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Translator In Migrant Trials Charged With Perjury
- 23 May 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
The Kecskemét Prosecutor’s Office brought perjury charges against a translator involved in the trials on the 2015 Röszke disturbances involving migrants, the prosecutor’s office said. On September 16, 2015, Hungarian police stopped illegal migrants attempting to break through the gate at the crossing point of Röszke-Horgos on the border between Hungary and Serbia.
Government Office Chief: No Plans To Withdraw Higher-Ed Law
- 19 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nobody in the government has proposed withdrawing the contested higher-education law, János Lázár, the government office chief told a weekly news briefing. The EP resolution broaches the issue of the Central European University, he noted, adding that the government’s position is that everyone should be equal under the law and should abide by it.
Hungary To Increase Military Spending In 2018
- 18 May 2017 9:52 AM
- finance
Pro-government print daily Magyar Idők (Hungarian Times) reports that military-related spending is to increase HUF 73.6 billion in 2018 to HUF 428 billion, or 1.05 percent of GDP. This is an increase of 21 percent.
Gourmet Festival, Millenáris, 18 - 21 May
- 18 May 2017 1:45 AM
- food & drink
Organisers say the 'finest Hungarian gastronomic festival' will cross borders and host some of the best restaurants and chefs in the Central European region. Ana Roš from Slovenia, the world's best female chef, is just one example. This year at this annual fest the main focus will be on the indigenous Mangalica pig, as well as strawberries.
Official: EP Continues To ‘Force Migrant Redistribution’
- 17 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Tuesday’s plenary session of the European Parliament showed that Brussels insists on a quota system for refugees without an upper limit of asylum seekers to be resettled per country; Hungary refuses to comply with such a plan, the parliamentary state secretary at the cabinet office said.
Ministry: Electrified Fence A Rumour
- 15 May 2017 8:22 AM
- current affairs
Border fences are not electrified; rumours are just a way of fomenting tensions, the Interior Ministry said in a statement relayed to state news agency MTI on Friday. In response to the report released by Index, it said a system built alongside the double fence “is not capable of endangering human life” and no reports related to workplace injuries have reached the authorities.
Government Office Chief: Stated, Sovereignty At Stake
- 12 May 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The government office chief, János Lázár, said what is at stake in the current lawsuit concerning migrant quotas before the European Court of Justice is the right to determine who lives in the country and who stays. If this is taken away from parliament, the government and the people, then the very basis of Hungarian statehood and sovereignty would be endangered, he told a weekly government news ...
Hungary Suspends “Systematic Border Control”
- 11 May 2017 10:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s government is temporarily suspending implementation of the EU decree on “systematic border control”, an interior ministry state secretary told MTI on Tuesday. The government decision was published in the official gazette Magyar Közlöny on Tuesday evening and it has entered into force.
Hungarian Govt Official Calls On Timmermans To Resign
- 11 May 2017 9:38 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian government official on Wednesday sent a letter to Frans Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission, calling on him to quit his post, citing comments the commissioner made in an interview to German daily Die Zeit concerning his view that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had been motivated by anti- Semitism when criticising US financier George Soros during his recent speech ...
Translator In Migrant Trials Charged With Perjury
- 23 May 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
The Kecskemét Prosecutor’s Office brought perjury charges against a translator involved in the trials on the 2015 Röszke disturbances involving migrants, the prosecutor’s office said. On September 16, 2015, Hungarian police stopped illegal migrants attempting to break through the gate at the crossing point of Röszke-Horgos on the border between Hungary and Serbia.
Government Office Chief: No Plans To Withdraw Higher-Ed Law
- 19 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nobody in the government has proposed withdrawing the contested higher-education law, János Lázár, the government office chief told a weekly news briefing. The EP resolution broaches the issue of the Central European University, he noted, adding that the government’s position is that everyone should be equal under the law and should abide by it.
Hungary To Increase Military Spending In 2018
- 18 May 2017 9:52 AM
- finance
Pro-government print daily Magyar Idők (Hungarian Times) reports that military-related spending is to increase HUF 73.6 billion in 2018 to HUF 428 billion, or 1.05 percent of GDP. This is an increase of 21 percent.
Gourmet Festival, Millenáris, 18 - 21 May
- 18 May 2017 1:45 AM
- food & drink
Organisers say the 'finest Hungarian gastronomic festival' will cross borders and host some of the best restaurants and chefs in the Central European region. Ana Roš from Slovenia, the world's best female chef, is just one example. This year at this annual fest the main focus will be on the indigenous Mangalica pig, as well as strawberries.
Official: EP Continues To ‘Force Migrant Redistribution’
- 17 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Tuesday’s plenary session of the European Parliament showed that Brussels insists on a quota system for refugees without an upper limit of asylum seekers to be resettled per country; Hungary refuses to comply with such a plan, the parliamentary state secretary at the cabinet office said.
Ministry: Electrified Fence A Rumour
- 15 May 2017 8:22 AM
- current affairs
Border fences are not electrified; rumours are just a way of fomenting tensions, the Interior Ministry said in a statement relayed to state news agency MTI on Friday. In response to the report released by Index, it said a system built alongside the double fence “is not capable of endangering human life” and no reports related to workplace injuries have reached the authorities.
Government Office Chief: Stated, Sovereignty At Stake
- 12 May 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The government office chief, János Lázár, said what is at stake in the current lawsuit concerning migrant quotas before the European Court of Justice is the right to determine who lives in the country and who stays. If this is taken away from parliament, the government and the people, then the very basis of Hungarian statehood and sovereignty would be endangered, he told a weekly government news ...
Hungary Suspends “Systematic Border Control”
- 11 May 2017 10:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s government is temporarily suspending implementation of the EU decree on “systematic border control”, an interior ministry state secretary told MTI on Tuesday. The government decision was published in the official gazette Magyar Közlöny on Tuesday evening and it has entered into force.
Hungarian Govt Official Calls On Timmermans To Resign
- 11 May 2017 9:38 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian government official on Wednesday sent a letter to Frans Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission, calling on him to quit his post, citing comments the commissioner made in an interview to German daily Die Zeit concerning his view that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had been motivated by anti- Semitism when criticising US financier George Soros during his recent speech ...