Workers at Korean tyre maker Hankook’s plant in Dunaújváros, in central Hungary, started a strike over remuneration at 2:00 in the afternoon on Tuesday, unions…

EPP group leader Manfred Weber visited Budapest today. He began his day at CEU before discussing Fidesz’s EPP membership with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Prior…

In central Europe, 61 million of the 83 million voters reject migration, a survey published by the pro-govt Nézőpont Institute on Tuesday showed. Nézőpont asked…

Hungary’s accession to NATO twenty years ago was a political and strategic decision but also an acknowledgement of the country’s role in dismantling the Iron…

For the first time in his career, Hungary’s most promising young talent, Dominik Szoboszlai, has been called up for the senior national team’s two upcoming…

Several companies in the car industry have announced strikes in recent weeks. Predictably, the success of the Audi strike encouraged workers at different companies to…

Worry has erupted in Serbia due to the recent circulation of draft letters. According to Belgrade, the current enlisting is connected to a military exercise…

Hungary will implement “the largest foreign investment project in its history”, worth 5.1 billion forints (EUR 16.2m), in Uganda, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told wire…

The appeals court of Budapest on Tuesday handed a life sentence to a man charged with exploding a self-made bomb in central Budapest’s Teréz Boulevard…

Hungary has a vested interest in a coordinated euro-zone budget and considers a separate budget only acceptable if it complies with other EU policies, Finance…

Hungary’s parliamentary speaker has sent condolences to his counterparts in Ethiopia, Kenya and Canada over the plane crash that killed 157 people on board. In…

The Tesco Group will set up a business services and technology centre in Budapest creating 800 jobs, the minister of foreign affairs and trade announced…

Spending on film productions in Hungary reached 110.1 billion forints (EUR 349m) last year, data from Hungary’s National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) show. The…

Hungary and the Netherlands “look at the world from different positions” but “they will be able to discuss many issues if they stay on the…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will meet EPP group leader Manfred Weber in Budapest on Tuesday to discuss Fidesz’s EPP membership, the prime minister’s press chief…

The USA-based Fortune Magazine has labelled Hungary’s Tokaji Essencia the world’s most expensive wine. The newly-released 2008-vintage wine costs $40,000 per bottle, almost as much…

Interesting new developments are predicted in the European Parliament, which is expected to undergo major shifts. The Europen People’s Party – represented by a rather…

Political ties with Laos “have been elevated to the level of strategic partnership”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after talks with Thongloun Sisoulith, his Laotian…

The Serbian public funeral company in Nagybecskerek (Zrenjanin) has sold the part of its cemetery containing the Hungarian military graves from the World War. The…

The Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office supported a demonstration held on Sunday in Marosvásárhely (Targu Mures), Romania, for the autonomy of the Szeklers, a Hungarian minority…

A recent document by the legal service of the European Commission has “revealed the greatest lie by Brussels”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said and insisted…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki will be the speakers at official celebrations of Hungary’s national holiday on March 15, government…

A commemoration was held in Budapest’s Saint Stephen’s Basilica on Saturday, to pay tribute to Count János Esterházy, the sole Hungarian deputy in the Slovak…

German-owned Güntner Tata Hűtőtechnika, which makes refrigeration technology, will invest 8 billion forints (EUR 25.3m) at its base in the western Hungarian town of Tata,…

The Forum of Hungarian Lawmakers in the Carpathian Basin (KMKF) called on the Hungarian parliament and government to declare 2020 a year of national cohesion…

Europe needs a strong European People’s Party (EPP) and the EPP, in turn, needs a strong Fidesz, Hungarian Justice Minister László Trócsányi, the leading party’s…

A conservative pundit finds the suggestion that Fidesz should quit the EPP irresponsible. A left-wing columnist lambasts the EPP leadership for tolerating what he calls…

Everyone in Hungary remembers last year’s unpleasant infestation of heteropterans, commonly known as true bugs or stink bugs. With climate change comes new, unfamiliar bugs….

Manfred Weber, group leader of the European People’s Party, will initiate talks with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concerning issues around the EPP membership of…

NATO is being increasingly appreciated in light of Europe’s “fragile security”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a celebration marking the anniversaries of the Visegrad Four…

Ruling Fidesz’s parliamentary group has voiced support for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s proposal to put the matter of protecting the Schengen borders from migration into…

Female opposition lawmakers called for wage equality, the introduction of free gynecological screenings and educational programmes targeting disadvantaged girls and women in Budapest on Friday,…

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For the first time, a Hungarian stadium has won first place in the Stadium of the Year awards. This year’s jury award went to the…

Last year, the trains were late by a total of 2,120 million minutes, equal to four years. Whereas, in 2017, the trains were only late…

Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People’s Party, discussed in detail the conditions of Fidesz’s continued membership on Tuesday. In response, a spokesperson for…

The opposition Socialist Party has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “not to flee” the European People’s Party. At a press conference on Thursday, Socialist…

The Hungarian government will continue to protect the rights of ethnic Hungarian communities, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told a plenary session of the Forum of…

Europe is facing a “new kind of warfare” in the “global fight for resources”, House Speaker László Köver told a plenary session of the Forum…

