2018 in Hungary
| |||||
| Decades: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | Other events of 2018 List of years in Hungary | ||||
The following lists events that happened during 2018 in Hungary.
Incumbents
Events
April
- April 8 – Viktor Orbán's Fidesz–KDNP alliance, Wins the Hungarian 2018 elections in a Landslide preserving its two-thirds majority. Orbán and Fidesz campaigned primarily on the issues of immigration and foreign meddling, and the election was seen as a victory for right-wing populism in Europe.[1][2][3]
May
- May 16 – George Soros Open Society Foundations announce they will move its office from Budapest to Berlin amid Hungarian government interference.[4][5][6]
June
- June 2 – After its poor election performance, the opposition party Together is dissolved.[7]
- June 20 – Hungarian Parliament has pass the "Stop Soros law", for anyone "facilitating illegal immigration" will face a year in jail.[8]
- June – two former Jobbik MPs László Toroczkai and Dóra Dúró form their own nationalist party Our Home Movement.[9]
December
- December 3 – Central European University announced it would cease operations in Hungary and relocate to Vienna, after the Hungarian government's refusal to sign an agreement allowing it to continue operations in Hungary.[10][11]
Predicted and scheduled events
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg?lang=en){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (October 2019) |
Deaths
| This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (October 2019) |
References
- ^ Than, Krisztina; Szakacs, Gergely (9 April 2018). "Hungary's Strongman Viktor Orban Wins Third Term in Power". Reuters. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Zalan, Eszter (9 April 2018). "Hungary's Orban in Sweeping Victory, Boosting EU Populists". EUobserver. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Murphy, Peter; Khera, Jastinder (9 April 2018). "Hungary's Orban Claims Victory as Nationalist Party Takes Sweeping Poll Lead". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "George Soros foundation to close office in 'repressive' Hungary". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ "Soros foundation to leave Hungary". BBC News. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/15/soros-foundation-close-office-budapest-hungarian-governments/
- ^ "Hivatalos: Megszűnt az Együtt". Zoom.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44546030
- ^ https://hungarytoday.hu/brand-new-far-right-party-emerges-from-the-ashes-of-jobbik/
- ^ Walker, Shaun (2018-12-03). "'Dark day for freedom': Soros-affiliated university quits Hungary". Retrieved 2018-12-03.
- ^ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/george-soros-funded-university-forced-budapest-181203143206519.html
