Jobbik

06/02/2017

Jobbik declines to come up with nominee for president

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party will not nominate anyone for Hungary’s next president; the party maintains its position that the president should be elected directly […]
04/02/2017

LMP endorses Majtényi for president

Budapest (MTI) – Green opposition LMP on Friday became the latest party to throw its support behind Lászlo Majtényi, Hungary’s former ombudsman, to succeed János Áder […]
03/02/2017

Govt publishes OLAF report, blames previous cabinets for corruption scandal

Budapest, February 3 (MTI) – Findings of an investigation by the European Union anti-fraud office (OLAF) “clearly shows” that the previous, Leftist governments and Budapest’s earlier […]
03/02/2017

Opposition parties comment Putin-Orbán talks

Budapest (MTI) – Hungarian leftist and liberal opposition parties criticised the government for giving up principled resistance to Russia’s assertion of its interests in the region […]
31/01/2017

Ruling parties hold commanding lead in new poll

Budapest (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance continued to hold a commanding lead over the opposition parties in January, according to a fresh poll by […]
28/01/2017

Vona rallies Jobbik – Photos

Budapest, January 28 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party’s leader, in a keynote speech on Saturday, vowed to serve Hungarians as the head of a people’s […]
26/01/2017

György Lukács statue to be removed from Budapest park

Budapest, January 25 (MTI) – A statue of philosopher and Communist politician György Lukács will be removed from Szent István Park in Budapest’s 13th district and […]
25/01/2017

Jobbik: witch-hunt against NGOs only meant to conceal corruption

Budapest, January 25 (MTI) – The witch-hunt started by ruling Fidesz against NGOs only aims to conceal the unprecedentedly high corruption prevailing in Hungary,  Jobbik said […]
25/01/2017

Budapest assembly – Budapest approves final 2024 Olympic locations, opposition slams mayor

Budapest, January 25 (MTI) – The Budapest assembly on Wednesday approved the final proposal on locations selected under the Hungarian capital’s bid to host the 2024 […]
25/01/2017

Budapest assembly allows owners of banned cars free use of public transport

Budapest, January 25 (MTI) – As a measure to combat Budapest’s smog problem, the city assembly on Wednesday approved the use of public transport free of […]
19/01/2017

Jobbik: Hardly any residency bond applicants rejected

The investigation by the Parliamentary opposition’s shadow committee concluded that the residency bonds generated no profit for Hungary and twenty days were not enough for the […]
18/01/2017

Vona calls for inserting ‘anti-corruption’ measures into constitution

Budapest, January 18 (MTI) – The Jobbik party wants the importance of fighting corruption to be written into Hungary’s constitution, its leader Gábor Vona said on […]
17/01/2017

Socialists rule out attending Jobbik-initiated cross-party talks on NGO transparency – UPDATE

Budapest, January 17 (MTI) – The opposition Socialist Party said on Tuesday that it ruled out attending cross-party talks proposed by opposition party Jobbik with a […]
15/01/2017

Jobbik won’t form alliance before 2018 election

Budapest, January 15 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party will not enter into any alliance with either the ruling Fidesz party or the Socialists or any other […]
13/01/2017

Jobbik repeats call for stand-alone border guard force

Budapest, January 13 (MTI) – Opposition Jobbik welcomes the recent inauguration of 500 border guards but repeatedly calls for reinstating a separate border guard force, the party’s […]
13/01/2017

Jobbik proposes 5-party talks on NGO transparency

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party has called for five-party talks with a view to increasing the transparency of NGOs, Gábor Staudt, the party’s deputy […]
12/01/2017

Orbán’s cabinet to wind up sales of residency bonds – UPDATE

Budapest, January 12 (MTI) – The Government Debt Management Agency (AKK) on Thursday said it will stop selling residency bonds, citing favourable developments in the country’s […]
12/01/2017

Jobbik demands declaration of assets owned by politicians’ families

Budapest, January 11 (MTI) – The current system of lawmakers obliged to submit a declaration of their assets each year is “worthless” in its current form, […]
07/01/2017

Jobbik’s master plan for 2018

Could Gábor Vona be the hope of leftist voters in 2018? This would’ve been inconceivable a few years ago, but it seems like it has become […]
05/01/2017

Vona slams Fidesz for rejecting Jobbik’s wage demand

Budapest, January 5 (MTI) – Opposition Jobbik leader Gábor Vona has lambasted ruling Fidesz for rejecting Jobbik’s call to raise Hungary’s wages to the level of the […]