Budapest, September 5 (MTI) – The opposition E-PM party has voiced sharp criticism over recent remarks on the Ukrainian government by the speaker of parliament, and called on Laszlo Kover to withdraw his “intolerable statement”. E-PM told MTI on Friday…
(MTI) – The European parliamentary group of the ruling Fidesz party has called on Hungary’s Socialists to support Tibor Navracsics’s appointment as a commissioner of the European Union. The Fidesz MEPs on Thursday asked the Socialists to transcend party interests…
(MTI) – Although ruling Fidesz maintained its firm lead ahead of its rivals, the opposition left-of-centre parties, namely the Socialists, the Democratic Coalition and the E-PM alliance, increased their support in August, a poll released by Ipsos on Thursday showed.…
(MTI) – The opposition Socialists have called on Zoltan Balog, minister for human resources, to resign over his recent remarks concerning the Roma Holocaust. Deputy head of parliament’s cultural committee, Agnes Kunhalmi of the Socialists, said in a statement on…
Budapest, July 29 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance maintained a stable lead over their rivals topped by the radical nationalist Jobbik party, according to a poll released by Szazadveg on Tuesday. Fully 35 percent of the electorate supported…
Budapest, July 26 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s “shocking” address at a summer university course in central Romania’s Baile Tusnad was an obituary for the liberal state, the opposition E-PM party alliance said in a statement sent to MTI…
(MTI) – Fidesz has maintained its lead despite a drop in support, while the opposition Socialists and radical nationalist Jobbik garnered more support in mid-July than a month earlier, a poll by Ipsos sent to MTI on Friday showed. Support…
A final report by the election observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) shows that campaign conditions were discriminatory against the opposition Jobbik, the party said on Friday. The report issued last Friday contains…
(MTI) – Hungary’s April 6 general election was “efficiently administered” and offered voters a “diverse choice”, the OSCE said in a report on its election observation mission. But the ruling Fidesz party enjoyed an “undue advantage” due to “restrictive” campaign…
Budapest, June 30 (MTI) – The parliamentary group of governing Fidesz is submitting amendments to a bill on relief for borrowers with foreign currency-denominated loans that clarifies rules on the statute of limitations for the assistance, the group’s leader, Antal…
Budapest, June 23 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz party has asked the government to table a bill aimed at settling the problem of troubled forex debtors before the current, extraordinary session of parliament is over, Fidesz group leader Antal Rogan…
Budapest, June 10 (MTI) – Parliament today approved an amendment to the law on the local government election system so that, besides the city mayor, 23 district mayors and 9 representatives from party lists are represented in the Budapest assembly.…
Budapest, June 6 (MTI) – The goal of the cabinet being formed today is to run a people’s government, Viktor Orban, the premier, said in parliament. Presenting his new cabinet, he said a people’s government was about more than “sticking…
Budapest, June 6 (MTI) – Following are short biographies of the ministers of the third Orban government formed on June 6, 2014. Zsolt Semjen, 52, minister without portfolio in charge of Hungarian communities abroad, was trained as a theologian and…
Budapest, June 4 (MTI) – Janos Lazar, the cabinet chief, late on Tuesday asked the outgoing editor in chief of the Origo news portal to publicly deny rumours surrounding his dismissal. Gergo Saling was “sacked” because Origo published articles concerning…
Budapest, May 30 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz party is asking all Hungarian politicians to always represent Hungary’s interests, even when they are abroad, group leader Antal Rogan said on Friday commenting on opposition E-PM leader Gordon Bajnai’s invitation to…
Budapest, May 30 (MTI) – Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party has put forward a proposal concerning the makeup of the general assembly of Budapest, after local elections in the autumn. Lajos Kosa, the party’s deputy leader, and Antal Rogan, head of…
Budapest, May 26 (MTI) – “We’ve won; we’ve won big-time!” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after the results of the European parliamentary elections were released, showing the Fidesz-KDNP alliance with over 51 percent, translating into 12 EP seats. Speaking at…
Budapest, May 25 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he hoped that voter participation rate in the European parliamentary election in Hungary would at least reach the average for the European Union, speaking after casting his own ballot a…
(MTI) – Spokeswoman for the radical nationalist Jobbik Dora Duro has dismissed accusations against her party made by Fidesz spokesman Robert Zsigo earlier on Saturday. Duro told MTI on Saturday that, instead of presenting an election programme or participating in…