Report on EU Law Primacy Jeopardizes Independence of National Courts On Tuesday, the European Parliament plenary session adopted a report on the primacy of EU law, MEP László Trócsányi said... 2023.11.22.
Opposition Daily Népszava Loses Lawsuit over Caricature of Jesus The Kúria, Hungary's supreme court, upheld the final judgment of the Metropolitan Court of Appeal, which found that by publishing... 2022.07.14.
Top Court: No Basis for EC Objections to Hungarian Judicial Appointments The European Commission's objections to how judges in Hungary are appointed -- raised within the rule-of-law mechanism launched against the... 2022.04.29.
Supreme Court Overturns Ruling on Esterházy Treasure Claim The Kúria, Hungary's supreme court, has overturned court rulings which rejected the Esterházy Foundation's claim on a collection of precious... 2022.01.21.
Constitutional Court Decided: There Will Be Referendum on “Child Protection” The Constitutional Court unanimously upheld the Parliament's decision to call for a referendum, thus rejecting the petitions for its annulment,... 2022.01.07.
Constitutional Court Overrules Supreme Court, Giving Green Light to Gov’t’s 5th Referendum Question Regarding the question "Do you support the availability of non-conversion treatments for minor children?," the Constitutional Court announced that the... 2021.12.18.
Supreme Court Rules Against Gov’t-Critical Klubrádió over 92.9 Frequency The Kúria, Hungary's supreme court, has ruled against Klubrádió's appeal for the use of the 92.9 MHz frequency, saying that... 2021.09.29.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Journalist Fined for Offending Hungarians Commenting on the verdict of the Kúria (the supreme court), liberal lawyers express outrage, while a representative of the plaintiffs... 2021.03.27.
Orbán Critic Iványi’s Small Church Turns to Supreme Court After Gigantic State Fine Gábor Iványi's Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship (MET) is turning to the Supreme Court (Kúria) after the Tax Authority (NAV) debited their... 2021.02.25.
Supreme Court Upholds Prison Sentence of Company Heads Responsible for Red Sludge Disaster The Kúria, Hungary's supreme court, upheld the prison sentence of the leaders of MAL Zrt, the alumina factory at the... 2020.11.27.
Justice Minister Varga to FT: EU Should Focus on Terror Threat, Not Rule of Law Europe needs to "wake up from hypocrisy and start to talk about real problems: anti-Semitism, murders, and terrorist attacks in... 2020.11.03.
Zsolt András Varga Newly Elected President of Supreme Court Kúria On Monday, the National Assembly approved the appointment of Zsolt András Varga as the new president of the Kúria, Hungary's... 2020.10.20.
Judiciary Council Rejects Nominee for Top Court Head, DK to Turn to EC Over Nomination The National Council of the Judiciary (OBT) on Friday rejected the nomination of Zsolt András Varga as head of the... 2020.10.10.
Supreme Court Annuls Parts of Budapest Decree on Parking The Kúria, Hungary's supreme court, has annulled a provision of a metropolitan council decree regulating the employment of traffic wardens... 2020.06.28.
Gov’t Finds Court Ruling on School Segregation of Romas ‘Unfortunate’, Refuses to Pay Compensation A court ruling ordering for the compensation for school segregation of Romas in Gyöngyöspata has been at the focus of... 2020.01.20.
Socialists, DK Call on Top Court to Re-examine Issue of Forex Loans The opposition Socialists (MSZP) and Democratic Coalition (DK) together with civil groups have urged the supreme court, the Kúria, to... 2019.07.11.
EP Elections: Court Rules in Favour of Broad Interpretation of Signature Gathering Hungary's laws on election procedures allow parties to engage in campaign activities other than simply gathering nominating signatures, the Constitutional... 2019.05.08.
Top Court Clears Camerawoman who Kicked Migrants of Disorderly Conduct Charges The Kuria, Hungary's supreme court, on Tuesday cleared a camerawoman who kicked and tripped up migrants who broke through a... 2018.10.30.
Forex Borrowers: Kuria to Assess CJEU ruling Hungary's Kuria (supreme court) is assessing Thursday's ruling of the European Union's Court of Justice (CJEU) affecting forex borrowers, the... 2018.09.21.
Hungarian Top Court Chief Receives Prestigious Austrian State Award Péter Darák, head of the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, has been awarded with the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold... 2017.11.21.
