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Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Spies Are Everywhere
- 6 Aug 2015 11:55 AM
- current affairs
As the minister of the prime minister’s office responsible for, among other things, Hungarian intelligence, János Lázár has very little sense of what should remain secret. I found the minutes of his speech at the meeting of the parliamentary committee on national security on June 23 shocking. He outlined several ongoing Hungarian intelligence projects, endangering not only the work of the ...
Hungry Children In Hungary
- 6 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Their refrigerators are mostly empty, but impoverished parents cook for their children every day in Rozsály and Tisztabercel, where the local government did not apply to the Ministry of Human Resources (Emmi) for funds with which to provide hot meals to children during the summer break. The program would help hungry children, like the ones pictured here, but the local leaders were afraid that ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Australian Man Sentenced For Assaulting A Policeman In Budapest
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An Australian national has been sentenced in Budapest for assaulting a police officer, the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office said. The young man received a suspended sentence of 1 year 9 months in prison in a 72- hour expedited procedure. Police were alerted in Nagymező utca in Budapest’s central 6th district when the Australian man and his friend were seen “disturbing the peace”, a police report ...
Mega Merger Takes Place In Hungary’s Media Sector
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Julius Media Holding Kft., Mediaworks Kiadó és Nyomda Kft., Mediaworks Regionális Kiadó Kft., Zöld Újság Zrt., Petőfi Lap- és Könyvkiadó Kft., Népújság Kft. Békéscsaba, Mworks Print Zrt., and Mediaworks Magazines Kiadó Kft. decided to merge into one single company on 29 June of this year, online business portal hvg.hu reported yesterday based on data from official corporate registry Cégközlöny.
KSH: Hungary’s Home Building Permits Rise 39% In H1
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- property
The number of permits issued for new home construction in Hungary saw a year-on.year rise of 39.2%, reaching 5,581, in the first half of this year, while new permits were issued for a total area of 614,600 sqm, up 36%, a report by Hungary’s Central Statistical Office revealed today.
Construction Of Fence On Hungarian Border Starts Today
- 3 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Construction of a 175km fence begins at 12 locations on the Serbian border at 6 a.m. Monday, following preparatory work last week, local news website delmagyar.hu reported on Sunday. Soldiers will take part in the construction along with 318 registered jobless who will be employed as public works staff in two shifts.
Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Maize Fields
- 3 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Almost 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds have been destroyed throughout Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognár said. The GMO maize has been ploughed under, the PlanetSave learned from Lajos Bognár, but pollen has not spread from the maize, the minister added.
Paper Reports Details Of Suspected Terrorists Passed To Hungarian Authorities
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Daily Napi Gazdaság, quoting unnamed sources, said that a foreign intelligence agency has handed to the Hungarian authorities details, photographs and copies of the passports of ten terrorist suspects in case they appear among migrants arriving in Hungary. The paper said the southern Hungarian regional immigration office had been sent the details “through a closed network”.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Spies Are Everywhere
- 6 Aug 2015 11:55 AM
- current affairs
As the minister of the prime minister’s office responsible for, among other things, Hungarian intelligence, János Lázár has very little sense of what should remain secret. I found the minutes of his speech at the meeting of the parliamentary committee on national security on June 23 shocking. He outlined several ongoing Hungarian intelligence projects, endangering not only the work of the ...
Hungry Children In Hungary
- 6 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Their refrigerators are mostly empty, but impoverished parents cook for their children every day in Rozsály and Tisztabercel, where the local government did not apply to the Ministry of Human Resources (Emmi) for funds with which to provide hot meals to children during the summer break. The program would help hungry children, like the ones pictured here, but the local leaders were afraid that ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Australian Man Sentenced For Assaulting A Policeman In Budapest
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An Australian national has been sentenced in Budapest for assaulting a police officer, the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office said. The young man received a suspended sentence of 1 year 9 months in prison in a 72- hour expedited procedure. Police were alerted in Nagymező utca in Budapest’s central 6th district when the Australian man and his friend were seen “disturbing the peace”, a police report ...
Mega Merger Takes Place In Hungary’s Media Sector
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Julius Media Holding Kft., Mediaworks Kiadó és Nyomda Kft., Mediaworks Regionális Kiadó Kft., Zöld Újság Zrt., Petőfi Lap- és Könyvkiadó Kft., Népújság Kft. Békéscsaba, Mworks Print Zrt., and Mediaworks Magazines Kiadó Kft. decided to merge into one single company on 29 June of this year, online business portal hvg.hu reported yesterday based on data from official corporate registry Cégközlöny.
KSH: Hungary’s Home Building Permits Rise 39% In H1
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- property
The number of permits issued for new home construction in Hungary saw a year-on.year rise of 39.2%, reaching 5,581, in the first half of this year, while new permits were issued for a total area of 614,600 sqm, up 36%, a report by Hungary’s Central Statistical Office revealed today.
Construction Of Fence On Hungarian Border Starts Today
- 3 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Construction of a 175km fence begins at 12 locations on the Serbian border at 6 a.m. Monday, following preparatory work last week, local news website delmagyar.hu reported on Sunday. Soldiers will take part in the construction along with 318 registered jobless who will be employed as public works staff in two shifts.
Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Maize Fields
- 3 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Almost 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds have been destroyed throughout Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognár said. The GMO maize has been ploughed under, the PlanetSave learned from Lajos Bognár, but pollen has not spread from the maize, the minister added.
Paper Reports Details Of Suspected Terrorists Passed To Hungarian Authorities
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Daily Napi Gazdaság, quoting unnamed sources, said that a foreign intelligence agency has handed to the Hungarian authorities details, photographs and copies of the passports of ten terrorist suspects in case they appear among migrants arriving in Hungary. The paper said the southern Hungarian regional immigration office had been sent the details “through a closed network”.