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European Court Rejects Migrants’ Appeal Against Expulsion From Hungary
- 13 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights has thrown out an appeal by two Bangladeshi nationals, represented by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, seeking to ban Hungary from returning them to Serbia, the press office of the Hungarian justice ministry said. In their appeal dated Sept. 25, the two migrants requested that the European Court issue a temporary restraining order against Hungary, the ministry ...
Video: Hungarian Special Army Force KMZ In Training
- 12 Oct 2015 10:00 AM
- video
The Hungarian Special Force (officially MH 34. Bercsényi László Különleges Műveleti Zászlóalj/ HDF 34th ’László Bercsényi’ Special Operations Battalion) serves as Hungary’s special unit. Originally, it was formed on 1 October 1939 under the name of Hungarian Defence Parachute Battalion (Honvéd Ejtőernyős Zászlóalj), but the operation was suspended in 1954.
Experts Inspect Hungarian-Croatian Drava Border River
- 12 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
A team of soldiers, police officers, water management and forestry experts inspected a section of the Drava river and its embankment area along the Hungarian-Croatian border on Monday, the honvedelem.hu website reported. Thousands of migrants cross the Croatian-Hungarian border illegally on a daily basis. The border does not follow the line of the river, so it is possible for someone to cross the ...
Hungary Marks Fifth Anniversary Of Toxic Sludge Disaster
- 5 Oct 2015 4:06 AM
- current affairs
“We must name those responsible, continue building, and return, every year, to remember,” state secretary for regional administration, Zoltán Kovács, said in Kolontár, in western Hungary, on Sunday, marking the fifth anniversary of the country’s worst industrial disaster, a toxic sludge spill that killed ten and injured hundreds. The ruling Fidesz MP who represents the district said the ...
Situation Of Hungarian Refugees In ’56 Is Not Comparable With Current Mass Migration
- 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The situation of the people who left Hungary after 1956 is not comparable with the current mass migration, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed at his meeting with Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General held on Thursday.
Hungary’s PM In Interview To WSJ On Migrant Crisis
- 30 Sep 2015 3:50 AM
- current affairs
In an interview to the Wall Street Journal, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the migrant influx could undermine the European Union if the bloc does not adopt tough measures to contain the crisis. “Without having an international solution in Syria, there’s no chance to stop the flood.
Hungary’s PM: Protecting Greek Borders Is Top Of The Agenda
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The most important issue of the Wednesday EU summit is the protection of the Greek borders, and we should achieve that if Athens itself is unable to do so, Europe should be allowed to step in as part of a joint effort, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said upon arriving at the summit in Brussels. The Prime Minister told journalists that if this cannot be achieved, he must obtain support to enable ...
Hungarian Army Ready To Manage Migrant Situation
- 22 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Armed Forces are ready to fulfil their duties pertaining to illegal migration. The army is prepared to carry out new tasks defined in the amended defence law such as police tasks or adopting new strategies related to hybrid warfare, chief of staff Tibor Benkő said. He noted that soldiers and police had conducted joint patrols in the past, as prescribed by past defence laws.
Hungary’s Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Imre Kertész On Europe’s “Suicidal Liberalism”
- 8 Sep 2015 11:10 AM
- current affairs
“Europe is beginning to recognise where she has been taken to by her liberal immigration policy. All of a sudden, they have realised that the breed of animal named multicultural society doesn’t exist”, Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian writer Imre Kertész warned in a piece published in Hungarian in 2014.
European Court Rejects Migrants’ Appeal Against Expulsion From Hungary
- 13 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights has thrown out an appeal by two Bangladeshi nationals, represented by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, seeking to ban Hungary from returning them to Serbia, the press office of the Hungarian justice ministry said. In their appeal dated Sept. 25, the two migrants requested that the European Court issue a temporary restraining order against Hungary, the ministry ...
Video: Hungarian Special Army Force KMZ In Training
- 12 Oct 2015 10:00 AM
- video
The Hungarian Special Force (officially MH 34. Bercsényi László Különleges Műveleti Zászlóalj/ HDF 34th ’László Bercsényi’ Special Operations Battalion) serves as Hungary’s special unit. Originally, it was formed on 1 October 1939 under the name of Hungarian Defence Parachute Battalion (Honvéd Ejtőernyős Zászlóalj), but the operation was suspended in 1954.
Experts Inspect Hungarian-Croatian Drava Border River
- 12 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
A team of soldiers, police officers, water management and forestry experts inspected a section of the Drava river and its embankment area along the Hungarian-Croatian border on Monday, the honvedelem.hu website reported. Thousands of migrants cross the Croatian-Hungarian border illegally on a daily basis. The border does not follow the line of the river, so it is possible for someone to cross the ...
Hungary Marks Fifth Anniversary Of Toxic Sludge Disaster
- 5 Oct 2015 4:06 AM
- current affairs
“We must name those responsible, continue building, and return, every year, to remember,” state secretary for regional administration, Zoltán Kovács, said in Kolontár, in western Hungary, on Sunday, marking the fifth anniversary of the country’s worst industrial disaster, a toxic sludge spill that killed ten and injured hundreds. The ruling Fidesz MP who represents the district said the ...
Situation Of Hungarian Refugees In ’56 Is Not Comparable With Current Mass Migration
- 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The situation of the people who left Hungary after 1956 is not comparable with the current mass migration, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed at his meeting with Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General held on Thursday.
Hungary’s PM In Interview To WSJ On Migrant Crisis
- 30 Sep 2015 3:50 AM
- current affairs
In an interview to the Wall Street Journal, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the migrant influx could undermine the European Union if the bloc does not adopt tough measures to contain the crisis. “Without having an international solution in Syria, there’s no chance to stop the flood.
Hungary’s PM: Protecting Greek Borders Is Top Of The Agenda
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The most important issue of the Wednesday EU summit is the protection of the Greek borders, and we should achieve that if Athens itself is unable to do so, Europe should be allowed to step in as part of a joint effort, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said upon arriving at the summit in Brussels. The Prime Minister told journalists that if this cannot be achieved, he must obtain support to enable ...
Hungarian Army Ready To Manage Migrant Situation
- 22 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Armed Forces are ready to fulfil their duties pertaining to illegal migration. The army is prepared to carry out new tasks defined in the amended defence law such as police tasks or adopting new strategies related to hybrid warfare, chief of staff Tibor Benkő said. He noted that soldiers and police had conducted joint patrols in the past, as prescribed by past defence laws.
Hungary’s Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Imre Kertész On Europe’s “Suicidal Liberalism”
- 8 Sep 2015 11:10 AM
- current affairs
“Europe is beginning to recognise where she has been taken to by her liberal immigration policy. All of a sudden, they have realised that the breed of animal named multicultural society doesn’t exist”, Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian writer Imre Kertész warned in a piece published in Hungarian in 2014.