"The Socialist Party will kick off its referendum campaign today with a view to reducing the number of Yes votes in the referendum on abolishing medical and tuition fees, deputy chairman Ferenc Juhász announced on Thursday. Juhász said about Ft 200 million will be spent in an effort to persuade voters of the merits of the fees. more »

"Police have launched misdemeanour proceedings against Budapest mayor Gábor Demszky for driving his car the wrong way along one-way Holló utca, parking for ten minutes in an area sealed off to traffic and then reversing down the road backwards, also in breach of the highway code. A local resident photographed him and sent the pictures to website velvet.hu. more »

"Experts at the Justice and Law Enforcement Ministry are working on establishing an autonomous criminal justice system for minors, Magyar Hírlap reports in relation to the case of the 12-year-old boy who stabbed an older boy in the thigh at Blaha Lujza tér last Thursday in order to steal his MP3 player. more »