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Coronavirus in April: From the Darkest Days of the Pandemic to Reopening Step-by-step Hungary had seen the blackest days of the pandemic in the first half of April. After the country unfortunately became the world leader in fatalities in proportion to the population (based on the seven-day rolling average) in the middle of March, in April, Hungary also became the country hit the hardest since the beginning of the pandemic, registering the most deaths in proportion to its population. Fortunately, coronavirus statistics showed an improving trend later in the month. The government was quick to e...

MSZP: Consequences of Neglecting Healthcare Can Be Seen Now Tóth said his party’s pre-election programme called for increasing public spending in these sectors. “Now we can see the consequences of neglecting healthcare for years,” he said. Even after the recent increase in doctors’ wages, Hungary still spends less than the EU average on healthcare, resulting in indebted hospitals, long waiting lists and a shortage of doctors and nurses, Tóth said. Speaking of education, Tóth said the government’s reorganisation of the public education sector has resulted in a tragic decline in st...

EC Launches Infringement Procedure Against Hungary for Flouting CJEU Ruling on NGOs The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary for flouting a ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning its law on civil organisations. In a “letter of formal notice” to Hungary, the EC called on Hungary to implement the CJEU’s ruling from June 2020, when the court ruled that Hungarian regulation of foreign-funded NGOs violated EU rules on the free movement of capital as well as the fundamental right to protection of personal data and freedom of assoc...

Szijjártó: Hungary, Poland Continue to Oppose Migrant Settlement Quotas Hungary and Poland continue to oppose “EU-sponsored migrant settlement quotas” because they believe repeated waves of migration pose a health risk in Europe, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, said in Warsaw on Thursday. The European Union faces two challenges, he said, referring to “the extremely slow acquisition of vaccines” and “the health risk implied by imminent waves of migration”, he told MTI after a one-day visit to Poland. Szijjártó slammed “efforts in the EU to impose mandatory m...