Public Finances Upside Down: Several Sectors Received More than Expected Last Year Almost every aspect of the budget has increased more than originally planned last year, Hvg.hu reports after checking the final... 2021.10.16.
Opposition Turns to Top Court over Govt ‘Funnelling’ Public Money to Foundations Hungary's opposition parties have turned to the Constitutional Court to ask for the annulment of a law that channels public... 2021.06.02.
Opposition Turns to Constitutional Court over Ruling Parties Outsourcing Public Assets and Unis Opposition parties are turning to the Constitutional Court over the controversial law that outsources the operation of several universities and... 2021.04.30.
Gov’t Outsources State Assets and Unis to ‘Raise Competitiveness,’ Opposition Believes It’s Robbery Fidesz-KDNP members of the National Assembly, with the help of three independent MPs, voted in the law that transfers various... 2021.04.28.
Opposition Accuses Govt of ‘Turning State Assets Into Private Fortunes’ Hungary's opposition parties on Thursday signed a statement protesting against what they called the government's "steps to preserve the regime... 2021.04.23.
Audit Office Welcomes Review Findings Outlining Low Risk of Graft at Local Councils The State Audit Office's review of the compliance of local authorities in tackling corruption has yielded "surprisingly good results", uncovering... 2021.04.13.
Ujhelyi: Authorities Failed to Clarify on ‘Suspicious’ Tourism Support The authorities have failed to clarify who were the recipients of tourism support distributed by the state under "suspicious conditions",... 2020.12.23.
Opposition Parties Slam Gov’t for ‘Hypocritical’ Constitutional Amendment Opposition parties slammed the Orbán government after the Hungarian parliament approved the 9th constitutional amendment on Tuesday. They criticized the... 2020.12.17.
Ruling Parties Vote in 9th Constitutional Amendment Lawmakers on Tuesday adopted the 9th amendment to Hungary's constitution, stipulating that a mother is a woman and a father... 2020.12.15.
Fidesz-KDNP Votes Down ‘Lex Szijjártó’ Fidesz-KDNP members of the Parliament's Committee on Justice eventually voted down the proposal that many grew to dub as "Lex... 2020.12.10.
Recent Football Success Causes Division and Political Conflict As the Fidesz-led government and namely Prime Minister Orbán views football as a top priority, and pours immense amounts of... 2020.11.20.
Council of Europe: Gov’t Bills Would Have Detrimental Effect on Human Rights if Passed The Council of Europe has called on Hungary's parliament to postpone voting on bills the government submitted last Friday, predicting... 2020.11.20.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Government to Amend the Constitution A conservative commentator lambasts the government’s proposed 9th amendment to the Fundamental Law, fearing that it will make it easier... 2020.11.13.
Orbán Gov’t to Propagate Traditional Families, Redefining Public Money in Constitutional Amendment Proposal Right after parliament had approved the extension of the state of emergency, the government submitted an amendment to the Hungarian... 2020.11.11.
Olympians’ Widows Who Raise Children Now Get Full Life Allowance On Friday, Parliament voted yes to an amendment that extends and raises the life allowance for the widows of Olympic... 2020.07.06.
Debrecen Football Team Taken Over by City Council After Relegation In the wake of one of the most successful Hungarian teams, DVSC's astonishing relegation from the top flight of Hungarian... 2020.07.02.
Győr’s New Fidesz Mayor Clashes with Local Football Club According to what can be pieced together from the news, leaks, and mysterious statements, Győr will no longer support the local,... 2020.03.11.
Prosecutor’s Office: Fraud Proceedings Dropped if Funds Repaid The Budapest public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that in cases involving minor budget fraud, the authority may consider dropping... 2019.10.09.
Local Elections – Karácsony: Govt Sowing Fear in Budapest with ‘Blackmail’ Opposition mayoral candidate Gergely Karácsony on Wednesday rejected as "blackmail" a government "threat" to voters to scrap the pact between... 2019.09.11.
Public Healthcare Dentists Go on Two-week Strike From today, until September 13th, hundreds of dentists who provide free services in the framework of the public healthcare system... 2019.09.02.
FINA World Championships Costs Might Be Even Higher 2.3 billion HUF (Eur 7.3 million) of public funds are apparently missing, as state-owned company Bp2017 Ltd, who was in... 2019.08.28.
