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.
Gov’t Approves 3.9% Pension Top-Up Hungary's government has decided to raise pensions by a further 3.9 percent from July in light of higher than expected... 2022.04.28.
Orbán Gov’t Pledges Pension Hikes if Inflation Rises The government will increase pension payments during the year if the war in Ukraine drives Hungary's inflation higher than expected,... 2022.03.30.
Socialists Warn of Growing Poverty among Pensioners The gap between pensions and wages is growing, and a growing number of Hungarian pensioners are experiencing poverty, the Socialist... 2021.12.01.
PM Orbán: Economic Growth Should Benefit All Including Pensioners Hungary's economic growth is a "shared success" from which everybody including pensioners should benefit, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on... 2021.11.16.
Family Minister: Govt to Spend HUF 3,500 Billion on Family Support Next Year Hungary's government will spend some 3,500 billion forints (EUR 9.7bn), or 6.2 percent of GDP, on family support measures in... 2021.10.31.
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.
