12 January – Price caps announced for seven consumer products, effective 1 February. The price of granulated sugar, fine wheat flour, sunflower cooking oil, pork leg, chicken breast, back, and 2.8% UHT milk is fixed at the 15 October 2021 price. Originally announced until 1 May, the measure would be continually extended.[1]
7 March – Hungarian Prime MinisterViktor Orbán signs a decree allowing the deployment of NATO troops in western Hungary, and the transfer of lethal weapons across its territory to other NATO member states. However, the decree does not allow weapons shipments across its territory to Ukraine.[3]
26 March – Results of the architectural design competition for the renovation of the Nyugati Railway Station announced[5]
30 March – It is reported that Russian government hackers have attacked and compromised the servers of Hungary's Ministry of Foreign Affairs since late 2021.[6]
April
3 April – Viktor Orbán's Fidesz–KDNP alliance, Wins the Hungarian 2022 elections in a 4 election in a row Landslide preserving its two-thirds majority which it has held since 2010. The opposition alliance United for Hungary makes loses, while The Far Right Nationalist Mi Hazánk party won seats for the first time.
1 May – Hungary, a member of the European Union, says that it will veto any sanctions that would restrict energy imports from Russia. Unanimity among the 27 EU members is required to introduce sanctions.[9]
8 May – János Volner announces he will rename his Volner Party to Huxit Party, to advocate the Hungarian exit from the EU. The official renaming did not yet occur.
27 June – Four people are injured when an apartment roof collapses in Budapest.[20]
July
12 July – Parliament passes Act XIII of 2022 on itemized tax of low-tax entrepreneurs (KATA) abolishing the KATA simplified tax type.[21] The act is published in Magyar Közlöny on 18 July.[22]
12-25 July – Protests against the abolishment of KATA.
15 September – Hungary pass new abortion restrictions, with a Mandatory ultrasounds bill. Where women who are seeking an abortion will now be obliged to “listen to the foetal heartbeat” before they can have an abortion. This Bill was pushed for by the far-right Mi Hazank (Our Homeland) party.[28][29][30]
October
23 October – Thousands of people, including teachers and students, protest across Hungary against the government of Viktor Orbán, demanding higher salaries and the right to strike amid a high level of inflation in the country.[31]
November
10 November – Price caps expanded to chicken eggs and potato, at the 30 September 2022 price.[32][33]
14 November –Upon the resignation of László Palkovics, his Ministry of Technology and Industry is dissolved.[34] Its tasks are delegated to ministers Márton Nagy, János Lázár, János Csák, and Csaba Lantos.
^Miniszter megbízatása megszüntetése időpontjának megállapításáról szóló 319/2022. (XI. 14.) KE határozat. In.: Magyar Közlöny. 2022. Issue 186, pp. 7591
