178 result(s) for interior minister sandor pinter
Hungarian Nat Security CTTEE Concludes Meeting On Századvég Case With Conflict Of Opinion
- 12 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee concluded a discussion about the case of Századvég, a think tank accused of handling state secrets, with a conflict in the opinions of party representatives. The case was put on the committee’s agenda by its chairman, Socialist lawmaker Zsolt Molnár, last week. Molnár then said that the committee sought a briefing concerning who among the think tank’s ...
Israel Recognises Hungarians Helping Jews During Holocaust
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Sándor Pintér, Hungary’s interior minister, and Israeli ambassador to Hungary Ilan Mor handed over Israel’s Righteous Among the Nations honours to Hungarians helping Jews during WWII, at a ceremony in Budapest. In his address at the ceremony, Pintér voiced the Hungarian state’s commitment to protecting each of its citizens from “murderous intent, external enemy or internal treason”.
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.
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 ...
Hungarian Government To Discuss Declaring State Of Emergency
- 12 Sep 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
At his press conference on Thursday (“Government Info 22 – Government actions explained”) the Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said that the Government utterly rejects any proposal for the setting up of a refugee camp in Hungary under the supervision and control of the European Commission. The Government is unable to accept edicts, he said.
Hungarian Border Fence Fails To Stem Influx Of Migrants
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Defence Minister Csaba Hende and Interior Minister Sándor Pintér inspected construction of the fence near Tompa on the Serbian border on Friday. They affirmed that the barrier will be completed by August 31. Hungarian police caught more than 3,400 illegal migrants on Friday and Saturday, an indication that construction of the fence to date has not slowed the influx of refugees.
Date To Be Set For Budapest Conference On Migration
- 22 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Only the date needs to be finalised for a high-level European Union conference to be held on migration in Budapest this autumn, Interior Minister Sándor Pintér said. EU ministers have agreed in Brussels that the member states would receive on a voluntary basis 54,760 refugees and asylum-seekers from conflict zones as well as from Italy and Greece, the two EU member states in which most migrants ...
Xpat Opinion: Border Fence To Be Completed By November
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the authorities start building a ‘sample’ border fence section in southern Hungary, a conservative pundit explains why he believes boundless openness to the current wave of migration would be irresponsible.
Hungarian Nat Security CTTEE Concludes Meeting On Századvég Case With Conflict Of Opinion
- 12 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee concluded a discussion about the case of Századvég, a think tank accused of handling state secrets, with a conflict in the opinions of party representatives. The case was put on the committee’s agenda by its chairman, Socialist lawmaker Zsolt Molnár, last week. Molnár then said that the committee sought a briefing concerning who among the think tank’s ...
Israel Recognises Hungarians Helping Jews During Holocaust
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Sándor Pintér, Hungary’s interior minister, and Israeli ambassador to Hungary Ilan Mor handed over Israel’s Righteous Among the Nations honours to Hungarians helping Jews during WWII, at a ceremony in Budapest. In his address at the ceremony, Pintér voiced the Hungarian state’s commitment to protecting each of its citizens from “murderous intent, external enemy or internal treason”.
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.
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 ...
Hungarian Government To Discuss Declaring State Of Emergency
- 12 Sep 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
At his press conference on Thursday (“Government Info 22 – Government actions explained”) the Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said that the Government utterly rejects any proposal for the setting up of a refugee camp in Hungary under the supervision and control of the European Commission. The Government is unable to accept edicts, he said.
Hungarian Border Fence Fails To Stem Influx Of Migrants
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Defence Minister Csaba Hende and Interior Minister Sándor Pintér inspected construction of the fence near Tompa on the Serbian border on Friday. They affirmed that the barrier will be completed by August 31. Hungarian police caught more than 3,400 illegal migrants on Friday and Saturday, an indication that construction of the fence to date has not slowed the influx of refugees.
Date To Be Set For Budapest Conference On Migration
- 22 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Only the date needs to be finalised for a high-level European Union conference to be held on migration in Budapest this autumn, Interior Minister Sándor Pintér said. EU ministers have agreed in Brussels that the member states would receive on a voluntary basis 54,760 refugees and asylum-seekers from conflict zones as well as from Italy and Greece, the two EU member states in which most migrants ...
Xpat Opinion: Border Fence To Be Completed By November
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the authorities start building a ‘sample’ border fence section in southern Hungary, a conservative pundit explains why he believes boundless openness to the current wave of migration would be irresponsible.