2023 in Hungary
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Events in the year 2023 in Hungary.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Katalin NovĂĄk
- Prime Minister: Viktor OrbĂĄn
- Speaker of the National Assembly: Låszló Kövér
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 3 January - The Hungarian state-owned 4iG company buys Digi's Hungarian division.
- 9 January - 4iG buys 49% ownership of Vodafone Hungary.[1][2][3]
- 23 January - Renovated Ferenciek tere and Deåk Ferenc Tér stations are open on Metro Line 3[4]
February
[edit]- 12 February - Researchers at the Konkoly Observatory in Hungary discover 2023 CX1, a 1-metre (3.3-foot) asteroid predicted to fall harmlessly as a fireball over the English Channel at 03:00 UTC, making it the seventh asteroid to be discovered before impacting Earth.[5]
March
[edit]- 2 March - Ministry of Interior publishes a proposed bill for defining the working conditions, advancement and status of Hungarian teachers. Commonly known as the "status law", it sparks a new wave of protests from teachers and students.[6][7]
- 20 March - Renovated Arany JĂĄnos utca, Nyugati PĂĄlyaudvar and DĂłzsa György Ășt stations open on Metro Line 3. Service resumes on full length, only Lehel tĂ©r and NagyvĂĄrad tĂ©r stations are skipped.[8]
- 30 March - Anna DonĂĄth announces the foundation of Hungary of Tomorrow Association (Holnap MagyarorszĂĄga EgyesĂŒlet).[9]
April
[edit]- 4 April â Attila MesterhĂĄzy leaves MSZP and founds his own left-wing party with LĂĄszlĂł SzakĂĄcs, called Socialists and Democrats (SzocialistĂĄk Ă©s DemokratĂĄk).[10]
- 12 April â US imposes sanctions on 3 leading officials of the International Investment Bank (IIB), including its Hungarian vice president Imre LaszlĂłczki.[11]
- 13 April â Government of Hungary announces its withdrawal from the International Investment Bank.
- 24 April â Thousands protest against new education law.[12] A part of the crowd marches to the Carmelite Monastery. Police uses tear gas once.[13]
- 28 April â György BudahĂĄzy is given a Pardon by Hungarian president Katalin NovĂĄk.[14][15]
- 28-30 April â Pope Francis visits Hungary.[16]
May
[edit]- 1 May â MBH Bank begins operations, following the merger of MKB Bank Plc., TakarĂ©kbank Plc. and Budapest Bank Plc.
- 3 May â
- Student protesters march to the Carmelite Monastery and break the fencing around the building. Police pushes back the crowd with tear gas.[17] 5 people are charged with violence against officials and 8 for covering their faces with masks.[18][19] Momentum PM MĂĄrton Tompos is dragged behind police lines.[20]
- Parliament votes to extend the state of emergency due to the Russian-Ukrainian war and rule by decree until November 25.[21][22]
- Parliament passes justice reform mandated by the European Commission.[23]
- 4-5 May â CPAC Hungary is held in the BĂĄlna building in Budapest.[24]
- 19 May â Student protest against the status law. They march from Kossuth tĂ©r to Oktogon. After the speeches, they marched towards the FIDESZ headquarters, but they were blocked by police.[25][26]
- 22 May â Renovated Lehel tĂ©r and NagyvĂĄrad tĂ©r metro stations are opened, concluding the 2017-2023 renovation of Metro Line 3.[27]
July
[edit]- 1 July â Car crash on ĂrpĂĄd Bridge kills an adjacent bicyclist.[28]
August
[edit]- 1 August â MĂV closes 10 railway lines (lines 89, 114, 121, 125, 38, 47, 78, 98, 103, and 146).[29]
- 20 August â PĂ©ter Jakab's On the People's Side Movement officially becomes a party.
September
[edit]- 7 September â GĂĄbor Vona's Second Reform Era Foundation becomes a political party.[30][31]
- 15 September â Hungary imposes a national import ban on 24 Ukrainian agricultural products, including grains, vegetables, several meat products and honey.[32]
- 16 Sep 2023 â PĂ©ter MĂĄrki-Zay's Everybody's Hungary People's Party officially becomes a party.[33]
October
[edit]- 17 October â Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor OrbĂĄn and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold talks at the Belt and Road Initiative forum in Beijing, China. It is the first meeting between Putin and an EU leader since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[34]
November
[edit]- 6 November â LĂĄszlĂł L. Simon is fired as Director-General of the Hungarian National Museum for his refusal to ban minors from viewing the World Press Photo exhibition
- 18 November â 30th Fidesz Party Congress, Viktor OrbĂĄn is re-elected as party president as the sole candidate, alongside his vice presidents.[35]
- 23 November â Electoral agreement between DK and PĂĄrbeszĂ©d, DK agrees to support Gergely KarĂĄcsony as Budapest mayoral candidate[36]
- 30 November â Momentum declares their support for KarĂĄcsony's candidacy[37]
December
[edit]- 12 December â Parliament restores party-list proportional elections for the General Assembly of Budapest. The motion was proposed by Our Homeland Movement.[38]
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 4 January â GĂ©za MorcsĂĄnyi, 70, playwright and actor (On Body and Soul).[39]
- 9 January â Ferenc MĂ©szĂĄros, 72, footballer (Vasas SC, VitĂłria de SetĂșbal, national team).[40]
- 14 January â GĂĄspĂĄr MiklĂłs TamĂĄs, 74, politician, member of the national assembly (1989â1994).[41]
- 16 January â Ferenc Varga, 97, sprint canoer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).[42]
- 19 Januaryâ Imre MĂ©cs, 89, chairman of the committee of national defense (1994â1998)
- 30 January â LĂĄszlĂł KordĂĄs, 53, politician, member of the National Assembly (2022â2023)[43]
- 31 January â Egon Schmidt, 91, orthodontist and natural historian[44]
See also
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