# 2025 in Hungary

Events in the year 2025 in Hungary.

## Incumbents

* President: Tamás Sulyok
* Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán
* Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér

## Events
### January

* January 1 –
** After midnight, Péter Magyar holds a New Year's speech in which he calls for early elections. There is no presidential speech from Tamás Sulyok.
** Land crossings on the Hungary–Romania border open, as Romania joins the Schengen Area
* January 7 – The United States imposes sanctions on cabinet minister Antal Rogán for alleged corruption.
* January 20 – Emirati real estate developer Abu Dhabi Eagle Hills purchases a 100 hectare area around the former Rákosrendező marshalling yard in Budapest. Their planned development, titled Grand Budapest, is controversial and opposed by the city; though there are no concreate plans to speak of, some areas are zoned for skyscrapers up to 500 meters.
* January 23 – More than 240 schools nationwide receive bomb threats of identical content and believed to have been sent by a sole sender.

### February

* February 6 – The Hungarian government acknowledges Budapest's priority to buy the Rákosrendező property
* February 12 – Viktor Orbán meets Alice Weidel, leader of the German AfD
* February 14 – Bertalan Havasi, Deputy Secretary for the Prime Minister's Press Office, leaves his position.
* February 15 – First Congress of Tisza Party
* February 17 – Antal Csárdi leaves LMP's parliamentary fraction. As the number of LMP representatives falls below 5, it is no longer qualified to from a fraction. After they fail to recruit another representative, the LMP fraction ceases to exist, and the remaining 4 representatives become independent.
* February 22 –
** Protest in front of the Ministry of Justice in Budapest
** Viktor Orbán delivers the annual State of the Nation address. He introduces expansion of some welfare measures, announces constitutional amendments to protect the " right to use cash", and to mandate the existence of only two genders. He also threatens to ban Pride in Hungary.

### March

* March 12 – The governing Fidesz party submits its proposed amendments to the constitution to the parliament.
* March 15 – National Holiday
** Orbán speaks at the National Museum, promising an "Easter cleanup" against foreign funded judges, journalists and NGOs, calling them "bugs".
** Péter Magyar holds a rally at Andrássy út
* March 18 – The National Assembly passes a ban on Pride parades. Opposition representatives protest with smoke candles, shouting and playing the USSR anthem. A protestors blocks Margaret Bridge at Jászai Mari Tér

### Predicted and scheduled

* 12 January – By-election in Tolna 2nd Constituency
* 13–20 June – 2025 World Judo Championships

## Holidays

Source:
* 1 January – New Year's Day
* 15 March – Revolution Day
* 18 April – Good Friday
* 21 April – Easter Monday
* 1 May – International Workers' Day
* 9 June – 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
### January

* 2 January – Ágnes Keleti, 103, Hungarian-Israeli artistic gymnast, Olympic champion (1952, 1956), pneumonia.