Hungary

Laszlo Kover, the speaker of parliament, accused the leftist opposition of pursuing "an openly treacherous policy", in an interview published in the Saturday issue of daily Magyar Nemzet.

Gergely Karacsony, co-leader of opposition Parbeszed, will lead the party's national list for next spring's general election, the party decided at its congress on Saturday.

Pistachio Fruit (Frutta di Pistacchio), a creation by Budapest's Adam Fazekas, has fetched gold for best ice cream in the world at an international competition held in Bologna, the organisers said on Friday.

Brussels is supporting migration and does not protect families and children which should be the other way round, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a video on Friday evening, after arriving in Warsaw.

The last newly purchased Airbus H145M medium-sized military multirole helicopter to complete a fleet of 20 landed at a military base in Szolnok, in central Hungary, on Friday.

The opposition Democratic Coalition on Friday accused the Hungarian data protection authority (NAIH) and its head, Attila Peterfalvi, of "covering up [ruling] Fidesz's crimes in connection with the Pegasus case for months".

A vaccination day will be held in all Hungarian localities within the next six weeks, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio on Friday. In the interview, Orbán predicted that the number of people opting for a booster jab against Covid-19 would "skyrocket".

The government has decided to extend the national vaccination drive now under way by a further week, Gergely Gulyas, the prime minister's chief of staff, told a regular government press conference on Thursday. The government, he said, is mulling making the validity of immunity ...

Budapest airport police have launched an investigation into the actions of an unruly Serbian passenger on a Budapest-bound flight last month, police.hu said on Thursday.

"We insist on the need to curb the increasingly aggressive sexual propaganda targeting children," Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Thursday.