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President of Hungary Katalin Novák resigns one week after news media revealed that she had pardoned a person who had been convicted of aiding in child sex abuse.
2024-02-10

Voters in Hungary head to the polls to elect a new National Assembly.
2022-04-3

Fidesz's Katalin Novák is elected the first female president of Hungary by the National Assembly.
2022-03-10

President Janos Ader receives his first dose of Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine.
2021-02-26

The National Assembly passes a number of changes to the Constitution of Hungary which bar same-sex couples from adopting children. The amendments also lowers the legal threshold for the government to declare a state of emergency, and further reduces the oversights the government is required to take with regard to the spending of public funds, which critics say will allow the government to use state money to benefit loyalists.
2020-12-15

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announces that a curfew will be implemented between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m local time and orders restaurants and bars to close. Meanwhile, the curfew also prohibits gatherings of more than ten people, reintroduces online learning for high schools and universities, and sports events will be held only behind closed doors. The measures, which last for an initial 30 days, will be voted on in the National Assembly tomorrow and come into force on November 11.
2020-11-9

The Fidesz supermajority of Hungary's National Assembly passes a bill, which takes the entire research network away from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and hands them to a new government-backed organisation.
2019-07-2

The National Assembly of Hungary passes a bill that undermines the functioning of the Central European University (CEU). Academics and academic institutions worldwide have expressed support for CEU.
2017-04-4

János Áder is re-elected President of Hungary by the National Assembly.
2017-03-13

Pál Schmitt resigns as President of Hungary after his doctorate is revoked in a plagiarism scandal.
2012-04-2