Socialist MEP lambasts Fidesz for not backing EP resolution to end homelessness
Socialist MEP Istvan Ujhelyi has said it was "shameful" that Fidesz had not supported a European Parliament proposal to end homelessness in Europe.
Hungary wants to eliminate the use of double standards, Speaker says
Kover: EU institutional system in need of reform
The European Union's institutional system is in need of reform, Speaker of Parliament Laszlo Kover said in an interview to Saturday's online edition of the daily Magyar Hirlap, arguing that the bloc's institutions had "strayed too far" from their original principles.
Chief epidemiologist calls for swift mass vaccination
Hungary's chief epidemiologist has called for vaccination points to be set up once vaccines against Covid-19 become widely available with a view to getting the public vaccinated as quickly as possible.
State secretary: Brussels wants voting rights, housing for migrants
The European Commission has proposed giving migrants voting rights and access to housing, a foreign ministry official said on Saturday, citing a strategy on the integration of migrants put forward by the commission this week.
Enter the dragon at Kőbányai út
Chinatown a hidden extra to the city
In its global abundance, Chinese cuisine is familiar and plentiful nowadays, marketed in the same way as “European food” and hamburgers alike. But as for Chinese culture, this is another matter altogether for the many who, like me, know little more than what comes ...
The European Parliament is now a sounding board for Soros's proposal, PM says
Orbán: Registration for vaccine may start next week
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said online and postal registration for the coronavirus vaccine is expected to start next week. The registration would also serve as an indicator of demand for the vaccine once it is publicly available, Orbán told public broadcaster Kossuth Radio.
Supreme court upholds sentence of company heads responsible for red sludge disaster
The Kuria, Hungary's supreme court, upheld the prison sentence of the leaders of MAL Zrt, the alumina factory at the root of a red-sludge spill in October 2010.
DK: Government’s EU budget veto would strip country of EUR 39 billion
Prime Minister Viktor Orban's planned veto of the European Union's next budget would deprive Hungary of at least 14,000 billion forints (EUR 39 bn) in community funding, "or that much money could be jeopardised", Democratic Coalition head Ferenc Gyurcsany said on Friday.
Animal fur to be banned from Budapest fairs
The Budapest municipality is proposing banning the sale of the fur of wild animals from the city's street markets and fairs, the metropolitan council said on Friday.
Employment down by 0.8 pc in Aug-Oct
The three-month rolling employment figure in August-October was down 0.8 percent at 4,482,000 from the same period a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday.
