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Szijjártó: Threats To Suspend EU Funds For Hungary “Dishonest”
- 8 Sep 2015 4:20 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said that it was “extremely hypocritical and dishonest” of certain “western politicians” to be making threats to suspend European Union funds for Hungary “while the country is trying to find a solution to one of the union’s biggest challenges”. The minister said the concept of open borders within Europe does not equate to “unlimited rights to cross borders ...
Hungary Should Not Be Criticised For Doing Its Duty
- 7 Sep 2015 10:10 AM
- current affairs
Hungary should not be criticised for doing its duty; it should instead be left to do what it has to do, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday in Brussels, after a meeting on the migrant crisis with Martin Schultz, President of the European Parliament. The Prime Minister requested that the EP President relay this request to the members of the European Parliament. He said that “We Hungarians ...
Hungarian Foreign Minister Blames “Irresponsible Statements”, “EU’s Failed Policy” For Night’s Chaos
- 7 Sep 2015 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Events in Hungary on Friday night were the result of the European Union’s failed immigration policy and irresponsible statements by European politicians, Hungary’s foreign minister said in Luxembourg before an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers on Saturday. Péter Szijjártó said Hungary had registered migrants who left its territory on Friday night and would continue to observe the EU’s ...
Ministry: Hungary Keeps All EU Rules In Handling Migration
- 7 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary observes all rules and regulations of the European Union upon handling the current, “astoundingly massive” wave of migrants, and makes every possible effort to protect the Schengen border, Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said. The ministry responded to a Sunday interview in which Christian Levrat, leader of the Swiss Social Democratic Party, proposed that Switzerland ...
Refugees March Out Of Hungary
- 6 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
By Lydia Gall: Over the past two days, thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have embarked on a 100-mile march from Budapest to the Austrian border. They left behind the squalor and uncertainty at Keleti train station to create their own humanitarian corridor through the European Union. They made history.
Dispatches: Stranded In Budapest’s Train Station
- 4 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
By Lydia Gall: “Why are they lying to us? Why did police tell me that the train will go to Germany when it will really go to [a] camp?” asked Mohammed, 34, from Syria, when I told him that the train he was about to board this morning was not heading to Austria and Germany but to a processing center outside Budapest.
Inter-State Talks Regarding Belgrade-Budapest Railway Line Commenced
- 4 Sep 2015 9:18 AM
- getting around
Hungary has received the Chinese party’s financing offer relating to the Belgrade-Budapest railway line project, and negotiations on an inter-state agreement have also begun, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the correspondent of the Hungarian News Agency MTI in Beijing, after his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Vang Yi late Wednesday evening, local time.
Hungarian Left-Liberal Opposition Against Migration Related Amendments Tabled To Parliament
- 4 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-liberal opposition parties protested against a package of legal amendments tabled in parliament on government handling of mass migration. Lawmakers began a twoday debate of the bills on Thursday. Dialogue for Hungary (PM) called the amendments “inhumane and vile” as well as unconstitutional. PM lawmaker Tímea Szabó said the amendments would not offer any genuine solution to the migrant ...
Awards for Successful Hungarian Enterprises, June-July 2015
- 4 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The Government holds enterprises in high esteem and helps them to extra funding by publishing calls for tender of operative programmes until the summer of 2017, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the presentation ceremony of the Awards for Successful Enterprises in Budapest at which the Minister this time honoured tourism enterprises.
Szijjártó: Threats To Suspend EU Funds For Hungary “Dishonest”
- 8 Sep 2015 4:20 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said that it was “extremely hypocritical and dishonest” of certain “western politicians” to be making threats to suspend European Union funds for Hungary “while the country is trying to find a solution to one of the union’s biggest challenges”. The minister said the concept of open borders within Europe does not equate to “unlimited rights to cross borders ...
Hungary Should Not Be Criticised For Doing Its Duty
- 7 Sep 2015 10:10 AM
- current affairs
Hungary should not be criticised for doing its duty; it should instead be left to do what it has to do, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday in Brussels, after a meeting on the migrant crisis with Martin Schultz, President of the European Parliament. The Prime Minister requested that the EP President relay this request to the members of the European Parliament. He said that “We Hungarians ...
Hungarian Foreign Minister Blames “Irresponsible Statements”, “EU’s Failed Policy” For Night’s Chaos
- 7 Sep 2015 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Events in Hungary on Friday night were the result of the European Union’s failed immigration policy and irresponsible statements by European politicians, Hungary’s foreign minister said in Luxembourg before an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers on Saturday. Péter Szijjártó said Hungary had registered migrants who left its territory on Friday night and would continue to observe the EU’s ...
Ministry: Hungary Keeps All EU Rules In Handling Migration
- 7 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary observes all rules and regulations of the European Union upon handling the current, “astoundingly massive” wave of migrants, and makes every possible effort to protect the Schengen border, Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said. The ministry responded to a Sunday interview in which Christian Levrat, leader of the Swiss Social Democratic Party, proposed that Switzerland ...
Refugees March Out Of Hungary
- 6 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
By Lydia Gall: Over the past two days, thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have embarked on a 100-mile march from Budapest to the Austrian border. They left behind the squalor and uncertainty at Keleti train station to create their own humanitarian corridor through the European Union. They made history.
Dispatches: Stranded In Budapest’s Train Station
- 4 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
By Lydia Gall: “Why are they lying to us? Why did police tell me that the train will go to Germany when it will really go to [a] camp?” asked Mohammed, 34, from Syria, when I told him that the train he was about to board this morning was not heading to Austria and Germany but to a processing center outside Budapest.
Inter-State Talks Regarding Belgrade-Budapest Railway Line Commenced
- 4 Sep 2015 9:18 AM
- getting around
Hungary has received the Chinese party’s financing offer relating to the Belgrade-Budapest railway line project, and negotiations on an inter-state agreement have also begun, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the correspondent of the Hungarian News Agency MTI in Beijing, after his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Vang Yi late Wednesday evening, local time.
Hungarian Left-Liberal Opposition Against Migration Related Amendments Tabled To Parliament
- 4 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-liberal opposition parties protested against a package of legal amendments tabled in parliament on government handling of mass migration. Lawmakers began a twoday debate of the bills on Thursday. Dialogue for Hungary (PM) called the amendments “inhumane and vile” as well as unconstitutional. PM lawmaker Tímea Szabó said the amendments would not offer any genuine solution to the migrant ...
Awards for Successful Hungarian Enterprises, June-July 2015
- 4 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The Government holds enterprises in high esteem and helps them to extra funding by publishing calls for tender of operative programmes until the summer of 2017, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the presentation ceremony of the Awards for Successful Enterprises in Budapest at which the Minister this time honoured tourism enterprises.