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Hungary Announces Major Overhaul of State‑Backed Loan Guarantees, Subsidies

Hungary announced a broad reform of state‑supported lending and guarantee programs to reduce public risk and align guarantee levels with...

Government

Hegedűs: Patients to be at Heart of Healthcare

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs, whose celebratory podium dance when Tisza won April’s general election went viral online, has said...

Government

Hungarian PM Not Seeking Higher Protection After Passerby Spits at Him

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has said on Facebook he will not ask for higher personal protection after a passerby...

Government

Hungary Announces Major Overhaul of State‑Backed Loan Guarantees, Subsidies

Hungary announced a broad reform of state‑supported lending and guarantee programs to reduce public risk and align guarantee levels with...

Government

Hegedűs: Patients to be at Heart of Healthcare

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs, whose celebratory podium dance when Tisza won April’s general election went viral online, has said...

Government

Hungarian PM Not Seeking Higher Protection After Passerby Spits at Him

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has said on Facebook he will not ask for higher personal protection after a passerby...

Hungary Extends Migration State of Emergency until Dec. 31

Hungary will once again extend the mass-migration state of emergency until Dec. 31, continuing a measure that has been in...

Hungary Could Reveal Up to 80,000 Names in Communist-era Secret Service Files

Up to 60,000-80,000 names could be made public as Hungary releases Communist-era secret service files, Bálint Ruff, head of the...

Hungary Recovers HUF 100 Bln in State Assets as Four Foundations Are Dissolved

Around HUF 100 bln (EUR 275 mln) in assets were returned to the state at the end of August following...

Anna Róza Unger Nominated to Head Hungary’s National Asset Recovery Office

Parliament’s Justice and Constitutional Affairs Committee has nominated Anna Róza Unger to head the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office...

Hungarian Gov’t to End Current Status of MCC, Batthyány and Blue Planet Foundations

The Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation (MCC), the Batthyány Lajos Foundation and the Kék Bolygó (Blue Planet) Foundation will cease to...

Government to Raise Minimum Old-age Pension to HUF 120,000

The government has decided to raise the minimum old-age pension to HUF 120,000 per month from Jan. 1, 2027, Prime...

Government to Launch Program to Cut Healthcare Waiting Times in Fall

The government will launch a program aimed at reducing waiting times for health care services in the fall, Health Minister...

Hungary Allocates HUF 5.5 Bln to Support Three Regional Airports

Hungary’s government has approved HUF 5.5 bln in additional funding for the companies operating the airports of Debrecen, Sármellék and...

Péter Magyar: Orbán Gov’t Knew Energy System Was on Brink of Collapse but Did Nothing

Prime Minister Péter Magyar on Thursday accused former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of knowing that Hungary’s energy system was on...

Hungary Announces Major Overhaul of State‑Backed Loan Guarantees, Subsidies

Hungary announced a broad reform of state‑supported lending and guarantee programs to reduce public risk and align guarantee levels with...

Magyar Rejects Claims Danube Water Is Being Withheld Abroad as Paks Turbine Stays Online

Péter Magyar dismissed claims that upstream countries were withholding water from the Danube, saying river levels in Austria, Germany and...

Hegedűs: Patients to be at Heart of Healthcare

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs, whose celebratory podium dance when Tisza won April’s general election went viral online, has said...

Gov’t Cancels HUF 1.7 tln M86-M87 Road Concession

The new government has canceled the concession tender for the M86 and M87 expressway projects after reviewing documents that revealed...

Hungarian PM Not Seeking Higher Protection After Passerby Spits at Him

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has said on Facebook he will not ask for higher personal protection after a passerby...

Hungarian President to Leave Office After Signing Amendment

President Tamás Sulyok has signed the 17th amendment to Hungary’s Fundamental Law, ending his mandate and clearing the way for...