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13/10/2016

Jobbik calls for releasing communist-era agents list

Budapest, October 13 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party has called on the government to release the full list of Hungary’s communist-era agents and informants with a […]
11/10/2016

Hungarian parliament today – Law on farmland earmarked for compensation and changes to tax secret rules

Budapest, October 11 (MTI) – Lawmakers voted on legislation on the transfer of ownership of farmland reserved as compensation for former landowners and cooperative members on […]
04/10/2016

Strasbourg court again rules against Hungary on real life sentences

Strasbourg, October 4 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights has again ruled against Hungary concerning the real life sentences of two Hungarian inmates. The […]
27/09/2016

Environment ombudsman calls for expanding class action lawsuits

Budapest (MTI) – Marcel Szabó, Hungary’s deputy ombudsman in charge of future generations, has called for expanding the types of lawsuits that can be filed on […]
23/09/2016

Wind power utilisation made impossible in Hungary

A new change of law has made the installation of wind turbines basically impossible in Hungary, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports. A series of new regulations now prohibit the installation […]
05/09/2016

Lawyers’ Chamber welcomes civil procedural code bill

Budapest, September 5 (MTI) – The Hungarian Lawyers’ Chamber has welcomed the government’s submission to parliament of a bill on the civil procedural code. In a […]
22/08/2016

Parliament special session unlikely to reach quorum – Preview

Budapest, August 21 (MTI) – A special session of parliament initiated by the Jobbik party to discuss amending Hungary’s election law is unlikely to reach quorum […]
18/08/2016

European Parliament investigates case of ethnic Hungarian stripped of Slovak citizenship

Budapest, August 18 (MTI) – The European Parliament has launched a probe in connection with a Slovak decision to strip an elderly woman of her Slovakian […]
15/08/2016

Personal bankruptcy law failure, says LMP

Budapest, August 15 (MTI) – Green opposition LMP has branded Hungary’s personal bankruptcy law a failure and proposed that the legislation should be changed to make […]
10/08/2016

LMP says Socialists wrong to sit out election law amendment talks

Budapest, August 10 (MTI) – The Socialist Party was wrong to stay away from a meeting parliamentary parties held earlier this week to discuss a possible […]
08/08/2016

No amendment likely to election law in connection with quota referendum

Budapest, August 8 (MTI) – No amendment to Hungary’s election law can be expected after talks were held on Monday among parliamentary parties at the initiative […]
04/08/2016

Jobbik initiates special parliament session to amend election law

Budapest, August 4 (MTI) – The Jobbik party has initiated an extraordinary session of parliament for later this month to amend Hungary’s election law with a […]
02/08/2016

Socialists: Allow all Hungarians abroad to vote by mail

Budapest, August 1 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists have called on the government to ensure that every Hungarian living outside the country can participate in the […]
29/07/2016

Criminals also profited from the settlement bond business

Antal Rogán’s and Árpád Habony’s lawyer could have earned more than 5 billion forints with the bond business – writes mno.hu. Several previously sentenced foreigners obtained […]
19/07/2016

Uber bows out with free drives for loyal passengers

Uber wants to gift its 10 thousand most loyal Hungarian passengers free rides. According to origo.hu, the bonus trips can be validated in the 21 European […]
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 […]
06/07/2016

Over 1,000 migrants attempt illegal entry since introduction of new border rules

Budapest, July 6 (MTI) – A total of 1,060 migrants have attempted to enter Hungary illegally since the country’s new border regulations entered into force on […]
18/06/2016

Justice minister pledges pay rise to judges

Budapest, June 18 (MTI) – Hungary’s judges will be granted a five percent pay rise in October, to be followed by another five percent in January […]
13/06/2016

Parliament passes public education law amendments

Budapest, June 13 (MTI) – Lawmakers passed on Monday a package of amendments to the public education law which ensures operating a less centralised school management […]
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 […]