346 result(s) for account in Current Affairs
Big Financial Boost for Budapest as State & City Agree New Deal
- 2 Oct 2026 2:29 PM
- current affairs
The finance minister will appoint a budget supervisor to Budapest to continuously monitor the capital's financial management, and the state will ease the capital's strained finances by repaying past overpayments and releasing subsidies, under agreements announced after the first meeting of the reorganised Metropolitan Council for Public Developments (FKT) on Thursday, 1 October.
Fidesz Claims Ukrainian Mafia has Infiltrated Hungarian State Agencies
- 30 Sep 2026 5:20 AM
- current affairs
The Ukrainian mafia has infiltrated state agencies and has dozens of people in Hungary on its payroll, opposition Fidesz said in a statement on Tuesday, 29 September while Prime Minister Peter Magyar said further questioning should soon follow in the case -- referring to claims by a former chief prosecutor that the seizure of a Ukrainian "gold convoy" last year was politically motivated ...
Magyar Asks for Immediate Suspension of His Parliamentary Immunity
- 23 Sep 2026 7:03 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Peter Magyar has called on parliament to suspend his immunity without delay. The move comes in response to the deputy chief public prosecutor's request to the Speaker of Parliament to suspend the immunity of Magyar, as well as those of opposition Fidesz's Balazs Hanko and the Christian Democrats' Miklos Sesztak.
Reports of 'Mini-Coup' in Tisza Dismissed by Magyar
- 15 Sep 2026 6:37 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Peter Magyar dismissed reports that crisis erupted and a "mini-coup" had taken place in the Tisza party last November. "I have full confidence in [Tisza deputy leader] Mark Radnai", he said in an interview with public radio.
Orbán Could Face Prison Over Threats to Asset Recovery Office Staff
- 15 Sep 2026 6:30 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Peter Magyar on Monday called on MPs to stand by investigators, prosecutors, police and tax officials and defend them from Viktor Orban. He slammed the former prime minister for a comment in a recent interview insisting that anyone who takes a job at the Asset Recovery and Protection Office, whose task it is to uncover corruption, could be called to account in the future.
'Significant Hike' to Family Allowance in Hungary Pledged by Magyar
- 14 Sep 2026 12:50 PM
- current affairs
The government will "significantly" raise the family allowance in 2027, and incomes for employees in the child welfare system will be increased by 20-25 percent by January, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in an interview with public radio on Monday.
Budapest Drug Crisis Can't be Resolved Without Child Protection Reform - Mayor
- 14 Sep 2026 7:11 AM
- current affairs
Neither the drug crisis nor related public safety issues can be resolved in the long term without first reforming the child protection system, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony said on Facebook.
Whistleblower Exposes Overpriced State IT Procurements in Hungary
- 14 Sep 2026 6:55 AM
- current affairs
Vilmos Valyi-Nagy, a former state secretary in the Orbán government between 2010 and 2014 and a key source for investigative journalists over the past decade, has given an interview to Partizan. In the second part of the interview, published late on Friday, he discussed meetings on problematic cases, the inflated purchase price of Antenna Hungaria, and overpriced IT procurements.
Head of New Asset Recovery Office in Hungary Elected - Fidesz Walkout
- 31 Aug 2026 11:02 AM
- current affairs
Parliament elected political scientist Anna Unger as head of the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office (NVVH) in a secret ballot.
Big Financial Boost for Budapest as State & City Agree New Deal
- 2 Oct 2026 2:29 PM
- current affairs
The finance minister will appoint a budget supervisor to Budapest to continuously monitor the capital's financial management, and the state will ease the capital's strained finances by repaying past overpayments and releasing subsidies, under agreements announced after the first meeting of the reorganised Metropolitan Council for Public Developments (FKT) on Thursday, 1 October.
Fidesz Claims Ukrainian Mafia has Infiltrated Hungarian State Agencies
- 30 Sep 2026 5:20 AM
- current affairs
The Ukrainian mafia has infiltrated state agencies and has dozens of people in Hungary on its payroll, opposition Fidesz said in a statement on Tuesday, 29 September while Prime Minister Peter Magyar said further questioning should soon follow in the case -- referring to claims by a former chief prosecutor that the seizure of a Ukrainian "gold convoy" last year was politically motivated ...
Magyar Asks for Immediate Suspension of His Parliamentary Immunity
- 23 Sep 2026 7:03 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Peter Magyar has called on parliament to suspend his immunity without delay. The move comes in response to the deputy chief public prosecutor's request to the Speaker of Parliament to suspend the immunity of Magyar, as well as those of opposition Fidesz's Balazs Hanko and the Christian Democrats' Miklos Sesztak.
Reports of 'Mini-Coup' in Tisza Dismissed by Magyar
- 15 Sep 2026 6:37 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Peter Magyar dismissed reports that crisis erupted and a "mini-coup" had taken place in the Tisza party last November. "I have full confidence in [Tisza deputy leader] Mark Radnai", he said in an interview with public radio.
Orbán Could Face Prison Over Threats to Asset Recovery Office Staff
- 15 Sep 2026 6:30 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Peter Magyar on Monday called on MPs to stand by investigators, prosecutors, police and tax officials and defend them from Viktor Orban. He slammed the former prime minister for a comment in a recent interview insisting that anyone who takes a job at the Asset Recovery and Protection Office, whose task it is to uncover corruption, could be called to account in the future.
'Significant Hike' to Family Allowance in Hungary Pledged by Magyar
- 14 Sep 2026 12:50 PM
- current affairs
The government will "significantly" raise the family allowance in 2027, and incomes for employees in the child welfare system will be increased by 20-25 percent by January, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in an interview with public radio on Monday.
Budapest Drug Crisis Can't be Resolved Without Child Protection Reform - Mayor
- 14 Sep 2026 7:11 AM
- current affairs
Neither the drug crisis nor related public safety issues can be resolved in the long term without first reforming the child protection system, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony said on Facebook.
Whistleblower Exposes Overpriced State IT Procurements in Hungary
- 14 Sep 2026 6:55 AM
- current affairs
Vilmos Valyi-Nagy, a former state secretary in the Orbán government between 2010 and 2014 and a key source for investigative journalists over the past decade, has given an interview to Partizan. In the second part of the interview, published late on Friday, he discussed meetings on problematic cases, the inflated purchase price of Antenna Hungaria, and overpriced IT procurements.
Head of New Asset Recovery Office in Hungary Elected - Fidesz Walkout
- 31 Aug 2026 11:02 AM
- current affairs
Parliament elected political scientist Anna Unger as head of the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office (NVVH) in a secret ballot.