Political Capital: zero chance that opposition referendum will be held on election day
A leading political research institute says it is “100%” certain that the opposition’s proposed referendum will not be held together…
Orbán takes jabs at political rivals as he officially opens the House of Hungarian Music
The House of Hungarian Music, built as part of the Liget Budapest project, was officially opened yesterday, on the Day…
Starved for funds from Orbán gov’t, local municipalities face bankruptcy
The Orbán government has bled Hungarian local municipalities dry over the past 12 years, writes Népszava. Some towns and cities…
National Election Office warns that counting opposition’s referendum signatures could take several weeks
The National Election Office (NVI) will begin counting the signatures collected for the opposition’s proposed referendum after boxes of signature…
Karácsony and supporters deliver referendum signatures to National Election Office
Hungary’s political opposition held a joint press conference yesterday morning announcing the delivery of 470,000 signatures from 235,000 people to…
Only 17% of Hungarians trust the government, but trust in media is even lower
On a global level, Hungarians are among the most distrustful of their government and media, the nearly 200-page “Global Trustworthiness…
Bosnia calls off Orbán’s planned visit to Sarajevo next week amid tensions
Citing concerns over the pandemic, Bosnian officials postponed Viktor Orbán’s scheduled visit to Sarajevo on January 25, Euronews reports. However,…
Fidesz up 4 points over united opposition in new IDEA poll
Ruling parties Fidesz-KDNP lead 4 percentage points among certain party voters, 48-44%, over the united opposition coalition, according to the…
Dates for Orbán-Putin meeting and Bolsonaro’s Budapest visit set
Viktor Orbán is scheduled to travel to Russia on February 1 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister…
Baliffs, Völner, and (spoiler alert) Orbán appear in opposition’s first campaign ad
New apartment or house? Credit, credit and even more credit. And if it is not repaid, baliffs will come from…
Ágnes Kunhalmi in hospital with Covid
MSZP Co-Chair Ágnes Kunhalmi has caught coronavirus and is currently in the hospital, the politician shared on Facebook yesterday along…
United opposition gets 470,000 signatures for Fudan referendum, ends petition drive
The united opposition coalition has managed to get a total of 470,000 signatures in support of the two questions for…
OSCE representatives reassured that Hungarian public media is “balanced and imparatial”
Menyhért Dobos, CEO of Duna Media Service Nonprofit Zrt. (pictured), and Dániel Papp, CEO of the Media Services Support and…
Concerned over electoral integrity, European MEPs call for election observers in Hungary
On Tuesday, 62 Members of the European Parliament wrote a letter to the director of the Organization for Security and…
Hadházy and Donáth report Orbán gov’t to European Commission over state subsidies to tech company 4iG
Momentum MEP Anna Donáth and independent MP Ákos Hadházy have written a letter to the European Commission reporting the Hungarian…
Péter Márki-Zay has Covid, will quarantine at home
Péter Márki-Zay has caught coronavirus, the opposition’s joint prime ministerial candidate announced on Facebook yesterday morning. Last night at ATV’s…
Can Our Homeland find electoral success with a vaccine-skeptic message?
The far-right Our Country Movement has changed its messaging: from tropes on security and policing typical of the extreme right…
Commercial television and radio have to air election campaign ads for free, if they choose to run them
RTL and TV2 have not yet announced whether they would be running political advertisements during the election campaign period starting…
Corruption not a major problem, say 98% of Fidesz voters
Only 18% of opposition voters believe corruption is the biggest problem today, according to a new Republikon poll as reported…
Government quietly postponed its anti-corruption commitments late last year
The government has postponed completing the anti-corruption measures it had committed to undertaking despite the fact that they weren’t all…