Police File Charges for Blackmail in Former Fidesz Mayor Borkai’s Sex Scandal The Chief Prosecutor's Office has filed charges against six people in connection with the recording and blackmailing in the sex... 2022.04.20.
Police Say No Crime Committed in Borkai Ally’s Suspicious Audi Land Deal Police say no crime was committed in the land deal of Győr's former Fidesz mayor Zsolt Borkai's lawyer that had... 2022.01.07.
Police Suspect DK Strongman Czeglédy Behind Borkai’s Sex Video Publication The police have officially accused lawyer and Democratic Coalition MP candidate, Csaba Czeglédy, to be behind the publication of the... 2021.09.02.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Fidesz Candidate Elected Mayor of Győr Commentators ponder whether the victory of the government side at the Győr mayoral by-election puts an end to a series... 2020.01.29.
New Győr Mayor Wants Constructive Work with Local Opposition Csaba András Dézsi has won the mayoral interim election in Győr. The result of the Sunday voting came as a bit of... 2020.01.27.
Fidesz-KDNP Candidate Wins Mayoral By-election in Győr The candidate of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats alliance Csaba András Dézsi has won the mayoral by-election in Győr, Hungary's sixth... 2020.01.27.
Orbán’s Year-opening Press Conference: What the Int’l Press Asked Viktor Orbán held a more than two-and-a-half-hour marathon-long international press conference last Thursday. After his briefing, in addition to some... 2020.01.17.
Hungarian Press Roundup: DK MP Gréczy Resigns after Harassment Allegations A left-liberal pundit praises Zsolt Gréczy for resigning from Parliament, while a pro-government columnist suggests that he must have been... 2019.12.23.
Kövér: Hungary’s Culture War ‘Post-communist’s Struggle to Maintain Supremacy’ László Kövér, the speaker of parliament, in an interview to pro-government daily Magyar Hírlap, commented on Hungary's "culture war", defining... 2019.12.23.
New Blog ‘Angel’s Advocate’ Threatens to Reveal Socialist Politicians’ Alleged Sex and Drug Scandals A new blog called the "Angel's Advocate" promises to reveal dirty secrets about a newly elected opposition mayor and his... 2019.12.09.
Ruling Fidesz-KDNP Name Candidate for Győr Mayor Chief cardiologist and local council representative Csaba András Dézsi has been nominated as the ruling Fidesz-KDNP alliance’s candidate for mayor... 2019.12.09.
Opposition Parties Name Joint Candidate for Győr Mayor Local MSZP (Socialist Party) leader Balázs Pollreisz has been nominated as the opposition's candidate for mayor in Győr, the northwest... 2019.12.04.
House Speaker Kövér: Former PMs Horn and Gyurcsány ‘Traitors’ House Speaker László Kövér said on Sunday that opposition Democratic Coalition leader and former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány belonged to... 2019.11.11.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Borkai Announces Resignation As the Mayor of Győr resigns in the wake of his taped orgy scandal, a pro-government commentator suggests that he... 2019.11.08.
Győr Mayor Borkai Finally Steps Down: Reactions As Győr Mayor Zsolt Borkai, whose sex scandal, along with alleged corruption dealings and cocaine consumption affected the local election... 2019.11.07.
Re-Elected Győr Mayor Borkai Announces Resignation due to Scandal Zsolt Borkai, the recently re-elected mayor of Győr, in northwest Hungary, who was linked to a sex scandal, has announced... 2019.11.06.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Possible Effects of the Opposition Breakthrough at the Local Elections After losing ten consecutive local and national elections by a landslide majority, the opposition won mayoral posts in 11 out... 2019.11.05.
Survey: 180,000 People Voted in Local Elections Only Due to Borkai Scandal Three percent of those who have heard about the sex and corruption scandal of Győr’s Fidesz mayor Zsolt Borkai, have... 2019.10.28.
MOB Dismisses Győr Mayor Zsolt Borkai but Keeps Annuity (For Now) In the most recent development of the case, the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) dismissed re-elected Győr mayor Zsolt Borkai, whose... 2019.10.25.
DK Calls for State Audit of Győr Municipal Finances The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the State Audit Office (ÁSZ) to swiftly investigate the finances of the... 2019.10.22.
Demonstrators in Győr Call for Mayor Borkai’s Resignation On Saturday, opposition parties organised a protest once again against the mayor of Győr Zsolt Borkai whose sex scandal along... 2019.10.21.
