According to the president of the Hungarian Trade Union Confederation (MASZSZ), as long as the target figures set in the wage agreement are met, and
Péter Magyar’s party is the most popular opposition force, leading far ahead of Viktor Orbán’s other challengers, and in fact, there are surveys suggesting it has already overtaken the governing party. Nevertheless, outside of Budapest, Tisza Party’s concrete, local presence (beyond Péter Magyar's appearances) is scarcely felt at the level of party organisations.
Due to the crisis in the European automotive industry, Hungarian multinationals may officially begin workforce reductions.
Tisza is not running, and nothing threatens Fidesz’s two-thirds majority. Stakes are so low in the staunchly Fidesz-supporting Dombóvár district that even the ruling party will struggle to mobilise voters on a frosty January Sunday, not to mention the opposition.
Péter Magyar does not want to negotiate with politicians from the old opposition parties, claiming they are also responsible for the state the
A criminal investigation is underway over the illegal acquisition of agricultural land: according to the charges, the Bakony region plots were transferred into the name of a straw owner. According to the main players in the case, the loan for the transaction was provided by Tibor Kuna, a former favorite PR professional of Fidesz who fell out of favor a few years ago, but he denies this.
The collapse of an awning at the Novi Sad train station on November 1 led to the deaths of fourteen people. The accident and the subsequent
A legislative amendment created a tax haven-like situation for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law, allowing the BDPST-empire to avoid taxation on its profits.
Gábor, a first lieutenant, has been trying to leave the armed forces for nearly a year, to no avail, even though he failed the mandatory annual physical fitness test and has a psychiatric evaluation stating that he is unfit to be a soldier.
According to the editor-in-chief of Slovakia's largest newspaper, the key question now is whether the Hungarian prime minister will prioritise the issue of Slovakia’s Hungarian minority or his alliance with the Slovak prime minister.
A child forced to watch his father’s execution before being shot in the head, thousands of drivers missing from public transport, an insane technological arms race on the front, integration difficulties for returning veterans, nerve-wracking night-time bombings – these are all stories from Ukraine, where I had the chance to meet with government officials, civil leaders, and journalists.
21 Research Centre’s research on the divisions and shared values in Hungarian society.
In fifteen years, the number of traditional Hungarian pubs (“kocsma”) has halved. This is much more than a sectorial decline: this is devastation.
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It's not just court and prosecutorial employees, but also law enforcement administrative staff who have been left out of recent years’ salary raises.
Despite having approached Minister of Construction and Transport János Lázár last year regarding the so-called castle law, representatives of Hungary’
According to Dávid Vitézy, János Lázár has halted all railway investments in Budapest, including those aimed at revitalising the surroundings of Keleti and Nyugati railway stations.
Private equity funds have become the primary tool for wealth concealment and siphoning off public funds in Hungary, while neither the operation of these funds nor state capital investments are transparent — as revealed in a recent study by Transparency International (TI) Hungary. Hungary's anti-money laundering regulations violate EU law, as they do not include provisions for recording the actual owners of private equity funds. Consequentially, the European Commission initiated infringement proceedings against Hungary in July 2024.
No matter how much the government is trying to emphasise that special taxes will be prevented from being passed on to the general public, profit-oriented companies keep finding ways to make us pay for what the government has mandated for them.
Top government personnel have been consistently receiving generous salary increases over the past five years, while government and public officials at the lower end of the hierarchy have only had their salaries raised once.
Chaos. Drama. Vulnerability. Tricks and tears. Catharsis and luck. An insane amount of luck. Our detailed overview of Gergely Karácsony’s mayoral campaign.
Corn crops will suffer greatly if the heat persists for another couple weeks – agricultural economist György Raskó told our newspaper. Last Wednesday
A Hungarian judge seeks to enforce proper compensation for judicial employees through the European Commission and the European Court of Justice.
Viktor Orbán has been working for three years to find a new political home for Fidesz in Europe, and now his efforts are paying off. At Fidesz’s
