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March 05, 2010, 10:15 CET

Parties spent Ft 400 million on election campaigns so far

Hungary's parties campaigning for the two rounds of the April general election have so far spent a combined 400 million forints (EUR 1.4 m), anti-corruption NGOs said on Thursday. Representatives of Freedom House, Transparency International and the Karoly Eotvos Political... [read complete entry]

January 27, 2010, 09:43 CET

Transparency International to track campaign spending

Transparency International, Freedom House and the Károly Eötvös Research Institute will publish their estimates of political parties' expenses during the election campaign. Noémi Alexa, head of Transparency's Hungarian office, said the NGOs want to demonstrate that the current law cannot... [read complete entry]

November 19, 2009, 09:22 CET

Embassies make joint call for more transparency in Hungarian public life

The embassies of nine countries issued a joint statement Wednesday expressing concern over "non-transparent behaviour" in Hungarian public life. The joint statement from representatives of the US, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland noted that... [read complete entry]

November 18, 2009, 09:49 CET

Hungary scores poorly on new international corruption ranking

Hungary scored 5.1 points on Transparency International's 1- to 10-point Corruption Perceptions Index for 2009, TI Hungary managing director Noemi Alexa said on Tuesday. Hungary's score put it at 46th place in the global ranking, up one position from a... [read complete entry]

November 06, 2009, 01:16 CET

The Politics.hu Interview: Bálint Molnár, Freedom House Europe

Yesterday's news of the collapse of cross-party talks over campaign finance reform again put the spotlight on the murky nexus between money and elections in Hungary. The negotiations, which were taking place in advance of next year's general elections, were... [read complete entry]

November 05, 2009, 10:32 CET

NGOs cancel cross-party talks on campaign finance, claim Fidesz at fault

Transparency International (TI) and Freedom House will not recommence last week’s failed cross-party talks on campaign funding. The international civil groups said they made the decision after Fidesz gave no substantive response to their reform proposals, but underlined that they... [read complete entry]

November 02, 2009, 11:21 CET

Fidesz proposes election finance reforms

The main opposition Fidesz and its Christian Democrat ally reject the idea of raising the funds available for campaign financing but advocate plans to shorten the election campaign and cut its costs, a senior Fidesz official told a press conference... [read complete entry]

November 02, 2009, 10:47 CET

Justice minister calls for more transparent public procurement

An anti-graft bill submitted earlier this week is expected to ensure that public procurement procedures are clear and fair while dishing out appropriate penalties for transgressors, Justice Minister Tibor Draskovics told journalists at the weekend. Anyone who uses underhand means... [read complete entry]

October 27, 2009, 11:04 CET

Parties debate proposal on reforming campaign finance system

Hungary's parliamentary parties at talks on Monday failed to agree on a proposal by two international NGOs to clean up campaign financing, with the main opposition saying they would come back to the table in a week's time. The five... [read complete entry]

October 22, 2009, 09:31 CET

Socialists say early passage of campaign finance bill a priority

The Socialist Party would like Parliament to pass a bill on campaign funding as soon as possible, caucus director József Tóbiás told Népszabadság on Wednesday. He said Socialist officials will attend talks initiated by Freedom House and Transparency International Hungary... [read complete entry]

October 08, 2009, 11:31 CET

NGOs urge cleanup of Hungary's campaign financing system

Hungarian political parties should agree on adopting more transparent campaign-financing rules, two international NGOs said on Thursday. Freedom House Europe and Transparency International held a joint news conference to urge the ruling Socialists and main opposition Fidesz to create legislation... [read complete entry]

May 27, 2009, 09:40 CET

PM says gov't to propose new anti-graft measures

The government will propose new anti-graft measures within the first half of the year, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai told reporters at a joint news conference with Chair of Transparency International (TI), Huguette Labelle in Budapest on Tuesday. Under the measures,... [read complete entry]

May 07, 2009, 11:10 CET

Transparency International urges parties to sign anti-graft declaration

The Hungarian chapter of Transparency International (TI) on Wednesday urged Hungary's political parties to sign an anti-graft declaration, the organisation told MTI in a statement.... [read complete entry]

January 28, 2009, 09:36 CET

Transparency International, foreign gov'ts to fund reporting on party financing

Anti-corruption groups Transparency International (TI) and Freedom House (FH) are organising cohesion among Hungarian investigative journalists. The project is also supported by the embassies of the UK and the Netherlands in Budapest. The joint investigation team will attempt to uncover... [read complete entry]

December 30, 2008, 11:52 CET

Hungarian NGOs quit government anti-corruption body

Transparency International, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union and independent expert Péter Hack have quit the government's anti-corruption co-ordination board, saying that it has become irrelevant.... [read complete entry]