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Events in the year 2024 in Hungary.

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January[edit]

February[edit]

  • 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.[3][4]
  • 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.[5]
  • February 10 – President Novák resigns due to the scandal involving her pardon of Endre Kónya. Judit Varga, who was serving as Minister of Justice in 2023 and had countersigned the pardon, also resigns as a Member of Parliament and withdraws her candidacy for member of the European Parliament in the 2024 election.[6][7][8][9][10]
  • February 11 – Péter Magyar, Judit Varga's ex-husband gives a live interview on the left-wing YouTube channel Partizán[11]
  • February 16 –
  • February 17 – Viktor Orbán delivers the annual State of the Nation address
  • February 22 – Tamás Sulyok is nominated Fidesz presidential candidate, Tamás Deutsch is nominated head of the Fidesz EP list[14]
  • February 25 – Political parties protest for direct presidential elections in Kossuth Square, Budapest[15]
  • February 26 – Parliament's spring session opens

March[edit]

  • 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.[17]
  • March 10 – Gergely Kovács and Zsuzsanna Döme, co-chairs of the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP), resign after the party rejects Kovács' participation in a primary election in Budapest District XII.[18] They reverse their decision next day.[19]
  • March 14 – Alexandra Szentkirályi becomes the Fidesz mayoral candidate in Budapest[20]
  • March 15 –
    • Péter Magyar holds a rally at Andrássy út attended by around 10,000 people, during which he announces the launch of Talpra Magyarok Mozgalom
    • Viktor Orbán holds a rally in Budapest, railing against the "western world" and Brussels.[21]
  • March 19 – Dávid Vitézy declares his candidacy for Mayor of Budapest[22]
  • March 21-24 – Zoltán Perlai (DK) wins primary elections in Budapest District XXII.[23]
  • 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.[24]
  • 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[25]

April[edit]

May[edit]

  • May 5 – Péter Magyar holds a rally in Debrecen.[31]
  • May 8-10 – Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Hungary.[citation needed]
  • May 16 – 444.hu releases documents claiming the Hungarian Foreign Ministry knew about Russian cyberattacks against their systems they previously denied.[32][33]
  • May 17 – Debate between EP list leaders organised by Partizán. Tamás Deutsch (Fidesz) and Péter Magyar (TISZA) do not participate.[34]
  • 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.[35]
  • May 22 – Klára Dobrev accuses President Tamás Sulyok of assisting the selling of Hungarian land to foreign owners[36]
  • May 30 – Televised debate between EP election list leaders at Várkert Bazár, Budapest. Péter Magyar holds a demonstration in front of the site.[37]
  • May 31 – Budapest mayoral candidate debate between Gergely Karácsony and Dávid Vitézy, organized by Partizán.[38]

June[edit]

Scheduled events[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Further information: Category:2024 deaths and Deaths in 2024

March[edit]

Main article: Deaths in March 2024

April[edit]

Holidays[edit]

Further information: Public holidays in Hungary

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Art and entertainment[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Hungary's Far Right Would Lay Claim To Neighboring Region If Ukraine Loses War". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Reuters. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  3. ^ Balázs, Kaufmann (2024-02-02). "Novák Katalin kegyelmet adott a bicskei gyerekotthon pedofil exigazgatóját fedező bűntársnak". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-02-23.
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  28. ^ "A Tisza Párt színeiben indulna Magyar Péter a júniusi választásokon". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  29. ^ "Hatalmas Kutyapárt-győzelem született a XII. kerületi előválasztáson". telex (in Hungarian). 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
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