Institution's academic autonomy cannot be met, supervisory board says

Film, drama university to be shut down until February

The supervisory board of the foundation overseeing Budapest's University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) has ordered the institution to be shut down from Monday until Feb 1, citing unsuitable conditions for continuing classes, enforcing and protecting student rights and ensuring academic autonomy.

Orbán ‘prepared to veto EU budget’

Viktor Orbán is prepared to veto the EU budget and the recovery fund if the payment of funds to member states is tied to the rule of law, according to mandiner.hu. The prime minister has written to the EU German Presidency concerning the matter, ...

National health centre: Karacsony ‘wrong’ about antigen tests

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony "is wrong" in trusting antigen detection tests to produce reliable results for Covid infections, the National Public Health Centre (NNK) said. NNK reacted to Karacsony's recent announcement that the municipality of Budapest will purchase 100,000 antigen rapid tests which he ...

Nice and Vienna attacks were "warning shots to remind us of the dangers other than the coronavirus pandemic that threaten Europeans", PM says

Orbán: Tough situation, outlook positive

The situation regarding the coronavirus epidemic is severely difficult in some parts of Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday in an interview to public radio. "But our chances are good," he said. "We'll manage the situation and together we'll succeed once more," ...

Elective surgeries suspended

Care for coronavirus patients must be further expanded, so elective surgeries are being postponed, Cecilia Muller, the chief medical officer, told an online press conference on Friday.

Unions support planned restart tax in Budapest

Twenty trade unions have signed a declaration to express support for Budapest's plans to introduce a local "restart tax" to help municipal companies impacted by the coronavirus epidemic.

DK calls for testing every teacher, school employee

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is calling on the government to arrange for a free Covid testing of teachers and staff in every Hungarian school and ensure notifying parents and students about every positive case, the party's spokesman said on Thursday.