169 result(s) for charged in Current Affairs
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's New Border Regime Threatens Asylum Seekers
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Press Release: Hungary’s new border regime denies access to asylum and exposes vulnerable people to violence and prosecution, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have been trapped in Serbia as a result of the de facto closure of the Hungarian border since September 15, 2015, when a new border regime came into force and a border fence was completed.
Hungarian Auhorities Seize Over 300 Illegal Entrants Over Past 24 Hrs
- 16 Sep 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Over the past 24 hours, police apprehended 367 people who illegally crossed Hungary’s border, the national police headquarters said. Fully 316 were arrested for violating the border fence while a further 51 were detained for crossing the border. Two were charged with people smuggling. The Hungarian authorities have received 94 asylum requests since Tuesday at two border reception points, a local ...
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 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.
Govt Promises Free Meals For Poorer Kids In Hungary
- 10 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s crèches and kindergartens will offer poorer children three meals a day free of charge from September on, János Lázár, the cabinet chief, said. Some 320,000 children will be eligible for the free meals while welloff parents will still be charged for their children’s meals. On another subject, Lázár said that the government’s job protection scheme will be extended to farm workers in the ...
Former PM Gyurcsány Testifies On 2006 Anti-Government Riots
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister during anti-government riots in 2006, said in a court testimony that the officers accused in connection with the riots were not guilty of the offences they had been charged with. Gyurcsány said he had phoned deputy policy chief Árpád Szabadfi on the night of Sept. 18, 2006, when the attack on the TV headquarters in Budapest took place.
EC Launches Energy Rules Infringement Procedure Against Hungary
- 2 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary because its energy regulations fail to comply with European Union law, the EC’s spokesperson for climate and energy policy Anna-Kais Itkonen, confirmed.
András Simonyi: Orbán Is Off Course & Heading Down The Wrong Track
- 23 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first half of our interview with András Simonyi, Hungary’s former ambassador to NATO and the United States, was published on Thursday, February 19, 2015. The interview took place on Wednesday, February 18, the day after Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to Budapest. Mr. Simonyi is presently managing director for the Center of Transatlantic Relations at the ...
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's New Border Regime Threatens Asylum Seekers
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Press Release: Hungary’s new border regime denies access to asylum and exposes vulnerable people to violence and prosecution, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have been trapped in Serbia as a result of the de facto closure of the Hungarian border since September 15, 2015, when a new border regime came into force and a border fence was completed.
Hungarian Auhorities Seize Over 300 Illegal Entrants Over Past 24 Hrs
- 16 Sep 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Over the past 24 hours, police apprehended 367 people who illegally crossed Hungary’s border, the national police headquarters said. Fully 316 were arrested for violating the border fence while a further 51 were detained for crossing the border. Two were charged with people smuggling. The Hungarian authorities have received 94 asylum requests since Tuesday at two border reception points, a local ...
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 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.
Govt Promises Free Meals For Poorer Kids In Hungary
- 10 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s crèches and kindergartens will offer poorer children three meals a day free of charge from September on, János Lázár, the cabinet chief, said. Some 320,000 children will be eligible for the free meals while welloff parents will still be charged for their children’s meals. On another subject, Lázár said that the government’s job protection scheme will be extended to farm workers in the ...
Former PM Gyurcsány Testifies On 2006 Anti-Government Riots
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister during anti-government riots in 2006, said in a court testimony that the officers accused in connection with the riots were not guilty of the offences they had been charged with. Gyurcsány said he had phoned deputy policy chief Árpád Szabadfi on the night of Sept. 18, 2006, when the attack on the TV headquarters in Budapest took place.
EC Launches Energy Rules Infringement Procedure Against Hungary
- 2 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary because its energy regulations fail to comply with European Union law, the EC’s spokesperson for climate and energy policy Anna-Kais Itkonen, confirmed.
András Simonyi: Orbán Is Off Course & Heading Down The Wrong Track
- 23 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first half of our interview with András Simonyi, Hungary’s former ambassador to NATO and the United States, was published on Thursday, February 19, 2015. The interview took place on Wednesday, February 18, the day after Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to Budapest. Mr. Simonyi is presently managing director for the Center of Transatlantic Relations at the ...
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...