2019 in Hungary

Summary

The following lists events in the year 2019 in Hungary.

2019
in
Hungary

Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:Other events of 2019
List of years in Hungary

Incumbents edit

Events edit

January edit

  • 5 January – Protest against the Overtime Work Act, marches from Hősök Tere to Kossuth tér.[2]
  • 19 January – Nation-wide protests against the Overtime Work Act, including in front of Várkert Bazár in Budapest.[3]
  • 28 January – 3 February - First round of opposition primaries for the Budapest mayoral election. Gergely Karácsony (PM) defeats Csaba Horváth (MSZP).

February edit

  • The Freedom House NGO states that Hungary is no longer a free country, making it the first such country in the European Union to be so designated.[4]

March edit

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May edit

  • 29 May – The Hableány disaster: Hotel ship Viking Sigyn collides with and sinks the cruise boat Hableány in Budapest, underneath Margaret Bridge. 28 people die, mostly South Korean tourists.

June edit

  • 20-26 June – Second round of opposition primaries for the Budapest mayoral election. Karácsony (PM) defeats Olga Kálmán (DK) and Gábor Kerpel-Fronius (Momentum).

September edit

October edit

Deaths edit

 
Anthony de Jasay
 
Bust of Ilona Novák

January–June edit

July–December edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Hungary: Janos Ader Replaces Pal Schmitt as President". BBC News. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ Zoltán,plankog, Haszán (5 January 2019). "Több ezren tüntettek a túlóratörvény ellen". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. ^ Tbg (19 January 2019). "Hatvan helyen tüntettek az országban a túlóratörvény ellen". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Hungary is now only a "partly free" country. - the Washington Post". www.washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ Hajnal, Hudák (28 March 2019). "Szombaton adják át a 3-as metró felújított szakaszát". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Hungary far-right party forms uniformed 'self-defense' group". Fox News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  7. ^ "The National Legion — Far-right launches new paramilitary group in Hungary". Hungarian Free Press. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Összesített eredmények". Nemzeti Választási Iroda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Tony Abbott has applauded Hungary for its strict race-based immigration laws but says it can still learn a thing or two from Australia". 6 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Address to Budapest Demographic Summit". 5 September 2019.
  11. ^ "'Go forth and multiply': Abbott calls for more babies, less migration at Hungarian summit".
  12. ^ "Tony Abbott attacks migrants 'swarming' to Europe while praising far-right PM of Hungary". TheGuardian.com. 6 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Helyi önkormányzati választások 2019". Nemzeti Választási Iroda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Olympic water polo champion Antal Bolvari dies at 86". washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019.
  15. ^ Zsitnik Béla is elment! (in Hungarian)
  16. ^ Fallece Anthony de Jasay: ésta fue su última entrevista en España (in Spanish)
  17. ^ Meghalt Ihász Kálmán (in Hungarian)
  18. ^ Meghalt Koós János (in Hungarian)
  19. ^ Meghalt Novák Ilona (in Hungarian)
  20. ^ Meghalt Reviczkyné Köteles Erzsébet (in Hungarian)
  21. ^ Elhunyt Markovitsné Balogh Márta világbajnok kézilabdázó (in Hungarian)
  22. ^ "Istvan Szivos". IOC. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  23. ^ Meghalt Varga Imre (in Hungarian)
  24. ^ Gyász: életének 45. évében elhunyt Zahorecz Krisztián (in Hungarian)
  25. ^ Szőnyi Erzsébet (in Hungarian)