Budapest, March 1 (MTI) – Several agencies should share the task of running public schools as opposed to the current system whereby the state schools agency (Klik) is in sole charge, the human resources minister said on Tuesday. Speaking in…
Budapest, February 28 (MTI) – The ruling parties maintained their lead in support for political parties during February despite some sharp political disputes and demonstrations during the month, the pollster Századvég said citing its latest poll on Sunday. The Fidesz-Christian…
Budapest, February 25 (MTI) – The green opposition LMP party said it will submit to parliament a proposed amendment to Hungary’s referendum law to make it easier for citizens to file referendum initiatives, András Schiffer, the party’s co-leader, announced on…
Budapest, February 24 (MTI) – The opposition LMP will resubmit its bill to parliament on opening up communist-era secret files on informants and the vetting of public office holders, the party’s co-chair said on Wednesday. LMP will submit its motion…
Budapest, February 22 (MTI) – The opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s parliamentary briefing about last week’s European Union summit on Monday. Jobbik leader Gábor Vona told parliament that it is not enough that Orbán says he refuses the…
Budapest (MTI) – Viktor Orbán suffered a defeat at the EU summit; Hungarians working abroad will now be clearly worse off, the opposition Socialists’ deputy chairman told MTI on Saturday. Jobbik party said the prime minister had taken a U-turn…
Budapest, February 19 (MTI) – The Budapest-Belgrade railway development solely serves Chinese interests, the opposition LMP party said, adding that the government is doing everything it can to weaken the project’s profitability by supporting a rival Slovenian rail upgrade. The…
Budapest (MTI) – Opposition parties expressed disappointment over Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday which they said “appeared to be quite meaningless”. The opposition Együtt party said the announcements made by Orbán and Putin did…
Budapest, February 16 (MTI) – Green opposition LMP called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to cancel the contract on the planned upgrade of the Paks nuclear power station during his Wednesday visit to Moscow. Orbán “should behave as the prime…
Budapest, February 15 (MTI) – The leaders of opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Monday address in parliament, in which he ordered further border protection from migration and said a middle-class standard of living can be established in the…
Budapest, February 15 (MTI) – Hungary’s public schools system is far from perfect and suggestions for improvement should get a fair hearing, Fidesz parliamentary group leader Lajos Kósa told public radio on Monday. Experiences gained at the education roundtable and…
Budapest (MTI) – Representatives of Hungarian opposition parties have differing views on the likelihood or desirability of an early election but none rejected the idea outright, according to comments made at a conference on Thursday. The small Dialogue for Hungary…
Budapest, February 7 (MTI) – The green opposition LMP has said it agrees with the government on the need to cull jobs in public administration but wants to see the impact studies prepared for a government scheme to fight bureaucracy.…
Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Support for political parties in Hungary in January, gauged by pollsters Századvég, Medián, Tárki and Nézőpont: IN THE WHOLE SAMPLE Századvég Medián Tárki Nézőpont —————————————————————— Fidesz-KDNP 33 34 31 32 Jobbik 12 14 12 10…
Budapest, February 3 (MTI) – Teachers, students, parents and civil groups held a demonstration in Miskolc, northeastern Hungary, on Wednesday afternoon against the state of Hungary’s centralised public education system and low wages. The few thousand demonstrators demanded the reduction…
Budapest (MTI) – European Union funds have been criminally pilfered in Hungary with the participation of government politicians, the green opposition LMP alleged on Thursday. This is the biggest crime in contemporary Hungarian history, LMP’s anti-corruption spokesman told the press.…
Budapest, January 28 (MTI) – Hungary’s average unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in October-December, level with the average in September-November, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Thursday. The unemployment rate was down from 7.1 percent in the same period…
Budapest, January 27 (MTI) – Fidesz increased its lead slightly over all the opposition parties combined in the past quarter, a poll by Tarki revealed on Wednesday. Fidesz had 31 percent support in January, up from 28 percent in October…
Budapest, January 27 (MTI) – It is the government’s responsibility to prove that there is a legitimate need to amend the constitution to manage terrorist threats, green LMP party co-leader Andras Schiffer told public Kossuth Radio on Wednesday. The defence…
Budapest, January 27 (MTI) – The Socialist Party has made up ground and overtaken Jobbik party in terms of overall support, albeit the party’s lead is within the margin of error in a new poll released by the Nezopont Institute…