National Election Committee

07/06/2016

Liberals submit objection to election cttee over referendum campaign

Budapest, June 7 (MTI) – The Hungarian Liberal Party has submitted an objection to the National Election Committee (NVB), arguing that the government campaign in support […]
10/05/2016

Parliament approves national referendum on EU migrant quotas, lawmakers amends referendum law – UPDATE

Budapest, May 10 (MTI) – Parliament on Tuesday approved calling a national referendum initiated by the government on the EU’s mandatory migrant quota scheme. Lawmakers also approved […]
26/04/2016

Election Committee rejects PM party referendum initiative concerning Paks

Budapest (MTI) – The National Election Committee turned down a referendum initiative by the opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) party concerning a planned upgrade of the […]
01/04/2016

Justice minister submits proposed amendment to referendum law

Budapest, April 1 (MTI) – Justice Minister László Trócsányi on Friday submitted to parliament a proposal to amend Hungary’s referendum law. The amendment would alter the […]
31/03/2016

Election office, committee to file criminal complaints over February 23 incident

Budapest, March 31 (MTI) – The National Election Committee (NVB) and the National Election Office (NVI) on Thursday said they would both file criminal complaints over […]
31/03/2016

Kúria thwarts referendum on officials’ families benefitting from public bids

Budapest (MTI) – The supreme court on Wednesday threw out a referendum initiative aimed at banning family members of mayors from winning major public projects. The […]
31/03/2016

PM party MEP submits Paks expansion referendum question

Budapest, March 30 (MTI) – Dialogue for Hungary (PM) MEP Benedek Jávor on Wednesday submitted a referendum question concerning the expansion of the Paks nuclear power […]
18/03/2016

Socialists demand election committee certify party’s referendum initiative

Budapest, March 18 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists on Friday called on the national election committee (NVB) to convene a meeting and certify the party’s referendum […]
05/03/2016

LMP proposes inter-party talks on changes to referendum rules

Budapest, March 5 (MTI) – The green opposition LMP has decided to “dust off” its earlier proposal to amend Hungary’s constitution in order to “restore the […]
04/03/2016

Kubatov condemns thug incident at Election Office

Budapest (MTI) – Gábor Kubatov, deputy leader of ruling Fidesz, has condemned an incident in which a group of thugs allegedly prevented a Socialist deputy from […]
03/03/2016

Együtt starts signature drive against EU quota referendum

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition Együtt party has started a signature drive in protest of the government taking the EU’s migrant quota plans to a public […]
02/03/2016

Jobbik initiates referendum on foreigners buying farmland

Budapest, March 2 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party submitted a referendum initiative on Wednesday with a view to preventing foreigners from buying Hungarian farmland. Early last […]
29/09/2014

Fundamental Rights Center finds OSCE Hungary report inaccurate

Budapest, September 29 (MTI) – A July report by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe on Hungary’s latest general election contains several inaccurate […]