“If Orbán continues to do as he did in the last days, it will be exclusion or he will quit himself and that’s up to…

The mission of Hungarians is to preserve their faith and enrich the world, President János Áder told cardinals and representatives of bishops’ conferences from seventy…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called on voters to participate in the upcoming European Parliament elections and asked ethnic Hungarians to support the Democratic Alliance of…

The significance of the upcoming European parliamentary elections is greater than ever before because there is more at stake and the European voters’ decision will…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed preparations for the upcoming European parliamentary elections with the leader of Romania’s ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) on…

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has raised its forecast for Hungarian economic growth this year to 3.7 percent from 3.3 percent in…

The rate of consumer price inflation in Hungary accelerated to 3.9 percent in April from 3.7 percent in the previous month, the Central Statistical Office…

On Monday, Hungary experienced unexpectedly cold weather. Even though spring appeared to be well on its way, it suddenly took a step backwards, surprising people…

One of the most important issues of the upcoming European Parliament elections is stopping the emigration of Hungarians, LMP co-leader Márta Demeter said on Wednesday….

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has urged that tax collection should be harmonized across the European Union. Klára Dobrev, top candidate of the leftist party for…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is “excluding himself from Europe” risking Hungary’s EU membership in the process, Socialist (MSZP) MEP István Ujhelyi told a press conference…

Lebanon, as the nearest safe country to areas of strife, has taken in 1.5 million Syrian war refugees, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said on…

Gergely Karácsony, the joint candidate of the opposition Socialists (MSZP) and Párbeszéd for Budapest mayor in the autumn local elections, addressed problems in the capital…

Eliminating corruption, closing “an era of keeping wages artificially low” and introducing a European wage union is at stake in the May 26 European parliamentary…

On Tuesday evening, the two leading contenders in the running for president of the European Commission, Manfred Weber and Frans Timmermans, faced each other in…

Industrial output in Hungary grew by an annual 8 percent in March, according to both unadjusted and working day-adjusted data, the Central Statistical Office (KSH)…

Hungary’s laws on election procedures allow parties to engage in campaign activities other than simply gathering nominating signatures, the Constitutional Court said on Wednesday. The…

Language exams play an important role in Hungarian higher education. Most degrees require at least one exam certificate and students can’t get their degree until…

At a joint press conference held with Vice-Chancellor of Austria Heinz-Christian Strache on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that “Hungary’s government and its head”…

Migration is a top priority for all European countries in the European parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca), in north-western Romania,…

Hungary has doubled the size of its forests since 1921, President János Áder told students at Sopron University on Tuesday. Hungary lost nearly 90 percent…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has expressed his condolences over the death of Hungarian-born US historian John Lukacs, his press chief said on Tuesday. Lukacs, who…

In their remarks on visits by the two right-wing leaders, Matteo Salvini and Heinz-Christian Strache, commentators discuss whether Hungary is marginalising itself from the mainstream…

The White House has released a statement announcing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s meeting next Monday with President Donald Trump at the White House. The statement…

The European Commission raised its projection for Hungary’s GDP growth this year to 3.7 percent from 3.4 percent in a quarterly forecast released on Tuesday….

Following months of debates and power-play, on Monday, MTA’s General Assembly decided to vote against the most essential points of the leader of the Ministry…

The number of foreign investments seen in Hungary in recent years shows that the country is an “extremely attractive” destination for investors, the innovation and…

The opposition nationalist Jobbik party has accused ruling Fidesz of “building a virtual reality” by “fearmongering over immigration and terrorism” in its European parliamentary election…

The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) has submitted a bill to parliament proposing that May 9, Europe Day, be declared a public holiday in Hungary. Klara…

On Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that Fidesz would no longer support Manfred Weber as the lead candidate of the European People’s Party (EPP)….

