109 result(s) for drugs in Current Affairs
Századvég Poll: Most Hungarians Would Tighten Drug Laws
- 18 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nearly two-thirds of respondents in a recent Századvég poll said that Hungary’s laws concerning drug use were too lenient, and the vast majority (86%) said that light drugs should not be made legal, the pollster.
Hungary's Ruling Party Leader Rogán Presses Case For Drug Tests
- 11 Dec 2014 12:00 AM
- current affairs
A bill on drug tests for teenagers, journalists and politicians is expected to be drafted by late January, Fidesz caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Wednesday. However, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács told reporters that the cabinet has no official position yet on the drug tests.
Hungary’s Ruling Party Fidesz Supports Drug Tests For Children
- 9 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz supports communications director Máté Kocsis’s proposal for mandatory drug tests for children aged 12-18, as well as politicians and journalists, under certain conditions, caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters after the party MPs met on Monday.
Nigerian With 101 Cocaine Capsules In Body Detained At Budapest Airport
- 11 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police at Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc international airport arrested a Nigerian man who tried to smuggle 1.2kg of cocaine in the form of capsules secreted in his body. He was taken to a hospital to undergo a CT scan. Attila Suller, spokesman for the tax and customs office NAV, said the man had arrived in Budapest from Eindhoven.
Hungarian Police Liquidate Psychoactive Drug Gang
- 3 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian police have arrested ten members of a criminal organisation suspected of making and distributing psychoactive drugs, while one suspect has handed himself in. Officers of the Budapest police headquarters (BRFK) and anti-terror centre (TEK) arrested and detained the ten suspects in a combined raid of several sites in Budapest and Pest County.
Hungarian Watchdog Denies Reports Of Consultations With Ombudsman’s Office
- 23 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ) did not hold consultations with the ombudsman’s office on the timing of a report about a scrapped needle-exchange programme in Budapest, the union’s drugs-policy expert said on Monday.
Hungarian Police Seize 63kg Of Drugs
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have seized 63kgs of drugs worth an estimated 100 million forints (EUR 315,000) in Borsod-Abaúj- Zemplén county, northern Hungary, a local police chief told a press conference.
Austrian Teenager’s Body Found In Hungary
- 2 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The body of an Austrian teenager was found in a plastic bag near Szentgotthárd-Rábafüzes at the Hungarian-Austrian border, a spokesman of the Graz prosecutor said. Hans Joerg Bacher said the body most certainly belonged to a 16 year-old boy from Carinthia who had been allegedly murdered in a flat in Graz.
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 ...
Századvég Poll: Most Hungarians Would Tighten Drug Laws
- 18 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nearly two-thirds of respondents in a recent Századvég poll said that Hungary’s laws concerning drug use were too lenient, and the vast majority (86%) said that light drugs should not be made legal, the pollster.
Hungary's Ruling Party Leader Rogán Presses Case For Drug Tests
- 11 Dec 2014 12:00 AM
- current affairs
A bill on drug tests for teenagers, journalists and politicians is expected to be drafted by late January, Fidesz caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Wednesday. However, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács told reporters that the cabinet has no official position yet on the drug tests.
Hungary’s Ruling Party Fidesz Supports Drug Tests For Children
- 9 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz supports communications director Máté Kocsis’s proposal for mandatory drug tests for children aged 12-18, as well as politicians and journalists, under certain conditions, caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters after the party MPs met on Monday.
Nigerian With 101 Cocaine Capsules In Body Detained At Budapest Airport
- 11 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police at Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc international airport arrested a Nigerian man who tried to smuggle 1.2kg of cocaine in the form of capsules secreted in his body. He was taken to a hospital to undergo a CT scan. Attila Suller, spokesman for the tax and customs office NAV, said the man had arrived in Budapest from Eindhoven.
Hungarian Police Liquidate Psychoactive Drug Gang
- 3 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian police have arrested ten members of a criminal organisation suspected of making and distributing psychoactive drugs, while one suspect has handed himself in. Officers of the Budapest police headquarters (BRFK) and anti-terror centre (TEK) arrested and detained the ten suspects in a combined raid of several sites in Budapest and Pest County.
Hungarian Watchdog Denies Reports Of Consultations With Ombudsman’s Office
- 23 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ) did not hold consultations with the ombudsman’s office on the timing of a report about a scrapped needle-exchange programme in Budapest, the union’s drugs-policy expert said on Monday.
Hungarian Police Seize 63kg Of Drugs
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have seized 63kgs of drugs worth an estimated 100 million forints (EUR 315,000) in Borsod-Abaúj- Zemplén county, northern Hungary, a local police chief told a press conference.
Austrian Teenager’s Body Found In Hungary
- 2 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The body of an Austrian teenager was found in a plastic bag near Szentgotthárd-Rábafüzes at the Hungarian-Austrian border, a spokesman of the Graz prosecutor said. Hans Joerg Bacher said the body most certainly belonged to a 16 year-old boy from Carinthia who had been allegedly murdered in a flat in Graz.
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 ...