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CORONAVIRUS: 4,166 infected. Recovered: 2,721. In compulsory home quarantine: 1,201. Deceased: 587.

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A moment of irony

Long-time critics of the conservative government in Budapest, these “experts” are pushing an argument that is in fact far outside their supposed expertise and based on a highly questionable, epidemiological claim.

The next phase of Hungary’s extensive family support policy is here

Katalin Novák, state secretary for Family and Youth Affairs, said the Hungarian government wants to support couples who decide to have children so that having children doesn’t put them at a financial disadvantage versus those who have none.

PM Orbán: No officer in uniform will be left to fend for themselves in Hungary

In a speech this morning during the swearing-in ceremony of police and disaster management officers, Prime Minister Orbán said that while the honor of officers in uniform is being questioned in some countries, Hungary will not be such a country.

CORONAVIRUS: Here's the latest

A regularly updated feed of the latest information about coronavirus in Hungary.

Hungarian Elections

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Here’s how Hungary’s electoral system works and why it was changed in 2011

Jan 30, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

President János Áder has set April 8 as the date of Hungary’s upcoming parliamentary elections. Our electoral system and the changes made to it back in 2011 are once again generating some conversation – and misinformation – so here’s a brief rundown on how it works and a look back at the changes.