John Lukacs, the internationally renowned Hungarian-born historian, writer and self-proclaimed “reactionary” died of heart failure at the age of 95 on May 6 at his home…

Matteo Salvini, the Italian Minister of the Interior and head of the party League, has concluded his visit to Hungary. Although the official aim of…

The opposition Socialist-Párbeszéd alliance sees Europe as a social and cooperative community that guarantees the financial and physical security of its citizens, the Socialist (MSZP)…

The Hungarian government has welcomed the “sweeping victory” of Croatia’s ethnic Hungarian HMDK party in the neighboring country’s minority self-government election held on May 5….

Hungarian defence force Gripen fighters, whose tasks include quick reaction alert duties, will be temporarily moved from Kecskemét air base, in central Hungary, to Pápa,…

A left-wing columnist thinks President Trump intends to express concern over Hungary’s co-operation with China and Russia, while pro-government commentators suggest that he wants to…

Fully 300,000 asthma patients receive medical care in Hungary and 150,000 are estimated to live with the condition, experts said on Tuesday. Fully 15,000-20,000 patients…

Green opposition LMP on Tuesday called for domestic and European Union schemes to help people living with disabilities exercise their voting rights as well as…

The municipality of Budapest has earmarked an additional 800 million forints (EUR 2.4m) in its budget for the development of cycle paths, Mayor István Tarlós…

A federal rather than a centralised Europe is needed, Heinz-Christian Strache, Austria’s vice-chancellor, said at a press conference on Monday after meeting Prime Minister Viktor…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Monday that “Hungary’s government and its head” cannot be in the position to support a European Commission presidential candidate…

Opposition parties on Monday called for an increase in resources and funding for special needs education. Hungarian public education fails to provide the appropriate conditions…

Revisiting the concept of a Eurasian free trade area is in the interests of Hungary and Europe as a whole, the foreign minister said in…

Takarékbank, the new universal commercial bank of Hungary’s integrated savings cooperatives, launched on Monday with 139 branches in seven of Hungary’s 19 counties as well…

Green opposition LMP on Monday submitted a draft resolution to parliament, calling on the government to declare curbing climate change and adapting to its effects…

It’s not enough to be talented, you also have to be Hungarian—said President János Áder, using the world-famous photographer Robert Capa’s phrase, in welcoming the…

Hungary’s foreign minister has asked his Romanian counterpart to call a stop to construction work in an Austro-Hungarian military cemetery in central Romania that may…

The opposition LMP, Momentum and Jobbik parties recently wrapped up campaigns in London, Munich and Vienna, respectively, calling on Hungarians living there to take part…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will pay an official visit to Romania’s Transylvanian region at the invitation of the ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party, the prime…

The opposition Socialists (MSZP) are drafting a program to combat Russian influence in Hungary, Socialist MEP candidate Barnabás Mester said at a press conference on…

Europe should take over “the Austrian model in which the center-right is cooperating with the right wing”, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an…

Governing Fidesz has launched a campaign video that uses the case of a suspected terrorist leader recently arrested in Hungary as an argument for stopping…

The radical nationalist Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland) party believes family-friendly higher education and employment policies are necessary to raise the birth rate in Hungary, the…

A pro-government columnist claims that Hungary has become an important diplomatic actor, citing the news that Viktor Orbán will be received by US President Trump…

Areas on both sides of Budapest’s iconic Chain Bridge will be revamped at a cost of 1 billion forints (EUR 3.1m), a sum previously allocated…

Without adherence to the agreement between the European Union and Turkey on migration, Europe would be facing serious migration pressure from the south, Foreign Minister…

The ruling Fidesz-KDNP increased their support among decided voters to 57 percent in April, pollster Nézőpont Intézet said on Friday. The representative survey of 5,000…

Hungary’s economy is likely to continue growing by around 4 percent in the coming years, according to the country’s latest annual Convergence Programme posted on…

Matteo Salvini has succeeded in stopping migration at sea while Hungary has stopped it on land, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a public radio…

The opposition Democratic Coalition’s (DK) group spokesman has slammed a meeting between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Matteo Salvini in Budapest on Thursday as “shameful”….

