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Hungary gov't to vote through judge as president

2 min read Hungary, Katalin Novak, Varga, Viktor Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in damage limitation mode after recent scandals and mass anti-government protests in Budapest, has proposed that Constitutional Court President Tamas Sulyok succeed Katalin Novak as head of state. Caucus leader for Orban’s Fidesz party Mate Kocsis said Thursday that the Hungarian premier had personally

Hungary rocked by presidential resignation

3 min read Hungary, Gulyas, Kocsis, Novak, Varga

Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned on live TV on Saturday evening, in connection with her controversial pardon issued last year for a man convicted of covering up child sexual abuse. When Pope Francis I visited Hungary last April, Novak gave clemency to the deputy director of a state-run children’s