Imagine a country where citizens and public bodies come together to solve the most important issues they face; and allocate public funds accordingly. Where the decision-making process is transparent and accountable, and where you have a real say in the policies and services that shape your life. In…

Constitutional concerns regarding academic freedom and the newly set up public interest trusts (PITs) are well known to the international community as the forced reorganisation of the University of Theatre and Film Arts has sparked criticism around the world. A bejegyzés magyarul itt olvasható el /…

The European Commission has not yet approved the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) submitted by the Hungarian Government in mid-May. This would be the condition for Hungary to have access to the billions disbursed by the EU to address the effects of the COVID pandemic. The protracted decision…

On 9 November, the Hungarian parliament with the supermajority of ruling Fidesz MPs adopted amendments submitted by the Government to laws on the judiciary, public offices, expropriation, privatisation of the housing stock and elections. This is a brief summary of the most important changes.  The…

After 5 years of operation, K-Monitor and TI Hungary decided to perform some updates on the redflags.eu platform. Among these are improvements on the indicators, extension of the data sources and the deployment of a BI module. In this blogpost we’ll introduce the features of that module. When…

Many Member States have already received the first tranche of billions of euros made available from the EU Recovery Instrument, but Hungary's Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) has not yet been approved by the EU. It has become clear over the past decade that the only means by which the EU can put…

When the pandemic reached Hungary ten years after the Fidesz party first gained a two-thirds majority, it was met by a solidified Orbán-regime. The systematic building of a clientele, the domination of the media, the liquidation of the autonomy of institutions and the eradication of democratic…

Eleven thousand respondents filled out a questionnaire to inform a birthing experience map published by K-Monitor, Funky Citizens and EMMA Association. Hungarian data  collected for this study indicates that gratitude payments are involved in 68 percent of deliveries, with an average amount of HUF…

Between May and July 2020, we conducted 64 semi-structured in-depth interviews with representatives from 35 organizations in 35 different local entities in Hungary, Poland and Romania, involving both activists and local government officials. Our main ambition was to learn about the narratives used…

While Hungarians were kept in uncertainty about the details of the anti-COVID measures of the government, the government published the draft amendment of the Constitution that would limit the scope of what can be considered public funds.  In Spring there was a widespread fear that the government…