2024 in Hungary
Hungary-related events during 2024
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Events in the year 2024 in Hungary.
Incumbents
- President: Katalin Novák, Tamás Sulyok
- Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán
- Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér
Events
January
- January 15 – Construction of the Southern Ring Rail begins in Budapest.[1]
- January 27 – László Toroczkai said at a conference that his party Mi Hazánk Mozgalom would lay claim to a Hungarian-populated region in western Ukraine if the war led to Ukraine losing its statehood.[2]
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 –
- Kormányinfó government press conference held by Gergely Gulyás
- Zoltán Balog resigns from the synodal presidency of the Hungarian Reformed Church
- Tens of thousands protest in Heroes Square, Budapest against child abuse, organised by Hungarian social media influencers[12][13]
- 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
- Parliament ratifies Sweden's bid to join NATO.[16]
- Parliament approves Katalin Novák's resignation. Speaker of the house László Kövér becomes acting president.
- 2024 Hungarian presidential election: Tamás Sulyok is elected president
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
- April 6 – Péter Magyar holds a huge rally in Kossuth Square, Budapest[26][27]
- April 10 – Péter Magyar declares he will run under the previously marginal TISZA party[28]
- April 14 – Primary election in Budapest District XII using Instant-runoff voting is won by MKKP candidate Gergely Kovács[29]
- April 18 – Primary election in Budapest District V is won by Péter Juhász[30]
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
- 2024 European Parliament election in Hungary, 2024 Hungarian local elections.[46] Fidesz retains its plurality in the Hungarian contingent of the European Parliament.[47]
- Bence Tordai announces he leaves Dialouge right after voting is closed.[48] He continues his work as an independent representative in the National Assembly.[49]
- 10 June
- Anna Donáth and the entire leadership of Momentum resigns.[50]
- Klára Dobrev declares the dissolution of her shadow government[51]
- 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 –
- The Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) leaves the EU European People's Party.[56][57][58][59] The Party is a Ally of Hungary's Fidesz which also left the European People's Party in 2021.
- Newly elected TISZA representatives are admitted to the EPP Group (though the party itself does not join the EPP).[citation needed]
- 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:
- Fidesz–KDNP forms a political alliance with the Czech ANO and Austrian FPÖ called Patriots for Europe.[62]
- Dávid Vitézy files an appeal to the Constitutional Court against the Curia's decision on the Budapest Mayoral Election,[63]
July
- 1 July – Hungary takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- 2 July – Viktor Orbán visits Kyiv for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, proposing a ceasefire plan which is rejected by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[64]
- 5 July:
- Viktor Orbán meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow[65]
- The Constitutional Court annuls the Curia's decision on the Budapest Mayoral Election.[66]
- 7 July – Márton Tompos is elected as the new leader of Momentum, narrowly defeating András Fekete-Győr[67]
- 8 July – Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace mission" to Beijing to meet with China's leader Xi Jinping following the similarly unannounced meeting with Vladimir Putin in Russia.[68]
- 11 July – Péter Magyar visits Kyiv.[69]
- 12 July – Final results of the 2024 Budapest Mayoral Election published after the recount of valid votes. Gergely Karácsony retains victory with 293 votes. Vitézy concedes.[70]
- 15 July – The European Commission announces that top European Union officials including European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary during its rotating EU Presidency, in response to rogue visits made by Viktor Orbán to Russia and China regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.[71]
- 23 July – The European Union deprives Hungary of its ability to host the next set of foreign and defense ministry meetings as a "symbolic signal" against Viktor Orbán's uncoordinated meetings in Russia and China, moving the ministry meetings from Budapest to Brussels, Belgium.[72]
August
- 21 August – A law reducing government support for Ukrainian refugees comes into effect, effectively limiting the number of those eligible for aid to refugees who originated from 13 regions of Ukraine deemed to have been directly affected by the Russian invasion.[73]
- 22 August – The government announces that it would provide one way tickets to Brussels for migrants in response to the European Court of Justice imposing fines over Hungary's restrictive asylum policy.[74]
Scheduled events
- 28 November – 15 December – 2024 European Women's Handball Championship[75][76]
Deaths
March
- 24 March – Péter Eötvös, 80, composer, conductor and teacher.[77]
April
- April 4 – Zsuzsa Ferge[78]
- 5 April – Péter Schumann, 69, footballer.[79]
Holidays
Source:[80]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 15 March – Revolution Day
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 1 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 20 May – Whit Monday
- 20 August – State Foundation Day
- 23 October – 1956 Revolution Memorial Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
Art and entertainment
See also
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