305 result(s) for illegally
Tax Authority Buys Drone To Fight Tobacco Smugglers
- 8 Feb 2016 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The national tax authority (NAV) has purchased a drone to detect and monitor routes of cigarette smuggling, daily Magyar Idők said, citing a NAV spokesperson. The aircraft, bought at a cost of 20 million forints (EUR 65,000) in European Union funding, completes a range of special equipment such as night vision devices, thermal cameras as well as a hovercraft to control riverways.
Hungarian Police Push To Raise Terrorism Charges Against Syrian In Volved In Sept Protest On Border
- 28 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have proposed indicting a Syrian national who took part in clashes with police on the southern border near Röszke last September on charges of terrorism. The national police noted in a statement on its website that 40-year-old Ahmed H is suspected of terrorism in the form of assaulting operational police officers and crossing Hungary’s border illegally as part of a riot.
Ten Migrants Indicted Over Sept 16 Clashes With Hungarian Police
- 5 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
A Szeged prosecutor has charged ten people with violating Hungary’s border fence and entering the country illegally amid the September 16 clashes between migrants and police on the Hungarian-Serbian border near Röszke. A Csongrád County prosecutor’s office spokesman said nine Syrian and one Iraqi national have been charged with illegal entry.
New Hungarian Fidesz Deputy Chairman Aims To Mobilise Youth
- 15 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Newly-elected Fidesz deputy chairman Gábor Kubatov said one of his main goals in his new post would be to politically mobilise young people. Kubatov told MTI after Sunday’s Fidesz congress that it is important to develop a new strategy to invigorate the next generation’s engagement in politics and to strengthen young people’s sense of community and national belonging.
Authorities Find Insects, Mouse At Xmas Candy Maker Near Budapest
- 28 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Expired components or products with an unmarked origin were discovered by authorities at a plant producing Christmas candy near Budapest, the national food safety authority (Nébih) said. A mouse found drowning in the sugar fudge was one of the examples of the inspection’s findings, Nébih said. The inspection by Nébih and the national tax authority (NAV) carried out in mid-October revealed that ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Parliament Lifts Hungarian Jobbik MEP’s Immunity
- 19 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing and a pro-government pundit agree that during the investigation into an MEP‘s alleged spying activity for Russia (see BudaPost through May 20, 2014) Jobbik will have to clarify if it is in any way inked to the Russian secret services.
Hungarian Police Round Up Over 7,000 Illegal Migrants On Tues
- 15 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 7,081 migrants were rounded up on Tuesday for entering Hungary’s border illegally, the national police force said on its website. Criminal proceedings were filed against one person for counterfeiting public documents but no further details were revealed. Deputy spokesman of the national police headquarters Kristóf Gál told public news channel M1 that the vast majority of migrants had ...
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 ...
Over 312,000 Migrants Entered Hungary Illegally So Far This Year
- 6 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
So far this year police have rounded up 312,111 migrants who entered Hungary illegally, a spokeswoman of the national police headquarters said. Some 5,925 people crossed the border on Sunday, including 43 from Serbia and 5,878 from Croatia, Viktória Csiszér- Kovács told public news channel M1.
Tax Authority Buys Drone To Fight Tobacco Smugglers
- 8 Feb 2016 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The national tax authority (NAV) has purchased a drone to detect and monitor routes of cigarette smuggling, daily Magyar Idők said, citing a NAV spokesperson. The aircraft, bought at a cost of 20 million forints (EUR 65,000) in European Union funding, completes a range of special equipment such as night vision devices, thermal cameras as well as a hovercraft to control riverways.
Hungarian Police Push To Raise Terrorism Charges Against Syrian In Volved In Sept Protest On Border
- 28 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have proposed indicting a Syrian national who took part in clashes with police on the southern border near Röszke last September on charges of terrorism. The national police noted in a statement on its website that 40-year-old Ahmed H is suspected of terrorism in the form of assaulting operational police officers and crossing Hungary’s border illegally as part of a riot.
Ten Migrants Indicted Over Sept 16 Clashes With Hungarian Police
- 5 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
A Szeged prosecutor has charged ten people with violating Hungary’s border fence and entering the country illegally amid the September 16 clashes between migrants and police on the Hungarian-Serbian border near Röszke. A Csongrád County prosecutor’s office spokesman said nine Syrian and one Iraqi national have been charged with illegal entry.
New Hungarian Fidesz Deputy Chairman Aims To Mobilise Youth
- 15 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Newly-elected Fidesz deputy chairman Gábor Kubatov said one of his main goals in his new post would be to politically mobilise young people. Kubatov told MTI after Sunday’s Fidesz congress that it is important to develop a new strategy to invigorate the next generation’s engagement in politics and to strengthen young people’s sense of community and national belonging.
Authorities Find Insects, Mouse At Xmas Candy Maker Near Budapest
- 28 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Expired components or products with an unmarked origin were discovered by authorities at a plant producing Christmas candy near Budapest, the national food safety authority (Nébih) said. A mouse found drowning in the sugar fudge was one of the examples of the inspection’s findings, Nébih said. The inspection by Nébih and the national tax authority (NAV) carried out in mid-October revealed that ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Parliament Lifts Hungarian Jobbik MEP’s Immunity
- 19 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing and a pro-government pundit agree that during the investigation into an MEP‘s alleged spying activity for Russia (see BudaPost through May 20, 2014) Jobbik will have to clarify if it is in any way inked to the Russian secret services.
Hungarian Police Round Up Over 7,000 Illegal Migrants On Tues
- 15 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 7,081 migrants were rounded up on Tuesday for entering Hungary’s border illegally, the national police force said on its website. Criminal proceedings were filed against one person for counterfeiting public documents but no further details were revealed. Deputy spokesman of the national police headquarters Kristóf Gál told public news channel M1 that the vast majority of migrants had ...
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 ...
Over 312,000 Migrants Entered Hungary Illegally So Far This Year
- 6 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
So far this year police have rounded up 312,111 migrants who entered Hungary illegally, a spokeswoman of the national police headquarters said. Some 5,925 people crossed the border on Sunday, including 43 from Serbia and 5,878 from Croatia, Viktória Csiszér- Kovács told public news channel M1.
