Hungary’s Fidesz has been “attacked by pro-migration forces” within the European People’s Party, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public Kossuth Radio on Friday morning. In…

The government’s recent family policy measures were backed by 79 percent of respondents in a recent survey by pro-government institute Nézőpont, with the rate of…

The house arrest of left-wing politician and lawyer Csaba Czeglédy, who was indicted for tax fraud to the tune of six billion forints (EUR 18.9m)…

Although Fidesz officials are still using a moderate tone, the government-funded media launched an attack on the European People’s Party (EPP) pinning a “Soros-badge” on…

Budapest Mayor István Tarlós on Thursday received the European Best Destination 2019 Award, granted to Budapest earlier this year, from Maximilien Lejeune, head of the…

The European Commission on Thursday launched an infringement procedure against Hungary over the taxation of foundations. The EC sent authorities a letter of formal notice,…

A long-sought dream of anti-Fidesz opinion leaders seems to be on the verge of coming true: the opposition parties have managed to integrate the entire…

The European Union must not close itself off but must contribute to the stability of its neighbourhood, the head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee said…

A united states of Europe could prevent “the mass exodus” of Hungarians seeking more lucrative jobs elsewhere on the continent, the opposition Democratic Coalition’s top…

The high-speed railway to connect Budapest, Bratislava, Ostrava and Warsaw will be one of the most ambitious projects the Visegrad Four countries have ever launched,…

Hungary’s HungaroControl will remain in charge of controlling Kosovo’s airspace from April on for an indefinite period of time under a decision by the North…

Hungarian florist Tamás Mezőffy from Dunakeszi came in third place in the Interflora World Cup 2019 last weekend in Philadelphia, making him the first Hungarian…

According to the Serbian press, Csaba Dér, the Hungarian assassin from Vojvodina, was caught preparing to carry out a hit on a Serbian politician last…

France’s GMD group will build a 14.5 billion forint (EUR 46m) vehicle parts plant in Dorog, in northern Hungary, the minister of foreign affairs and…

Migration is the “most important topic” for the upcoming European parliamentary elections, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, told a press conference…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday appointed Ferenc Vágujhelyi head of infocommunications council NHIT, the prime minister’s press office said. Orbán also appointed Zoltán Fauszt,…

The Central Bank of Hungary has published several competitiveness programs since last summer. But this week the Minister of Finance Mihály Varga and the Minister…

Hungary and Austria have agreed to submit joint bids for future sporting events. Speaking to MTI after talks with Philipp Trattner, head of the sports…

Commentators from right across the political spectrum wonder whether the European People’s Party will finally expel Fidesz. Most deemed it a very unlikely possibility. Hungarian…

Romania’s ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party is against a possible exclusion of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz from the European People’s Party (EPP), RMDSZ leader Hunor Kelemen told…

Bank leader Sándor Csányi and fast-emerging construction mogul Lőrinc Mészáros are among the richest people in the world according to the 2019 Forbes World’s Billionaires…

Fidesz prioritises protecting European Christian values and stopping migration over party discipline, the ruling party’s spokesman said on Wednesday in response to EPP chief Manfred…

“Viktor Orbán must immediately end his government’s anti-Brussels campaign,” Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People’s Party, declared on Tuesday. The Spitzenkandidat discussed in…

Hungarians have a dimmer view of western Europe than five years ago, a survey shows. Correspondingly, their attitude to eastern European countries brightened between 2013…

The Budapest Metropolitan Court on Tuesday ruled to extradite a Portuguese man wanted in his home country because of cybercrime. Hungarian police apprehended him on…

The opposition LMP party has called for total energy consumption to be reduced alongside an improvement in energy efficiency, and it wants a state fund…

Minister of foreign affairs and trade Péter Szijjártó has discussed cooperation between Hungary and Uzbekistan on nuclear engineering training with the Uzbek minister of investment…

A liberal and a conservative pundit agree that the government’s plan to improve Hungary’s defence capability is necessary and reasonable. It serves the security of…

A new solar plant built at a cost of 9 billion forints (EUR 28.5m) outside Paks, just a few kilometres from Hungary’s sole nuclear plant,…

A liberal and a conservative pundit agree that the government’s plan to improve Hungary’s defence capability is necessary and reasonable. It serves the security of…

Parliament on Tuesday approved legislation allowing the establishment of a form of foundation to manage assets. The law was approved with a vote of 124…

The Budapest municipal council has proposed banning all air traffic at Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport between midnight and 5 am to curb noise pollution,…

The opposition Socialists have signed a cooperation agreement with Germany’s SPD and other European parties to mobilise Hungarian voters living outside Hungary before the upcoming…

Joseph Daul has strongly condemned the Hungarian government’s billboard and Orbán’s association with populism. Joseph Daul, the President of the European People’s Party, discussed the…

Actress and singer Katalin Karády is known as the femme fatale of the Kingdom of Hungary. First celebrated across the country as an icon, she…

As of now, 13 parties from ten member states officially back the initiative to exclude Fidesz-KDNP from the European People’s Party (EPP). The EPP launched…

