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New Hungarian President Inaugurated

D&T
Mar 10, 2024

Dr. Tamás Sulyok, the new Hungarian President of the Republic, was inaugurated this Sunday afternoon in a ceremony held in front of the Sándor Palace, the residence of the President in the Buda Castle.   "To serve the country and the nation is the greatest honor," President Tamás Sulyok declared in his inaugural speech. "Law is […]

Hungarian Parliament Elects a New President of the Republic

D&T
Feb 26, 2024

Tamás Sulyok was elected President of the Republic by the governing majority of Hungarian Parliament on Monday. The new head of state said he wants to build trust through mutual listening and understanding free of prejudice. The Constitutional Court president, who was the only candidate for the post, received 134 votes in favor in a […]

Hungarian President of the Republic Resigns

D&T
Feb 10, 2024

Hungarian President Katalin Novák announced her resignation in a speech aired on television Sunday evening. The move comes after her decision to pardon a man last year who had been convicted of concealing a string of child sexual abuses in a state-run children’s home. "In April last year, I decided in favor of granting pardon […]

Hungarian Government Extends State of Emergency Yet Again

D&T
Sep 6, 2023

The "crisis situation caused by mass immigration" in Hungary, which was due to expire on September 7, has now been extended again by the government and will remain in place until at least March next year. The government has extended the "Government Decree 41/2016 (III. 9.) on the imposition of a crisis situation caused by […]

State of Emergency Extended in Hungary

D&T
May 3, 2023

Hungarian Parliament has authorized the government to extend the state of emergency due to the war between Russia and Ukraine until November 25 this year. Thus, the government can continue to rule by decree for another six months. The amendment to the law “on the prevention and management of the consequences of the armed conflict […]

Parliament Votes in Favor of Finland Joining NATO

D&T
Mar 27, 2023

Hungarian Parliament was the last but one of NATO member states to give its assent to Finland's accession to NATO late on Monday afternoon, adopting the proposal to ratify Finland's application for NATO membership, which was submitted to Parliament more than eight months ago. Members of the Hungarian Parliament approved the law on the proclamation […]

Hungarian Government and Doctors in Stand-off over Healthcare Reform

D&T
Mar 2, 2023

Hungary’s healthcare system has been in dire need of reform for decades but an all-encompassing solution is yet to be presented. The government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has launched several measures over recent years to address issues in healthcare but the latest steps have provoked significant resistance from doctors. Late last year, the government […]

PM Orbán: 2023 Will Be the Most Dangerous Year

D&T
Feb 18, 2023

In his annual ‘State of the Nation’ address this afternoon, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed a wide range of issues, including his government’s stance on the war in Ukraine, the fight against inflation, and the biggest dangers facing Hungary in the next few years. On questions impacting Hungary’s future the most, PM Orbán said that […]

EU Council Suspends EUR 6.3 Billion to Hungary

D&T
Dec 13, 2022

The Committee of Permanent Representatives to the EU has found the required qualified majority to impose measures for the protection of the Union budget against the consequences of breaches of the principles of the rule of law in Hungary, concerning public procurement, the effectiveness of prosecutorial action and the fight against corruption in Hungary. The […]

Government Authorizes Itself To Modify Budget

D&T
Dec 9, 2022

A new government decree has been published in the Hungarian Gazette, according to which the Hungarian government, citing the state of war, has authorised itself to rewrite the budget without the approval of Parliament. According to the decree, the provisions of the law on public finances "on the preparation, structure and content of the central […]

Hungarian Government Scraps Capped Fuel Prices

D&T
Dec 6, 2022

Following long lines at Hungarian gas stations due to the shortage of supply of capped priced fuel in the past few days, the Hungarian government announced late Tuesday evening that the capped prices introduced in November 2021 are scrapped as 23.00 hours local time. The Hungarian oil and gas company Mol, the only company supplying […]

New Ministry in the Hungarian Government

D&T
Nov 14, 2022

The Minister of Technology and Industry, László Palkovics is to leave his post, and a new energy ministry is to be established, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyás announced at an extraordinary press conference on Monday. According to Minister Gulyás, the restructuring is justified by the war in the neighboring country and […]

EP Culture and Education Committee Visit in Budapest

D&T
Nov 4, 2022

Members of the Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament have concluded their visit in Budapest, having gathered insights into recent developments in the country’s cultural, education and media policies. In the concluding press conference in Budapest on Friday, the head of the delegation Sabine Verheyen (a German delegate of the European People’s Party) […]

PM Orbán: the West Abandoned Hungary Once Again

D&T
Oct 23, 2022

Unlike in the previous years, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán did not deliver a speech in Budapest on the national day of October 23 this time but instead, spoke in the southwestern Hungarian town of Zalaegerszeg to a group of invitees on the occasion of opening a memorial center dedicated to Cardinal József Mindszenty. October 23, […]

Teachers' Strike and Demonstrations in Hungary

D&T
Oct 5, 2022

Thousands of people gathered on Kossuth Square in front of the building of Hungarian Parliament to demonstrate and show solidarity with the striking teachers. Participants demanded that the government improve education conditions, higher wages for teachers and the reinstatement of teachers who had been sacked for civil disobedience after the government changed the strike rules. […]

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