After a long illness, Fidesz MP Jeno Lasztovicza died , who represented the 3. district of Veszprem county since 1998, Index.hu says. Lasztovicza was bor non December 21 1961, Kiskoros, he graduated from Szent Laszlo High School and earned his…
Budapest, January 6 (MTI) – New rules determining the amount of an excise tax bank guarantee paid by alcohol wholesalers should be introduced from March 1 this year instead of the original deadline of Jan. 1, 2016, a government official…
Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s laws on public assembly should be changed, but not because of recent anti-government demonstrations, Gergely Gulyas told daily Nepszabadsag on Wednesday. The police have been able to enforce the law at recent demonstrations without problems despite…
Budapest, December 29 (MTI) – Devising a national action plan on the protection of Hungary, a national development concept and a unified plan on support for families will be tabled at a meeting of the Fidesz-KDNP parliamentary group at the…
Budapest (MTI) – The Fidesz-KDNP alliance has lost support among voters but nearly two-thirds of respondents to a fresh poll expect the government to serve its full mandate, a poll by Szazadveg published on Wednesday showed. The governing parties had…
Budapest, (MTI) – Communication within the ruling Fidesz party should again be free of unjustified mistrust and unfounded accusations, House Speaker Laszlo Kover said on commercial HirTV on Monday evening. Related article: Serious Infighting in the Ruling Party Fidesz Kover,…
According to Index.hu, Akos Hadhazy was willing to bet on aquisitions of the Elios Zrt., owned by Istvan Tiborcz in Szekszard. The former representative said he was sure that the company of Orban’s son-in-law would win the 750-million city lighting…
Budapest, December 22 (MTI) – Fidesz’s ability to govern has been compromised by the loss of an unprecedented, nearly one million, voters in a few months, Ferenc Gyurcsany, leader of the Democratic Coalition, said. Gyurcsany described 2014 as a year…
Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s ban on new shopping centres should be maintained, Antal Rogan, group leader of ruling Fidesz told a press conference on Sunday, in connection with a law President Janos Ader recently returned to Parliament for reconsideration. Rogan…
Budapest (MTI) – The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition has called for an investigation into contested property privatisation deals in Budapest’s central District 5, and filed a complaint with the public prosecutor’s office, DK board member Laszlo Varju told a press…
According to Index.hu, none of the leaders of Fidesz threatened his party companions so openly like Janos Lazar, the one of the board member of the party. Many Fidesz members think of the interview of Lazar to the Figyelő.net as a…
Budapest (MTI) – Two ruling Fidesz party lawmakers have been fined 100,000 forints (EUR 320) each for voting against the party group and depriving it of a two-thirds majority. Fidesz parliamentary group director Gyorgy Balla told MTI that Janos Bencsik…
Budapest (MTI) – Support for ruling Fidesz dropped by 12 percentage points among all voters in November, a poll by Median published in the online newspaper hvg.hu on Wednesday showed. Poll by Median At the end of October, before the…
Budapest, December 10 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz party is proposing an amendment to the labour code to guarantee 100 percent extra pay for Sunday work and to stipulate that employees must not be forced to work on more than…
Budapest, December 10 (MTI) – Reported crimes and the number of perpetrators have more or less stagnated between 2009 and 2013, averaging between 400,000-450,000 cases each year, the chief public prosecutor told parliament today. In his report on the past…
Budapest, December 8 (MTI) – Fidesz lawmakers support a proposal flagged by a district mayor to conduct mandatory drug tests for youth, politicians and journalists, with “strong refinements”, Antal Rogan, head of the Fidesz parliamentary group, said today. Fidesz politician…
Budapest (MTI) – Political conflicts and developments since the local council elections in October have left the balance of political forces mostly unchanged according to think-tank Szazadveg. A recent poll sent to MTI on this week showed that ruling centre-right…
Budapest (MTI) – An amendment submitted on Thursday by the ruling Fidesz party overwrote junior-allied Christian Democrat plans concerning the Sunday opening hours of retail shops. Related articles: Business Assoc Warns Against Keeping Shops Closed on Sundays Consultations on Sunday…
Budapest, December 3 (MTI) – Antal Rogan, the ruling Fidesz party’s parliamentary group leader, has denied an allegation that he had regularly met Tamas Portik, a notorious criminal who had connections with the secret services during the time of the…
Budapest, November 21 (MTI) – Support for ruling party Fidesz has waned over the past month while the proportion of waverers in the electorate has grown, according to a November survey pollster Ipsos released today. The camp of Fidesz faithful…