49 result(s) for conflict zone
Parliamentary Speaker: Illegal Migration ‘Means To Suppress Central Europe’
- 19 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér said on Thursday that illegal migration was yet another way to subjugate central Europe while weakening Europe as a whole. Kövér told a summit of parliamentary leaders from central and eastern Europe in Warsaw that “in Europe, affected by demographic decline, it is not migration in itself that poses a danger but its possible consequences.”
Hungary Committed To NATO Collective Security
- 24 Mar 2017 5:25 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is a committed member of NATO and is ready to participate in shaping the alliance’s collective security, the Hungarian defence minister said on the sidelines of a NATO Transformation Seminar in Budapest. It is necessary to increase defence spending, but it is also important to use that budget more efficiently, István Simicskó told a press conference.
Foreign Minister Addresses UN Human Rights Council
- 1 Mar 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Protecting human rights is a priority task for the United Nations and its Human Rights Council (HRC) is a highly important institution, Hungary’s foreign minister said in Geneva. Addressing the 34th HRC session, Péter Szijjártó called it important that no UN member state should use human rights as a tool of exerting pressure on another state.
Hungary Welcomes US Approach To Fighting Terrorism, Military Conflicts
- 16 Feb 2017 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian defence minister welcomed the United States’ approach in terms of the fight against terrorism and resolving crises in other countries, and said that positions of the US and Hungary were “mostly identical”.
Szijjártó: Europe Faces Big Challenges
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe faces around five big challenges, Hungary’s foreign minister has told Canada’s CBC television in an interview. Péter Szijjártó mentioned migration, terrorism, the conflict in Ukraine, energy security and Brexit as the main issues on Europe’s agenda.
PM Party: EU’s Mistakes Lead To Rejection
- 20 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The mistakes made by the European Union have resulted in resistance developing against the whole institution of the EU, with populist, far-right and Eurosceptic views gaining popularity, the opposition PM party’s Benedek Jávor said. The Greens in Europe have been discussing these problems for years while Europe’s leaders insisted that the mistakes are minor and can be corrected, Jávor told an ...
Kövér Addresses Parl Speakers On Migration At Coe Conference
- 16 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The parliaments of Council of Europe (CoE) member states have a responsibility in dealing with the migration crisis, but there is a lack of consensus on the issue, Hungarian Speaker of Parliament László Kövér said at a CoE conference in Strasbourg.
Hungary’s PM: Controls Of Migrants From War Zones Must Be Stepped Up
- 20 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The terrorist attacks against France highlight the need to take the arrival of migrants from war zones seriously, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. European Union member states are, to varying degrees, at war with countries from where such migrants originate from, Orbán told public media after meeting NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. It is conceivable that groups are being sent to Europe ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM’s Plan For EU Action On Migration
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As Prime Minister Viktor Orbán prepares to propose that all EU members contribute one per cent of their budgets to finance an all-European programme to tackle the migrants crisis, a left-wing reporter believes that his proposals might be supported by international leaders.
Parliamentary Speaker: Illegal Migration ‘Means To Suppress Central Europe’
- 19 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér said on Thursday that illegal migration was yet another way to subjugate central Europe while weakening Europe as a whole. Kövér told a summit of parliamentary leaders from central and eastern Europe in Warsaw that “in Europe, affected by demographic decline, it is not migration in itself that poses a danger but its possible consequences.”
Hungary Committed To NATO Collective Security
- 24 Mar 2017 5:25 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is a committed member of NATO and is ready to participate in shaping the alliance’s collective security, the Hungarian defence minister said on the sidelines of a NATO Transformation Seminar in Budapest. It is necessary to increase defence spending, but it is also important to use that budget more efficiently, István Simicskó told a press conference.
Foreign Minister Addresses UN Human Rights Council
- 1 Mar 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Protecting human rights is a priority task for the United Nations and its Human Rights Council (HRC) is a highly important institution, Hungary’s foreign minister said in Geneva. Addressing the 34th HRC session, Péter Szijjártó called it important that no UN member state should use human rights as a tool of exerting pressure on another state.
Hungary Welcomes US Approach To Fighting Terrorism, Military Conflicts
- 16 Feb 2017 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian defence minister welcomed the United States’ approach in terms of the fight against terrorism and resolving crises in other countries, and said that positions of the US and Hungary were “mostly identical”.
Szijjártó: Europe Faces Big Challenges
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe faces around five big challenges, Hungary’s foreign minister has told Canada’s CBC television in an interview. Péter Szijjártó mentioned migration, terrorism, the conflict in Ukraine, energy security and Brexit as the main issues on Europe’s agenda.
PM Party: EU’s Mistakes Lead To Rejection
- 20 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The mistakes made by the European Union have resulted in resistance developing against the whole institution of the EU, with populist, far-right and Eurosceptic views gaining popularity, the opposition PM party’s Benedek Jávor said. The Greens in Europe have been discussing these problems for years while Europe’s leaders insisted that the mistakes are minor and can be corrected, Jávor told an ...
Kövér Addresses Parl Speakers On Migration At Coe Conference
- 16 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The parliaments of Council of Europe (CoE) member states have a responsibility in dealing with the migration crisis, but there is a lack of consensus on the issue, Hungarian Speaker of Parliament László Kövér said at a CoE conference in Strasbourg.
Hungary’s PM: Controls Of Migrants From War Zones Must Be Stepped Up
- 20 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The terrorist attacks against France highlight the need to take the arrival of migrants from war zones seriously, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. European Union member states are, to varying degrees, at war with countries from where such migrants originate from, Orbán told public media after meeting NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. It is conceivable that groups are being sent to Europe ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM’s Plan For EU Action On Migration
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As Prime Minister Viktor Orbán prepares to propose that all EU members contribute one per cent of their budgets to finance an all-European programme to tackle the migrants crisis, a left-wing reporter believes that his proposals might be supported by international leaders.