2020 in Hungary
The following lists events in the year 2020 in Hungary.
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Incumbents
Events
February
- 8 February – LMP – Hungary's Green Party changes its name from "Politics Can Be Different", and its abrriviation form "LMP" to "Greens".[1]
March
- 4 March – The first two COVID-19 cases are reported in Hungary.[2]
- 30 March – the Hungarian parliament voted in favor of passing legislation that would create a state of emergency without a time limit, grant Prime Minister Viktor Orbán the ability to rule by decree, the suspension of parliament with no elections, and prison sentences for spreading fake news and leaving quarantine.[3]
May
- 19 May – Hungary outlaws changing birth gender on documents.[4][5]
- 21 May – Two people are stabbed to death at Deák Ferenc Square, Budapest.[6] Due to the Victim's allegence to Újpest FC, and the attacker's alleged Romani identity, the murder sparkes protests, organised by football ultras and the far-right Our Homeland Movement.[7]
Sport
- 12 to 25 January – The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship is held in Budapest.
- 14 to 26 January – The 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship is held in Budapest.
- 24 to 26 January – The 2020 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships is scheduled to be held in Debrecen.
- 11 to 24 May – The 2020 European Aquatics Championships is scheduled to be held in Budapest.
Deaths
- 1 January – János Aczél, Hungarian-Canadian mathematician (b. 1924).[8]
- 4 January – Károly Gesztesi, actor (b. 1963).[9]
- 12 January – Miklós Vető, Hungarian-born French philosopher (b. 1936).[10]
- 16 January – László Iván, psychiatrist and politician (b. 1933).[11]
- 1 February – Péter Andorai, actor (b. 1948).
- 12 February – Tamás Wichmann, sprint canoeist (b. 1948).
- 24 February – István Csukás, writer and poet (b. 1936).
- 29 February – Éva Székely, swimmer (b. 1927).
- 1 March – István Balsai, politician and jurist (b. 1947).
References
- Zrt, HVG Kiadó (2020-02-08). "Az LMP megtalálta a megoldást". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- Megosztom, megérkezett 2020 03 04 18:32. "Megvan az első két fertőzött, Magyarországot is elérte a járvány". FEOL (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- "Hungary passes law allowing Viktor Orban to rule by decree". 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020.
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52727615
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/19/hungary-votes-to-–end-legal-recognition-of-trans-people
- "Two people stabbed to death at Deák Square, suspects arrested". Daily News Hungary. 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- "Több ezer tiltakozó vonult a gyilkosság helyszínére". Magyar Nemzet (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- "We remember Distinguished Professor Emeritus János Aczel". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Meghalt Gesztesi Károly". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Elhunyt Vető Miklós filozófus". rtv.rs (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Elhunyt Iván László professzor , Gönc díszpolgára". minap.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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