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Former State Official Sentenced To Years For Sukoro Graft In Hungary
- 1 Oct 2015 9:02 AM
- current affairs
A court sentenced Miklós Tátrai, former head of the state asset management company (MNV), to four years in prison for causing damages to the state in connection with a planned casino investment near the village of Sukoró, next to Lake Velence, in central Hungary. The secondary defendant, Zsolt Császy, a former MNV sales executive, was charged as an accomplice in document fraud and given a ...
Prime Minister's Visit To Iran Postponed
- 1 Oct 2015 5:10 AM
- current affairs
The official visit by the prime minister to Iran has been postponed at the request of the Iranian side. Viktor Orbán was scheduled to travel to Iran on Oct. 5, Orbán’s press chief said. Bertalan Havasi noted that more than 700 people died—many of them Iranians—in an incident that occurred during the annual Hajj pilgrimage last week near the city of Mecca.
Paks Upgrade Plans In Line With Int’l Standards, Says Hungary’s Govt Commissioner
- 30 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The upgrade plans for the Paks nuclear plant comply with Hungarian, European Union and international standards, and feature a number of safety systems, Attila Aszódi, government commissioner for the project, told the Tuesday edition of the Austrian daily Die Presse. The project’s environmental impact assessment took into account several unlikely but potentially severe effects the plant may have, ...
Hungary’s New Church Law Amendments
- 30 Sep 2015 2:00 AM
- community & culture
In future churches should be registered by courts based on legal provisions, according to a consultation paper on the church law published online on kormany.hu. The law in effect since January 1, 2012 originally recognised only 14 congregations as established churches but allowed other faiths to apply to parliament for recognition, dependent on the vote of a two-thirds majority.
Hungary Will Propose Introduction Of Global Migration Quotas In UN
- 29 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will propose in the UN that, rather than Europe alone taking its share of the management of the pressure of migration, the key players of world politics – who were parties to the decisions, in the wake of which unstable regions have evolved in the vicinity of our continent – should also take their share of the effort by virtue of the introduction of global quotas, Minister of Foreign ...
New Integrated SOS Children’s Village Opens In Orosháza
- 29 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian Government’s childcare policy is focused on providing children with families, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said on Monday at the official opening of the new SOS Children’s Village in Orosháza. The village was moved there from its previous location in Battonya.
Hungarian Deportation Orders Unenforceable
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Verdicts ordering the deportation of refugees found guilty of entering Hungary from Serbia illegally cannot be enforced, Népszabadság observes, as Serbia refuses to take them back. To date, criminal proceedings have been launched against fewer than 250 people. A strange situation has evolved on the southern borders, Népszabadság adds, as refugees arriving from Serbia will be expelled from Hungary ...
Ministry Asks UN Reps To Understand Facts Before Judging Situation In Hungary
- 28 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Foreign Ministry asks representatives of the United Nations to stop assessing the situation in Hungary based on "one-sided media coverage", the ministry said. Its statement came in response to criticism by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, of the way the Hungarian government has handled the migrant crisis expressed in an interview with al-Jazeera published on ...
Hungary Creates Transit Zone In Letenye On Croatian Border
- 25 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian authorities have created a transit zone for migrants serving as a registration point in Letenye on the Hungary-Croatia border. Local officials on Thursday inspected the facility and a razor wire being laid on the border. The immigration authority is setting up containers for registering migrants. Zalaegerszeg Labour and Administrative Court has been designated as the court for ...
Former State Official Sentenced To Years For Sukoro Graft In Hungary
- 1 Oct 2015 9:02 AM
- current affairs
A court sentenced Miklós Tátrai, former head of the state asset management company (MNV), to four years in prison for causing damages to the state in connection with a planned casino investment near the village of Sukoró, next to Lake Velence, in central Hungary. The secondary defendant, Zsolt Császy, a former MNV sales executive, was charged as an accomplice in document fraud and given a ...
Prime Minister's Visit To Iran Postponed
- 1 Oct 2015 5:10 AM
- current affairs
The official visit by the prime minister to Iran has been postponed at the request of the Iranian side. Viktor Orbán was scheduled to travel to Iran on Oct. 5, Orbán’s press chief said. Bertalan Havasi noted that more than 700 people died—many of them Iranians—in an incident that occurred during the annual Hajj pilgrimage last week near the city of Mecca.
Paks Upgrade Plans In Line With Int’l Standards, Says Hungary’s Govt Commissioner
- 30 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The upgrade plans for the Paks nuclear plant comply with Hungarian, European Union and international standards, and feature a number of safety systems, Attila Aszódi, government commissioner for the project, told the Tuesday edition of the Austrian daily Die Presse. The project’s environmental impact assessment took into account several unlikely but potentially severe effects the plant may have, ...
Hungary’s New Church Law Amendments
- 30 Sep 2015 2:00 AM
- community & culture
In future churches should be registered by courts based on legal provisions, according to a consultation paper on the church law published online on kormany.hu. The law in effect since January 1, 2012 originally recognised only 14 congregations as established churches but allowed other faiths to apply to parliament for recognition, dependent on the vote of a two-thirds majority.
Hungary Will Propose Introduction Of Global Migration Quotas In UN
- 29 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will propose in the UN that, rather than Europe alone taking its share of the management of the pressure of migration, the key players of world politics – who were parties to the decisions, in the wake of which unstable regions have evolved in the vicinity of our continent – should also take their share of the effort by virtue of the introduction of global quotas, Minister of Foreign ...
New Integrated SOS Children’s Village Opens In Orosháza
- 29 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian Government’s childcare policy is focused on providing children with families, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said on Monday at the official opening of the new SOS Children’s Village in Orosháza. The village was moved there from its previous location in Battonya.
Hungarian Deportation Orders Unenforceable
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Verdicts ordering the deportation of refugees found guilty of entering Hungary from Serbia illegally cannot be enforced, Népszabadság observes, as Serbia refuses to take them back. To date, criminal proceedings have been launched against fewer than 250 people. A strange situation has evolved on the southern borders, Népszabadság adds, as refugees arriving from Serbia will be expelled from Hungary ...
Ministry Asks UN Reps To Understand Facts Before Judging Situation In Hungary
- 28 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Foreign Ministry asks representatives of the United Nations to stop assessing the situation in Hungary based on "one-sided media coverage", the ministry said. Its statement came in response to criticism by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, of the way the Hungarian government has handled the migrant crisis expressed in an interview with al-Jazeera published on ...
Hungary Creates Transit Zone In Letenye On Croatian Border
- 25 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian authorities have created a transit zone for migrants serving as a registration point in Letenye on the Hungary-Croatia border. Local officials on Thursday inspected the facility and a razor wire being laid on the border. The immigration authority is setting up containers for registering migrants. Zalaegerszeg Labour and Administrative Court has been designated as the court for ...