Election 2014

20/03/2014

Each ethnic minority likely to have speaker in next parlt

Budapest, March 20 (MTI) – Hungary’s 13 ethnic minorities will probably have each a speaker without voting rights in the next parliament, as the minimum requirement […]
18/03/2014

Election 2014 – Top court rules govt campaign slogan unlawful

Budapest, March 18 (MTI) – The Kuria, Hungary’s supreme court, ruled on Tuesday that commercial broadcaster TV2 broke the election law by airing a 50 second […]
18/03/2014

Election 2014 – Fidesz campaign spending above legal cap, says Transparency

(MTI) – Campaign spending by the ruling Fidesz and Christian Democrat parties and their backers has topped the legal limit, a Transparency International (TI) official said […]
17/03/2014

Election 2014 – Hungarians can register to vote at foreign missions by March 29

(MTI) – Voters have two more weeks, until March 29, to register to vote in the April 6 general election at one of Hungary’s foreign missions. […]
16/03/2014

Election 2014 – More than 210,000 ethnic Hungarians intend to vote

(MTI) – More than 210,000 naturalised Hungarians without a permanent address in Hungary have so far asked to register for the April 6 election, the website […]
13/03/2014

Mesterhazy: Revealing truth in Simon case also in Socialists’ interest

Budapest, March 12 (MTI) – The main opposition Socialists trust that the public prosecutor’s office will thoroughly investigate the Simon case and it is also in […]
11/03/2014

Former Socialist official arrested accused of forgery

(MTI) – Gabor Simon, a former Socialist official and lawmaker, has been arrested on charges of forgery, the Central Investigating Chief Prosecutor’s Office said on Monday. […]
11/03/2014

Deadline for entering party lists for EP election: April 22

(MTI) – Parties have until 4pm on April 22 to register their lists for the European parliamentary election scheduled for May 25, a decree published in […]
09/03/2014

Election 2014 – Vona: Jobbik to bring change after 24 years of failed governing

(MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party has four years of experience in parliament, a good programme and “excellent” candidates for the election that should bring […]
09/03/2014

Election 2014 – Socialist Party: Women Would Be Beneficiaries Of Left Govt

(MTI) – Women would be beneficiaries of a new, left government, as well as children, pensioners, job-holders and small and medium size enterprises, the leader of […]
08/03/2014

Ader sets date of EP election for May 25

(MTI) – Hungarian President Janos Ader set the date of the European Parliamentary election for May 25, the president’s office told MTI today. This is the […]
08/03/2014

Election 2014 – Eighteen national party lists registered

(MTI) – The National Election Office (NVI) on Friday registered 12 national party lists for the April 6 general election, raising the total to 18. Under […]
07/03/2014

Zuschlag Says He Was Bribed By Socialists Not To Run In 2006 Election

Budapest, March 7 (MTI) – Former Socialist politician Janos Zuschlag, who was sentenced to prison for graft, said he had been bribed by the Socialist party […]
06/03/2014

Fidesz loses, Jobbik gains support in February

Budapest, March 6 (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party has raised its voter support while Fidesz lost some of it and the opposition Unity alliance […]
05/03/2014

Election 2014 – Record Number Of National Lists: Thirty-one National Party Submitted

(MTI) – A total of 31 national party lists had been submitted to the National Election Office (NVI) by the Tuesday afternoon deadline. Additionally, all 13 national […]
04/03/2014

Election 2014 – State has paid out HUF 657bn for company stakes, says opposition

Budapest, March 4 (MTI) – Between 2010 and 2013 the state has spent 657 billion forints (EUR 2.1bn) on buying stakes in companies and wasting taxpayers’ […]
02/03/2014

Election 2014 – Jobbik national list registered for April general election

(MTI) – The national list of radical nationalist Jobbik, headed by party leader Gabor Vona, was registered by the National Election Committee on Saturday. Under Hungary’s […]
01/03/2014

Unity pledges “modern, European” republic

(MTI) – Hungary’s leftist parties have formed the Unity alliance to build a “fair, modern, European new republic”, Socialist leader Attila Mesterhazy, Unity’s prime minister candidate, […]
28/02/2014

Election 2014 – Four National Minority Lists Registered For April 6

(MTI) – The national lists of four minorities in Hungary have been registered for the April 6 parliamentary election, the National Election Committee (NVB) said on […]
27/02/2014

Jobbik calls on Fidesz, Socialists to stop “playground scrap”

Budapest, February 27 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz and opposition Socialist parties should drop their “playground scrap” over the leaking of the infamous “lies speech” of […]