The European parliamentary elections will be a “day of awakening” for the nations of the European Union, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini told Hungarian…

A left-wing commentator accuses the government of ignoring the needs of poor Hungarians. A pro-government columnist thinks that the government has done much more for…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Matteo Salvini, meeting in Budapest Thursday, expressed agreement on the importance of strong nation states, preserving Europe’s Christian culture…

Chairman of the Bavarian Christian Social Union, Markus Söder, criticized Orbán for meeting with Italian Interior Minister and Lega leader Matteo Salvini on Thursday.  During…

The opposition Socialist-Párbeszéd alliance has demanded that the government abandon its “foreign policy pushing Hungary in a neo-fascist direction”. Referring to Matteo Salvini’s visit to…

Hungary would “gladly” diversify its energy supplies, but doing so requires proper infrastructure and the necessary investment decisions, the foreign minister said on Thursday. These…

Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Heinz Hermann Thiele, honorary chairman of the supervisory board of Germany’s Knorr-Bremse AG on Thursday morning. The Knorr-Bremse Group…

“As long as Fidesz is a member of the European People’s Party, we are concentrating on this group. In the EP elections we will run…

US President Donald Trump has invited Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for a working visit in Washington. Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s Foreign Minister, confirmed to pro-government site…

Hungary’s Speaker of Parliament László Kövér had talks with Said Amzazi, Morocco’s education minister, on extending Hungary’s Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship programme and building closer ties…

In their May Day – which is also the 15th anniversary of Hungary’s  EU membership – celebration speeches  Hungarian opposition politicians emphasized the importance of the relation…

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, in a letter to United Nations Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ni Aolain, expressed “astonishment and shock” over her “defence of a terrorist”….

Hungary’s February trade surplus was revised downwards to 816 million euros in a second reading of data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said in an interview to Italian newspaper La Stampa that the European People’s Party should work together with the right…

In articles recalling Hungary’s accession, columnists from Left and Right draw up a balance sheet of the country’s 15 years in the European Union. Hungarian…

The training of soldiers is a crucial part of Hungary’s multi-year defence and military development programme, the defence minister said on Tuesday. Hungary needs a…

György Kurtág’s Fin de Partie in Milan won the prize for best world premiere at the International Opera Awards in London late on Monday. Fin…

The Hungarian National Museum invites you to visit an exhibition of portraits depicting the Conquering Hungarian chieftains. Benedek Varga, the museum’s director, revealed that the…

The central bank’s Monetary Council decided to keep the bank’s key rate on hold at 0.90 percent, and left the O/N central bank deposit rate…

Leaders of the opposition Socialist-Párbeszéd alliance advocated “a strong Europe focusing on its people” at a press conference on Tuesday, marking the 15th anniversary of…

The average gross wage for full-time workers in Hungary rose by an annual 12.1 percent to 345,860 forints (EUR 1,070) in February, the Central Statistical…

The Ukrainian National Assembly has passed a much-debated language law meant to safeguard the primacy of the Ukrainian language. The law severely discriminates against ethnic…

The opposition Socialist (MSZP) – Párbeszéd alliance proposes setting a European minimum wage of around 240,000 forints (EUR 743), 90,000 forints higher than the current…

Hungary believes it can prosper on its own and can reverse the aging of its population, the state secretary in charge of youth and family…

Europe has failed to properly recognise its own interests as far as Turkey is concerned in connection with migration, the head of the Prime Minister’s…

As we have previously reported, the Friends of Hungary Foundation will hold its annual Friends of Hungary Conference for the sixth time this coming weekend….

