The government has been given the power to declare a state of emergency in the case of an armed conflict, war, or humanitarian disaster in a neighbouring country, as parliament adopted the tenth amendment to the constitution on Tuesday. The legislation was passed with 136 votes for and 36 against.
The opposition Momentum Movement on Tuesday called on Interior Minister Sándor Pintér to address the “real” problems of Hungary’s public education rather than “focusing on breaking down teachers’ protests”.
The government is exercising its constitutional right to declare a war emergency from midnight today, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced in a video posted on Facebook on Tuesday.
A supercell has reached Sopron from Austria, with heavy rainfall and lightning activity, which is expected to head southeast, with a small chance of a thunderstorm.
According to virus researcher Miklós Rusvai, the disease will surely appear in Hungary as well, but there is no need to fear a pandemic.
Five Hungarian trade union federations have protested against a bill seen as seeking to curb the rights of teachers to strike.
Hungarian President Katalin Novák pointed to the need for “a strong, stable and effective military”, in a post on Facebook on Saturday, Hungarian National Defence Day. In the post, in English and Hungarian, Novák noted that on this day in 1849, the Hungarian army led by General Artúr Görgey recaptured the castle of Buda from […]
LMP believes spending on environmental protection isn’t “money thrown out the window”, but goes toward “the protection of our present and future, our children and civilization”, the co-chair of the opposition party said at a press conference streamed on Facebook on Sunday.
On Monday, cloudy weather arrives from the west, and cumulus clouds will increase from noon, but the sun will shine for several hours overall.
We can expect changeable weather in the coming days. Significant cooling is not expected, according to meteorologists, but it is worth taking an umbrella for outdoor activities with us at the weekend.
