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Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Immigration Infrastructure Strained
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the implications of the latest surge in migrants: on some recent days the Hungarian authorities have had to take care of over three thousand migrants, well beyond what even expanded reception centres and registration offices can cope with. How will the current flow of migrants affect the future of Hungary and of Europe? In a series of articles hosted by Mandiner, political ...
Együtt Files Criminal Complaint Over Suspected Budapest Széll Kálmán Square Graft
- 28 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition party Együtt has filed a criminal complaint in connection with the revamp of Széll Kálmán Square. The Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) “misappropriated the money of the citizens of the capital” when it amended the contract in June to push back construction deadlines, thereby foregoing almost 600 million forints (EUR 1.85m) of late-delivery penalties, Együtt lawmaker Márton Pataki told a ...
Video: Hungary Celebrates National Holiday, With Speeches & Fireworks
- 24 Aug 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Celebrations of Saint Stephen’s Day were held across the country and in Hungarian communities in neighbouring countries. In front of Parliament the national flag was hoisted with military honours. As a traditional part of the ceremony, young army officers took their oaths after the hoisting of the flag. In his address to the new officers, President János Áder said that the nation should take a ...
Austria Returns Seven Times More Migrants To Hungary
- 19 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Austria expelled and returned to Hungary seven times more illegal migrants in the first seven months of this year than in the corresponding period of last year, the national police headquarters reported. The Győr-Moson-Sopron County police headquarters collected 48 illegal migrants from Austria in early August.
More Police On Hungarian - Austrian - German Joint Train Patrol
- 14 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Six more Hungarian police officers are to join patrols on trains headed to western Europe, the national police force (ORFK) said. Around 2,400 people who crossed the border illegally have been caught since the launch of the joint train patrols on Feb. 18. Hungarian, Austrian and German police are patrolling international trains heading from Hungary through Austria to Germany, as well as at ...
Number Of Applications For Hungarian Citizenship Expected To Reach 800 000 By The End Of The Year
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén has encouraged ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine to take up Hungarian citizenship, saying they are all entitled to it. Semjén told the press after meeting 55 ethnic Hungarian children from western Ukraine in the Hungarian Parliament that having a Hungarian passport would guarantee them security. It is also an opportunity to become a European citizen with full ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Speech At Tusnádfürdő
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators find PM Orbán’s speech focusing on illegal migration at Fidesz’s annual summer university more moderate and cautious than his addresses in previous years. In his address at the Youth Free University at the Carpathian resort town of Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Romania, Viktor Orbán talked about the challenges facing Europe and Hungary. He underlined that the European Union has been ...
Two Types Of Border Fence To Be Built On Serbian-Hungarian Border
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Government decided on the construction of two types of border fence at its Tuesday meeting; the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defence will build an almost four-metre-tall fence on the sections of the border which can be easily penetrated, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office informed the press at a press conference held during the break of the cabinet meeting.
Hungary's PM @ Bálványos Summer University In Szeklerland
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 26th annual Bálványos Summer University opened in Băile Tușnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Szeklerland, central Romania, on Wednesday. The ideas discussed at the summer university over the years laid the foundations for the most significant achievements in Hungary’s policy for Hungarian communities abroad, State Secretary Árpád János Potápi said in his opening address.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Immigration Infrastructure Strained
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the implications of the latest surge in migrants: on some recent days the Hungarian authorities have had to take care of over three thousand migrants, well beyond what even expanded reception centres and registration offices can cope with. How will the current flow of migrants affect the future of Hungary and of Europe? In a series of articles hosted by Mandiner, political ...
Együtt Files Criminal Complaint Over Suspected Budapest Széll Kálmán Square Graft
- 28 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition party Együtt has filed a criminal complaint in connection with the revamp of Széll Kálmán Square. The Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) “misappropriated the money of the citizens of the capital” when it amended the contract in June to push back construction deadlines, thereby foregoing almost 600 million forints (EUR 1.85m) of late-delivery penalties, Együtt lawmaker Márton Pataki told a ...
Video: Hungary Celebrates National Holiday, With Speeches & Fireworks
- 24 Aug 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Celebrations of Saint Stephen’s Day were held across the country and in Hungarian communities in neighbouring countries. In front of Parliament the national flag was hoisted with military honours. As a traditional part of the ceremony, young army officers took their oaths after the hoisting of the flag. In his address to the new officers, President János Áder said that the nation should take a ...
Austria Returns Seven Times More Migrants To Hungary
- 19 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Austria expelled and returned to Hungary seven times more illegal migrants in the first seven months of this year than in the corresponding period of last year, the national police headquarters reported. The Győr-Moson-Sopron County police headquarters collected 48 illegal migrants from Austria in early August.
More Police On Hungarian - Austrian - German Joint Train Patrol
- 14 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Six more Hungarian police officers are to join patrols on trains headed to western Europe, the national police force (ORFK) said. Around 2,400 people who crossed the border illegally have been caught since the launch of the joint train patrols on Feb. 18. Hungarian, Austrian and German police are patrolling international trains heading from Hungary through Austria to Germany, as well as at ...
Number Of Applications For Hungarian Citizenship Expected To Reach 800 000 By The End Of The Year
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén has encouraged ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine to take up Hungarian citizenship, saying they are all entitled to it. Semjén told the press after meeting 55 ethnic Hungarian children from western Ukraine in the Hungarian Parliament that having a Hungarian passport would guarantee them security. It is also an opportunity to become a European citizen with full ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Speech At Tusnádfürdő
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators find PM Orbán’s speech focusing on illegal migration at Fidesz’s annual summer university more moderate and cautious than his addresses in previous years. In his address at the Youth Free University at the Carpathian resort town of Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Romania, Viktor Orbán talked about the challenges facing Europe and Hungary. He underlined that the European Union has been ...
Two Types Of Border Fence To Be Built On Serbian-Hungarian Border
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Government decided on the construction of two types of border fence at its Tuesday meeting; the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defence will build an almost four-metre-tall fence on the sections of the border which can be easily penetrated, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office informed the press at a press conference held during the break of the cabinet meeting.
Hungary's PM @ Bálványos Summer University In Szeklerland
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 26th annual Bálványos Summer University opened in Băile Tușnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Szeklerland, central Romania, on Wednesday. The ideas discussed at the summer university over the years laid the foundations for the most significant achievements in Hungary’s policy for Hungarian communities abroad, State Secretary Árpád János Potápi said in his opening address.