Press Roundup: Dispute Over Hungary’s Economic Outlook A left-wing commentator fears that the government’s spending policies will further fuel already rampant inflation. A pro-government analyst quotes two... 2021.12.11.
Róbert Répássy Appointed State Secretary of Justice Replacing Scandal-Hit Völner President János Áder has appointed Róbert Répássy to the post of state secretary of justice, to replace Pál Völner in... 2021.12.10.
Ex-Legionnaire Arrested by Counter-Terrorism Center after Two Years in Hiding Police special forces tracked down a 52-year-old ex-legionnaire who had been sentenced to six years in prison back in May... 2021.12.10.
Budapest Mayor Offers HUF 1 Million for Any Proof of Misuse in Asset Sale Tenders Budapest mayor, Gergely Karácsony, announced that anyone who can prove any kind of misuse in the Budapest Municipality's public tenders,... 2021.12.10.
Fine Farewell but Last Place for Ferencváros in Europa League Group Ferencváros managed to beat Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen in the last round of Europa League's group stage, which certainly made... 2021.12.10.
Coronavirus: 165 Fatalities, Almost 7,000 New Cases Registered in Hungary 165 patients died of Covid over the past 24 hours, while 6,884 new coronavirus infections were registered in Hungary, koronavirus.gov.hu... 2021.12.10.
Fidesz MP Boldog Will Not Run in Upcoming Elections Amid Corruption Charges Fidesz MP István Boldog will not run in the upcoming elections and is retiring from politics. While the lawmaker explains... 2021.12.10.
Philosopher Ágnes Heller’s Portrait Bust Inaugurated in Brussels The portrait bust of Széchenyi National Prize-winning philosopher, Ágnes Heller, has been inaugurated in the European Parliament. The world-known Hungarian... 2021.12.09.
mRNA Researcher Karikó: “Omicron variant could end pandemic” Biochemist Katalin Karikó, who co-developed the mRNA technology that contributed to the production of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus,... 2021.12.09.
Registration for Vaccination of Children Aged 5-11 Begins in Hungary The website for vaccination registration of children aged 5-11 years opened on Thursday, government website koronavirus.gov.hu writes. Children will be... 2021.12.09.
Both PM Orbán and Rival Márki-Zay on Politico’s Latest List of Europe’s Most Influential People Politico Europe has once again revealed its annual ranking of the most influential people in Europe. Among the list of... 2021.12.09.
Hungary Grants Schengen Visa to Belarusian Ally of Lukashenko An ally of Aleksander Lukashenko, the chief of the Belarusian Football Federation, Vladimir Bazanov, has been deported from the Czech... 2021.12.09.
Balaton Shipping Company to Pay Employees HUF 150,000 for Vaccination The Balaton Shipping Company (Bahart) decided to pay HUF 150,000 (EUR 410) to those employees who take the coronavirus vaccination... 2021.12.09.
Motion to Make Vaccination Mandatory for Hungarian MPs Gets Rejected The Parliament’s Committee on Justice has rejected the proposal of compulsory vaccination of MPs, initiated by independent lawmaker János Bencsik.... 2021.12.09.
Central Bank Chief: Gov’t Should Not Buy Back Budapest Airport Bad timing, inflated price, new trends emerging in the world economy, and a need to reduce Budapest's overhead within Hungary,... 2021.12.09.
Coronavirus: 215 Fatalities, More Than 7,000 New Cases Registered in Hungary 215 patients died of Covid over the past 24 hours, while 7,310 new coronavirus infections were registered in Hungary, koronavirus.gov.hu... 2021.12.09.
Völner Case: Thousands of Pages of Wiretrap Transcripts and Months of Investigation There are still a lot of question marks over MP and Deputy Minister of Justice Pál Völner's suspected corruption case,... 2021.12.08.
Catholic Nun, First Female MP, and Righteous Among the Nations, Margit Slachta, Reburied in Budapest Catholic nun, Margit Slachta, the first female member of the Hungarian parliament who rescued Jews in World War II and... 2021.12.08.
State Secretary Völner’s Asset Declaration: Modest Life, Little Savings Although Pál Völner earned roughly six times the Hungarian average salary, his assets appear to have stagnated in the past decade,... 2021.12.08.
Commission Plans New Media Rules in EU, Hungarian Media Landscape May Be a Reason The European Commission plans to introduce rules next year to prevent a few large media groups from acquiring smaller rivals... 2021.12.08.
