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8th October, 2026
Constitutional Court invites bids for new presidential post
The Constitutional Court has invited bids in a tender for the position of a new president to serve a three-year term, as stipulated under the Fundamental Law, according to a resolution posted on the Court’s website.
The deadline for submitting bids is 4 p.m. on October 26, and the scheduled date for electing the new president is November 2.
The Constitutional Court’s members will elect a president from among the candidates by secret ballot. A more than 50% majority of the members’ votes is required to elect the president.
The mandate of the former president of the Court, Peter Polt, ended on September 1 after an amendment of the Fundamental Law introduced a mandatory retirement age of 70. Polt had reached that age earlier.
The presidential powers have been exercised by vice-president Agnes Czine since September 1. Her 12-year mandate will expire in the middle of November. (nepszava.hu)
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8th October, 2026
Cabinet discusses tighter rules for electric scooters and 2027 budget
The cabinet’s agenda at its Wednesday meeting included the 2027 budget and tightening regulations on electric scooters, Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced on his Facebook page on Wednesday evening.
He wrote that the cabinet also discussed several important investment projects and EU matters. (24.hu; magyarhirlap.hu)
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8th October, 2026
Right-wing media face new challenges
Demokrata magazine received messages in the election campaign from the campaign staff on what to concentrate on, editor-in-chief Andras Bencsik said on HirTV on Wednesday without mentioning Fidesz by name.
He also acknowledged that right-wing media earlier relied on state advertisements, but these funds have dried up.
He said it was obvious that they would have to manage on a smaller budget, but he did not have the heart to dismiss anybody, so he proposed that everybody’s salary be halved and the editorial staff acknowledged that.
In other remarks, Bencsik said, the right-wing public sphere has “practically collapsed”, but in addition to the few remaining press products, many smaller, one- or two-person initiatives have also emerged from nowhere, “a very important part of which is that they are absolutely sovereign and uncontrollable”.
He then began to look for an explanation for the Tisza party’s popularity, and said they made a mistake of feeding the right-wing public with “a form of food. The whole thing about the campaign was so desperate that the entire right-wing media was broadcasting such cliched messages, the same dark, unbaked cliches, that the Ukrainians are coming, they’re taking our soldiers away, and so on,” he said. (telex.hu; 444.hu; nepszava.hu)
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8th October, 2026
Police investigate August 20 tender
Budapest police have opened an investigation into the public-procurement procedure for organising the August 20 events this year, in response to allegations of restricted competition in a public procurement or concession procedure.
The tender came under scrutiny after reports that people linked to the winning bidder had been involved in preparing the event before the procurement procedure was announced.
Former MP Akos Hadhazy and Our Homeland leader Laszlo Toroczkai both filed complaints in the matter.
Hadhazy argued that the problem was not the use of a restricted tender rather than an open one, but alleged that the procedure had been manipulated in a way that stifled competition.
The contract was awarded to Hardrock, an event-organising company associated with the Tisza Party. (24.hu; telex.hu; 444.hu; portfolio.hu; index.hu; mfor.hu)
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