2018 in Hungary

The following lists events that happened during 2018 in Hungary.

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List of years in Hungary

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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

June
  • June 2 – After its poor election preformance, 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

Deaths

References
  1. Than, Krisztina; Szakacs, Gergely (9 April 2018). "Hungary's Strongman Viktor Orban Wins Third Term in Power". Reuters. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. Zalan, Eszter (9 April 2018). "Hungary's Orban in Sweeping Victory, Boosting EU Populists". EUobserver. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/george-soros-foundation-close-office-repressive-hungary-180515160314017.html
  5. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44082976
  6. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/15/soros-foundation-close-office-budapest-hungarian-governments/
  7. "Hivatalos: Megszűnt az Együtt". Zoom.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  8. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44546030
  9. https://hungarytoday.hu/brand-new-far-right-party-emerges-from-the-ashes-of-jobbik/
  10. Walker, Shaun (2018-12-03). "'Dark day for freedom': Soros-affiliated university quits Hungary". Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  11. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/george-soros-funded-university-forced-budapest-181203143206519.html
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