Govt Planning Grand Celebrations of August 20 National Holiday The government is preparing to arrange a "more monumental than ever", four-day long program to celebrate Hungary's August 20 national... 2021.07.14.
Govt Spox Protests Venice Commission ‘Joining Campaign Against Hungary’ It is "not even surprising" that the Council of Europe's Venice Commission has "joined a series of international attacks against... 2021.07.07.
Govt Spox: Natl Consultation to Address Life Post Pandemic, Migration The next National Consultation, a periodic public survey the government conducts on timely issues, will address life after the coronavirus... 2021.06.27.
EC Criticizes Hungarian Ban on ‘Promotion of Homosexuality’ as Discriminatory The European Commission has sent its first official letter to Hungary regarding the government's ban on, among other things, the... 2021.06.24.
State Sec Dismisses Reporters Without Borders’ Criticism of Hungary’s Media Freedom Reporters Without Borders has updated its World Press Freedom Index, ranking Hungary three places lower than last year, and describing... 2021.04.20.
Gov’t Spox Hits Back at Tusk Over Criticism of Hungary’s ‘Illiberal’ Handling of Pandemic Zoltan Kovács, the state secretary for international communications and relations, has hit back at European People's Party leader Donald Tusk... 2021.04.15.
Facebook Claims Hungarian Politicians’ Limited Reach ‘Temporary Technical Issue’ Both Hungary's pro-government and opposition politicians reported in the past few days that their posts on Facebook mysteriously reached far... 2021.04.12.
State Secy Kovács: Hungary Only Uses Safe, Effective Vaccines Hungary only uses vaccines that have been approved by experts as safe and effective, the state secretary for international communications... 2021.04.07.
Sinopharm and Sputnik V: Heavy Debate Might Conclude with EU Authorization The Chinese Sinopharm and Russian Sputnik V vaccines are increasingly receiving both positive and negative attention from the European Union.... 2021.03.10.
State Secy Kovács: Hungary Vaccination Total to Exceed 1 Million on Sunday The number of Hungarians inoculated against coronavirus is set to exceed one million by Sunday night, including 100,000 receiving the... 2021.03.06.
State Secy Kovács Defends Purchase of Chinese and Russian Vaccines in CNN Interview The coronavirus vaccine is not a political issue, but one of effectiveness and reliability, Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary in... 2021.03.02.
Another Round Between EC Jourová and Orbán Gov’t Over ‘Sick Democracy’ Comment “For me, the situation in Hungary is the most worrying (...) I still believe it is a sick democracy,” European... 2021.02.25.
State Sec. Suspects Cultural Imperialism Behind German DW Broadcasting in Hungary The Hungarian government coldly received German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle's (DW) recent announcement about its plans to begin broadcasting to... 2021.02.24.
Gov’t Spox Kovács Warns against Politicising Pandemic Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary for international communications and relations, warned against politicising the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in... 2021.02.12.
Government Refutes Accusations of Klubrádió Losing License Due to Political Decision Following the domestic and international uproar over the case of Hungary’s private broadcaster Klubrádió, government politicians also shared their take on... 2021.02.11.
EU Border Agency Frontex Leaving Hungary Due to Rule of Law Violations Frontex, the European Union’s official border agency, announced on Wednesday that it is suspending its joint operations along the Hungarian... 2021.01.28.
Gov’t: Restaurants to Reopen Only Once Mass Vaccinations Under Way Reopening restaurants and other catering facilities will depend on how quickly Hungary can get hold of vaccines and have its... 2021.01.26.
Deportation of Swabians Caused ‘Irreparable Loss’ – 75th Anniversary of Ethnic Germans’ Deportation Commemorated On this day 75 years ago, Hungary began the deportation of its ethnic German residents. The anniversary of the expulsion... 2021.01.19.
Gov’t Spox Kovács: ‘Twitter Blocked 200 of My Followers’ Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary for international communications and relations, said on Monday that Twitter had in an "arbitrary move"... 2021.01.11.
Gov’t Spox: Hungary, Poland Protected ‘Money of Hungarians and Poles’ Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary for international communication and relations, said that Hungary and Poland had successfully protected the monies... 2020.12.12.
Gov’t Spox: Hungary Leaving EU “Leftist Fiction” Planned regulations tying EU funding to adherence to the principle of rule of law are an attempt to circumvent the... 2020.12.10.
