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]
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]
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]
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]