16 result(s) for bomb threats
British International School Evacuated Again After New Bomb Threat
- 21 Jan 2016 10:40 AM
- current affairs
The school in Budapest's 3rd district, which employs a raft of British staff and educates children of multiple nationalities, received a call on 19 January saying a bomb had been planted inside. BISB told XpatLoop, “At 8.15am this morning we received a phone call informing of a bomb threat. In line with our school policies, we informed the police and immediately evacuated the school to ensure the ...
Counter-Terror Forces Evacuate British International School, Budapest
- 10 Dec 2015 8:15 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s secret service and counter-terrorism unit (TEK) were called to the British International School in Óbuda after the school received a bomb threat. A suspect was reportedly charged in the incident, according to online daily HVG. Other reliable news sources reported that authorities stormed the building with sniffer dogs and bomb experts.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Speech At Tusnádfürdő
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators find PM Orbán’s speech focusing on illegal migration at Fidesz’s annual summer university more moderate and cautious than his addresses in previous years. In his address at the Youth Free University at the Carpathian resort town of Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Romania, Viktor Orbán talked about the challenges facing Europe and Hungary. He underlined that the European Union has been ...
Hungary: Loving It, Leaving It
- 23 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By David Landry: When I first came here, local folks mostly asked me “Why Hungary?” Now when I tell them I’m leaving, they say “It’s a good time.” So what has happened in the past 19 years?
Hungarian “Spy Stork” Arrested And Eaten In Egypt
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian stork Ménes accused of being a spy was first arrested then was killed and eaten shortly after its release in Egypt last week. The man who found and gave Ménes to the police thought the bird was an undercover agent because it carried an electronic device.
Woman Making Bomb Threats Detained In Budapest
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police caught a 42-year-old woman on Tuesday who had threatened to blow up several tax offices. The woman was arrested on Ferenc körút in the Ninth District shortly after she made phone calls from a public phone booth threatening several state institutions.
WWF Report: Toxic Plume Reaches The Danube In Hungary
- 8 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"As the mixture of red sludge and alkaline water from Monday’s breach of a waste dam at a Hungarian alumina plant reached the Danube this morning, the river’s second major similar disaster in a decade is shifting attention to a multitude of other sites storing bulk liquid wastes in close proximity.
British International School Evacuated Again After New Bomb Threat
- 21 Jan 2016 10:40 AM
- current affairs
The school in Budapest's 3rd district, which employs a raft of British staff and educates children of multiple nationalities, received a call on 19 January saying a bomb had been planted inside. BISB told XpatLoop, “At 8.15am this morning we received a phone call informing of a bomb threat. In line with our school policies, we informed the police and immediately evacuated the school to ensure the ...
Counter-Terror Forces Evacuate British International School, Budapest
- 10 Dec 2015 8:15 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s secret service and counter-terrorism unit (TEK) were called to the British International School in Óbuda after the school received a bomb threat. A suspect was reportedly charged in the incident, according to online daily HVG. Other reliable news sources reported that authorities stormed the building with sniffer dogs and bomb experts.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Speech At Tusnádfürdő
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators find PM Orbán’s speech focusing on illegal migration at Fidesz’s annual summer university more moderate and cautious than his addresses in previous years. In his address at the Youth Free University at the Carpathian resort town of Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Romania, Viktor Orbán talked about the challenges facing Europe and Hungary. He underlined that the European Union has been ...
Hungary: Loving It, Leaving It
- 23 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By David Landry: When I first came here, local folks mostly asked me “Why Hungary?” Now when I tell them I’m leaving, they say “It’s a good time.” So what has happened in the past 19 years?
Hungarian “Spy Stork” Arrested And Eaten In Egypt
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian stork Ménes accused of being a spy was first arrested then was killed and eaten shortly after its release in Egypt last week. The man who found and gave Ménes to the police thought the bird was an undercover agent because it carried an electronic device.
Woman Making Bomb Threats Detained In Budapest
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police caught a 42-year-old woman on Tuesday who had threatened to blow up several tax offices. The woman was arrested on Ferenc körút in the Ninth District shortly after she made phone calls from a public phone booth threatening several state institutions.
WWF Report: Toxic Plume Reaches The Danube In Hungary
- 8 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"As the mixture of red sludge and alkaline water from Monday’s breach of a waste dam at a Hungarian alumina plant reached the Danube this morning, the river’s second major similar disaster in a decade is shifting attention to a multitude of other sites storing bulk liquid wastes in close proximity.