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Hungarian Undercover Journalist Accused With Misleading Authorities
- 2 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A journalist who posed as a refugee in the summer in order to gain access to detention centres has been charged with falsifying public documents and misleading the authorities. Index staff writer Gergely Nyilas posed as a Kyrgyz citizen in August, during the peak of the refugee crisis, and allowed himself to be caught at the Röszke border station for registration.
Xpat Opinion: MAZSIHISZ Asks PM Orbán For Increased Protection For Hungarian Jews
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal columnist accuses a leading Hungarian Jewish organization of helping PM Orbán’s anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim politics by requesting the Prime Minister to increase security measures aimed at protecting Hungarian Jews.
Video Article: British Islamists Extradited By Hungary
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Anti-Terrorist Centre will today hand over to the British authorities at Budapest’s airport the two men recently caught by Hungarian police while travelling without identification papers on a train bound for Romania. The two, Simon Jonathan Keeler and Trevor Brooks, have been forbidden from leaving the UK without notifying authorities since 2009, following their convictions for supporting ...
Hungary Prepared To Tackle Possible Bioterrorist Attack
- 26 Nov 2015 6:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian authorities are prepared to handle a possible biological or chemical terrorist attack and take action for the safety of people, daily Magyar Idők said. The national disaster management authority is prepared to immediately intervene in the instance of a chemical attack by deploying trucks equipped with mobile labs to identify any agents in fast-track checks, spokesman Dániel Mukics said.
Inside Look. Film Laboratory, Budapest, 3 - 6 December 2015
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Europe’s Roma communities face deepening challenges of discrimination, violence and poverty. The US minority rights movement, which has had some notable successes over the past 50 years, also faces continuing problems, including police violence. We believe that a sharing of their struggles would be worthwhile as everyone searches for effective remedies.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Slams Austria Chancellor For “False” Remarks
- 23 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Austria’s Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann “continues to make false statements” about Hungary, the Hungarian foreign minister said. Referring to an interview with Faymann published in the daily Österreich, Péter Szijjártó insisted that “just because it is repeated, a lie will not come true”. In the interview he gave last week, Faymann said that on September 4 Hungary had forwarded thousands of ...
TEK Chief: No Direct Terror Threat To Hungary
- 19 Nov 2015 8:31 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not face any direct terrorist threat, János Hajdu, the head of the counter-terrorism centre (TEK), told public news channel M1. “TEK has not uncovered any information that would lead it to believe that the Hungarian people are under direct threat from possible terror plots,” Hajdu said, adding, however, that the country is under the same indirect threat as the rest of Europe.
Hungarian Govt To Set Up Counter - Terrorism Coordination Committee
- 18 Nov 2015 3:01 AM
- current affairs
The government is setting up a coordination committee for counterterrorism and preventive measures under the supervision of the Counter-Terrorism Centre, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. The committee’s members will be representatives of all affected services including relevant institutions, Kovács said after a cabinet session. “The work will be of an operative, preventive nature,” he ...
Authorities Launch Probe Into New CAF Tram Accident In Budapest
- 11 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s transport safety authority and police have launched an investigation into the circumstances of a recent accident involving an allnew tram set to run in Budapest from next spring, an official of the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) said. During a test run on Monday evening, a Spanish-made CAF tram, the world’s longest, ran into the back of another tram in western Budapest.
Hungarian Undercover Journalist Accused With Misleading Authorities
- 2 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A journalist who posed as a refugee in the summer in order to gain access to detention centres has been charged with falsifying public documents and misleading the authorities. Index staff writer Gergely Nyilas posed as a Kyrgyz citizen in August, during the peak of the refugee crisis, and allowed himself to be caught at the Röszke border station for registration.
Xpat Opinion: MAZSIHISZ Asks PM Orbán For Increased Protection For Hungarian Jews
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal columnist accuses a leading Hungarian Jewish organization of helping PM Orbán’s anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim politics by requesting the Prime Minister to increase security measures aimed at protecting Hungarian Jews.
Video Article: British Islamists Extradited By Hungary
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Anti-Terrorist Centre will today hand over to the British authorities at Budapest’s airport the two men recently caught by Hungarian police while travelling without identification papers on a train bound for Romania. The two, Simon Jonathan Keeler and Trevor Brooks, have been forbidden from leaving the UK without notifying authorities since 2009, following their convictions for supporting ...
Hungary Prepared To Tackle Possible Bioterrorist Attack
- 26 Nov 2015 6:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian authorities are prepared to handle a possible biological or chemical terrorist attack and take action for the safety of people, daily Magyar Idők said. The national disaster management authority is prepared to immediately intervene in the instance of a chemical attack by deploying trucks equipped with mobile labs to identify any agents in fast-track checks, spokesman Dániel Mukics said.
Inside Look. Film Laboratory, Budapest, 3 - 6 December 2015
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Europe’s Roma communities face deepening challenges of discrimination, violence and poverty. The US minority rights movement, which has had some notable successes over the past 50 years, also faces continuing problems, including police violence. We believe that a sharing of their struggles would be worthwhile as everyone searches for effective remedies.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Slams Austria Chancellor For “False” Remarks
- 23 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Austria’s Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann “continues to make false statements” about Hungary, the Hungarian foreign minister said. Referring to an interview with Faymann published in the daily Österreich, Péter Szijjártó insisted that “just because it is repeated, a lie will not come true”. In the interview he gave last week, Faymann said that on September 4 Hungary had forwarded thousands of ...
TEK Chief: No Direct Terror Threat To Hungary
- 19 Nov 2015 8:31 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not face any direct terrorist threat, János Hajdu, the head of the counter-terrorism centre (TEK), told public news channel M1. “TEK has not uncovered any information that would lead it to believe that the Hungarian people are under direct threat from possible terror plots,” Hajdu said, adding, however, that the country is under the same indirect threat as the rest of Europe.
Hungarian Govt To Set Up Counter - Terrorism Coordination Committee
- 18 Nov 2015 3:01 AM
- current affairs
The government is setting up a coordination committee for counterterrorism and preventive measures under the supervision of the Counter-Terrorism Centre, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. The committee’s members will be representatives of all affected services including relevant institutions, Kovács said after a cabinet session. “The work will be of an operative, preventive nature,” he ...
Authorities Launch Probe Into New CAF Tram Accident In Budapest
- 11 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s transport safety authority and police have launched an investigation into the circumstances of a recent accident involving an allnew tram set to run in Budapest from next spring, an official of the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) said. During a test run on Monday evening, a Spanish-made CAF tram, the world’s longest, ran into the back of another tram in western Budapest.