Opposition councillor calls approval "unlawful"

City assembly passes amendment to construction rules

Budapest's metropolitan assembly on Wednesday approved an amendment to building regulations in connection with the revamp of the capital's City Park. The amendment was approved with 18 votes in favour, 10 against and one abstention.

Visitors have until the middle of October to see the exhibition set up in a semi-spherical tent

Trianon centenary exhibition opens at National Museum

The Hungarian National Museum opened an exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Trianon Peace Treaty under which Hungary lost two-thirds of its territory to neighbouring countries.

Rolling jobless rate 4.6 pc in Jun-Aug

Hungary's three-month rolling average jobless rate was 4.6 percent in June-August, edging down 0.2 percentage point from the previous period, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said.

Capital will not have the authority to amend building rules

Government decree fixes City Park construction regulations

A new government decree fixes the current building regulations in connection with the revamp of Budapest's City Park. According to the decree published on Tuesday evening in the latest issue of Magyar Kozlony, the official state gazette, the capital will not have the authority ...

EC vice-president had used "insulting language"

Jourova ‘has insulted’ Hungary, must resign, PM says

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, complaining about statements made by EC vice-president Vera Jourova which "are offensive to Hungary and the Hungarian people".

Country's economic performance runs the risk of being "reduced to ashes" by the coronavirus

Fidesz MP: Hungarians ‘cannot count on’ Leftist opposition in pandemic defence

Hungarians "cannot count" on the help of left-wing opposition parties when it comes to protection efforts against the novel coronavirus epidemic, the ruling Fidesz party's parliamentary group leader said in an interview to public broadcaster Kossuth Radio on Sunday morning.

PM says there are enough doctors, nurses and necessary equipment

Orbán: Vaccine will be available in Hungary

Hungary will procure a vaccine for the novel coronavirus and it will be made available to all Hungarians who want it, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said in an interview to commercial broadcaster TV2. He said that Hungary had successfully defeated the epidemic once ...