Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony posted a video on Facebook of himself and Deputy Mayor Ambrus Kiss meeting with striking garbage collectors early on Thursday morning.…
Hungarians held a day of support for the country’s teachers on Wednesday, including a nationwide strike, several kilometers of a “live chain,” the occupation of…
Four legislative changes required to comply with European Commision conditions to obtain EU funds easily passed Parliament on Tuesday, writes Népszava. But amendments proposed by…
Around 100 teachers, students, and parents gathered in front of Ferenc Kölcsey High School on Monday to deliver a statement by the school’s teachers and…
In a Facebook post on Sunday morning, István Ujhelyi somewhat unexpectedly announced he was leaving the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). Writing that “something is broken…
At least five teachers were fired, effective immediately, from Ferenc Kölcsey High School in Budapest’s District VI, writes Eduline. An article on the news site…
Civil rights group Patent Association and several other NGOs held a protest on September 28, International Safe Abortion Day, against the government’s newly-announced “heartbeat decree.”…
Although a month after the elections Fidesz enjoyed the highest support of its party in the last three decades (46%, representing 3.7 million voters), it…
Along with continuing the rolling strike, we will regularly designate days in which we call for a national work stoppage for workers in education. For…
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony wrote a letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán about the rise in utility prices, a situation he views as “untenable.” What…
Klára Dobrev, the Democratic Coalition (DK)’s representative in the European Parliament, released the names of a 16-member “shadow government” of ministers, after DK announced its…
The official price controls on fuel and food products will remain in place, announced Gergely Gulyás, Minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office, in…
An extraordinary session of the Budapest City Council on Wednesday decided that starting in October, needy residents of the capital can apply for an annual…
The Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP) has, until now, offered free advice on utilities, insurance, and consumer protection matters, but is now expanding its advising…
A minor diplomatic incident took place last Wednesday, August 24 at a basketball match in Szombathely between Hungary and Lithuania, where a Ukrainian flag was…
Water utility associations that municipalities are forced to give up their ownership of have to arrange their own nationalization, writes Népszava based on a document…
Hungary’s smaller gas stations have still not received the subsidies they were promised by the government, Alliance of Independent Gas Stations President Gábor Egri told…
A number of international news outlets have covered a new report published by Hungary’s State Audit Office (ÁSZ), including the BBC, the Independent, AFP news…
“We’ve reached an important milestone with the National Atomic Energy Agency granting a construction permit for the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant, so…
The specialist deputy president of the Hungarian Meterological Service (OMSZ) who was fired on Monday had been on a three-week vacation and wasn’t even involved…