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01/12/2014

Opposition against Lenkovics’s candidacy to head top court

Daily News Hungary

Budapest, December 1 (MTI) – The opposition Together (Egyutt) party will “under no circumstances” vote to approve Barnabas Lenkovics as president of the Constitutional Court, a […]

01/12/2014

21/11/2014

UNICEF: Hungarian Children Unfamiliar with Rights

Budapest (MTI) – According to a recent survey done by UNICEF Hungarian National Committee, few Hungarian children understand their rights and assume that violence by an […]

21/11/2014

24/10/2014

TI: Hungary Shows “Limited Enforcement” of Anti-Bribery Convention

Daily News Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary was ranked among countries with “limited enforcement” of anti-bribery measures in a report published by Transparency International on Thursday. The anti-graft watchdog […]

24/10/2014

20/10/2014

Ombudsman Outlines Responsibilities

Budapest (MTI) – Laszlo Szekely, Hungary’s ombudsman, told MTI in a wide-ranging interview that the government control office has a constitutional right to investigate how civil […]

20/10/2014

29/09/2014

Fundamental Rights Center finds OSCE Hungary report inaccurate

Daily News Hungary

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 […]

29/09/2014

01/05/2014

Case Of Hedvig Malina A Human Rights Issue In Slovakia, Says Deputy PM

Budapest, April 30 (MTI) – The case of ethnic Hungarian Hedvig Malina is a human rights issue and implicates that any other individual in Slovakia could […]

01/05/2014

31/03/2014

Hungary raised the issue of Bolivian violation at the UN Human Rights Council

On March 26, the United Nations Human Rights Council, among others, discussed the annual report on Bolivia prepared by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. […]

31/03/2014

17/02/2014

OSCE to send limited observation mission to monitor April election

(MTI) – The OSCE’s mission visiting Hungary last month has recommended dispatching a Limited Election Observation Mission for the upcoming parliamentary election, according to a release […]

17/02/2014

31/12/2013

Legal changes taking effect on Jan 1

(MTI) – Below is a list of major legal regulations taking effect on January 1, 2014 Public workers wages hiked Wages for people employed in public […]

31/12/2013

11/12/2013

Organic farm deserves constitutional protection, says ombudsman

(MTI) – Hungary’s ombudsman has said an organic farm which faces being divided into smaller plots deserves constitutional protection. Greenpeace Hungary is among other green groups […]

11/12/2013