Orbán Gov’t Promises Generous Support for Pensioners Ahead of 2022 General Elections Less than six months ahead of the general elections, Viktor Orbán announced an extensive set of benefits for pensioners which... 2021.10.12.
PM Orbán Announces Social and Cultural Sector Wage Hikes Hungary's nurses will receive a wage hike of 21 percent from January next year, while creche workers and employees in... 2021.10.08.
Socialists Demand Pension Supplement for Chronically Poor The head of parliament's welfare committee on Wednesday called for the introduction of a pension supplement, drawing on social funds,... 2021.07.28.
DK Announces Klára Dobrev as Prime Ministerial Candidate for Opposition Primary Opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) announced on Sunday that Klára Dobrev will be the party's prime ministerial candidate for the opposition... 2021.05.03.
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.
DK to Launch Online Consultation on Situation of Pensioners The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) will start an online consultation on the situation of Hungarian pensioners on Wednesday, a European... 2021.02.17.
LMP Initiates Petition for ‘Fairer’ Pension Rise Opposition LMP is starting a petition for a "fairer pension increase that exceeds the rate of inflation", the party's co-chair... 2021.01.18.
LMP Calls for Pension Hike The Orbán government is "cruelly letting old people down" by keeping the minimum pension low and indexing pensions below inflation,... 2021.01.04.
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: Opposition Parties Agree on Principles Affecting Pensioners The opposition parties on Thursday agreed on the pension policies to be incorporated into their joint 2022 election platform. The... 2020.10.01.
Orbán: Reintroducing 13th Month Pensions Irrespective of Coronavirus Pandemic "We will start reintroducing 13th month pensions early next year," Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video on Facebook... 2020.10.01.
Parliament Passes Bill Reintroducing 13th-Month Pension Parliament passed a bill on Friday allowing for the reintroduction of the 13th-month pension. The benefit will be progressively reinstated... 2020.07.06.
Orbán: Increased Migration Threatens Hungary’s Health-care Situation, Safety, Culture Hungary could emerge stronger from the crisis caused by the novel coronavirus epidemic, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday.... 2020.07.03.
Pensioners to Receive Govt-produced Magazine More than two million Hungarian pensioners will receive a magazine in the coming weeks published by the Hungarian State Treasury... 2020.06.17.
Jobbik: Projected Fall in Value of Pensions in Proportion to GDP ‘Outrageous’ The opposition Jobbik party on Tuesday called on the government to raise "or at least maintain" the real value of... 2020.05.12.
Opposition Parties Criticise Gov’t Actions, Call for Extended Economic Support Measures On Saturday, several opposition parties shared criticism of the government and its actions against the coronavirus epidemic in their online press... 2020.05.09.
Coronavirus – Párbeszéd: Gov’t Ignores Coming Social Crisis The government's stimulus package is "insufficient" to offset the economic impact of the novel coronavirus epidemic, a Párbeszéd lawmaker said... 2020.04.09.
Coronavirus – MSZP: Gov’t ‘Let Down’ Social Workers, Pensioners, Families Families, the elderly and social workers cannot rely on the government in the crisis caused by the novel coronavirus epidemic,... 2020.04.08.
LMP: Gov’t Coronavirus Response Package ‘Slim’ The opposition LMP on Tuesday called the government's package of laws in response to the coronavirus epidemic "slim" and said... 2020.04.07.
Coronavirus – MSZP: Gov’t Late Responses Led to Loss of some 100,000 Jobs The opposition MSZP (Socialist Party) said on Tuesday that the government's responses to the novel coronavirus had been in 2-3 weeks... 2020.04.07.
Coronavirus: MSZP Calls on Gov’t to Advance Pension Payments The opposition MSZP (Socialist Party) is calling on the government to advance pensioners their payments early so that as Easter approaches... 2020.03.27.
