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Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Video: Budapest Vigil For 71 Found Dead On Austrian Motorway
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- video
Budapest residents and migrants came together in the Hungarian capital to hold a candlelit vigil for seventy one people who were found dead in the back of a truck in Austria. Authorities believe the truck began its journey in Hungary. Hungarian police have arrested several people in connection with the deaths. A number of Bulgarians and at least one Afghan are thought to be among those detained. ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Spies Are Everywhere
- 6 Aug 2015 11:55 AM
- current affairs
As the minister of the prime minister’s office responsible for, among other things, Hungarian intelligence, János Lázár has very little sense of what should remain secret. I found the minutes of his speech at the meeting of the parliamentary committee on national security on June 23 shocking. He outlined several ongoing Hungarian intelligence projects, endangering not only the work of the ...
Migrant Smugglers In Pre -Trial Detention In Hungary
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Suspected migrant smugglers have been placed in pre-trial custody, the investigative prosecution service said. The service earlier pressed charges against three former police officers from Bács-Kiskun County, in southern Hungary, and two private individuals. A sixth suspected of smuggling migrants over the Hungary-Serbia border was arrested and questioned on Tuesday, and faces also pre-trial ...
Australian Man Sentenced For Assaulting A Policeman In Budapest
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An Australian national has been sentenced in Budapest for assaulting a police officer, the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office said. The young man received a suspended sentence of 1 year 9 months in prison in a 72- hour expedited procedure. Police were alerted in Nagymező utca in Budapest’s central 6th district when the Australian man and his friend were seen “disturbing the peace”, a police report ...
Hungarian Police Officers Charged With People Smuggling
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The chief prosecutor’s office has raised charges of human smuggling against five people including three police officers. The officers are believed to have monitored the movements of patrols along the border in the Hercegszántó area, and helped illegal immigrants avoid a police check, the office said. All five suspects have been arrested.
Hungarian Police Arrest Migrants On Train To Vienna
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian police have arrested 26 illegal migrants—four of them children—on a train from Budapest to Vienna. Police ejected the migrants at the station of Győr, in western Hungary, public television news channel M1 reported. The Immigration Office will launch proceedings against the migrants. Recently Hungarian, German and Austrian police have been gradually stepping up inspections of ...
British Authorities Extradite Drug Dealer To Hungary
- 27 Jul 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
British authorities have recently extradited to Hungary a Briton suspected of running a drug business in Budapest earlier, national police reported. According to charges, the 45-year-old man produced drugs in a lab in northern Budapest between 2010 and 2012, the police said on its website. The suspect mailed the drugs to clients mostly in the United States and Australia.
Hungarian Man Arrested For Forcing Slaves To Grow Cannabis
- 23 Jul 2015 11:30 AM
- current affairs
A 60-year-old male has been charged by Sátoraljaújhely district prosecutors for allegedly forcing people to grow marijuana on his property in exchange for food and shelter. One victim, a homeless man, was allegedly subject to physical assault and death threats, and was forbidden to leave the property.
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Video: Budapest Vigil For 71 Found Dead On Austrian Motorway
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- video
Budapest residents and migrants came together in the Hungarian capital to hold a candlelit vigil for seventy one people who were found dead in the back of a truck in Austria. Authorities believe the truck began its journey in Hungary. Hungarian police have arrested several people in connection with the deaths. A number of Bulgarians and at least one Afghan are thought to be among those detained. ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Spies Are Everywhere
- 6 Aug 2015 11:55 AM
- current affairs
As the minister of the prime minister’s office responsible for, among other things, Hungarian intelligence, János Lázár has very little sense of what should remain secret. I found the minutes of his speech at the meeting of the parliamentary committee on national security on June 23 shocking. He outlined several ongoing Hungarian intelligence projects, endangering not only the work of the ...
Migrant Smugglers In Pre -Trial Detention In Hungary
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Suspected migrant smugglers have been placed in pre-trial custody, the investigative prosecution service said. The service earlier pressed charges against three former police officers from Bács-Kiskun County, in southern Hungary, and two private individuals. A sixth suspected of smuggling migrants over the Hungary-Serbia border was arrested and questioned on Tuesday, and faces also pre-trial ...
Australian Man Sentenced For Assaulting A Policeman In Budapest
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An Australian national has been sentenced in Budapest for assaulting a police officer, the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office said. The young man received a suspended sentence of 1 year 9 months in prison in a 72- hour expedited procedure. Police were alerted in Nagymező utca in Budapest’s central 6th district when the Australian man and his friend were seen “disturbing the peace”, a police report ...
Hungarian Police Officers Charged With People Smuggling
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The chief prosecutor’s office has raised charges of human smuggling against five people including three police officers. The officers are believed to have monitored the movements of patrols along the border in the Hercegszántó area, and helped illegal immigrants avoid a police check, the office said. All five suspects have been arrested.
Hungarian Police Arrest Migrants On Train To Vienna
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian police have arrested 26 illegal migrants—four of them children—on a train from Budapest to Vienna. Police ejected the migrants at the station of Győr, in western Hungary, public television news channel M1 reported. The Immigration Office will launch proceedings against the migrants. Recently Hungarian, German and Austrian police have been gradually stepping up inspections of ...
British Authorities Extradite Drug Dealer To Hungary
- 27 Jul 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
British authorities have recently extradited to Hungary a Briton suspected of running a drug business in Budapest earlier, national police reported. According to charges, the 45-year-old man produced drugs in a lab in northern Budapest between 2010 and 2012, the police said on its website. The suspect mailed the drugs to clients mostly in the United States and Australia.
Hungarian Man Arrested For Forcing Slaves To Grow Cannabis
- 23 Jul 2015 11:30 AM
- current affairs
A 60-year-old male has been charged by Sátoraljaújhely district prosecutors for allegedly forcing people to grow marijuana on his property in exchange for food and shelter. One victim, a homeless man, was allegedly subject to physical assault and death threats, and was forbidden to leave the property.