Government Info: Pensions Will Rise Despite EU Funds Still Withheld Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office and Alexandra Szentkirályi, Spokesperson for the government, held the regular Government Info... 2023.09.29.
Hungarians Expect Higher Retirement Age Than Now The average expected retirement age of 30-59 year-olds is 69 years, according to the latest survey by K&H, Hungary's second... 2022.08.15.
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.
PM Candidate Márki-Zay Presents Opposition Alliance’s Election Program Hungary has a chance to "find its way back" to civic values and Europe at the April 3rd election; the... 2022.03.10.
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.
Opposition Promises Better, More Transparent Pension System The opposition coalition led by Péter Márki-Zay announced a joint opposition program to protect the elderly and pensioners. László Szakács,... 2022.01.03.
Family Minister: Pensions to Rise 5% Because of Higher-than-expected Inflation Pensions will rise by 5 percent next year, thus avoiding a retroactive change to match higher-than-expected inflation, the minister for... 2021.12.13.
PM Orbán: Pensions to be Raised by 5% in 2022 The government decree ordering 13th month pensions to be paid out in February 2022 was signed on Tuesday, Prime Minister... 2021.12.07.
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.
DK Calls for Stopping Ukrainians from ‘Abusing Hungarian Pension System’ The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is calling for efforts to stop Ukrainians from abusing Hungary's pension system, a party lawmaker... 2021.10.18.
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.
Opposition Vows to Reform Disability Pensions Hungary's opposition parties have promised to reform the country's system of disability pensions if they win next year's general election.... 2021.04.29.
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.
Coronavirus: MSZP Calls on Gov’t to Cancel UEFA Super Cup Final The opposition MSZP (Socialist Party) has called on the government to cancel the UEFA Super Cup final set to be... 2020.09.08.
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.
Coronavirus: MSZP Demands Hazard Pay for Frontline Workers, Extension of Jobseeker’s Allowance to 9 Months The Socialist Party will launch an online petition calling for testing for the novel coronavirus in retirement homes and work... 2020.04.30.
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 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.
