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30/08/2016

Court sentences Budaházy to 13 years in prison – UPDATE

Budapest, August 30 (MTI) – A Budapest court sentenced in a non-binding ruling on Tuesday extremist György Budaházy to 13 years in prison for carrying out […]
26/08/2016

Kúria rejects request for repeat review of signatures for land sale referendum

Budapest, August 26 (MTI) – Hungary’s supreme court, the Kúria, has rejected a request by opposition Socialist MP Zoltán GÅ‘gös for the National Election Office to […]
26/08/2016

Ministry to discuss public admin courts proposal with parties

Budapest, August 26 (MTI) – The justice ministry has called a meeting of parliamentary parties for September 2 to discuss a proposal to establish public administration […]
23/08/2016

Jobbik demands investigation into Fidesz MP’s alleged corruption case

Budapest, August 23 (MTI) – The Jobbik party has demanded that “the truth be revealed” in a case of alleged corruption involving Roland Mengyi, an MP […]
18/08/2016

Prosecutor initiates suspension of Fidesz MP’s immunity over corruption allegations

Budapest, August 18 (MTI) – Hungary’s Chief Prosecutor Péter Polt has asked parliament to lift the immunity of Fidesz MP Roland Mengyi on suspicion of corruption […]
10/08/2016

Court terminates Zsolnay liquidation procedure

Budapest, August 10 (MTI) – A court in Zalaegerszeg, in western Hungary, has terminated a liquidation procedure brought against porcelain maker Zsolnay, MTI learnt from the […]
15/07/2016

Former Quaestor chief to stay behind bars

Budapest (MTI) – A municipal court ruled on Thursday that Csaba Tarsoly, the former head of failed brokerage firm Quaestor, should stay in preliminary detention. The […]
14/07/2016

Top court rejects complaints on EU quota referendum

Budapest, July 14 (MTI) – Hungary’s Constitutional Court has rejected complaints filed over the planned referendum on the European Union’s quota regime, two rulings published on […]
12/07/2016

Govt to draft new legislation on right to assembly

Budapest, July 12 (MTI) – The government will draft a new bill on the right to assembly, following through with a ruling issued by the Constitutional […]
12/07/2016

Top court rules to clarify legislation on right to assembly

Budapest, July 12 (MTI) – The Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal in connection with a demonstration in 2014, and ruled for enacting clear legislation on […]
08/07/2016

NBH scandal – Socialist win court case against central bank over property purchases

Budapest, July 7 (MTI) – The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) is obliged to publish material concerning its property acquisitions under a binding court decision passed […]
05/07/2016

European Court rules against Hungary for wrongly detaining asylum seeker

Brussels, July 5 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Hungary regarding the detention of an Iranian asylum seeker, saying that its […]
04/07/2016

Socialist MEP turns to top court over migrant quota referendum – UPDATE

Budapest, July 4 (MTI) – Socialist MEP Tibor Szanyi has filed a complaint to the Constitutional Court over the Hungarian supreme court’s decision to greenlight the […]
02/07/2016

HVIM activists released from Romanian prison and placed under house arrest

Zoltán Szőcs and István Beke were released from a prison in Bucharest at midnight today. A legal expert told alfahir.hu that the Romanian court knew all […]
01/07/2016

Court rules migrants guilty of illegal border crossing during 2015 Roszke riots

Budapest, July 1 (MTI) – The Szeged regional court ruled on Friday that nine Syrian citizens and one Iraqi involved in riots at the Röszke border […]
29/06/2016

ECtHR rules Hungary to pay compensation to small churches

Brussels, June 28 (MTI) – The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that the Hungarian state is to pay compensation to small Hungarian […]
24/06/2016

Members of prostitution ring in Szeged found guilty

  Budapest (MTI) – The Court of Appeal in Szeged, in southern Hungary, convicted members of a prostitution ring on Thursday. The court found the leader […]
22/06/2016

Student camp rapist sentenced to nine years

Budapest, June 22 (MTI) – A man aged forty was sentenced to nine years prison in a final ruling on Wednesday for raping a student at […]
21/06/2016

Former minister acquitted of embezzlement charges

Budapest (MTI) – An appeals court on Monday acquitted former Socialist defence minister Ferenc Juhász and László Fapál, former state secretary, of charges of misappropriation of […]
09/06/2016

ECJ: Hungary’s rules on recognising foreign court decisions fall foul of EU law

Brussels, June 9 (MTI) – Hungarian rules on how criminal court sentences in other European Union members are recognised do not conform to EU law, the […]