2026 in Hungary

Events

January

• 5 January – Viktor Orbán holds an international press conference, followed by a press conference of Péter Magyar.
• 12 January – Hungary grants asylum to former Polish justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is wanted on charges of corruption.
• 13 January – President Tamás Sulyok sets the date of the upcoming parliamentary election to 12 April.
• 15 January – György Gattyán's Solution Movement declares not to participate on the 2026 election
• 17 January –
• *István Kapitány, the former vice-president of Shell, debuts as Tisza's economy and energy expert
• *Parties 2RK and LMP declare they will not participate on the 2026 election
• 19 January – Polymarket is blocked in Hungary
• 20 January – The Szőlő Street Correction Facility is closed
• 22 January – János Lázár at a Lázárinfó in Balatonalmádi talks about how Roma people form an "internal reserve" workforce for tasks such as toilet cleaning, tasks that "Hungarian voters" are unwilling to do. He apologizes for his statement on 24 January.
• 24 January – Anita Orbán debuts as Tisza's foreign policy expert
• 26 January – Hungary summons the Ukrainian ambassador after Viktor Orbán accuses Kyiv of interfering in the upcoming general election.
• 27 January – News about MSZP not participating in the upcoming election are published in Magyar Nemzet, but party leader Imre Komjáthi claims a decision has not yet been made.
• 28 January – Prosecutors charge Budapest mayor Gergely Karacsony for organizing Budapest Pride last year, despite it being banned by assembly law.
• 29 January – Katalin Cseh declares that their Humanist Party will not run on the 2026 election

Predicted and scheduled

• 12 April 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election
• 30 May 2026 UEFA Champions League final

Holidays

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 15 March – Revolution Day
• 3 April – Good Friday
• 5 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – International Workers' Day
• 25 May – Whit Monday
• 20 August – State Foundation Day
• 23 October – 1956 Revolution Memorial Day
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

Art and entertainment

• List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

• 2 January – Lajos Rovátkay, 92, harpsichordist and musicologist.
• 5 January – Miklós Dudás, 34, Olympic sprint canoeist, world champion.
• 6 January – Béla Tarr, 70, film director.
• 31 January Miklós Fenyő, 78, singer, songwriter and musician.