The United Nations “has launched a shocking attack on Hungary”, with one of its commissioners planning to initiate procedures against the country “because Hungary’s courts…

The government has used a “misinterpreted” version of recent remarks by Socialist (MSZP) deputy group leader Ildikó Bangó Borbély to launch “a campaign of hatred…

An organ concert to aid the reconstruction of Paris’ Notre Dame, which was heavily damaged in a fire on April 15, will be held in…

Norwegian companies will invest 15 million euros in setting up a pilot training centre in Hévíz, in western Hungary, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on…

The government has launched a bid for ethnic Hungarian civil and religious organisations and businesses with activities supporting children, Árpád János Potápi, state secretary at…

Ruling Fidesz will launch a campaign touring the country over the next four weeks to reach out to voters for the May 26 European parliamentary…

The green opposition LMP has asked the innovation and technology ministry for a list showing how many endangered species are living in Hungary, Gábor Vágó,…

The opposition Socialists-Párbeszéd demand information from the government about how much money has been spent on recruiting guest workers and how many non-European Union employees…

Next month’s European election will be the most important one yet, Fidesz party director Gábor Kubatov told public radio on Sunday, warning of attempts to…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán drew the global political lessons of the past decade at a closed forum of delegation heads at the second Belt and…

Commentators almost unanimously condemn a Socialist (MSZP) MP who referred to rats when speaking about the popularity of Fidesz. One, however, accepts her denial. Hungarian…

Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary for international communication and relations, on Monday slammed the European Commission’s figures on trust in the individual member states’ justice…

Next month’s European parliamentary elections will have an unprecedented stake because Hungary has never before been exposed to the danger of its government and prime…

Students staged a protest in Budapest on Friday afternoon against government plans under which secondary school students would be required to obtain a certificate of…

On the first weekend in May, members of the Friends of Hungary Foundation will come from all over the world to spend the weekend together…

On the first weekend in May, members of the Friends of Hungary Foundation will come from all over the world to spend the weekend together…

Although Viktor Orbán does a good job of bringing up important topics in Europe, Hungary could benefit from a far more balanced debate culture. Cultivating…

In our recurring Week in the life of the Hungarian Diaspora series, we’ll be looking back at recent events and exploring the many success stories of the Kőrösi…

Continuing good cooperation with telecoms giant Huawei is a national economic and strategic interest for Hungary, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday. Szijjártó, who…

Budapest’s Honvéd hospital has treated wounded Ukrainian soldiers, the commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces Medical Centre said on Friday. István Kun Szabó told a…

Hungary and Slovakia are preparing together for possible disruptions in gas supply via Ukraine as Ukraine and Russia have still not concluded a transit agreement…

More than 100,000 families have taken advantage of the government’s CSOK housing subsidy scheme since its introduction in July 2015, the state secretary for youth…

Green opposition LMP will submit a draft resolution to parliament proposing to scrap the upgrade of the nuclear plant in Paks, party co-leaders told a…

Yesterday Ukraine’s parliament approved a controversial law that makes the Ukrainian language compulsory for the public sector. As a result, minority languages can only be…

Hungary is ready to promote the development of Europe-China relations through cooperation between China and central and eastern Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in…

The government will set up the Mádl Ferenc Institute of Comparative Law effective June 1 and its task will be to assist legislative work, the…

The quality of crude arriving in Hungary and Slovakia on the southern arm of the Druzhba, or “Friendship”, pipeline meets set standards, Hungarian oil and…

The fiscal costs of family support measures unveiled by the government in February are expected to reach 0.3 percent of GDP this year and 1.1…

There were fewer births and more deaths in Hungary in the first two months of the year compared with the same period a year earlier,…

With exactly one month left until the upcoming EP elections, the governing alliance leads without a major contender. However, there are important questions that still…

As we have previously reported, no scheduled flights will be allowed to take off or land at Budapest’s international Liszt Ferenc Airport between midnight and…

Hungary and Serbia will install a precipitation and flash flood early warning system in an EU-funded cross border project, the directorate for the Hungarian project…

A Chinese-Hungarian consortium that has won a tender to upgrade a rail line connecting Budapest and Belgrade will sign a contract by May 25, Foreign…

The budget of this year’s Sziget Festival, to be held between August 7 and 13 in Budapest, will surpass 10 billion forints (EUR 31m), organisers…