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Budapest and the Housing Crisis: Hungary’s Newest Political Hot Button

In recent years the real estate market in Budapest has seen dramatic price increases. The price of newly built flats rose by 13.9 per cent within a year, reaching an average of 3,260 euros per square metre in 2023. Rental…

Budapest City Council Adopts New Measures for Affordable Housing

The Budapest General Assembly has approved a comprehensive proposal package aimed at improving housing affordability, expanding the city’s affordable rental market, and optimizing existing real estate. The initiative seeks active involvement from both the central government and the EU’s structural…
Foreign Ministry State Secretary Gyula Horn welcomes János Kádár at the Ferihegy Airport as the Communist leader returns from his trip to Berlin in December 1987.

Budapest Fidesz: Gyula Horn Walkway Should Be Renamed after the Pest Lads

‘Hungarian law explicitly forbids public spaces from bearing the names of individuals who played a part in establishing, consolidating, or perpetuating the totalitarian political regimes of the 20th century. Those who respect Horn’s accomplishments in his later years as prime…

Alexandra Szentkirályi Announces Fidesz’s Agenda for Budapest Assembly

Alexandra Szentkirályi, president of Fidesz in Budapest, announced the party’s eight-point plan aimed at reforming governance in the capital. The proposals focus on curbing the mayor’s decision-making powers, improving public services, and streamlining the city’s committees to save costs and…
Gergely Karácsony speaks at the demonstration demanding ‘clean elections’ outside the headquarters of the National Election Commission on 14 June 2024 in Budapest.

Democracy or Backroom Deals? The Tortuous Road to Budapest’s New Municipal Assembly

‘Voters have been grossly ignored. The people of Budapest voted for change: in fact, most Budapesters rejected the Karácsony-led alliance. But now it seems that the backroom deals, and the distribution of positions, power, and money to incompetent cronies will…

Karácsony Retains Mayoral Seat by Narrow Margin Following Recount

After the three-day recount, it was confirmed that Karácsony received 371,538 votes, while Vitézy received 371,245….
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony at the protest outside the headquarters of the National Election Commission demanding the purity of elections on 14 June 2024 in central Budapest.

Karácsony Wins with 41 Votes After Recount, But Two Procedures of Appeal Still Pending

The recount, which was conducted publicly, and began this morning in the aula of the NVB headquarters, was concluded in the afternoon, but the members of the National Election Commission deliberated for hours afterwards, before finally announcing the result at…

Invalid Ballots to be Recounted in Extremely Tight Budapest Mayoral Race

Budapest mayoral candidate Dávid Vitézy argued that the unusually high number of invalidated ballots are grounds for a recount. 24,592 votes were tossed out in the election, while incumbent Gergely Karácsony only won the extremely tight race by 324 votes….

Hungarian Democracy Is Doing Well, But the Same Can’t Be Said of the Left

On Sunday, Hungarians went to the polls in an atmosphere of heightened emotions. The day after the election that saw a record turnout several conclusions can be drawn: the traditional left has nearly disappeared, anti-Hungarian conduct in the EP has…

Incumbent Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony Wins in Tightest Ever Race, But Dávid Vitézy Aims for Recount  

After a Vitézy lead until after midnight, Karácsony overtook and the results at 4 a.m. showed the closest election in the history of the city. Karácsony ended up winning by as few as 324 votes….

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