467 result(s) for interior minister
Hungarian Residency Bonds Most Popular Among Chinese Nationals
- 15 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Most of the buyers of Hungary’s residency bonds have been Chinese, Interior Minister Sándor Pintér said in response to a written question he received from an opposition lawmaker. Under the scheme, foreign nationals buying 300,000 euros worth of government bonds can obtain a residency permit that can be extended for five years and allows its holder to travel freely in the Schengen zone.
Szijjártó: Govt Asks For Parlt Support Against Migrant Quotas
- 7 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met the group leaders of five parliamentary parties to discuss the country’s approach to the European Union’s decision to introduce mandatory migrant quotas. Speaking after the meeting, the foreign minister told journalists that most lawmakers “support the notion that Hungary’s national sovereignty must be protected.” Péter Szijjártó said that Orbán had instructed the ...
Former Hungarian Communist Party Official Biszku Pleads Innocent In New Trial
- 5 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, the interior minister in 1956, pleaded innocent to charges of war crimes when a new trial began on Friday. Biszku is accused of abetting the shooting of protesters by state security officials at Nyugati tér and in Salgótarján in December 1956, as well as failing to investigate a raid in 1957 and denying Communist crimes.
Pintér: "Freedom Was At Stake" Before Call To Erect Border Fence On Hungarian Border
- 1 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary needed to erect a fence on its border with Serbia because “freedom was at stake”, the interior minister told parliament’s defence and law enforcement committee. Sándor Pintér said the EU’s Schengen rules stipulate that the zone’s external borders have to be protected and that measures must be in place to prevent anyone from crossing the “green” border.
Pintér: Hungary, Slovenia To Jointly Patrol Common Border
- 29 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian and Slovenian police will jointly patrol the two countries’ common border along its entire section, the Hungarian interior minister said. Sándor Pintér held talks with Vesna Györkös Znidar, his Slovenian counterpart, and police chiefs of the two countries at Dolga Vas (Hosszúfalu), a settlement right on the Slovenian side of the border. They decided on joint patrols and keeping an ...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: Tightened Border Controls Aimed At Curbing Illegal Migration
- 24 Sep 2015 3:54 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s fence on its border with Croatia “has nothing to do with Croatian or Hungarian people, and is simply aimed at curbing illegal migration,” Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, told Croatian public service television channel HRT. Last week, Croatian authorities sent some 1,000 migrants on a train across the border to southern Hungary without prior notification. Referring to the ...
Serbian - Hungarian Border Crossing Roszke Open Again
- 21 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Serbia has provided Hungary with guarantees concerning controls on the border, the prime minister’s domestic security advisor said on Sunday. In an interview to public television’s news channel M1, Gyorgy Bakondi said that the Hungarian interior minister had negotiated with Serbian officials, which led to a decision to open the Roszke border serving the motorway from 11am.
Hungary’s Border Closed At Röszke-Horgos For 30 Days
- 17 Sep 2015 9:30 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Minister of Interior ordered a partial border closure at the Röszke-Horgos motorway border crossing station and at the Röszke-Horgos express road border crossing station for a period of 30 days as of 0.00 hours on 17 September 2015 in the interest of the protection of public security.
All Conditions For Requesting Asylum Remain Available In Hungary
- 15 Sep 2015 4:59 AM
- current affairs
“All conditions for legally entering the territory of Hungary and for requesting the right to asylum will continue to be available regardless of Tuesday’s introduction of tougher border regulations”, the Government Spokesperson declared on Monday night at the Hungarian-Serbian border.
Hungarian Residency Bonds Most Popular Among Chinese Nationals
- 15 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Most of the buyers of Hungary’s residency bonds have been Chinese, Interior Minister Sándor Pintér said in response to a written question he received from an opposition lawmaker. Under the scheme, foreign nationals buying 300,000 euros worth of government bonds can obtain a residency permit that can be extended for five years and allows its holder to travel freely in the Schengen zone.
Szijjártó: Govt Asks For Parlt Support Against Migrant Quotas
- 7 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met the group leaders of five parliamentary parties to discuss the country’s approach to the European Union’s decision to introduce mandatory migrant quotas. Speaking after the meeting, the foreign minister told journalists that most lawmakers “support the notion that Hungary’s national sovereignty must be protected.” Péter Szijjártó said that Orbán had instructed the ...
Former Hungarian Communist Party Official Biszku Pleads Innocent In New Trial
- 5 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, the interior minister in 1956, pleaded innocent to charges of war crimes when a new trial began on Friday. Biszku is accused of abetting the shooting of protesters by state security officials at Nyugati tér and in Salgótarján in December 1956, as well as failing to investigate a raid in 1957 and denying Communist crimes.
Pintér: "Freedom Was At Stake" Before Call To Erect Border Fence On Hungarian Border
- 1 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary needed to erect a fence on its border with Serbia because “freedom was at stake”, the interior minister told parliament’s defence and law enforcement committee. Sándor Pintér said the EU’s Schengen rules stipulate that the zone’s external borders have to be protected and that measures must be in place to prevent anyone from crossing the “green” border.
Pintér: Hungary, Slovenia To Jointly Patrol Common Border
- 29 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian and Slovenian police will jointly patrol the two countries’ common border along its entire section, the Hungarian interior minister said. Sándor Pintér held talks with Vesna Györkös Znidar, his Slovenian counterpart, and police chiefs of the two countries at Dolga Vas (Hosszúfalu), a settlement right on the Slovenian side of the border. They decided on joint patrols and keeping an ...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: Tightened Border Controls Aimed At Curbing Illegal Migration
- 24 Sep 2015 3:54 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s fence on its border with Croatia “has nothing to do with Croatian or Hungarian people, and is simply aimed at curbing illegal migration,” Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, told Croatian public service television channel HRT. Last week, Croatian authorities sent some 1,000 migrants on a train across the border to southern Hungary without prior notification. Referring to the ...
Serbian - Hungarian Border Crossing Roszke Open Again
- 21 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Serbia has provided Hungary with guarantees concerning controls on the border, the prime minister’s domestic security advisor said on Sunday. In an interview to public television’s news channel M1, Gyorgy Bakondi said that the Hungarian interior minister had negotiated with Serbian officials, which led to a decision to open the Roszke border serving the motorway from 11am.
Hungary’s Border Closed At Röszke-Horgos For 30 Days
- 17 Sep 2015 9:30 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Minister of Interior ordered a partial border closure at the Röszke-Horgos motorway border crossing station and at the Röszke-Horgos express road border crossing station for a period of 30 days as of 0.00 hours on 17 September 2015 in the interest of the protection of public security.
All Conditions For Requesting Asylum Remain Available In Hungary
- 15 Sep 2015 4:59 AM
- current affairs
“All conditions for legally entering the territory of Hungary and for requesting the right to asylum will continue to be available regardless of Tuesday’s introduction of tougher border regulations”, the Government Spokesperson declared on Monday night at the Hungarian-Serbian border.

















