The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) issues a silver collector coin with a face value of HUF 10,000 and its non-ferrous metal version of HUF 2,000 to honor the Constitutional Court of Hungary and the 30th anniversary of its establishment. The Constitutional Court was one of the crucial institutions of the democratic political transition in […]
Hungary's governing party Fidesz abandoned plans to require voters to sign up beforehand to be able to vote at the 2014 national elections and other referendums, after the Constitutional Court threw out some of the proposed legislation.
Hungary’s Constitutional Court has thrown out legislation that was to introduce mandatory voter registration, a move sharply criticized by the political opposition as a requirement infringing on basic rights and favoring the current governing parties.
On Monday, Hungary's Constitutional Court threw out provisions of a law, which fixed the retirement age of judges to the general retirement age. The relevant parts of the law were annulled with retroactive effect to Jan. 1 this year.
Hungary's Constitutional Court has ruled that the retroactive effect of a 98% tax designed to regain severance pay was unconstitutional. The tax was aimed to cover golden handshakes made up to five years before the law came into effect.
Hungary’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the government cannot sack civil servants without providing a reason for its action, as legislation drafted by the governing Fidesz party would have had it.
