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 

Hungary’s MPs publish their 2023 asset declarations.

Despite the on-going Article 7 procedure against Hungary, a Finnish representative has been gathering signatures in the European Parliament with the intention to initiate it once again. Actually, Article 7 entails two distinct procedures, but the Finnish MP’s efforts alone will not launch the second one.

According to a legislative proposal by the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office, "digital companies" performing certain activities could obtain special status if more than 60 per cent of their workforce consists of foreigners (non-Europeans).

The Ministry of Interior has disclosed the salaries of Sándor Pintér and his secretaries of state, revealing that there had actually been a salary increase last year.

Last December’s amendments regarding the capital's election system have caused confusion amongst the opposition’s ranks: despite winning over Budapest in 2019, there is currently such turmoil among the parties that even the basic line-up for the June elections is unclear.

The renaissance of retail government securities has caused horrendous interest costs – the government is aiming to put an end to this era, but what is to be expected in its stead? Why would the state need further debts in foreign currencies, and what are the risks involved?

Lakeside villas to replace former MÁV holiday resort in Zánka – Minister for National Economy Márton Nagy’s shadow looms in the background The former

What’s behind the difference in urban and rural voting patterns?

Unsatisfied with a monthly salary of 5 million HUF, László Palkovics undertakes the role of CEO at another state-owned company to receive an additional 3 million forints since January, 24.hu reveals. At several state-owned companies, the average salary exceeds 1 million forints, while at the largest employers, such as the Hungarian Post and long-distance bus provider Volán, the average employee earns less than HUF 400 000.

The former gas fitter entered the realm of billionaires only a decade ago and went on to become Hungary’s richest person in an unprecedentedly short time. We explored the milestones along his path to billion-dollar deals and a 62-meter luxury yacht.

The Ukrainian counterattack concluded with minimal territorial gains. In his interview with 24.hu, Tamás Csiki Varga pinpointed well-established Russian defence lines and the lack of Ukrainian air support as the main reasons for the failure.

Private companies could enter the market to operate Hungarian railways in case the government chooses not to renew the public service contracts for Hungary’s two current railway providers, MÁV-Start and GYSEV, which expire on December 23. In any case, according to EU regulations, opening the market for private contractors can be postponed until 2033 at the latest.

Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, Orbán’s Minister of Defence since last year’s May, has accumulated such wealth in three years that he comfortably fits among the richest entrepreneurs in the country. How did he do it?

Just a month after Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz, acting on behalf of his wife Ráhel Orbán, signed the sales contracts on several estates in the Tokaj-Hegyalja Wine Region, entries outlining the state's pre-emption rights were removed from the property registers of the estates listed as World Heritage Sites. State authorities provide no information regarding why this was done.

The long-standing war around László Bige’s factory has been taken to a new level: a special tax could crush the fertiliser tycoon's empire.