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Foreign Minister Urges Greater Global Effort To Uphold Peace And Security
- 11 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called for a greater global effort to uphold peace and security in what he called the new world order at Tuesday’s meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York. Szijjártó said it was not an exaggeration to say that the world is now facing its most difficult period since the second world war.
Balog: Hungary Not Confusing Migration With Terrorism
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is the terrorists and not the Hungarian government, who confuse migration with terrorism, Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister, told German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. A year ago, Hungary’s rejection of the European Union’s migrant quota scheme may have seemed like a populist policy, but the attacks in Paris and Brussels have demonstrated that there is indeed a link between ...
UN To Declassify Files On 1956 Revolution
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United Nations will lift the confidential status of its documents on Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, Hungary’s foreign minister said. In the past, there was little knowledge of the fact that the UN was even in possession of classified files about 1956, Péter Szijjártó said. But as a result of Hungary’s diplomatic efforts, talks eventually began on declassifying several documents on ...
Every Fifth School-Age Child Has Tried Drugs
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of HIV infections has been steadily growing in Hungary in the past decade and every fifth school-age child has tried drugs, the Central Statistical Office said in the survey Magyarország 2015. Efforts to raise AIDS awareness in Hungary are wanting and there are hardly any prevention or screening programmes that could improve the chances of early diagnoses and successful treatment.
Increasing Number Of Hungarians With HIV
- 5 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Every year the number of people infected by the HIV virus has been rising in Hungary, the daily Magyar Nemzet said, quoting an infectologist. Around 300 new cases are registered each year, János Szlávik, chief consultant at St István and St László hospitals, said, adding that currently 1,700 people have to be screened regularly for HIV.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Orbán Meets Helmut Kohl
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on the outcome of PM Orbán’s visit to former Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Was their endorsement of Mrs. Merkel’s policies just lip service, to mitigate the impact of their misgivings over the way the migration crisis has been handled?
Baptist Charity Sends Hungarian-US Rescue Team To Ecuador
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Baptist Charity has sent a team of Hungarian and US experts to help rescue work in earthquake-hit Ecuador, the charity’s Hungarian branch said. The Hungarian-led “Rescue24” team will join local teams to help with medical assistance, sanitation and adjusting temporary shelter to those in need.
US Report: Hungary Handling Of Migrants Grave Problem
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US Department of State defined the way migrants and asylum seekers are handled among the gravest human rights problems in Hungary in 2015 in its country report. The report pointed to xenophobic rhetoric and a lack of humanitarian aid, and noted Hungarian legislation passed last year that made illegal crossing a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment and expulsion.
Lázár: EC Forcing Migrant Quotas Onto Member States
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Government office chief János Lázár said the European Commission was attempting to force mandatory migrant quotas onto member states but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is looking for political allies against the plan. At a regular government press briefing Lázár noted that Hungary has challenged the mandatory quota scheme at the European Court of Justice and that Poland has joined the ...
Foreign Minister Urges Greater Global Effort To Uphold Peace And Security
- 11 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called for a greater global effort to uphold peace and security in what he called the new world order at Tuesday’s meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York. Szijjártó said it was not an exaggeration to say that the world is now facing its most difficult period since the second world war.
Balog: Hungary Not Confusing Migration With Terrorism
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is the terrorists and not the Hungarian government, who confuse migration with terrorism, Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister, told German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. A year ago, Hungary’s rejection of the European Union’s migrant quota scheme may have seemed like a populist policy, but the attacks in Paris and Brussels have demonstrated that there is indeed a link between ...
UN To Declassify Files On 1956 Revolution
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United Nations will lift the confidential status of its documents on Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, Hungary’s foreign minister said. In the past, there was little knowledge of the fact that the UN was even in possession of classified files about 1956, Péter Szijjártó said. But as a result of Hungary’s diplomatic efforts, talks eventually began on declassifying several documents on ...
Every Fifth School-Age Child Has Tried Drugs
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of HIV infections has been steadily growing in Hungary in the past decade and every fifth school-age child has tried drugs, the Central Statistical Office said in the survey Magyarország 2015. Efforts to raise AIDS awareness in Hungary are wanting and there are hardly any prevention or screening programmes that could improve the chances of early diagnoses and successful treatment.
Increasing Number Of Hungarians With HIV
- 5 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Every year the number of people infected by the HIV virus has been rising in Hungary, the daily Magyar Nemzet said, quoting an infectologist. Around 300 new cases are registered each year, János Szlávik, chief consultant at St István and St László hospitals, said, adding that currently 1,700 people have to be screened regularly for HIV.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Orbán Meets Helmut Kohl
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on the outcome of PM Orbán’s visit to former Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Was their endorsement of Mrs. Merkel’s policies just lip service, to mitigate the impact of their misgivings over the way the migration crisis has been handled?
Baptist Charity Sends Hungarian-US Rescue Team To Ecuador
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Baptist Charity has sent a team of Hungarian and US experts to help rescue work in earthquake-hit Ecuador, the charity’s Hungarian branch said. The Hungarian-led “Rescue24” team will join local teams to help with medical assistance, sanitation and adjusting temporary shelter to those in need.
US Report: Hungary Handling Of Migrants Grave Problem
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US Department of State defined the way migrants and asylum seekers are handled among the gravest human rights problems in Hungary in 2015 in its country report. The report pointed to xenophobic rhetoric and a lack of humanitarian aid, and noted Hungarian legislation passed last year that made illegal crossing a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment and expulsion.
Lázár: EC Forcing Migrant Quotas Onto Member States
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Government office chief János Lázár said the European Commission was attempting to force mandatory migrant quotas onto member states but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is looking for political allies against the plan. At a regular government press briefing Lázár noted that Hungary has challenged the mandatory quota scheme at the European Court of Justice and that Poland has joined the ...