Hefty Pension and Tax Handouts Promised by Orbán Gov’t Arrive in February, Weeks Ahead of Election Last year, the Orbán government announced a wide series of handouts and tax cuts, the total amount of which is the... 2022.02.17.
Justice Minister: “Child Protection Act Under Attack on New Front” Hungary's Child Protection Act is under attack on a new front, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Thursday. The United... 2022.02.17.
Taxi Tariffs in Budapest to be Raised Soon Pointing to inflation, increased fuel and car prices, Budapest taxi drivers want to hike their kilometer fare up by more... 2022.02.17.
Gov’t: Hungary’s Electoral System among Most Transparent Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary of for international communication and relations, in an interview called Hungary's electoral system "one of... 2022.02.17.
Opposition Lambasts Orbán Gov’t after EU Top Court’s Dismissal of Hungarian Rule of Law Challenge "Orbán was defeated at the European Court of Justice, but Hungary and the Hungarian people won,” said Momentum MEP Katalin... 2022.02.16.
Govt Reaction to CJEU Decision: “It’s about the Child Protection Act, not the Rule of Law” After the Court of Justice of the European Union rejected Hungary and Poland’s complaint that the EU may cut funds... 2022.02.16.
Parties Spend More on Political Ads on Social Media Alone than Total Amount of Campaign Funding Although the campaign season for the upcoming parliamentary election officially only began last Saturday in Hungary, the citizens of the... 2022.02.16.
CJEU Rejects Actions by Poland and Hungary Against Rule of Law Mechanism The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected Hungary's and Poland's complaint that the EU may cut funds... 2022.02.16.
Visegrad Insight: What Will Hungary Do if Russia Attacks Ukraine? Central European think-tank, Visegrad Insight, asked the question: 'what would happen if Russia were to attack Ukraine?'. In a collection... 2022.02.15.
Number of Anti-Vaxxers and Vaccine Skeptics So High They Cannot Be Ignored ahead of Elections In Hungary, the proportion of anti-vaccination voters is so high that most political parties have been trying to reach out... 2022.02.15.
Army Has Evacuation Plan in Case of Escalation of Russian-Ukrainian Conflict Plans are in place in case the Russian-Ukrainian conflict reaches the point where masses of refugees start heading for the... 2022.02.15.
PMO Head Gulyás: Hungary “is the EU country most committed to the rule of law, democracy, and freedom” Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister's chief of staff, told an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Hungarian-German friendship agreement... 2022.02.15.
Data Authority Head: Use of Pegasus Justified in All Cases Hungary's use of NSO Group's Pegasus spyware was justified in every case it was used in, Attila Péterfalvi said. In... 2022.02.15.
Szijjártó Encourages Romania Hungarians to Vote for Fidesz Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has encouraged dual Romanian-Hungarian citizens to cast their ballot in Hungary's parliamentary election set for April... 2022.02.14.
Hungary and Russia to Cooperate on Space Research Péter Szijjártó, Hungary's foreign minister, and Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin, director-general of Russia's state space research agency Roscosmos, have signed a... 2022.02.14.
Fuel Price Cap: Volume Restrictions and Gas Station Closures Expected? On Sunday, a government decree was published extending the price cap on fuels for another three months until May 15,... 2022.02.14.
Gov’t Extends Fuel Price Cap until May 15 As expected, the government has extended the cap on petrol and diesel prices at the pump until May 15. The... 2022.02.14.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Electoral Campaign As the electoral campaign officially kicks off, the weeklies analyze the political landscape and the various factors that might play... 2022.02.14.
PM Orbán Lambasts Gyurcsány and Lists Gov’t Achievements in Keynote Speech Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in a keynote speech on Saturday kicking off the official election period in Hungary, castigated former... 2022.02.12.
Both Fidesz and United Opposition Collect Required Signatures in All Constituencies All candidates of the ruling Fidesz party and the candidates of all six parties of the united opposition have collected... 2022.02.12.
Gov’t to Launch Information Campaign on Child Protection Referendum The government on Friday said it is launching an information campaign about the national referendum on the child protection law... 2022.02.12.
