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Hungarian Police Launch Over 1,000 Investigations Into People Smuggling
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Up to mid-November, Hungary’s police launched 1,168 investigations connected with people smuggling, compared with a total of 219 last year, the daily Magyar Idők reported. Zoltán Boross of the National Investigations Office told the paper that the police disbanded 20 gangs and had started proceedings against 193 suspects, out of which 68 were arrested.
Hungarian Planned Bomb In Romania
- 2 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Romanian authorities have arrested a Hungarian far-right activist suspected of planning to detonate an explosive device during a march in Targu Secuiesc to mark Romania’s national day on Tuesday. István Beke, a member of the irredentist 64 Counties Youth Movement, was caught along with an associate with the help of the Romanian intelligence service SRI. Materials for making explosives were found ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Counter-Terrorism Unit Criticized
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing and liberal columnists ridicule TEK, Hungary’s top counter-terrorism unit for swooping on ‘memorabilia enthusiasts’ with their horde of weapons and explosives. A pro-government commentator defends TEK’s action, although he finds its communication strategy misleading.
Lázár Voices Approval For Recent Hungarian TEK Arrests
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s counter-terrorism force TEK is supposed to focus due attention to any extraordinary development, and did “nothing objectionable” when it apprehended six people last weekend, government office chief János Lázár told a press conference. Concerning the arrests, made under suspicion of terrorist activities, Lázár said that under such circumstances TEK must guarantee security and “it would ...
British Suspects To Be Extradited From Hungary
- 20 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The two British men arrested on a train in Lökösháza on Wednesday opted for a simplified procedure whereby they will be extradited to the UK within ten days, when they appeared in court yesterday. The Capital Court placed Omar Trevor Brooks and Simon Jonathan Keller into custody. They were travelling without identification in defiance of a ban on leaving the UK.
Protesting Refugees In Hungary Arrested
- 27 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Szeged Sub-county Court on Monday ordered the custodial arrest of ten migrants who are suspected of inciting a protest by refugees at a shelter in Nagyfa, Csongrád county on Friday. The ten, of whom seven are Iraqis, two Syrians and one Serb, barred the door to their cells at Nagyfa temporary detention centre and destroyed the heating system.
Activists Arrested As Family Is Evicted
- 16 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Police handcuffed and arrested activists who were trying to prevent the eviction of a woman afflicted with cancer, along with her family, from an Eighth District flat on Thursday. The family has rented the one-and-a-half room apartment from the district council for more than 30 years. The woman is reportedly unable to pay the bills because she is suffering from a brain tumour. The family’s ...
Serbian Human Smuggler Arrested After Long Car Chase, Crash On Hungarian M5
- 28 Sep 2015 10:53 AM
- current affairs
Serbian driver with 14 undocumented migrants in his car crashed on motorway M5 near Lajosmizse, central Hungary, on Sunday, after a long car chase being pursued by police, a local police spokesman said. The man is now being questioned in connection with human smuggling charges, Zoltan Hurkecz told MTI on Sunday.
Migrant Arrested In Clashes In Hungary Terrorist Suspect
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Riot police’s investigation office heard on terrorism charges the Syrian man, who was taken in preliminary detention for his alleged role in clashes between migrants and police at the Serbian- Hungarian border last week, the Hungarian police said on its website. The preliminary detention of the suspect, known as Ahmed H, was ordered by a local court earlier this week for his alleged role of being ...
Hungarian Police Launch Over 1,000 Investigations Into People Smuggling
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Up to mid-November, Hungary’s police launched 1,168 investigations connected with people smuggling, compared with a total of 219 last year, the daily Magyar Idők reported. Zoltán Boross of the National Investigations Office told the paper that the police disbanded 20 gangs and had started proceedings against 193 suspects, out of which 68 were arrested.
Hungarian Planned Bomb In Romania
- 2 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Romanian authorities have arrested a Hungarian far-right activist suspected of planning to detonate an explosive device during a march in Targu Secuiesc to mark Romania’s national day on Tuesday. István Beke, a member of the irredentist 64 Counties Youth Movement, was caught along with an associate with the help of the Romanian intelligence service SRI. Materials for making explosives were found ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Counter-Terrorism Unit Criticized
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing and liberal columnists ridicule TEK, Hungary’s top counter-terrorism unit for swooping on ‘memorabilia enthusiasts’ with their horde of weapons and explosives. A pro-government commentator defends TEK’s action, although he finds its communication strategy misleading.
Lázár Voices Approval For Recent Hungarian TEK Arrests
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s counter-terrorism force TEK is supposed to focus due attention to any extraordinary development, and did “nothing objectionable” when it apprehended six people last weekend, government office chief János Lázár told a press conference. Concerning the arrests, made under suspicion of terrorist activities, Lázár said that under such circumstances TEK must guarantee security and “it would ...
British Suspects To Be Extradited From Hungary
- 20 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The two British men arrested on a train in Lökösháza on Wednesday opted for a simplified procedure whereby they will be extradited to the UK within ten days, when they appeared in court yesterday. The Capital Court placed Omar Trevor Brooks and Simon Jonathan Keller into custody. They were travelling without identification in defiance of a ban on leaving the UK.
Protesting Refugees In Hungary Arrested
- 27 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Szeged Sub-county Court on Monday ordered the custodial arrest of ten migrants who are suspected of inciting a protest by refugees at a shelter in Nagyfa, Csongrád county on Friday. The ten, of whom seven are Iraqis, two Syrians and one Serb, barred the door to their cells at Nagyfa temporary detention centre and destroyed the heating system.
Activists Arrested As Family Is Evicted
- 16 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Police handcuffed and arrested activists who were trying to prevent the eviction of a woman afflicted with cancer, along with her family, from an Eighth District flat on Thursday. The family has rented the one-and-a-half room apartment from the district council for more than 30 years. The woman is reportedly unable to pay the bills because she is suffering from a brain tumour. The family’s ...
Serbian Human Smuggler Arrested After Long Car Chase, Crash On Hungarian M5
- 28 Sep 2015 10:53 AM
- current affairs
Serbian driver with 14 undocumented migrants in his car crashed on motorway M5 near Lajosmizse, central Hungary, on Sunday, after a long car chase being pursued by police, a local police spokesman said. The man is now being questioned in connection with human smuggling charges, Zoltan Hurkecz told MTI on Sunday.
Migrant Arrested In Clashes In Hungary Terrorist Suspect
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Riot police’s investigation office heard on terrorism charges the Syrian man, who was taken in preliminary detention for his alleged role in clashes between migrants and police at the Serbian- Hungarian border last week, the Hungarian police said on its website. The preliminary detention of the suspect, known as Ahmed H, was ordered by a local court earlier this week for his alleged role of being ...