Last week’s attack on Robert Fico once again proved that assassinations, murders and attempted murders against political and public figures are much

A Ukrainian soldier shared his experiences of his ten months of Russian captivity at Budapest’s OSA Archive. Oleksiy Anulja was broken not only physically but also mentally.

Throughout Hungary, dozens of current and former mayors undeterred by the court proceedings, investigations or significant public scandals revolving around them are running once again for the office. Many have a chance to be re-elected on June 9, despite court rulings hanging above their heads like a sword of Damocles: should they be eventually sentenced to prison with final effect, their mayoral positions will be lost as per Hungarian law.

In just a few weeks, Hungary’s party system has been turned upside down by Péter Magyar’s newly founded Tisza Party. According to the current situation, five lists could be sending representatives to the European Parliament, but there is unusually large variation among surveys regarding whether the leading force of the opposition stands behind Péter Magyar or former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. An averaging of the polls might bring us closer to the truth.

István Ujhelyi became a Member of the European Parliament in the colours of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), and he is now leaving the European Parliament after ten years. Farewell interview about the Union, China, Péter Magyar, and his plans for the future.

In the end, the deciding factor for releasing some of the blocked EU funds was that the teachers had indicated their need for a pay raise. "We will check whether the money indeed goes to the teachers", Nicolas Schmit claims.

According to a prominent department head at ELTE, one of the most prestigious state universities, it is clearly solely a matter of political decision whether the state is willing to allocate an amount completely insignificant from a budgetary perspective to address the minimal adjustment of instructors' salaries – which have not shown an increase in the past two years, despite high inflation.

On March 15 – the anniversary of the 1848 revolution – the Prime Minister stated that while today Hungary stands alone, the country could soon be conquering Brussels. We have examined the possible pathways that could lead to such an outcome, and assessed their practical likelihood of success.

A recent IT labour market survey provides evidence that in 2023, significantly fewer IT positions were filled in the private sector than before, while the negative trend continued in the first two months of 2024.

If the press is a watchdog, then higher education is a canary. The bird is currently dying in Hungary, meaning that it may be about time to run while we still can. We spoke with Ferenc Hammer, university lecturer and punk musician.

Claiming high-value fraud and deception, small investors have filed a report against OTT-One Inc., the company known for its role in the Hungarian state’s ventilator deals around the Covid pandemic.

In mid-February, the Paris Court of Appeal decided to sentence Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of the French Republic, to six months in prison (he

Chinese and Hungarian police officers will conduct joint patrol services in Hungary in the future.

Petty drama or a major confrontation with serious economic consequences? György Matolcsy, president of the national bank, minister of finance Mihály Varga and economy minister Márton Nagy have a personal felud over economic policy. The distribution of roles was done by the Prime Minister; and apparently while it’s Márton Nagy who holds the power to make the big decisions, it’s the other two who are left with the task of handling the consequences, albeit without the means to do so

Our article analyses the choices, role and career of the former president, also exploring the question of when Novák could possibly return to public life. We also discuss whether the presidential pardon scandal has further implications for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

What are the Hungarian Air Force’s new multirole combat jets capable of?

Anti-elite sentiments and social dissatisfaction: we analysed the Hungarian results of Ipsos’ 2023 populism survey.

A passenger finds herself accused of defamation after coming into conflict with the airport’s customs officers last year.

It’s almost three years now that Fidesz has been without a party family in the European Parliament. This time should have made it quite obvious to the

The trail leads from the British Virgin Islands to Switzerland, involving Lian Wang, a key figure of the Chinese residency bond business. The company represented by Wang invested about three billion forints into two companies owned by the children of Sándor Kertész, an associate of the leader of Fidesz’s propaganda machine, Antal Rogán. Entering under strange circumstances, the Chinese businessman left the companies soon after, leaving behind billions in assets.

It was not general practitioners’ refusal to sign the contract that turned the transformation of the medical duty system into a scandal, but the resistance of local residents, as they were very much satisfied with the old, well-functioning system. Now the village of Tahitótfalu and its surroundings have joined forces to prevent the transfer of the Tahitótfalu medical duty service site – which had been providing service to seven municipalities – to Szentendre. The local GP believes that reforming the duty system is indeed necessary, but the current restructuring represents a significant setback in healthcare in many places, including Tahitótfalu.

On a regional level, Hungary has fallen behind in competition due to taxes, meaning that Hungarian prices will remain in the middle range.

South Korean company Bumchun had received several billion forints in state support for job creation. The firm since decided to part with several dozen leased employees, most of them being Hungarians – with the intention of employing Vietnamese workers in their stead. Reaching out to 24.hu, the firm claimed to still go above and beyond when it comes to their job creation commitments