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Government submits modified bill to replace Quaestor law

The government on Wednesday submitted to Parliament a new bill on the compensation of investors who suffered losses caused by...

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EU court rules FX loans not subject to investor protection rules

The European Unionʼs Court of Justice ruled yesterday that an FX car loan taken out by a Hungarian couple was...

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MOL chief attends hearing in The Hague

Zsolt Hernádi, CEO of Hungarian oil and gas company MOL, was recently in The Hague for a hearing in connection...

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Two ‘Islamists’ caught by Hungarian officials face charges in U.K.

Two “prominent Islamists”, Trevor Brooks and Simon Keeler, who were caught by Hungarian officials on November 14 on a train...

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MOL chief removed from Interpol most wanted list

Zsolt Hernádi, Chairman-CEO of Hungarian oil and gas company MOL disappeared from Interpol’s most wanted list yesterday according to a...

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Parliament passes bill on farmland rental in time for auctions

Parliament passed legislation on farmland rental, just in time for upcoming auctions of state farmland, and also approved legislation designed...

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Constitutional Court partially invalidates Quaestor top-up fund law

Hungaryʼs Constitutional Court has invalidated some parts of a special fund established to compensate investors of failed brokerage Quaestor over...

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Austria, Germany suspend Croatian arrest warrant for MOL chief

Austria and Germany have suspended a Croatian warrant for the arrest of Zsolt Hernádi, the chairman-CEO of Hungarian oil and...

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Hernádi meets OMV executive in Vienna, despite Interpol warrant

Zsolt Hernádi, chairman-CEO of Hungary’s oil and gas company MOL, yesterday met with Rainer Seele, CEO of Austrian peer OMV,...

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MNB wins court cases against lenders

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) said today courts had ruled in its favour in almost all of the cases...

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Közgép goes to court to fight its ban from bidding

Construction firm Közgép Zrt. will appear before a court in October to dispute a decision by the Hungarian Public Procurement...

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Attila Kulcsár seeks acquittal in decade-old embezzlement case

Attila Kulcsár, an ex-employee at the former brokerage of K&H Bank, pleaded for acquittal yesterday in a retrial involving the alleged embezzlement...

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European Court advocate general seeks to block preliminary ruling in FX case

An advocate general of the European Court has proposed a declaration of inadmissibility for a request of a preliminary ruling...

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Lawyers: Border law breaches treaties signed by Hungary

Eighty-eight Hungarian lawyers signed a proclamation published on a Facebook page that was created recently, stating that the “new legislation...

Party Popularity

Hungarian Parliament toughens laws on border crossing

In a parliamentary session begun this morning, MPs voted on a package of laws early this afternoon that would include...

Party Popularity

Tisza Support Slips to 47%, but Retains Wide Lead in Europion Poll

Support for Hungary’s governing Tisza Party fell to 47% of adults in September, five percentage points below its May-June peak,...

Party Popularity

Tisza Remains Dominant Political Force in Hungary as Far-Right Mi Hazánk Strengthens

Support for the governing Tisza Party slipped below 50% among Hungary’s adult population in August, while Mi Hazánk strengthened and...

Party Popularity

Péter Magyar Says Fidesz Polling Below 20% for First Time in 30 Years

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that Fidesz had fallen below 20% in a...

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Strong Public Support for Euro Adoption Among Hungarians

Medián's fresh survey data show that nearly four-fifths of Hungarians would replace the forint with the euro, although, while 92%...

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Survey Shows What Public Expects From Tisza Government

A recently published Publicus survey shows that 64% of Hungarians expect the Tisza government to fix healthcare and education, making...

Party Popularity

Local Conflicts Over Battery Plants Contributed to Loss of Support for Fidesz, Pollster Says

Local conflicts, arising from "residents' increased sense of vulnerability and opposition to the battery industry" could have contributed to a...

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Majority of Hungarians Support EU Membership, but Uncertainty is Rising Slightly

A new survey conducted by the 21 Kutatóközpont shows that 62% of Hungarians would vote to remain in the EU...

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Fidesz or Tisza? Recent Polls Offer Clashing Views Before Vote

As Hungary heads into the final stretch of the campaign with less than two months to go until election day,...

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55% of Hungarians Think Continued EU Membership ‘Good’

According to a recent Eurobarometer survey, most Hungarians still view their country's European Union membership positively, but support has weakened...

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Survey: Dunaújváros Residents Hope for New Industrial Investment

Dunaújváros is, and wants to remain, an industrial city — according to a recent representative survey conducted among local residents...

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78% of Students Would Choose Current University Again, Survey Finds

Higher education serves as a foundation of knowledge-based societies and innovation, the Nézőpont Institute said in a recently published survey...

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3/4 of Hungarians see EU Membership as Beneficial, Survey Finds

Approximately three quarters of Hungarians view the country's European Union membership as beneficial, according to a recently published Eurobarometer survey....

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Media Type, Not Politics, Drives News Source Choices: NMHH

Hungarian media consumers select their news sources based on the type of media rather than political orientation, target audience, or...

Polls

Tisza Surges Past Fidesz in Latest Poll, Leads by Double Digits Among Committed Voters

Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party has overtaken Fidesz as Hungary’s most supported political force, according to new data from the 21...