After the municipal elections in October, support for Fidesz has started to decline spectacularly. A series of government failures and internal conflicts have suddenly shaken the dominance that had looked[…]
The Central Statistical Agency says the subsistence level for 2013 was a monthly income of at least HUF 87,510 to “permanently satisfy the minimum needs for the conduct of life”.[…]
The Hungarian parliament, dominated by supporters of PM Viktor Orbán, has voted overwhelmingly for a set of constitutional amendments that opponents, including the EU, the US and human rights groups,[…]
There has been a barrage of English-language communications from the government since this case put Hungary back on the news radar. The official line on the Fourth Amendment to Hungary’s[…]
A people’s initiative got under way. That is in order. Twice the number of signatures needed was collected. That is also in order. Parliament put the topic on the agenda.[…]
Amendments to take effect next year will swell middle-class pay packets, the chief whip of the ruling Fidesz party, Antal Rogán, said on Monday. A bill submitted by National Economy[…]
The Facebook protest group Milla, now an officially registered organisation, plans to hold a huge anti-government demonstration next Tuesday, a public holiday. In the wake of the government’s latest package[…]
Former prime minister Gordon Bajnai will address a large opposition rally on 23 October, news website index.hu reported on Wednesday. This echoed a report on the website of news weekly[…]
Opinion polls indicate that fewer and fewer people are satisfied with the way things are going in the country and fewer and fewer people accept those persons exercising power. Nevertheless,[…]
While Western social scientists are seeking an answer to the same question – what will the world order be like after the global financial crisis? – often these debates seem[…]
