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Hungarian Nat Security CTTEE Concludes Meeting On Századvég Case With Conflict Of Opinion
- 12 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee concluded a discussion about the case of Századvég, a think tank accused of handling state secrets, with a conflict in the opinions of party representatives. The case was put on the committee’s agenda by its chairman, Socialist lawmaker Zsolt Molnár, last week. Molnár then said that the committee sought a briefing concerning who among the think tank’s ...
Inquest Into Conditions At Budapest Hospital
- 3 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The health state secretariat has instructed the National Medical Office and the National Documentation Office to conduct an extraordinary and full-scale inquiry into the psychiatric ward of the Merényi Gusztáv hospital. A patient jumped out of the second-floor window of a closed ward and suffered critical injuries on the weekend.
Xpat Opinion: Former Police Chiefs Reprimanded Over 2006 Riots In Budapest
- 2 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on the sentences handed down to police commanders for mishandling political violence in September 2006. Leftist authors celebrate the ruling as proof that the police were innocent, while conservatives find the blame apportioned astonishingly light.
PM’s Office Buys Landmark On Budapest Andrássy Avenue
- 31 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- property
On behalf of the Prime Minister’s Office, state-owned bank MFB has purchased the Paris Department Store, a historic Art Nouveau building on Budapestʼs Andrássy út, for an undisclosed amount, making the “Divatcsarnok” a state-owned property once again, Hungarian online daily napi.hu reported.
State Reacquires Historic Budapest Department Store
- 29 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- property
The state has reacquired Paris Department Store, a historic Art Nouveau-style building in the centre of Budapest, news portal napi.hu reported. The state has exercised its preemption right for the property through MFB-Ingatlanfejlesztő, the property development unit of the state-owned development bank MFB, the Prime Minister’s Office’s press department told napi.hu.
Increased Security For Hungary’s PM
- 28 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Anti-Terrorist Centre (TEK) has stepped up its protection of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán because of the migration crisis, Magyar Idõk has learnt. The enhanced protection extends to Orbán’s entourage and family. Secret service leaders told Tuesday’s closed meeting of the national security committee that Hungary was the number one transit country for jihadist organisations, such as the Islamic ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrant Flow To Hungary Halted
- 26 Oct 2015 10:30 AM
- current affairs
As the flow of illegal migrants arriving in Hungary has almost stopped since the ‘green border’ was sealed last weekend (25 were registered on Tuesday), newspapers continue their ‘dialogue of the deaf’- some dwelling on the human side of the crisis, while others concentrating on the limits of European endurance and tolerance.
Hungary Won’t Open “Corridor” For Migrants
- 22 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not support any proposal to open corridors on its closed southern border sections for migrants trying to enter the EU, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Speaking after a meeting of Hungarian, Croatian, Austrian and Slovenian police chiefs in Vienna, Kovács said the four countries agreed that the migrant crisis could be resolved by reinforcing the Turkish-Greek border and by ...
Hungarian NGOs Welcome End Of Tax Probe Over Norway Grants
- 21 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Ökotárs has said that it welcomes the cessation of a probe by Hungary’s tax office (NAV) into the operations of the foundation and 17 other NGOs in connection with funding they received from the Norway Civil Grant. It has become clear that Ökotárs and the other organisations acted legally and their documentation was in order while they complied with supervision requirements, the foundation told ...
Hungarian Nat Security CTTEE Concludes Meeting On Századvég Case With Conflict Of Opinion
- 12 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee concluded a discussion about the case of Századvég, a think tank accused of handling state secrets, with a conflict in the opinions of party representatives. The case was put on the committee’s agenda by its chairman, Socialist lawmaker Zsolt Molnár, last week. Molnár then said that the committee sought a briefing concerning who among the think tank’s ...
Inquest Into Conditions At Budapest Hospital
- 3 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The health state secretariat has instructed the National Medical Office and the National Documentation Office to conduct an extraordinary and full-scale inquiry into the psychiatric ward of the Merényi Gusztáv hospital. A patient jumped out of the second-floor window of a closed ward and suffered critical injuries on the weekend.
Xpat Opinion: Former Police Chiefs Reprimanded Over 2006 Riots In Budapest
- 2 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on the sentences handed down to police commanders for mishandling political violence in September 2006. Leftist authors celebrate the ruling as proof that the police were innocent, while conservatives find the blame apportioned astonishingly light.
PM’s Office Buys Landmark On Budapest Andrássy Avenue
- 31 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- property
On behalf of the Prime Minister’s Office, state-owned bank MFB has purchased the Paris Department Store, a historic Art Nouveau building on Budapestʼs Andrássy út, for an undisclosed amount, making the “Divatcsarnok” a state-owned property once again, Hungarian online daily napi.hu reported.
State Reacquires Historic Budapest Department Store
- 29 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- property
The state has reacquired Paris Department Store, a historic Art Nouveau-style building in the centre of Budapest, news portal napi.hu reported. The state has exercised its preemption right for the property through MFB-Ingatlanfejlesztő, the property development unit of the state-owned development bank MFB, the Prime Minister’s Office’s press department told napi.hu.
Increased Security For Hungary’s PM
- 28 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Anti-Terrorist Centre (TEK) has stepped up its protection of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán because of the migration crisis, Magyar Idõk has learnt. The enhanced protection extends to Orbán’s entourage and family. Secret service leaders told Tuesday’s closed meeting of the national security committee that Hungary was the number one transit country for jihadist organisations, such as the Islamic ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrant Flow To Hungary Halted
- 26 Oct 2015 10:30 AM
- current affairs
As the flow of illegal migrants arriving in Hungary has almost stopped since the ‘green border’ was sealed last weekend (25 were registered on Tuesday), newspapers continue their ‘dialogue of the deaf’- some dwelling on the human side of the crisis, while others concentrating on the limits of European endurance and tolerance.
Hungary Won’t Open “Corridor” For Migrants
- 22 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not support any proposal to open corridors on its closed southern border sections for migrants trying to enter the EU, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Speaking after a meeting of Hungarian, Croatian, Austrian and Slovenian police chiefs in Vienna, Kovács said the four countries agreed that the migrant crisis could be resolved by reinforcing the Turkish-Greek border and by ...
Hungarian NGOs Welcome End Of Tax Probe Over Norway Grants
- 21 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Ökotárs has said that it welcomes the cessation of a probe by Hungary’s tax office (NAV) into the operations of the foundation and 17 other NGOs in connection with funding they received from the Norway Civil Grant. It has become clear that Ökotárs and the other organisations acted legally and their documentation was in order while they complied with supervision requirements, the foundation told ...