2024 in Hungary
Hungary-related events during 2024
Events in the year 2024 in Hungary .
Incumbents
Events
January
February
February 2 – 444.hu publicizes President Katalin Novák 's pardon, dated April 2023, of Endre Kónya, a former deputy director of an orphanage in Bicske who had been imprisoned due to his involvement in a pedophilia case implicating the orphanage's director.[3] [4]
February 5 – The ruling party Fidesz boycotts an extraordinary National Assembly session called by opposition groupings to speed up the approval of Sweden's NATO membership bid.[5]
February 10 – President Novák resigns due to the scandal involving her pardon of Endre Kónya. Judit Varga , who was serving as Minister of Justice in 2023 and had countersigned the pardon, also resigns as a Member of Parliament and withdraws her candidacy for member of the European Parliament in the 2024 election .[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
February 11 – Péter Magyar , Judit Varga's ex-husband gives a live interview on the left-wing YouTube channel Partizán [11]
February 16 –
February 17 – Viktor Orbán delivers the annual State of the Nation address
February 22 – Tamás Sulyok is nominated Fidesz presidential candidate, Tamás Deutsch is nominated head of the Fidesz EP list[14]
February 25 – Political parties protest for direct presidential elections in Kossuth Square , Budapest[15]
February 26 – Parliament's spring session opens
March
March 5 – Tamás Sulyok assumes office as President. His first act is to sign a bill formally authorizing the Foreign Ministry to ratify Sweden 's accession to NATO .[17]
March 10 – Gergely Kovács and Zsuzsanna Döme, co-chairs of the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP), resign after the party rejects Kovács' participation in a primary election in Budapest District XII .[18] They reverse their decision next day.[19]
March 14 – Alexandra Szentkirályi becomes the Fidesz mayoral candidate in Budapest[20]
March 15 –
Péter Magyar holds a rally at Andrássy út attended by around 10,000 people, during which he announces the launch of Talpra Magyarok Mozgalom
Viktor Orbán holds a rally in Budapest, railing against the "western world" and Brussels.[21]
March 19 – Dávid Vitézy declares his candidacy for Mayor of Budapest[22]
March 21–24 – Zoltán Perlai (DK) wins primary elections in Budapest District XXII .[23]
March 24 – Five people are killed and six others are injured after a rally car crashes into spectators during a race between Lábatlan and Bajót , Komárom-Esztergom County .[24]
March 26 – Péter Magyar releases a recording of him and his ex-wife Judit Varga, as proof for government crimes around the Völner -Schadl scandal. He holds a rally in Budapest that evening.[citation needed ]
March 28 – The DK, MSZP and the PM agree on strategic cooperation, a common list for the upcoming European Parliament, local, and the 2026 parliamentary elections[25]
April
May
May 5 – Péter Magyar holds a rally in Debrecen .[31]
May 8–10 – Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Hungary.[citation needed ]
May 16 – 444.hu releases documents claiming the Hungarian Foreign Ministry knew about Russian cyberattacks against their systems they previously denied.[32] [33]
May 17 – Debate between EP list leaders organised by Partizán. Tamás Deutsch (Fidesz) and Péter Magyar (TISZA) do not participate.[34]
May 18 – Two people are killed and five others are reported missing following a collision between two boats along the Danube River near Verőce , Pest County .[35]
May 22 – Klára Dobrev accuses President Tamás Sulyok of assisting the selling of Hungarian land to foreign owners[36]
May 30 – Televised debate between EP election list leaders at Várkert Bazár , Budapest. Péter Magyar holds a demonstration in front of the site.[37]
May 31 – Budapest mayoral candidate debate between Gergely Karácsony and Dávid Vitézy, organized by Partizán.[38]
June
1 June – Tens of thousands march in Budapest in what is called a peace march . People wave flags and signs reading “No War.”.[39] [40] [41]
6 June – The Hungarian government buys back ownership of Budapest International Airport . The Hungarian government will own 80% while Vinci Airports will take 20%.[42] [43] [44] The Airport was sold off in 2005
7 June – Fidesz candidate Alexandra Szentkirályi withdraws from the Budapest mayoral campaign and endorses Dávid Vitézy[45]
9 June
10 June
13 June – Hungary is fined 200 million euros, in addition to a daily one-million-euro fine by the European Court of Justice for "deliberately evading” compliance with European Union laws on migration and asylum seekers.[52]
14 June:
After a recount, Gergely Karácsony retains his victory in the Budapest mayoral election with 41 votes.[53] Nonetheless Karácsony turns to the Curia to repeat the election.[54]
Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis is released from detention in Hungary on attempted murder charges since 2023 after gaining legal immunity as an MEP-elect in the European Parliament election on 9 June.[55]
18 June –
19 June – The European Commission reprimands Belgium , France , Hungary, Italy , Malta , Poland , and Slovakia for breaking budget rules.[60]
26 June – The Curia affirms the result of the Budapest mayoral election[61]
30 June:
July
Scheduled events
Deaths
March
April
Holidays
Source :[76]
Art and entertainment
See also
References
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^ "BREAKING: Hungarian state acquires Budapest Airport" . Daily News Hungary . 6 June 2024.
^ "Done Deal: The State Becomes Majority Owner of Budapest Airport" . 7 June 2024.
^ "Hungarian state buys back Budapest Airport in deal worth €4.3bn" . 7 June 2024.
^ "Alexandra Szentkirályi withdraws from race for mayor of Budapest, endorses Dávid Vitézy" . telex (in Hungarian). 2024-06-07. Retrieved 2024-06-08 .
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^ "A KDNP távozik az Európai Néppártból és EP-frakciójából" .
^ "EPP group votes to admit Hungary's opposition Tisza Party into its ranks, KDNP to leave EPP" . 18 June 2024.
^ "Péter Magyar was hired by the EPP, so the KDNP is leaving the European People's Party — Citizens Info" . 18 June 2024.
^ "EPP's new Hungarian members oppose sending weapons to Ukraine" . 18 June 2024.
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^ "Magyar Péter Kijevben: Lehet luxusrepülőkkel diktátortól diktátorig repülni, vagy konkrét lépéseket tenni a békéért" . telex (in Hungarian). 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2024-07-11 .
^ "Hungary, Switzerland and Austria awarded Women's EHF EURO 2024 at Extraordinary Congress" . European Handball Federation . 25 January 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2023 .
^ "Three countries, four cities, one special taste in 2024" . Retrieved 26 November 2023 .
^ "Elhunyt Eötvös Péter zeneszerző" . Magyar Nemzet (in Hungarian). 2024-03-24. Retrieved 2024-03-25 .
^ "Elhunyt Ferge Zsuzsa" . Portfolio.hu (in Hungarian). 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-04-09 .
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^ "Hungary Public Holidays 2024" . Public Holidays Global . Retrieved 26 November 2023 .
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