Voting: Support for Fidesz Less Defined in Wealthier Municipalities The better the quality of life is in a given municipality, the lower the likelihood of supporting Fidesz-KDNP is, according... 2022.04.14.
Opposition’s Pres. Candidate Róna: “We belong to the West since St. Stephen, not to the East” The parliament decided on Thursday on the successor to President János Áder, with the governing Fidesz-KDNP nominating Katalin Novák, and... 2022.03.10.
Opposition Alliance: Orbán Failing to Address Real Problems of Hungary Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition's joint prime ministerial candidate, said the prime minister "dealt a lot with me" in his speech... 2022.02.14.
Opposition: Price Cap on Foods ‘Pseudo Measure’ to ‘Cover for Govt’s Flawed Economic Policy’ Politicians of three opposition parties on Sunday criticized the food price curbs, insisting that it offered no solution to rising... 2022.01.17.
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.
Fidesz’s Németh: Hungary a Country ‘Ensuring Greater Equality’ with ChristDem Govt Hungary has achieved greater equality under its Christian Democratic government since 2010, ensuring better care for the disadvantaged in society,... 2021.09.23.
“Corruption, Covid Deaths, Party Secretary Mentality,” – Opposition Reacts to Orbán’s Speech After Viktor Orbán's address at the opening of parliament’s autumn session on Monday, the opposition began to harshly criticize the... 2021.09.21.
EC Approves EU Regional Aid Map, Most of Hungary to Receive Funding The European Commission has approved, under European Union state aid rules, Hungary's map for granting regional aid from 1 January... 2021.09.17.
Press Roundup: Dispute Over Government Record A pro-government commentator praises the government’s vaccination performance and post-Covid recovery policies. Left-wing columnists, on the other hand, fear serious... 2021.08.03.
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.
Coronavirus: DK Calls for Vaccination for Disadvantaged People The opposition Democratic Coalition has called on the government to help disadvantaged people receive vaccination against the coronavirus without delay.... 2021.04.12.
Ministry: Number of Severely Poor People in Hungary Plunges over Past Ten Years The proportion of people living in extreme poverty in Hungary has dropped from 23.4 percent to 8.7 percent in the... 2021.02.19.
Hungarian Press Roundup: George Clooney Criticizes Orbán Gov’t A left-wing pundit thinks that US actor George Clooney is right in calling the Hungarian government a textbook example of... 2020.11.26.
DK Urges Assistance for Europe’s Poor The European Union "must remember its most vulnerable, those with no prospects" when it plans for recovery after the coronavirus... 2020.10.22.
Orbán Lists 11 Hungarian Companies That Stack Up Well Internationally When questioned in Parliament on the government's alleged failure to help create Hungarian companies that could compete with multinational corporations,... 2020.10.20.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Dispute over Household Savings and Spending Pro-government economists praise the government for incentivizing domestic spending. A left-wing analyst, on the other hand, fears that Hungarian families... 2020.09.05.
Gov’t Cuts Support for Organizations Helping Underprivileged Children The government halved the funding of two important organizations engaged in running integrative schools and helping underprivileged children in the... 2020.09.03.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Sceptical Opinions on the Chances of the Left A left-wing commentator calls on the opposition to boycott the 2022 Parliamentary election. An alt-left blogger thinks that in the... 2020.06.29.
Audit Office: Fewer People Living in Poverty in Hungary Hungary's State Audit Office (ÁSZ) on Friday called government policies aimed at lifting people out of poverty between 2010 and... 2020.06.27.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Supreme Court Upholds Compensation for Segregated Roma Pro-government commentators scorn the Kúria (the Hungarian Supreme Court) for upholding the cash compensation for the mostly Roma children who... 2020.05.14.
Coronavirus: MSZP to Donate 12 Tonnes of Food to Epidemic-hit Families The Socialists are distributing nearly 12 tonnes of food among families hit by the effects of the novel coronavirus epidemic,... 2020.04.27.
