court system
November 16, 2009, 10:05 CET
Trial begins of alleged editor of far-right website
Balázs M., the alleged editor of radical right-wing website kuruc.info, went on trial on charges of abuse of personal data and libel at a Székesfehérvár court on Friday. Following the riots in the fall of 2006 in Budapest, the website... [read complete entry]
September 21, 2009, 10:16 CET
Hungarian Guard turns to Supreme Court over ban
The radical nationalist Hungarian Guard is turning to the country's Supreme Court, asking it to review a ruling by an appeals court banning the organisation, a legal charity told MTI on Friday. On July 2 a Budapest court of appeal... [read complete entry]
September 17, 2009, 11:58 CET
Budapest mayor remains out of jail despite prison sentence
The former deputy mayor of Budapest's District X (Kőbánya) was arrested four years ago and sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty in a bribery case involving millions of forints, yet to date has not spent a day... [read complete entry]
September 17, 2009, 11:44 CET
Radical nationalist activist gets one year suspended prison term
Radical nationalist activist Gyorgy Budahazy was sentenced to one year prison, suspended for three years, by a Budapest court on Wednesday. Budahazy has been charged with "making preparations to overturn constitutional order by force." A court had previously acquitted him... [read complete entry]
August 19, 2009, 09:31 CET
Court upholds ban on Magyar Gárda induction ceremony
Police will have the right to break up a Magyar Gárda gathering planned for Saturday, the Budapest Municipal Court ruled yesterday. The banned radical paramilitary group planned a swearing-in ceremony at Heroes Square. Budapest Police declared that they will take... [read complete entry]
August 03, 2009, 10:01 CET
Justice Ministry issues apology over bogus "terror" video
The Justice and Law Enforcement Ministry apologises for erroneously claiming that a video recording showed a test detonation by far-right terrorists, the government spokesman's office announced after the ministry briefed Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on the footage on Friday. The... [read complete entry]
July 16, 2009, 10:02 CET
Justice Minister promises crackdown on Magyar Gárda
Justice and Law Enforcement Minister Tibor Draskovics promised yesterday to crack down on the Magyar Gárda so long as it is banned by the courts. "It is unparalleled that some people are openly turning against court rulings, especially in support... [read complete entry]
July 14, 2009, 10:13 CET
Police investigate "new" Magyar Gárda; former minister mulls banning Jobbik
Budapest Police are looking into who may have violated the law by refounding the outlawed Magyar Gárda after it was dissolved by a court on July 2, police chief József Bencze told Kossuth Rádió. The police have asked prosecutors to... [read complete entry]
July 09, 2009, 10:42 CET
Poll finds Hungarians evenly split on Magyar Gárda ban
Half of those asked in a recent survey welcomed a court decision banning the radical nationalist Hungarian Guard, one third of the respondents, however, thought that the police's reaction to a subsequent pro-Guard demonstration was much too harsh, the national... [read complete entry]
July 06, 2009, 09:34 CET
Police break up Magyar Gárda protest; Jobbik leader detained
Police clashed in downtown Erzsébet tér on Saturday afternoon with a few hundred demonstrators who gathered to protest at Thursday’s court ruling dissolving the Magyar Gárda paramilitary group. One of the 216 detained was Gábor Vona, head of the Gárda... [read complete entry]
June 25, 2009, 09:53 CET
Former Supreme Court chief denies plotting against successor
Former Supreme Court president Zoltán Lomnici denied a report on website Index that he had tried to persuade politicians to vote against chief justice András Baka. In response to a remark made by President László Sólyom on Monday that "the... [read complete entry]
June 23, 2009, 09:28 CET
MPs elect Supreme Court chief justice after year-long drama
Parliament elected András Baka as Supreme Court chief justice with 309 affirmative votes and 36 dissensions on Monday afternoon. The House was voting on the former Hungarian judicial representative at the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights for the third... [read complete entry]
June 17, 2009, 10:53 CET
Solyom to nominate Baka for Supreme Court post for third time after vote fiasco
The parliamentary group of the minority ruling Socialist party on Tuesday asked President Laszlo to re-nominate Andras Baka as Chief Justice after a failed parliamentary vote earlier. Andras Baka failed to secure a majority of votes in Parliament on Monday... [read complete entry]
June 11, 2009, 09:29 CET
Court issues final ruling against nationalist "Turul" statue
The statue of the mythical turul bird erected in the 12th District in 2005 must be pulled down, the Municipal Court ruled on Wednesday. The verdict is final and may not be appealed. The lawyer for the 12th District said... [read complete entry]
June 11, 2009, 08:49 CET
Parliament to vote again on nominee for Supreme Court chief
Parliament is scheduled to vote on the next head of Hungary's Supreme Court next Monday, House Speaker Katalin Szili said on Wednesday. The candidate, Andras Baka, a former member of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights, was nominated by... [read complete entry]
June 10, 2009, 09:31 CET
President tells politicians to leave justice system out of squabbles
Hungary's justice administration should be left out of ongoing political squabbles, President Laszlo Solyom said on Tuesday. Accusations by politicians and local councillors to the effect that the prosecutor's office is politically biased not only undermine public trust in justice... [read complete entry]
March 11, 2009, 08:12 CET
Supreme Court hands down acquittal in case of banned red star
Hungary's Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted a one-time vice president of the Workers' Party on charges of using totalitarian symbols, overturning an earlier ruling of the Budapest Municipal Court.... [read complete entry]
March 10, 2009, 08:58 CET
Parliament again rejects President's nominee for Supreme Court chief
Hungary's Parliament on Monday rejected for the second time President Laszlo Solyom's nominee for the Supreme Court president - Maria Orban Havasi.... [read complete entry]
January 20, 2009, 04:43 CET
President resubmits rejected nominee for Supreme Court chief justice
President Laszlo Solyom has for the second time nominated Maria Orban Havasi as president of the Supreme Court, the president's office told MTI on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
November 19, 2008, 12:47 CET
Sólyom makes second nominee for Supreme Court chief; previous one blocked
President Laszlo Solyom has nominated Maria Orban Havasi to preside over the Supreme Court, MTI learnt on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
Published every Wednesday, the Politics Hungary newsletter contains all the previous week's headlines from Politics.hu, as well as related stories from other All Hungary sites.