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Hungary Welcomes Deal To End Crisis In Ukraine
- 24 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary welcomes the deal to end the domestic crisis in Ukraine signed on February 21. We express our hope that this will put an end to the bloodshed and life can return back to normal in Ukraine. It is most important that both sides abide by the agreement so that the political and constitutional conditions for resolving the crisis can be established.
Press Release: Drugs Leave Hundreds Of Brits Behind Bars Overseas
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of British nationals are currently locked up in prisons across the globe for drug-related offences, often detained for months without trial and facing distressing living conditions. Now the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), in conjunction with the charity Prisoners Abroad, is launching a campaign to highlight the consequences of the use, possession and smuggling of drugs in Hungary ...
U.S. Embassy Supports Volunteerism Conference In Budapest
- 26 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Embassy sponsored a conference on the economic impact of volunteerism organized by the Hungarian Statistical Office and Volunteer Center on November 13. Read Ambassador Kounalakis’ remarks.
Hungarian Government Spends 8.5 Billion Forints On Homeless Services
- 30 Oct 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By the end of the year the government will have spent 8.5 billion forints (EUR 30m) on services to homeless people, Miklós Soltész, State Secretary for Social, Family and Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Human Resources said on Saturday.
35 Dead Of Exposure In Past Ten Days In Hungary
- 15 Feb 2012 8:03 AM
- current affairs
"As many as 35 people have died of exposure in the past ten days, as the temperature has not risen above the freezing point, National Police spokesman László Garamvölgyi told reporters on Tuesday. He said police have saved 856 others from freezing to death.
Red Sludge: Eight Dead, Will Heads Roll In Hungary?
- 13 Oct 2010 8:55 AM
- current affairs
So far an aluminum toxic sludge spill has claimed the lives of eight people in Hungary, according to authorities reports. The body of the eighth victim of the water poisoning was found near the town of Devecser (Western Hungary). Government officials said that the poison was allegedly caused by neglect at the Hungarian Aluminium Co (MAL), where a sludge reservoir had burst a week earlier, pouring ...
Hungary Welcomes Deal To End Crisis In Ukraine
- 24 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary welcomes the deal to end the domestic crisis in Ukraine signed on February 21. We express our hope that this will put an end to the bloodshed and life can return back to normal in Ukraine. It is most important that both sides abide by the agreement so that the political and constitutional conditions for resolving the crisis can be established.
Press Release: Drugs Leave Hundreds Of Brits Behind Bars Overseas
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of British nationals are currently locked up in prisons across the globe for drug-related offences, often detained for months without trial and facing distressing living conditions. Now the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), in conjunction with the charity Prisoners Abroad, is launching a campaign to highlight the consequences of the use, possession and smuggling of drugs in Hungary ...
U.S. Embassy Supports Volunteerism Conference In Budapest
- 26 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Embassy sponsored a conference on the economic impact of volunteerism organized by the Hungarian Statistical Office and Volunteer Center on November 13. Read Ambassador Kounalakis’ remarks.
Hungarian Government Spends 8.5 Billion Forints On Homeless Services
- 30 Oct 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By the end of the year the government will have spent 8.5 billion forints (EUR 30m) on services to homeless people, Miklós Soltész, State Secretary for Social, Family and Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Human Resources said on Saturday.
35 Dead Of Exposure In Past Ten Days In Hungary
- 15 Feb 2012 8:03 AM
- current affairs
"As many as 35 people have died of exposure in the past ten days, as the temperature has not risen above the freezing point, National Police spokesman László Garamvölgyi told reporters on Tuesday. He said police have saved 856 others from freezing to death.
Red Sludge: Eight Dead, Will Heads Roll In Hungary?
- 13 Oct 2010 8:55 AM
- current affairs
So far an aluminum toxic sludge spill has claimed the lives of eight people in Hungary, according to authorities reports. The body of the eighth victim of the water poisoning was found near the town of Devecser (Western Hungary). Government officials said that the poison was allegedly caused by neglect at the Hungarian Aluminium Co (MAL), where a sludge reservoir had burst a week earlier, pouring ...