Socialists: EU Fund Freeze Not Triggered by ‘So-Called Child Protection Law’ The European Union's freezing reconstruction funds for Hungary are "not connected in any way" to the country's "so-called child protection... 2021.12.22.
Finance Minister: Gov’t to Cut Taxes by HUF 1,500 bn Next Year The government will cut taxes by 1,500 billion forints (EUR 4.bn) in 2022, a video posted on Wednesday on Finance... 2021.12.22.
PM Orbán on Mandatory Vaccination: ‘Convincing gets you closer to people’s minds and hearts than giving orders’ Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he "would like to avoid" making coronavirus vaccination mandatory in Hungary. Speaking at an... 2021.12.21.
Foreign Minister: EU Should Transfer All Funds Promised to Turkey The European Union should transfer without delay all the support promised to Turkey for looking after migrants staying there because... 2021.12.21.
New Document Shows Hungarian Experts Had Concerns about Use of Eastern Vaccines After lengthy legal wrangling, Hungarian authorities have finally released some of the documents created during the licensing procedure for the... 2021.12.21.
Former Fidesz Foreign Minister: Gov’t Too Confrontational in European Matters The Fidesz-led government is pursuing too confrontational policies towards the European Commission, and is opening up too many fronts, according... 2021.12.21.
Medical Chamber: On-call Pay Needs to be Settled to Ensure Safe Patient Care over Christmas Thousands of Hungarian doctors and nurses spend Christmas on-call, away from their families, but they won’t even receive their normal... 2021.12.21.
Fidesz to Nominate Family Minister Katalin Novák for President Ruling Fidesz will nominate incumbent Family Minister and former Fidesz deputy leader, Katalin Novák, for Hungary's next president, Prime Minister... 2021.12.21.
Press Roundup: Government Makes 350 Billion Forint Budget Readjustment A left-wing columnist accuses the government of overspending ahead of the 2022 April election. A conservative economist, on the other... 2021.12.21.
PM Orbán Announces 10% Wage Hike for Police Officers and Soldiers The government has decided to raise the wages of soldiers and police officers by 10%, and they will also receive... 2021.12.20.
FM Szijjártó: Delaying North Macedonia EU Accession Talks ‘Unfair’ Brussels not starting accession talks with North Macedonia is unfair because the country has introduced all the required measures, Foreign... 2021.12.20.
Hungary Sending Emergency Aid to Typhoon-Hit Philippines Hungary is sending 20 million forints (EUR 54,000) to the victims of a typhoon which hit the Philippines in the... 2021.12.20.
Orbán: ‘Europeans today have no right to their country, language, culture, family and their God’ The government is obliged to defend Hungary's constitutional identity, even if doing so clashes with a recent ruling by the... 2021.12.20.
Ombudsman Concerned Over Márki-Zay’s Constitutional Referendum Statements Ahead of the general election next spring, "statements threatening Hungary's constitutional order and democracy are gaining traction," forcing the leaders... 2021.12.18.
Justice Minister: ‘No One Can Question Hungary’s Commitment to Europe’ "No one can question Hungary's commitment to Europe" Justice Minister Judit Varga said in an English-language post on Facebook on... 2021.12.17.
FinMin Expects 5% GDP Growth, 4.9% Budget Deficit in 2022 The finance ministry is calculating with a GDP growth over 5 percent next year, making it possible to reduce the... 2021.12.17.
Fidesz MP Simonka, Charged with Fraud, Will Not Run in Upcoming Elections Fidesz MP György Simonka announced on Thursday that he will not run in the upcoming parliamentary elections due in spring,... 2021.12.17.
Hungarian and Russian Christians to Help Syrian Christians in Education Hungarian and Russian Christians plan to launch joint projects to support the education of Christians in Syria, Tristan Azbej, the... 2021.12.17.
Hungary’s Biggest Sports Hall Inaugurated in Budapest Budapest Handball Arena, Hungary's biggest sports hall, was inaugurated in Budapest on Thursday. The facility will be one of three... 2021.12.17.
Trade Union Leader Causes Uproar for Claiming Jobless Benefit Extension Would Spoil People In the wake of the Budapest mayor's initiative of referendum on the extension of the eligibility period for jobless benefits,... 2021.12.17.
Number of Registered Voters in Each Town Published The National Election Office (NVI) has published on its website the number of registered voters by individual constituency and by... 2021.12.17.
