176 result(s) for assault
Hundreds Rally For Journalist Thrown Out Of Forum
- 8 May 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of people converged outside a Fidesz party office on Budafoki út in the 11th District on Saturday to protest after a journalist from website 444 was expelled from a local forum and pushed around on Thursday.
Trio Assaulted For Pro-CEU Views
- 25 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Three men were attacked at a club in Budapest’s Seventh District on Saturday evening, apparently because one of them wore a badge expressing support for the CEU.
Interior Ministry Recommends Use Of Assault Rifles, Grenade Launchers, Other Weapons For Parliamentary Guard
- 24 Apr 2017 2:50 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Interior Ministry has recommended the addition of a number of law-enforcement tools to the list of weapons allowed for use by the Parliamentary Guard. Included in the expanded list are hand-grenade launchers, interceptor-net guns, and an expanded list of tear-gas grenades.
Ruling Fidesz Group Leader Rejects Allegations Of Police Violence Against Migrants
- 29 Mar 2017 10:20 AM
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz group leader Lajos Kósa on Tuesday dismissed reports on alleged assaults by police against migrants along Hungary’s southern borders, and labelled those reports as “baseless” and “lies”.
Interior Ministry Rejects Allegations Of Police Violence Against Migrants
- 7 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s interior ministry “categorically rejected” reports in domestic and foreign media alleging that Hungarian border police regularly commit violence against migrants. The ministry reacted to a fresh article by Swedish paper Aftonbladet, in which refugees who had made it to the Serbian-Hungarian border and representatives of medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recount incidents of ...
French Expats Robbed & Assaulted By Fake Police
- 24 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have captured two Hungarians who posed as policemen in order to rob French students in Budapest on Tuesday night. In the incident on Dob utca in the Seventh District, the pair told five French students that they were police officers and pretended to produce official identification.
Former Landmark Building Demolished In Budapest District 8 Under Suspicious Circumstances
- 5 Jan 2017 6:32 AM
- property
The December 30 demolition of a former landmark building in Budapest’s District 8 at the behest of the local government made headlines after local demolition contractor Nándor Jónás verbally and physically threatened a district assemblyman and a 168 óra journalist.
Police Officers Convicted Of Assault
- 15 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a lower court’s conviction of three policemen on charges of physical assault in Hatvan. Two were demoted and received suspended prison terms, while the third received an 18-month jail sentence.
Five Convicted Of Gay Pride Assaults
- 8 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An unspecified court has sentenced one person to three years and another to two years imprisonment for their role in assaulting five persons who had taken part in the Budapest Pride parade on July 6, 2013.
Hundreds Rally For Journalist Thrown Out Of Forum
- 8 May 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of people converged outside a Fidesz party office on Budafoki út in the 11th District on Saturday to protest after a journalist from website 444 was expelled from a local forum and pushed around on Thursday.
Trio Assaulted For Pro-CEU Views
- 25 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Three men were attacked at a club in Budapest’s Seventh District on Saturday evening, apparently because one of them wore a badge expressing support for the CEU.
Interior Ministry Recommends Use Of Assault Rifles, Grenade Launchers, Other Weapons For Parliamentary Guard
- 24 Apr 2017 2:50 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Interior Ministry has recommended the addition of a number of law-enforcement tools to the list of weapons allowed for use by the Parliamentary Guard. Included in the expanded list are hand-grenade launchers, interceptor-net guns, and an expanded list of tear-gas grenades.
Ruling Fidesz Group Leader Rejects Allegations Of Police Violence Against Migrants
- 29 Mar 2017 10:20 AM
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz group leader Lajos Kósa on Tuesday dismissed reports on alleged assaults by police against migrants along Hungary’s southern borders, and labelled those reports as “baseless” and “lies”.
Interior Ministry Rejects Allegations Of Police Violence Against Migrants
- 7 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s interior ministry “categorically rejected” reports in domestic and foreign media alleging that Hungarian border police regularly commit violence against migrants. The ministry reacted to a fresh article by Swedish paper Aftonbladet, in which refugees who had made it to the Serbian-Hungarian border and representatives of medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recount incidents of ...
French Expats Robbed & Assaulted By Fake Police
- 24 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have captured two Hungarians who posed as policemen in order to rob French students in Budapest on Tuesday night. In the incident on Dob utca in the Seventh District, the pair told five French students that they were police officers and pretended to produce official identification.
Former Landmark Building Demolished In Budapest District 8 Under Suspicious Circumstances
- 5 Jan 2017 6:32 AM
- property
The December 30 demolition of a former landmark building in Budapest’s District 8 at the behest of the local government made headlines after local demolition contractor Nándor Jónás verbally and physically threatened a district assemblyman and a 168 óra journalist.
Police Officers Convicted Of Assault
- 15 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a lower court’s conviction of three policemen on charges of physical assault in Hatvan. Two were demoted and received suspended prison terms, while the third received an 18-month jail sentence.
Five Convicted Of Gay Pride Assaults
- 8 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An unspecified court has sentenced one person to three years and another to two years imprisonment for their role in assaulting five persons who had taken part in the Budapest Pride parade on July 6, 2013.


















