Capital's mayor insists that the government's austerity measures had eroded the municipality's resources
State Treasury: Budapest municipality owns HUF 135 bn in state bonds
The Budapest municipality owns 135 billion forints (EUR 377.2m) in bonds and more than 27 billion in cash, according to the city council's balance sheet report submitted on July 20, the Hungarian State Treasury said.
Cooperation between city leaders, central government in residents’ interest: state secretary
The state secretary in charge of the development of Budapest and its agglomeration said it was in the interest of the capital's residents that the city's leaders and the government should be working together.
Budapest Assembly tightens rules on mask-wearing, introduces fines for infractions
At a special session of Budapest's City Assembly on Monday, councillors voted to tighten regulations on wearing masks in public spaces in Budapest.
Opposition Parbeszed re-elects Szabo, Karacsony as co-leaders
Timea Szabo and Gergely Karacsony were both re-elected for another two years as the liberal opposition Parbeszed party's co-leaders at a party congress on Sunday.
Former Socialist defence minister Keleti dies aged 74
Gyorgy Keleti, minister of defence from 1994 to 1998, has died at the age of 74 after a long illness, his widow told MTI on Sunday.
As long as fatalities are not rising school closures will not be on the agenda
Hungary must function, PM says
The government is working to ensure that Hungary is able to function, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public broadcaster M1 on Saturday evening, asking the public to observe coronavirus-related measures.
Karacsony: Budapest leadership tried to establish corona cooperation with authorities in February
Budapest's leadership, at the end of February, tried to establish a working relationship with the government's operative board in charge of coronavirus policy, but to no avail, the city's mayor, Gergely Karacsony, said on Facebook.
PM to meet heads of government of the Visegrad Group to discuss coordination concerning the pandemic
Orbán: Virus must not be allowed to paralyse Hungary again
The government's National Consultation survey on the first lessons learnt from the novel coronavirus epidemic showed that "Hungary must function and the virus must not be allowed to paralyse the country", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday.
Conditions set for protection against epidemic
The conditions are in place in Hungary for effective protection efforts against the novel coronavirus epidemic, the head of the Prime Minister's Office said on Friday.
Chief medical officer orders nationwide ban on hospital visits
Cecilia Muller, Hungary's chief medical officer, has ordered a nationwide ban on visits to hospitals, the National Public Health Centre (NNK) said on Wednesday.
