income Pensioners The opposition Párbeszéd party on Friday said the annual pension increase was "grossly insufficient" to support low-income pensioners hit hard... 2020.12.11.
Socialists Call for Pension Raise The Socialist party (MSZP) on Tuesday called on the government to raise pensions to mirror this year's inflation, which the... 2020.08.12.
Coronavirus: Orbán Presents 5-point Economic Protection Plan, Announces Extra 13th Month Pension The government aims to create as many jobs as the number of jobs destroyed by novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Viktor... 2020.04.06.
DK Advocates Higher Minimum Pension The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the government to raise the minimum pension and calculate pensions according... 2019.12.09.
New Data Paints Dark Picture of Hungarian Old-Age Pensions A recent article examines Hungarian pensions. The gathered data reveals not only how much benefit the different groups of retired... 2019.09.25.
DK Calls on Govt to Adjust Pensions to Wage Increase The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the government to adjust Hungarian pensions not only to inflation but also... 2019.06.03.
DK Unveils European Pension Plan Promising the introduction of a European minimum pension and the protection of existing pension arrangements, the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition... 2019.05.13.
Orbán: Pensioners Will Again Get Year-End Premium Hungarian pensioners will again get a year-end premium, which, by all calculations, will exceed last year's, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán... 2018.10.01.
