Karacsony: Lockdown only solution
The government has passed "the only correct decision" to introduce a lockdown in view of another spike of the coronavirus pandemic, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony said on Thursday.
Socialists demand assistance to people impacted by epidemic
Socialist deputy group leader Tamas Harangozo demanded government assistance to "those in trouble", at an online press conference on Thursday.
Employers are asked to ensure that their employees can work from home
Hungary announces new lockdown measures to curb Covid spread
Hungary will close almost all shops and services for two weeks along with kindergartens and primary schools for the next month in an effort to tackle the third wave of coronavirus infections, the prime minister's chief of staff announced on Thursday. Shops, with the ...
Salvini assures Orbán of ‘friendship with Hungarians’
Matteo Salvini, leader of the Italian League party, texted a message to Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday, assuring Orbán of his "friendship and closeness to the Hungarian nation" after the MEPs of Hungary's ruling Fidesz announced to leave the European People's Party (EPP) ...
Tadeusz Koscinski: Hungary is an attractive place to invest and run business, and not only for Polish entrepreneurs
V4 poised to become ‘EU powerhouse’, says Polish finance minister
The CEE region and the V4 in particular are on their way to become one of the most important economic engines of the EU, Polish Minister of Finance Tadeusz Koscinski said an interview with hirado.hu. The minister believes that the quick economic rebound of ...
LMP slams university restructuring model
Universities not participating in the government's restructuring scheme will be losing development funding, belying the government's claims that the reform is voluntary, the opposition LMP party said on Wednesday.
DK calls for amending law on legal status of health workers
The leftist Democratic Coalition on Wednesday proposed that the opposition parties resubmit an amendment proposal to the law on the legal status of health-care personnel.
Commitment to clean energy by 2030
UK welcomes Hungary to coal power phase-out alliance
Ministers and key leaders from international organisations, industry and civil society from around the world convened online for the first Global Summit of the Powering Past Coal Alliance on March 2 to discuss actions to accelerate the pace of the transition from coal to ...
Christian Democrat party to remain in European People's Party
Fidesz confirms party’s MEPs have quit EPP group
MEPs of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party are withdrawing from the European People's Party (EPP) group after an amendment to the umbrella party's rules was approved at a group meeting on Wednesday, according to Fidesz MEPs Kinga Gal, the chairperson of the Fidesz-KDNP EP delegation ...
More than 721,000 people had received their first shot
Chief medical officer urges people to take up vaccine offered amid upsurge
Amid the current upsurge of the coronavirus epidemic, the chief aim is to prevent serious cases and hospitalisations, and all vaccines are appropriate to this end, the chief medical officer said on Tuesday. Cecilia Muller told a briefing of the operational body responsible for ...
