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27th November, 2025
Court finds report on Tisza tax policy was fabricated
A court ruled that Magyar Nemzet, Index and right-wing tabloid Ripost lied in the summer when they wrote that an alleged Tisza party document advocating higher taxes was genuine, party leader Peter Magyar wrote on his Facebook page yesterday.
The fabricated story was published by Index and disseminated by the entire government propaganda, he wrote.
According to Magyar, Ripost and Magyar Nemzet should publish the following correction: “We falsely reported that the document titled â€Memorandum for the Leadership of the Tisza Party’, dated July 17, 2025, is an internal memo prepared by the Tisza Party’s economic cabinet, intended for the party leadership”.
Pro-government websites have referred to this memo on several occasions, trying to prove that Tisza would be prepared to raise taxes if it came to power.
Magyar added: “The lying propaganda magazine Index and the other propaganda media products continue to lie this summer, yesterday and today. The propaganda media will lose all the lawsuits now too.” (hvg.hu)
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27th November, 2025
Fidesz narrows gap in new poll
The Tisza Party continues to have the most list votes at a parliamentary election but its lead among decided voters has shrunk from 51-38 in September to 50-40 in November, according to a national representative survey conducted by Median.
Among all eligible voters, Tisza has a lead of 38-33%.
Median found that the mood in the country is improving, as in September 60% of respondents wanted a change of government, whereas this figure is now at 52%.
A minority of 34% of respondents believe that things are going in the right direction in Hungary, while 60% feel the opposite, compared to 28% and 67% in September.
Fidesz has clearly improved its position, as shown by the improvement in the general mood, political scientist Gabor Torok remarked on Facebook on Wednesday.
He added that there are hardly any more voters beside those opting for the two large parties. Only Our Homeland appears near the parliamentary threshold of 5%, while the Democratic Coalition is down to 2%.
A random poll conducted by the Minerva Institute found that support for the Tisza Party has fallen from 52% to 48% among decided party voters while that for Fidesz rose from 38% to 43%. (index.hu; hvg.hu; telex.hu; 24.hu; 444.hu; mandiner.hu)
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27th November, 2025
City council rejects Tutto
Budapest city council voted down the nomination of Kata Tutto as a deputy to mayor Gergely Karacsony on Wednesday.
Only 20 of the 33 councillors took part in the secret ballot. Of the 19 valid votes, 8 supported Tutto and 11 opposed her.
Government commissioner for the city Botond Sara, has warned that the city is operating illegally, since a deputy mayor has not been elected from among the members of the city council for more than a year since the municipal elections of 2024.
At that time, the left-liberal parties that supported the mayor, were forced into a minority in the council, and the Tisza Party, whose support (or that of Fidesz) is essential for a majority in the council, abstained from the re-election of the former deputies. (24.hu; nepszava.hu; 444.hu; hang.hu; hirtv.hu; portfolio.hu)
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27th November, 2025
MOL sends crude oil to aid Serbian refinery hit by US sanctions
Hungary will resort to every instrument available to maintain the supply of crude oil to Serbian refineries, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto told a press conference he held with Serb Mining and Energy Affairs Minister Dubravka Dedovic on Wednesday.
Serbia finds itself in a difficult position because of the US sanctions imposed on Russian oil companies.
Supplying the refinery at Pancha from Croatia has become impossible because of the sanctions and production of the refinery itself had to be stopped.
Sanctions were imposed on Serbia’s state-run oil company NIS because Russian company Gazprom is the owner of an 11.3% stake.
Szijjarto said MOL is ready to further increase deliveries of crude oil and crude oil products to Serbia. He stressed that the Hungarian oil company has doubled its exports to Serbia in November, and in December it will increase it 2.5 times.
Shipments will arrive in Serbia on road, by rail and river, he added.
He said the Hungarian government is ready to speed up the construction of the Serb-Hungarian oil pipeline. According to the present state, it could be completed by 2027 at the earliest, Portfolio observes.
The Serbian refinery’s operations would not be in doubt if NIS were not in majority Russian ownership.
The Gazprom group has announced that it is holding talks with a third party on selling its share of NIS. (hvg.hu)
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