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02/02/2016

Kúria: Outside pressure on judges danger to rule of law

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s chief judge has warned of the dangers of politicians pressuring the courts if they do not like a ruling. Péter Darák’s comments […]
31/01/2016

Fidesz initiating debate on recent court rulings

Budapest, January 31 (MTI) – Governing Fidesz is initiating a debate in parliament’s justice committee of two court rulings last week, a Fidesz MP said at […]
29/01/2016

Socialists: Fidesz using ‘show trials’ to increase popularity – Fidesz response

Budapest (MTI) – The Socialist Party on Thursday said the ruling Fidesz party is organising “show trials” reminiscent of methods used in Hungary’s “darkest dictatorship” to […]
28/01/2016

Local court acquits all suspects in red sludge spill case – UPDATE

Budapest, January 28 (MTI) – All 15 suspects in connection with Hungary’s red sludge disaster of 2010 were acquitted of charges by a local court in […]
27/01/2016

Police push to raise terrorism charges against Syrian involved in September protest on border

Budapest, January 27 (MTI) – Police have proposed indicting a Syrian national who took part in clashes with police on the southern border near Röszke last […]
26/01/2016

Former Budapest vice-mayor sentenced to suspended prison for embezzlement – UPDATE

Budapest, January 26 (MTI) – A court in southeastern Hungary handed a two-year prison term, suspended for four years, to Miklos Hagyo, Budapest’s former Socialist deputy […]
21/01/2016

Man receives 3-year probation for Holocaust denial

Budapest, January 21 (MTI) – A Pest county court has handed down in a non-final ruling a three-year probation to a man under a law which […]
21/01/2016

Tax office wins four in five lawsuits

Budapest, January 21 (MTI) – Hungary’s National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV) won more than 78 percent of the around 2,500 lawsuits taxpayers brought against it […]
20/01/2016

Kuria rejects referendum bids on Olympics, City Park – Update

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – Hungary’s supreme court has rejected referendum questions on organising Olympic Games in Budapest and the upgrade of the Varosliget (City Park), […]
16/01/2016

Socialists to stay away from Constitutional Court election

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition Socialists will stay away from the upcoming election of members to the Constitutional Court, party leader Jozsef Tobias told a press […]
12/01/2016

Strasbourg court rules in favour of civil organisation in privacy rights case

Brussels, January 12 (MTI) – The Strasbourg Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of two employees of the Karoly Eotvos Institute over Hungarian laws […]
05/01/2016

Ten migrants indicted over September 16 clashes with police

Budapest, January 5 (MTI) – A Szeged prosecutor has charged ten people with violating Hungary’s border fence and entering the country illegally amid the September 16 […]
29/12/2015

Disgraced broker Kulcsar sentenced to 6.5 years in prison – UPDATE

Budapest, December 29 (MTI) – Attila Kulcsar, the former broker of K+H Equities, on Tuesday received a prison sentence of six years and six months and […]
23/12/2015

Could Fidesz MEP Tamas Deutsch use drugs?

According to hvg.hu, the court rejected the submission of Deutsch. Peter Juhasz did not injure the good reputation of the Fidesz MEP with the drug accusation. […]
19/12/2015

Hungarian billionaire Gattyan defeated tax authority

According to blikk.hu, the European Court of Justice gave truth to one of the richest Hungarians, Gyorgy Gattyan, although NAV (National Tax Authority) wanted to encash […]
18/12/2015

Biszku receives suspended prison sentence for complicity in war crimes

Budapest, December 17 (MTI) – Communist-era party functionary Bela Biszku on Thursday received a suspended prison sentence for complicity in war crimes. The Municipal Court of […]
17/12/2015

Jobbik to turn to chief prosecutor over PM’s ‘criminal’ remark

Budapest, December 17 (MTI) – Gabor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, on Thursday said he would turn to the chief prosecutor over a […]
15/12/2015

Strasbourg court rules Hungary pension law violates ECHR

Strasbourg, December 15 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Hungary’s pension law violates the ban against discrimination prescribed by […]
15/12/2015

Top court axes parts of farmland decree

Budapest, December 15 (MTI) – Hungary’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday scrapped part of the government decree on the Farmland for Farmers scheme. The part in question, […]
04/12/2015

Justice minister: Hungary puts forward reasons for objection to mandatory quotas

Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – Hungary has put forward ten reasons for the abolishment of migrant resettlement quotas, the justice minister told a news conference on […]