Hungary’s opposition parties will on October 10 choose a single challenger to take on Viktor Orbán in next year’s parliamentary elections. Last month, six...
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Budapest’s residents have been protesting against the Hungarian government’s plans to build a Chinese-funded university in the city. Is Hungary’s prime...
Central Europe The CEO of Hungarian airline Wizz Air criticised European governments on Wednesday for barring flights over Belarus in response to the forced landing of a...
Despite again tweaking Hungary’s electoral system to favour his Fidesz party, a united opposition means that Viktor Orbán will face the biggest threat to his...
Hungarian MPs on July 14 approved legislation that opens the way for towns and cities around the country to cap the number of days per year property owners can rent out...
Five months have passed since Hungary’s opposition won an unexpected victory in Budapest’s mayoral election. Less surprising has been the way in which the...
The mayors of Central Europe’s capitals are increasingly looking to differentiate themselves from their authoritarian governments – by pitching for more EU funds...
Hungary’s housing policies are failing, the governor of the national bank (MNB) György Matolcsy has claimed, urging the government to draft new policies to redress what...
We started the year with a bang, proclaiming Romania, then led by prime minister Viorica Dancila, unready to take on the presidency of the Council of the European Union...
The four liberal mayors who lead the capital cities of the Visegrád (V4) Group (Budapest in Hungary, Warsaw in Poland, Bratislava in Slovakia and Prague in the Czech...
Budapest new municipal assembly has declared a climate emergency, adopting a proposal by the city’s newly-elected mayor, Gergely Karácsony. “Climate change and...
Gergely Karácsony, the newly elected mayor of Budapest, has called for the creation of an “alliance of free cities” in Central Europe to counterweigh the power of what...
