412 result(s) for crimes
Xpat Opinion: Echoes Of The Nice Massacre In Hungarian Media
- 19 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators agree that in our age no society is fully sheltered from terrorist attacks. But they sharply disagree on the causes.
The Pillowman, RS9+Vallai Kert, 17 June
- 2 Jun 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Martin McDonagh’s multi-award winning play returns to Budapest English Theatre. Earlier in 2016, audiences were dazzled by this reading performance of The Pillowman. Winner of both the Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Play, from the pen of the acclaimed Martin McDonagh, this dark comedy may be his blackest ever.
Detained Migrants Demand Better Conditions, Faster Procedures
- 2 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants at a detention centre in Kiskunhalas, in south-eastern Hungary, demanded better conditions and faster procedures in a petition, local police reported. Out of the facility’s 500 inmates some 300 supported the petition, and complained about their confinement and slow bureaucracy, the police said on its website.
Lawyer Takes Tapping Case To ECHR
- 20 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawyer Gábor Magyar will seek compensation at the European Court of Human Rights for Blikk reporter Klaudia Csikós, whose phone was illegally tapped, he told Népszabadság. Police tapped her phone for three days based on claims lacking any foundations just to get to know her list of phone calls and map out her contacts, he claimed.
Opposition Parties Call On Politicians To Declare Offshore Interests
- 6 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
All politicians should make a public declaration if they are involved in any offshore businesses, the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition has urged. Referring to press reports, DK spokesman Zsolt Gréczy told a press conference that two Hungarian politicians have been named in connection with the recent offshore scandal.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
Five Indicted In Buda-Cash Scandal
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Prosecutor’s Office has indicted five people because of suspected embezzlement, fraud and other crimes in the collapse one year ago of the Buda-Cash brokerage. If found guilty they could be sentenced to up 25 years in prison, Budapest Prosecutor General Tibor Ibolya announced.
Xpat Opinion: Béla Biszku Dies At 94
- 4 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative and a liberal columnist remember the Communist hardliner, who was found guilty of involvement in war crimes. Former Communist leader Béla Biszku, who received a suspended sentence for involvement in war crimes passed away last Friday.
Budapest 2015 Crime Rate Down
- 25 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s police force (BRFK) registered a total of 72,709 crimes in 2015, down by 19.4% from the previous year, the force’s latest crime report revealed. Analysis of the crimes registered in the capital over the last six years indicates that the crime rate peaked in 2012 and has been declining since 2013.
Xpat Opinion: Echoes Of The Nice Massacre In Hungarian Media
- 19 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators agree that in our age no society is fully sheltered from terrorist attacks. But they sharply disagree on the causes.
The Pillowman, RS9+Vallai Kert, 17 June
- 2 Jun 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Martin McDonagh’s multi-award winning play returns to Budapest English Theatre. Earlier in 2016, audiences were dazzled by this reading performance of The Pillowman. Winner of both the Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Play, from the pen of the acclaimed Martin McDonagh, this dark comedy may be his blackest ever.
Detained Migrants Demand Better Conditions, Faster Procedures
- 2 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants at a detention centre in Kiskunhalas, in south-eastern Hungary, demanded better conditions and faster procedures in a petition, local police reported. Out of the facility’s 500 inmates some 300 supported the petition, and complained about their confinement and slow bureaucracy, the police said on its website.
Lawyer Takes Tapping Case To ECHR
- 20 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawyer Gábor Magyar will seek compensation at the European Court of Human Rights for Blikk reporter Klaudia Csikós, whose phone was illegally tapped, he told Népszabadság. Police tapped her phone for three days based on claims lacking any foundations just to get to know her list of phone calls and map out her contacts, he claimed.
Opposition Parties Call On Politicians To Declare Offshore Interests
- 6 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
All politicians should make a public declaration if they are involved in any offshore businesses, the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition has urged. Referring to press reports, DK spokesman Zsolt Gréczy told a press conference that two Hungarian politicians have been named in connection with the recent offshore scandal.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
Five Indicted In Buda-Cash Scandal
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Prosecutor’s Office has indicted five people because of suspected embezzlement, fraud and other crimes in the collapse one year ago of the Buda-Cash brokerage. If found guilty they could be sentenced to up 25 years in prison, Budapest Prosecutor General Tibor Ibolya announced.
Xpat Opinion: Béla Biszku Dies At 94
- 4 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative and a liberal columnist remember the Communist hardliner, who was found guilty of involvement in war crimes. Former Communist leader Béla Biszku, who received a suspended sentence for involvement in war crimes passed away last Friday.
Budapest 2015 Crime Rate Down
- 25 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s police force (BRFK) registered a total of 72,709 crimes in 2015, down by 19.4% from the previous year, the force’s latest crime report revealed. Analysis of the crimes registered in the capital over the last six years indicates that the crime rate peaked in 2012 and has been declining since 2013.