Opposition Parties and Human Rights NGO TASZ Challenge Gov’t’s ‘Child Protection’ Referendum Human rights NGO TASZ and opposition parties Momentum and satirical Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP), decided to challenge the National... 2021.08.17.
Central Bank Head: Hungary Needs Competitiveness Turnaround Hungary is a laggard in competitiveness, and the country will continue to bear the high costs unless it improves on... 2021.08.17.
Foreign Ministry: Hungary Won’t Agree to Unrestricted Admittance of Afghan ‘Migrants’ Hungary will not allow an unrestricted inflow of migrants from Afghanistan, a foreign ministry official said on Monday. State secretary... 2021.08.16.
Budapest Flights Running Late – Subtle Air Traffic Strike or Just a Coincidence? The flight times of certain planes to Hungary have been noticeably extended after the Orbán Administration forbade Hungary’s air traffic... 2021.08.16.
US Host Prager: Conviction to Save Western Civilization Stronger in Hungary than in US Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was right when he would not allow countless migrants from the Middle East to enter Hungary,... 2021.08.16.
Govt Official: Global Minimum Tax against Hungary’s Interests Hungary refuses to give up its financial sovereignty by introducing a global minimum corporate tax rate, finance ministry state secretary... 2021.08.14.
Norway: Hungary Has No Basis to Take Legal Action over Norway Grants Hungary has no basis to take legal action against Norway over the Norway Grants, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry told 444.hu,... 2021.08.13.
DK: Gellért Hill Funicular Should Be Public Project The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) supports plans to build a funicular on Gellért Hill on condition that it is carried... 2021.08.13.
Every Fifth Hungarian Locality Faces Depopulation The population of every fifth locality in Hungary faces a slow decline into complete depopulation. Forbes reports that according to... 2021.08.12.
Hungary Lends 100,000 Vaccine Doses to Czechia, Donates Same Amount to Vietnam Hungary is helping the Czech Republic and Vietnam in their protection efforts against the coronavirus, the state secretary for communication... 2021.08.12.
Water Level of Lake Velence Remains Critically Low, No Solution in Sight Although the shocking amount of fish carcasses have disappeared, the water level in one of Hungary’s largest lakes and popular... 2021.08.11.
Hungarian Gov’t Isolates Literature and Media with LGBTQ Content The first element of Hungary’s ban on the promotion of homosexuality has been written into law and will take effect... 2021.08.11.
Diplomatic Tension Between Norway and Hungary Grows as Orbán Gov’t Loses Access to Norwegian Funds The row continues over the 215 million euros in financial aid to which Hungary recently lost access. The Hungarian government... 2021.08.10.
Press Roundup: The Lost Budapest Olympics of 2024 The end of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the oncoming preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics have prompted some Hungarian... 2021.08.10.
Párbeszéd Calls on Data Ombudsman to Review Secrecy on Motorway Concessions The opposition Párbeszéd party has called on Hungary's data protection authority (NAIH) to review whether the calculation of motorway concessions... 2021.08.10.
Low Demand for Third Shot After Gov’t Launches New Covid Booster Campaign Hungary was the first country in Europe to launch its Covid booster shot campaign at the beginning of August. So... 2021.08.10.
Hungary Budget Deficit at 45% of Increased Annual Plan Hungary's cash flow-based general government deficit, excluding local councils, reached 1,803.7 billion forints (EUR 5.09bn) at the end of July,... 2021.08.10.
Central Bank Head Warns of Looming Global Economic Crisis, Urges Structural Changes in Gov’t A new global economic crisis is increasingly likely and the government should start formulating a vision for catching up with... 2021.08.10.
Tucker Carlson Commends Orbán Gov’t Throughout Visit to Hungary Perhaps one of the most influential people on the American Right, Tucker Carlson paid a visit to Hungary last week.... 2021.08.09.
Jobbik Protests Planned Closure of Small Post Offices The opposition Jobbik party has called for a parliamentary resolution against plans to "close down 800 post offices in villages",... 2021.08.09.
Press Roundup: Diverging Views on Hungary’s Place in Europe Pro-government commentators portray Hungary as a defender of traditional European values. Their liberal counterpart, on the other hand, accuses the... 2021.08.09.
