On Tuesday morning, outgoing Head of State János Áder received the new President of the Republic at the entrance to the Sándor Palace, the state news agency MTI reports. János Áder and Katalin Novák entered the presidential residence Sándor Palace together, then went to the presidential office and stepped out onto the terrace of the […]

Hungary’s new parliament held its opening session this Monday following the April 3 general elections. Shortly after 11 a.m., President János Áder opened the inaugural session of Hungary’s ninth freely elected National Assembly. Based on the results of the April 3 general elections, the Fidesz-KDNP alliance won 135 out of 199 seats in the Hungarian […]

Hungarian President János Áder has convened the inaugural session of the National Assembly for May 2, according to a resolution of the Head of State published on the website of the Office of the President of the Republic. According to the Basic Law (that replaced Hungary’s constitution in 2011), the President of the Republic convenes […]

President János Áder has called the parliamentary elections for April 3, 2022, which is the earliest possible date for the election to be held, according to the law. As the state news agency MTI reports, the deadlines related to the election are set by decree of the Minister of Justice after the election is set, […]

This Thursday, Hungary marks the centenary of what many people regard as a national tragedy. It was on June 4, 1920 that the Allied Powers, the winners of World War I, and Hungary, as one of the defeated countries, signed a treaty at the Trianon Palace in Versailles, outside Paris, resulting Hungary losing about two-thirds […]