Opposition Claims Election Office Halts Their Fudan Referendum Initiative Opposition parties claim the National Election Office (NVI) is obstructing the collection of signatures of the opposition's 'Fudan referendum’ initiative,... 2021.12.22.
PM Orbán: Gov’t to Freeze Retail Mortgage Interest Rates Hungary's government is freezing retail mortgage interest rates for a six-month period from January, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on... 2021.12.22.
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.
Opposition: President-Nominee Novák Can Only Create the Unity of Fidesz, Not the Nation Katalin Novák is even less qualified than János Áder to counterbalance Viktor Orbán, said the united opposition's joint prime ministerial... 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.
Orbán: Economic Stimulus, Protection against Virus, Protecting Children Main Issues for 2022 Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday highlighted economic stimulus, protection against the coronavirus pandemic and a referendum on protecting children... 2021.12.21.
PM Orbán: Hungary Stands by Border Protection Practices Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday that Hungary stood by its border protection practices and it would "not allow... 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.
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.
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.
Press Roundup: Conflicting Polls on the Chances of the Opposition Based on a yet unpublished but leaked opinion poll, a left-wing outlet castigates the opposition for ceding the initiative and... 2021.12.18.
Opposition Extends Fudan Referendum Signature Drive to Provincial Cities Hungary's opposition parties have launched a signature drive in provincial cities in a bid to hold a referendum on whether... 2021.12.18.
PM Orbán Discusses Paks Nuclear Plant Upgrade with Rosatom CEO Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed the upgrade of Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant and the importance of nuclear energy with... 2021.12.18.
Turkish, Hungarian Interior Ministers Sign Border Cooperation Agreement Interior Minister Sándor Pintér and his Turkish counterpart, Süleyman Soylu, on Friday signed a cooperation agreement on Turkish police forces... 2021.12.18.
PM Orbán: V4 Countries to Fight for Families’ Interests at EU Summit The Visegrad Group (V4) countries at the European Council summit in Brussels will be fighting to secure lower energy prices... 2021.12.16.
Top Court Head Publishes Open Letter ‘in Defence of Rule of Law’ Tamás Sulyok, the president of Hungary's Constitutional Court, on Tuesday published an open letter in response to growing political "perceptions"... 2021.12.15.
PM Orbán Congratulates New Bulgarian PM Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter of congratulation to Kiril Petkov, the newly elected prime minister of Bulgaria.... 2021.12.15.
Press Roundup: Evaluation of Macron’s Visit to Hungary Commentators on both sides of the political divide see both room for cooperation and opposition between the President of France... 2021.12.15.
PM Orbán in Sopron: “Freedom, Patriotism Main Pillars of Hungary” Freedom and patriotism are the two great traditions of Hungarian politics, the "two main pillars of one-thousand-year-old Hungary, ones that... 2021.12.15.
PM Orbán Publicly Asked about Pegasus Case for the First Time Six months after the Pegasus surveillance scandal hit the headlines, a journalist was finally able to ask Prime Minister Viktor... 2021.12.14.
Gov’t Postpones Decision on Budapest Airport Purchase Pointing to the economic situation and world financial trends, the Hungarian government appears to have postponed the decision on the... 2021.12.14.
