On December 16 Kazakhstan celebrated its national day, and due attention has been given to the bilateral relations between Hungary and the Central Asian country.

Hungary's latest media bill poses a danger to press freedom, US-based Freedom House (FH) said on Tuesday. If passed, the bill would be "a major setback for press freedom in Hungary," FH said in a press release.

Several decisions have been made in Hungary over the past six months, which harm the rule of law, said a Monday statement by three civil groups based in Budapest. They also object to the government rusing to adopt a new constitution.

European Union member states are free to decide on which pension system they adopt, so the European Commission will not interfere with Hungary's planned changes, according to Employment Commissioner László Andor.

In the presence of the EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Belgium's federal Secretary of State for Social Affairs, the European Year of Volunteering 2011 was launched in Brussels.

As Hungary prepares for its presidency of the European Union, the basic message its government wishes to convey echoes one of the pieces of advice our first king, Saint Stephen gave his son some one thousand years ago: unity built from multiplicity.

Transparency International believes that while Hungary’s perceived level of corruption has remained the same, the CE European average has slowly but steadily improved. Hungary has been losing its favorable position in the region both in terms of corruption level and competitiveness.

Hungarian President Pal Schmitt on Tuesday signed laws impacting private pension funds, including the controversial amendment allowing the suspension of state transfers to private pension funds for 14 months.

Romania supports a new Hungarian law that will allow easier acquisition of citizenship for ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries. The law will allow over 2.5 million people to become Hungarian citizens without requiring them to live in Hungary.

Romania and Hungary want to jointly host the 2020 or 2024 UEFA European Football Championship. Talks at government level will start soon in both countries.

The Hungarian Disability Caucus presented the parallel report on the rights of persons with disabilities on a press conference on 10 August 2010 at the Central European University.

The Speaker of Hungarian Parliament, Pál Schmitt, is the new President of the Republic of Hungary as he took office with the expiry of the term of his predecessor, László Sólyom

Minister of Foreign Affairs of São Tomé and Príncipe visits Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University.

Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union will have 263 seats in the 386 - member national assembly, giving the party a majority to make fundamental changes in the country.

The Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, the largest opposition group in the outgoing parliament, scored a landslide victory in the first round of the Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 11th.