2023 in Hungary

3 January - The Hungarian state-owned 4iG company buys Digi's Hungarian division.
9 January - 4iG buys 49% ownership of Vodafone Hungary.^[1]^[2]^[3]
23 January - Renovated Ferenciek tere and Deák Ferenc Tér stations are open on Metro Line 3^[4]

12 February - Researchers at the Konkoly Observatory in Hungary discover 2023 CX1, a 1-metre (3.3-foot) asteroid predicted to fall harmlessly as a fireball over the English Channel at 03:00 UTC, making it the seventh asteroid to be discovered before impacting Earth.^[5]

2 March - Ministry of Interior publishes a proposed bill for defining the working conditions, advancement and status of Hungarian teachers. Commonly known as the "status law", it sparks a new wave of protests from teachers and students.^[6]^[7]
20 March - Renovated Arany János utca, Nyugati Pályaudvar and Dózsa György út stations open on Metro Line 3. Service resumes on full length, only Lehel tér and Nagyvárad tér stations are skipped.^[8]
30 March - Anna Donáth announces the foundation of Hungary of Tomorrow Association (Holnap Magyarországa Egyesület).^[9]

4 April – Attila Mesterházy leaves MSZP and founds his own left-wing party with László Szakács, called Socialists and Democrats (Szocialisták és Demokraták).^[10]
12 April – US imposes sanctions on 3 leading officials of the International Investment Bank (IIB), including its Hungarian vice president Imre Laszlóczki.^[11]
13 April – Government of Hungary announces its withdrawal from the International Investment Bank.
24 April – Thousands protest against new education law.^[12] A part of the crowd marches to the Carmelite Monastery. Police uses tear gas once.^[13]
28 April – György Budaházy is given a Pardon by Hungarian president Katalin Novák.^[14]^[15]
28-30 April – Pope Francis visits Hungary.^[16]

3 May –
- Student protesters march to the Carmelite Monastery and break the fencing around the building. Police pushes back the crowd with tear gas.^[17] 5 people are charged with violence against officials and 8 for covering their faces with masks.^[18]^[19] Momentum PM Márton Tompos is dragged behind police lines.^[20]
- Parliament votes to extend the state of emergency due to the Russian-Ukrainian war and rule by decree until November 25.^[21]^[22]
- Parliament passes justice reform mandated by the European Commission.^[23]
4-5 May – CPAC Hungary is held in the Bálna building in Budapest.^[24]
19 May – Student protest against the status law. They march from Kossuth tér to Oktogon. After the speeches, they marched towards the FIDESZ headquarters, but they were blocked by police.^[25]^[26]
22 May – Renovated Lehel tér and Nagyvárad tér metro stations are opened, concluding the 2017-2023 renovation of Metro Line 3.^[27]

1 August – MÁV closes 10 railway lines (lines 89, 114, 121, 125, 38, 47, 78, 98, 103, and 146).^[28]
20 August – Péter Jakab's On the People's Side Movement officially becomes a party.

7 September – Gábor Vona's Second Reform Era Foundation becomes a political party.^[29]^[30]
15 September – Hungary imposes a national import ban on 24 Ukrainian agricultural products, including grains, vegetables, several meat products and honey.^[31]
16 Sep 2023 – Péter Márki-Zay's Everybody's Hungary People's Party officially becomes a party.^[32]

6 November – László L. Simon is fired as Director-General of the Hungarian National Museum for his refusal to ban minors from viewing the World Press Photo exhibition
18 November – 30th Fidesz Party Congress, Viktor Orbán is re-elected as party president as the sole candidate, alongside his vice presidents.^[34]
23 November – Electoral agreement between DK and Párbeszéd, DK agrees to support Gergely Karácsony as Budapest mayoral candidate^[35]
30 November – Momentum declares their support for Karácsony's candidacy^[36]

12 December – Parliament restores party-list proportional elections for the General Assembly of Budapest. The motion was proposed by Our Homeland Movement.^[37]

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