80 result(s) for election fraud
Hungary’s Best-Selling Weekly HVG Faces Uncertain Future
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The publisher of the weekly Hungarian news magazine hvg (short for Weekly World Economy) has denied reports appearing in pro-government Heti Valasz yesterday that its German owner WAZ was pulling out and its entire staff would be sacked. Hvg Zrt., which owns both the print and on-line editions of what is arguably Hungary’s most important independent news publication, promised a detailed statement ...
Kúria Reduces Former Budapest District Mayor’s Prison Sentence To One Year
- 2 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Tuesday reduced the prison sentence of former Socialist Budapest district mayor György Hunvald to 12 months from 18 months for property fraud. The Budapest municipal court of appeals in February 2012 sentenced him in connection with a property scam in the 7th district during his 2003- 2009 term.
Socialists Slam Fidesz Policies In Budapest
- 12 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz party has changed the local electoral system in a bid to gain a majority in Budapest, the opposition Socialists’ group leader in the Budapest assembly said.
Mesterházy Expects Left-Wing Election Victory In Hungary
- 6 Apr 2014 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister candidate of the left-wing alliance, Attila Mesterhazy, said in an interview published in Saturday’s daily Nepszabadsag that he was certain his alliance for a “change in government” would win Sunday’s general election. Mesterhazy, who leads the Socialist Party, said, “We will replace the government.”
Alleged Election Forgery Must Be Examined, Says Hungary’s Unity
- 14 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is legally obliged to examine suspicious signatures in connection with the campaign to field candidates in the April 6 election, politicians of the leftist Unity alliance said. Senior Socialist lawmaker József Tóbiás told a press conference that the interior ministry had the authority to examine complaints based on signature samples attached to data kept in a central database, in ...
Hungary’s Former PM Gyurcsány Sees Chance For Leftist Victory Despite “Unfair” Election
- 12 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s upcoming elections will not be “free or fair” and will involve “a thousand frauds”, Democratic Coalition head Ferenc Gyurcsány told a forum late on Monday, adding however that he was “nearly sure” that the leftist opposition could still win.
Xpat Opinion: Election Year In 2014 In Hungary
- 9 Jan 2014 10:40 AM
- current affairs
In their first post-new-year’s-day analyses of the electoral landscape, most columnists consider Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party the likely winner of the next elections, although a left-wing commentator suspects that the opposition constituency is underrepresented by the opinion polls.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Left-Wing Infighting
- 5 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing analysts fear fatal consequences for the left after the mutual recriminations during and after the joint opposition rally on October 23rd . Right-wing commentators say the reason is that the Left has nothing to say about the main problems of our age.
Xpat Opinion: Baja-Gate Rolls On In Hungary
- 24 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to a conservative columnist, evidence suggests that the staged Baja video tape was commissioned by the Socialist party. Népszava accuses the pro-government media of exaggerating the issue, while Népszabadság, the leading left-wing daily, welcomes the opposition parties’ decision to distance themselves from the individuals involved in the fabrication.
Hungary’s Best-Selling Weekly HVG Faces Uncertain Future
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The publisher of the weekly Hungarian news magazine hvg (short for Weekly World Economy) has denied reports appearing in pro-government Heti Valasz yesterday that its German owner WAZ was pulling out and its entire staff would be sacked. Hvg Zrt., which owns both the print and on-line editions of what is arguably Hungary’s most important independent news publication, promised a detailed statement ...
Kúria Reduces Former Budapest District Mayor’s Prison Sentence To One Year
- 2 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Tuesday reduced the prison sentence of former Socialist Budapest district mayor György Hunvald to 12 months from 18 months for property fraud. The Budapest municipal court of appeals in February 2012 sentenced him in connection with a property scam in the 7th district during his 2003- 2009 term.
Socialists Slam Fidesz Policies In Budapest
- 12 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz party has changed the local electoral system in a bid to gain a majority in Budapest, the opposition Socialists’ group leader in the Budapest assembly said.
Mesterházy Expects Left-Wing Election Victory In Hungary
- 6 Apr 2014 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister candidate of the left-wing alliance, Attila Mesterhazy, said in an interview published in Saturday’s daily Nepszabadsag that he was certain his alliance for a “change in government” would win Sunday’s general election. Mesterhazy, who leads the Socialist Party, said, “We will replace the government.”
Alleged Election Forgery Must Be Examined, Says Hungary’s Unity
- 14 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is legally obliged to examine suspicious signatures in connection with the campaign to field candidates in the April 6 election, politicians of the leftist Unity alliance said. Senior Socialist lawmaker József Tóbiás told a press conference that the interior ministry had the authority to examine complaints based on signature samples attached to data kept in a central database, in ...
Hungary’s Former PM Gyurcsány Sees Chance For Leftist Victory Despite “Unfair” Election
- 12 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s upcoming elections will not be “free or fair” and will involve “a thousand frauds”, Democratic Coalition head Ferenc Gyurcsány told a forum late on Monday, adding however that he was “nearly sure” that the leftist opposition could still win.
Xpat Opinion: Election Year In 2014 In Hungary
- 9 Jan 2014 10:40 AM
- current affairs
In their first post-new-year’s-day analyses of the electoral landscape, most columnists consider Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party the likely winner of the next elections, although a left-wing commentator suspects that the opposition constituency is underrepresented by the opinion polls.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Left-Wing Infighting
- 5 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing analysts fear fatal consequences for the left after the mutual recriminations during and after the joint opposition rally on October 23rd . Right-wing commentators say the reason is that the Left has nothing to say about the main problems of our age.
Xpat Opinion: Baja-Gate Rolls On In Hungary
- 24 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to a conservative columnist, evidence suggests that the staged Baja video tape was commissioned by the Socialist party. Népszava accuses the pro-government media of exaggerating the issue, while Népszabadság, the leading left-wing daily, welcomes the opposition parties’ decision to distance themselves from the individuals involved in the fabrication.


















