412 result(s) for crimes
If Viktor Orbán Can Survive Broker Scandal, He Can Survive Anything
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán acknowledged on Wednesday that he himself ordered ministries to withdraw their money from brokerage firms. If the decision was based on inside information then the Prime Minister acknowledged committing a serious economic crime.
“Flying Gizi” Back In Business
- 13 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Repülõs Gizi (“Flying Gizi”) was caught during a burglary in Burgenland, Austria recently, Magyar Hírlap reports. The 89-year-old woman has spent 20 years in prison for committing similar crimes for more than 50 years.
Hungary’s Police Chief: 2014 Crime, Public Security Situation Balanced
- 6 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Crime and public safety in Hungary last year was balanced and free of extremism, the national police chief told a general annual staff meeting. Assessing 2014, Károly Papp said the major focus areas were providing law enforcement duties during the three elections, improving public safety and public order in Hungary’s localities, ensuring external border control and tackling an increasing wave of ...
Hungarian Protesters To Merkel: We Are Drowning In Corruption
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Several thousand Hungarian protesters gathered in Budapest’s Kossuth square this evening to demonstrate against the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and to call on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stand up for European values.
Hungarian Court Orders Website Content Removed
- 15 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- tech
An unspecified court has ordered the deletion of articles denying the Holocaust posted on far-right website kuruc.info, Kossuth Rádió reported on Wednesday.
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 ...
COE Report Raises Racism Concerns In Hungary
- 17 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner’s report on Hungary also puts forward concerns about the deterioration of the situation as regards racism and intolerance in Hungary, with “anti-Gypsyism” being the most blatant form of intolerance, including violence targeting Roma people and paramilitary marches and patrolling in Roma populated villages.
Anti-Corruption Tasks Of Hungary’s Ministry Of Justice
- 13 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The main task of the Ministry of Justice, which has recently been separated to work individually again, is to legislate and prepare legislation.
Polt: Crime Level Stagnating In Hungary
- 11 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Reported crimes and the number of perpetrators have more or less stagnated between 2009 and 2013, averaging between 400,000-450,000 cases each year, the chief public prosecutor told parliament. In his report on the past five years of his authority, Péter Polt said that most of the crimes committed had been theft or burglary, violations of law enforcement, corruption and forgery.
If Viktor Orbán Can Survive Broker Scandal, He Can Survive Anything
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán acknowledged on Wednesday that he himself ordered ministries to withdraw their money from brokerage firms. If the decision was based on inside information then the Prime Minister acknowledged committing a serious economic crime.
“Flying Gizi” Back In Business
- 13 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Repülõs Gizi (“Flying Gizi”) was caught during a burglary in Burgenland, Austria recently, Magyar Hírlap reports. The 89-year-old woman has spent 20 years in prison for committing similar crimes for more than 50 years.
Hungary’s Police Chief: 2014 Crime, Public Security Situation Balanced
- 6 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Crime and public safety in Hungary last year was balanced and free of extremism, the national police chief told a general annual staff meeting. Assessing 2014, Károly Papp said the major focus areas were providing law enforcement duties during the three elections, improving public safety and public order in Hungary’s localities, ensuring external border control and tackling an increasing wave of ...
Hungarian Protesters To Merkel: We Are Drowning In Corruption
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Several thousand Hungarian protesters gathered in Budapest’s Kossuth square this evening to demonstrate against the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and to call on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stand up for European values.
Hungarian Court Orders Website Content Removed
- 15 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- tech
An unspecified court has ordered the deletion of articles denying the Holocaust posted on far-right website kuruc.info, Kossuth Rádió reported on Wednesday.
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 ...
COE Report Raises Racism Concerns In Hungary
- 17 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner’s report on Hungary also puts forward concerns about the deterioration of the situation as regards racism and intolerance in Hungary, with “anti-Gypsyism” being the most blatant form of intolerance, including violence targeting Roma people and paramilitary marches and patrolling in Roma populated villages.
Anti-Corruption Tasks Of Hungary’s Ministry Of Justice
- 13 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The main task of the Ministry of Justice, which has recently been separated to work individually again, is to legislate and prepare legislation.
Polt: Crime Level Stagnating In Hungary
- 11 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Reported crimes and the number of perpetrators have more or less stagnated between 2009 and 2013, averaging between 400,000-450,000 cases each year, the chief public prosecutor told parliament. In his report on the past five years of his authority, Péter Polt said that most of the crimes committed had been theft or burglary, violations of law enforcement, corruption and forgery.