More than 500,000 Hungarian citizens have signed a petition demanding that the country join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, a soon-to-be established...
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According to Hungarian polling company Závecz Research Institute, the dispute between Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party and the European People’s...
After a long series of political disputes, the European People’s Party (EPP) has suspended Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party from its ranks. Though Fidesz has not been...
Hungarian politics, from the system change of 1989 until 2010 – the first time Viktor Orbán achieved a constitutional majority – was characterised by a fundamental...
Two emerging Europe countries, Hungary and Serbia, have been downgraded from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in the latest edition of the Freedom of the...
With one of the lowest corporate tax rates in Europe (nine per cent), Hungary – despite concerns regarding the ruling Fidesz party’s commitment to European values...
Two new controversial laws have been approved by the Hungarian parliament, with the country’s opposition, despite making a great deal of noise during the debate by...
Trade unions have protested across Hungary against what they call “a slavery law,” a government plan to change the labour code and increase annual overtime from 250 to...
Nikola Gruevski’s request for asylum on November 13 came as a suprise, if not a shock, to many in the Hungarian public. The former Macedonian PM, who was sentenced to...
Hungary’s largest opposition party, Jobbik, has asked the European Commission to issue an opinion on the rule of law in Macedonia. The request follows the...
On September 12, the European Parliament took the unprecedented step of triggering a disciplinary procedure against Hungary: 448 out of 693 MEPs voted for a proposal...
Viktor Orbán’s crushing victory in April’s parliamentary elections left half of Hungary devastated. Having secured his third consecutive supermajority, the Hungarian PM...