Investigative Committee to Be Set Up to Investigate “Suspicious” Property Sell-offs in Budapest The Budapest Assembly moved to set up an investigative committee to review "suspicious" property sales of the various Fidesz-backed leaderships... 2022.01.27.
Mayor Karácsony Denies Plan to Sell Budapest City Hall Budapest's opposition mayor, Gergely Karácsony, denies claims that the leadership or anybody working in the Mayor's Office would have ever... 2021.11.05.
Press Roundup: To Kneel or Not to Kneel, That Is the Question Pro-government pundits welcome the Hungarian national team’s decision not to ‘take the knee’ before their matches at the European Championship.... 2021.06.14.
Little Is Being Done to Help Hungary’s Struggling Catering Businesses It is well known at this point that Hungary's catering businesses have been struggling ever since dining in was forbidden... 2021.02.09.
District Mayors Urge ‘Removal of Cordons’ from City Park The mayors of Budapest's 6th, 7th and 14th districts have urged that construction now underway in the City Park should... 2020.09.11.
Party District Silence Regulation Enters into Effect Back in June, the local government of Budapest’s 7th District, the so-called “party district,” adopted new rules concerning pubs, bars,... 2020.08.27.
‘Mourning March’ in Party District Against New ‘Fatal’ Regulations The co-founder of Szimpla, Ábel Zsendovits, announced that a 'mourning march' demonstration will take place on Wednesday, July 29th in... 2020.07.07.
Investigation Closed Against DK Mayor Niedermüller in ‘Hate Speech’ Case Back in January, Péter Niedermüller, opposition (DK) mayor of Budapest’s 7th district, was a guest on left-leaning ATV, where he... 2020.07.03.
Draconian New Law Puts Budapest’s Party District’s Existence at Risk Last Thursday, the local government of Budapest's 7th District, the so-called "party district" adopted new rules concerning pubs, bars, and... 2020.06.29.
Coronavirus: Fidesz Faults Left-wing Local Councils for ‘Money-grubbing’ Fidesz lawmaker István Bajkai on Saturday faulted left-wing local councils for "money-grubbing" when it comes to collecting from businesses hard... 2020.06.07.
Police Launch Probe into DK’s Niedermüller’s ‘Hate Speech’ The national investigations office (NNI) has launched an investigation into recent remarks by Péter Niedermüller, opposition (Democratic Coalition - DK)... 2020.02.14.
House Speaker Kövér Sees ‘Total Political War’ in Hungary, Slams ‘Destructive’ Opposition Hungary's internal affairs amount to "total war", with no dialogue in parliament and the opposition having "no arguments but invectives",... 2020.02.06.
Pro-gov’t NGO CÖF Asks Pope Francis to ‘Defend the Christian Community of Hungary’ after DK Politician’s Remarks Following the 7th district’s mayor Péter Niedermüller's controversial comments about "white, Christian, heterosexual men," the Civil Unity Forum (CÖF) has turned to Pope Francis... 2020.02.05.
Gyurcsány: Hungarian Republic ‘Is Dead’ Ferenc Gyurcsány, the leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition, in a speech commemorating Day of the Republic on Friday, declared... 2020.01.31.
Protesters Demand DK’s Niedermüller’s Withdrawal over ‘Racist and anti-Christian’ Remarks Demonstrators gathered on Thursday evening in front of Budapest's 7th district mayoral office to protest against the district's mayor Péter... 2020.01.31.
Hungarian Press Roundup: DK’s Niedermüller Accused of Racism As Christian democrats and the Fidesz youth organisation decided to hold a demonstration against what they perceive as racist remarks... 2020.01.31.
Hungarian Catholic Bishops on Niedermüller: ‘Christians Stigmatised because of their Faith in Hungary in 2020’ Members of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference expressed their "astonishment" over DK's Budapest 7th District Mayor Péter Niedermüller's remarks on... 2020.01.30.
Fidesz MEP Calls Niedermüller’s Remarks ‘Racist’, ‘Indefensible’ Recent remarks by Péter Niedermüller, a Budapest opposition district mayor, are "racist, inflammatory and indefensible", ruling Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch... 2020.01.29.
Demonstration to Follow DK Politician’s Comments on ‘White, Christian, Heterosexual Men’ Fidesz's 7th district organization, Fidelitas, and Christian-Democrat co-ruling party KDNP will also participate at a demonstration to protest against former... 2020.01.28.
75th Anniversary of Budapest Ghetto Liberation Commemorated by Survivors, Jewish Leaders, Politicians Hate should not be commemorated with more hatred but with dignity, Slomó Köves, the head rabbi of the Unified Hungarian... 2020.01.17.
Budapest Ghetto Anniversary Commemorated in District 7 "The tragedy of our Jewish compatriots is our tragedy," Péter Niedermüller, the recently elected mayor of Budapest's 7th district, said... 2019.11.29.
