2020_in_Hungary
2020 in Hungary
List of events
January
- 12 – 25 January – The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship is held in Budapest.[citation needed]
- 14 – 26 January – The 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship is held in Budapest.[citation needed]
- 24 – 26 January – The 2020 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships is scheduled to be held in Debrecen.[citation needed]
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]
- 11 March - COVID-19 cases reached 13. Hungarian Government declared a medical emergency in Hungary, with several restriction to the general public, due to the rising COVID-19 cases.[3]
- 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.[4]
May
- 19 May – Hungary outlaws changing birth gender on documents.[5][6]
- 11 – 24 May – The 2020 European Aquatics Championships is scheduled to be held in Budapest.[citation needed]
- 21 May – Two people are stabbed to death at Deák Ferenc Square, Budapest.[7] Due to the victim's allegiance to Újpest FC, and the alleged Romani identity of the attacker, the murder sparks protests. The protests are organised by football ultras and the far-right Our Homeland Movement.[8]
September
- 19 September – Former Mi Hazánk member János Volner founds the Volner Party
October
- 16 October – József Pálinkás founds New World People's Party
- 22 October – Renovated southern section of Metro Line 3 between Népliget and Kőbánya-Kispest opens.
November
- 7 November – Renovation of the middle section of Metro Line 3 begins between Nyugati Pályaudvar and Semmelweis Klinikák.
- 29 November – Hungarian MEP József Szájer resigns his position after having been caught by Belgian police at a gay sex party on the night of 27 November, in violation of local COVID-19 regulations.[9]
- 30 November – Viktor Orbán surpasses Kálmán Tisza as the longest-serving Prime Minister of Hungary after 14 years and 145 days in office. (Index.hu)
December
- 4 December – Former Jobbik member János Bencsik founds Civic Response party
- 15 December – The Hungarian parliament passes a law that effectively bans adoptions by same-sex couples. According to the measure, only married couples can adopt children while single people must obtain special approval to adopt from the family affairs minister, Lawmakers also amended the Hungarian constitution, with a new definition for family as the union of a father who is a man and a mother who is a woman.[10][11][12]
Further information: Category:2020 deaths and Deaths in 2020
January
Main article: Deaths in January 2020
- 1 January – János Aczél, Hungarian-Canadian mathematician (b. 1924).[13]
- 4 January – Károly Gesztesi, actor (b. 1963).[14]
- 12 January – Miklós Vető, Hungarian-born French philosopher (b. 1936).[15]
- 16 January – László Iván, psychiatrist and politician (b. 1933).[16]
February
Main article: Deaths in February 2020
- 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).
March
Main article: Deaths in March 2020
- 1 March – István Balsai, politician and jurist (b. 1947).
June
Main article: Deaths in June 2020
- 9 June – Ödön Földessy, long jumper (b. 1929)[17]
- 27 June – Olga Tass, Olympic gymnast (b. 1929)[18]
- 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). Archived from the original on 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Veszélyhelyzetet rendelt el a kormány". Index (in Hungarian). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- "Hungary passes law allowing Viktor Orban to rule by decree". 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020.
- "Hungary outlaws changing birth gender on documents". BBC News. 19 May 2020.
- "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). 29 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- Than, Krisztina; Blenkinsop, Philip (2020-12-02). "Hungarian deputy quits Fidesz after Brussels scandal, Orban says his acts 'indefensible'". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- "We remember Distinguished Professor Emeritus János Aczel". uwaterloo.ca. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Meghalt Gesztesi Károly". index.hu (in Hungarian). 4 January 2020. 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.
- Ferenc, Vasvári (June 18, 2020). "Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság - Meghalt Földessy Ödön olimpiai bronzérmes távolugró". olimpia.hu.
- Gyász: elhunyt az olimpiai bajnok Tass Olga (in Hungarian)