The communication by video conference means that citizens will not have to travel far in order to testify in courts, he added.

There will be 72 so-called end points of this system, Fazekas said.

According to plans, the minutes of hearings will be replaced by video recordings.

At present, courts have a mobile device for video conferences. There were 17 long-distance hearings in 2012 and 208 in 2015.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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