February 1 – The Sovereignty Protection Office begins operations.[4]
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.[5][6]
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.[7]
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.[16]
Péter Magyar holds a rally at Andrássy út attended by around 10,000 people, during which he announces the launch of Talpra Magyarok Mozgalom.[citation needed]
Viktor Orbán holds a rally in Budapest, railing against the "western world" and Brussels.[20]
March 19 – Dávid Vitézy declares his candidacy for Mayor of Budapest.[21]
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.[23]
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.[24]
May 16 – 444.hu releases documents claiming the Hungarian Foreign Ministry knew about Russian cyberattacks against their systems they previously denied.[31][32]
May 17 – A debate is held between EP list leaders organised by Partizán. Tamás Deutsch (Fidesz) and Péter Magyar (TISZA) do not participate.[33]
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.[34]
May 22 – Klára Dobrev accuses President Tamás Sulyok of assisting the selling of Hungarian land to foreign owners.[35]
May 30 – The televised debate between EP election list leaders is held at Várkert Bazár, Budapest. Péter Magyar holds a demonstration in front of the venue.[36]
May 31 – The Budapest mayoral candidate debate is held between Gergely Karácsony and Dávid Vitézy, organized by Partizán.[37]
June
1 June – Tens of thousands march in Budapest in a peace march. People wave flags and signs reading "No War".[38][39][40]
Bence Tordai announces his departure from Dialogue right after voting is closed.[47] He continues his work as an independent representative in the National Assembly.[48]
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.[51]
14 June:
After a recount, Gergely Karácsony retains his victory in the Budapest mayoral election with 41 votes.[52] Nonetheless, Karácsony turns to the Curia to repeat the election.[53]
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.[54]
The Curia orders the recount of valid votes for the Budapest Mayoral Election.[66]
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.[67]
12 July – The final results of the 2024 Budapest Mayoral Election are published after the recount of valid votes. Gergely Karácsony retains victory with 293 votes. Dávid Vitézy concedes.[69]
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.[71]
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.[72]
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.[73]
28 August – Csaba Mészáros, the principal of Imre Madách Gymnasium in Budapest, is fired from his position for not complying with new regulations banning students' use of mobile phones.[76]
6 September – Gergő Bese, a pro-Fidesz parish priest from Dunavecse, is suspended from the Roman Catholic Church after reports emerge of him attending gay parties.[78]
24 September – At the last session of the outgoing City Assembly of Győr, the Fidesz-KDNP majority strips powers from the mayorship that was lost to the opposition in June.[81][82]
25 September – Balázs Orbán states on a Mandiner podcast that Hungary, contrary to Ukraine, would not have defended the country against a Russian invasion, citing the lesson of 1956.[83][84] The statement generates heavy backlash,[85] and makes international news.[86]
5 October – Péter Magyar holds a protest in front of the MTVA building.[92]
9 October – Viktor Orbán and Péter Magyar speak in the European Parliament.[93]
17 October –
Momentum politicians András Fekete-Győr and Koppány Bendegúz Szarvas are sentenced to prison for their use of a smoke grenade against police during the 2018 protests.[94] Fekete-Győr hands over his parliamentary mandate to Katalin Cseh.[95]
A poll from 21 Kutatóközpont measures TISZA above Fidesz for the first time.[99]
Viktor Orbán speaks in Milenáris Park,[100] and draws parallels between the USSR and the EU, alluding to Magyar as a western puppet and warn against future Ukrainian NATO troops as "eastern, Slavic troops" stationed in Hungary.[101] Counter-protestor Róbert Puzsér is refused entry.[102]
Péter Magyar holds a rally, marching from Bem József tér to Széna tér.[100] He declares the recruitment of 106 candidates for the 2026 election.[103]
4 November – Bálint Somkuti, a researcher at the Sovereignty Protection Office, is fired for his Facebook post "He who does not respect (changed to: recognize) overwhelming force, is not (added: primarily) a hero, but a fool!", referring to the anniversary of the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary.[105]
A recording of Péter Magyar is leaked by his ex-girlfriend Evelin Vogel.[112]
17 November – Dávid Vitézy announces the Podmaniczky Movement for public participation[113] (the name previously existed for his faction in the Budapest Assembly).
18 November – Fidesz publishes its redistricting proposal for parliamentary constituencies[114]
3 December – Communications director Tamás Menczer figures in a scuffle with Péter Magyar at the entrance of Szikla utcai Children's Home in Pécs.[118][119]
20 December – Hungary grants political asylum to Polish former deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski, who is wanted in his home country on corruption charges.[120]
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