The conservative Jobbik party on Tuesday launched a campaign to “correct” the government’s billboards by pasting strips of paper over its slogans, the party spokesman…

The Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) has published its new competitiveness program which consists of 330 points. The 234-page document is a more detailed version…

Opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) leader Ferenc Gyurcsány has criticised Germany’s leading politicians for their “lenient attitude” towards the Hungarian prime minister, in an article published…

The Madach International Theatre Meeting (MITEM) will host 23 performances from 13 countries between April 11 and May 5, the organisers told a press conference…

The opposition Socialist Party’s disciplinary body has decided to terminate proceedings against former party leader Attila Mesterházy due to a lack of evidence against him…

Hungarian Speaker of Parliament László Kövér on Tuesday inaugurated a memorial plaque to Hungarian-born explorer Lady Florence Baker at the Murchison Falls National Park in…

In Hungary, civil organisations “operate freely” and “are thriving”, a ruling Fidesz lawmaker said after a meeting of the justice committee of the Parliamentary Assembly…

Hungary’s public media is setting up a Public Media Election Office on Monday to ensure that public media content meets the requirements of the Public…

The National Election Committee on Monday dismissed a complaint submitted by the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) concerning a Hungarian government billboard campaign featuring European Commission…

Hungarian state secretary for international communications and relations Zoltán Kovács has told the BBC in an interview that financier George Soros became a political player…

One of the most exciting political questions of the year is how Fidesz’s relationship with the Europan People’s Party (EPP) will develop. Tension has been…

Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), on Monday, outlined his party’s family policy plan aimed at encouraging Hungarian couples to have children….

With March’s arrival, Hungary is ready to bid farewell to winter, celebrate the last bits of the Carnival season and savor the warmer weather. Photo…

Jenő Rácz, one of the most famous Hungarian chefs and the first to collect a Michelin star outside of Hungary, will soon open his own…

The government has launched its regular two schemes for 2019/20 that help the Hungarian diaspora in preserving their identity, a senior government official said on…

Last Saturday in Prague, Czech police arrested Csaba Dér, a Hungarian hitman from Serbia. Dér committed at least three murders throughout Europe. Three countries have…

As the Academy of Sciences (MTA) turns down the government’s plan for the reform of scientific research while its counter-proposals have been rejected by the…

Opposition green LMP will submit a bill on introducing a congestion charge in Budapest, a city deputy of the party said on Saturday. The measure…

Hungary’s 2018 December trade surplus was revised downwards to 393 million euros in a second reading of data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH)…

An opposition Socialist MEP, who tried to deliver a copy of the European Commission’s critical response to the government’s migration campaign to the ruling Fidesz…

According to the Hungarian government’s response to the European Commission, Brussels intends to legalise and boost immigration. The document released on Sunday is a detailed…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has addressed Hungarian-German relations and his government’s European Parliament election campaign focusing on migration in an interview to Welt am Sonntag….

“Those who love their country support the European Union and not the policies of [Prime Minister Viktor] Orbán,” a Socialist Party MEP said on Friday….

Independent mayoral candidate in Budapest Róbert Puzsér, a publicist backed by opposition LMP, said on Friday that he would represent a “green minimum” rather than…

A court in Pécs on Friday sentenced István Kocsis, the former head of the state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM), to five years in prison on…

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

The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) on Friday called on EU member states to create a common policy to tax multinational companies. Klára Dobrev, who heads…

The Busó Carnival and its many festivities kicked off yesterday in Mohács, a town in Southern Hungary. The event began on February 28 with the…

This year’s Red Bull Air Race will be held in July in Zamárdi, with the race taking place over Lake Balaton, organisers said on Friday….

Two former water polo players, one of which is an Olympic champion, have been officially cleared of the child abuse charges for which they made…

The Military Council of the Győr Regional Court has ordered the pre-trial detention of all 18 of the highway patrol officers arrested on corruption charges….

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…

Moving low-fare flights from Liszt Ferenc International to an alternative airport outside of the capital would be a “tactical error” and does not have the…

The Fidesz-Christian Democrat (KDNP) alliance leads the polls among decided voters for the European parliamentary elections with 54 percent, which would increase the number of…

Two unions at Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant in Paks have announced a two-hour warning strike for March 2 in protest against the outsourcing of…

The integration of the Western Balkans is a strategic interest for the European Union from an economic and also a security policy perspective, so the…

Hungarian President János Áder on Thursday highlighted climate change, rising migration pressure and the increased threat of terrorism in Europe as some of the new…

Opposition Jobbik said on Thursday that what’s at stake at the European parliamentary elections this May is “whether we allow Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to…

Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences present a video at the Oscar gala in which they remember filmmakers, professionals and actors…

The national police (ORFK) have dropped an investigation into the issues surrounding former North Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s flight to Hungary, wire service MTI…

Financed by the European Union’s 2014-2020 budget, several large scale infrastructural projects are being built in Hungary. However, there are some very important investments planned…

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has filed a complaint with the National Election Committee saying that the government is “conducting an illicit campaign”. DK deputy…

The US architecture firm of Diller Scofidio + Renfro has won an international tender to design the new Hungarian Museum of Transport in Budapest. The…