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Xpat Opinion: What Really Happened? Azeri-Hungarian Negotiations
- 4 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ever since Magyar Nemzet received a facsimile of the Azeri promises concerning Ramil Safarov’s continued prison sentence, people in the opposition press kept asking why the Hungarian government was silent on the issue. If the Azeris went back on their word, why don’t the Hungarians protest and condemn the action of Azerbaijan?
Evidence Against Hungarian War Crimes Suspect Laszlo Csatary Mounts
- 1 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is considerably more evidence against war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary than against Sandor Kepiro, who was acquitted on war crimes charges last year, lawyer Adam Gellert told reporters. Gellert, head of a research team at the Holocaust Memorial Centre, yesterday presented Hungarian and Slovak archival material, including several documents featuring Csatary's signature as ghetto commander ...
Cultural Center Ruling Deeply Divisive In Hungary
- 17 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In a binding ruling, the Capital Court of Appeals said that project manager Porto Investment and main developer WHB consortium must hand over the CET cultural complex in the Ninth District, which has been sitting idle for two years due to financial disputes between the local government, WHB consortium and Porto Investment.
Confusion Over Hungarian Athlete Fazekas
- 17 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
“Contrary to press speculations I have received no notice about proceedings,” discus thrower Robert Fazekas said last week. Hungarian Olympic Committee head Zoltan Molnar announced that Fazekas has not even been nominated for the Olympics. Magyar Hirlap reported that the Hungarian athlete might miss the London Olympics because of doping. Fazekas’ lawyer Csaba Czegledy told website nyugat.hu that ...
Hungarian Parliament Has Passed Amendments To Judicial Laws
- 6 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In response to the remarks of the Venice Commission, Parliament has passed the amendments of the laws on courts at the beginning of the week. The amendments serve to make the administration of justice and courts more specific, more effective and more transparent, and reinforce the monitoring powers of the National Judicial Council over the President of the National Judicial Office in the area of ...
West Balkan Defendants Convicted In Hungary
- 2 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pest Central District Court on Wednesday sentenced the four defendants in the West Balkan nightclub disaster to 32 months in prison each. The verdict is open to appeal. Three women were trampled to death and several others were injured in a stampede on January 15, 2011 as about 3,000 people tried to flee the club when a rumour spread that it was on fire.
Legal Aid Service For Hungarians Abroad
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An ethnic minority rights protection institute and foundation will be launched to provide full-scale legal aid to those affiliated with the Hungarian nation, deputy prime minister Zsolt Semjén announced on Thursday.
Hungarian Lawyer Fined For Ketchuping Basic Law
- 8 Jun 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
The Second and Third District Court reprimanded lawyer Péter Dániel on Thursday and ordered him to pay Ft 407 in procedural costs for having poured ketchup on the Basic Law in the Second District mayoral office last year. The verdict can be appealled within eight days. Dániel admitted the act, but said it was not a misdemeanour but a way of expressing political opinion.
Hungary Rejects EU Red Star Decision
- 4 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics has declared that Hungary disagrees with a European court verdict and will not pay up in the case of János Fratanolo. The Hungarian government had fined Fratanolo, former president of the Hungarian Workers Party, for wearing the red star in 2006.
Xpat Opinion: What Really Happened? Azeri-Hungarian Negotiations
- 4 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ever since Magyar Nemzet received a facsimile of the Azeri promises concerning Ramil Safarov’s continued prison sentence, people in the opposition press kept asking why the Hungarian government was silent on the issue. If the Azeris went back on their word, why don’t the Hungarians protest and condemn the action of Azerbaijan?
Evidence Against Hungarian War Crimes Suspect Laszlo Csatary Mounts
- 1 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is considerably more evidence against war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary than against Sandor Kepiro, who was acquitted on war crimes charges last year, lawyer Adam Gellert told reporters. Gellert, head of a research team at the Holocaust Memorial Centre, yesterday presented Hungarian and Slovak archival material, including several documents featuring Csatary's signature as ghetto commander ...
Cultural Center Ruling Deeply Divisive In Hungary
- 17 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In a binding ruling, the Capital Court of Appeals said that project manager Porto Investment and main developer WHB consortium must hand over the CET cultural complex in the Ninth District, which has been sitting idle for two years due to financial disputes between the local government, WHB consortium and Porto Investment.
Confusion Over Hungarian Athlete Fazekas
- 17 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
“Contrary to press speculations I have received no notice about proceedings,” discus thrower Robert Fazekas said last week. Hungarian Olympic Committee head Zoltan Molnar announced that Fazekas has not even been nominated for the Olympics. Magyar Hirlap reported that the Hungarian athlete might miss the London Olympics because of doping. Fazekas’ lawyer Csaba Czegledy told website nyugat.hu that ...
Hungarian Parliament Has Passed Amendments To Judicial Laws
- 6 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In response to the remarks of the Venice Commission, Parliament has passed the amendments of the laws on courts at the beginning of the week. The amendments serve to make the administration of justice and courts more specific, more effective and more transparent, and reinforce the monitoring powers of the National Judicial Council over the President of the National Judicial Office in the area of ...
West Balkan Defendants Convicted In Hungary
- 2 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pest Central District Court on Wednesday sentenced the four defendants in the West Balkan nightclub disaster to 32 months in prison each. The verdict is open to appeal. Three women were trampled to death and several others were injured in a stampede on January 15, 2011 as about 3,000 people tried to flee the club when a rumour spread that it was on fire.
Legal Aid Service For Hungarians Abroad
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An ethnic minority rights protection institute and foundation will be launched to provide full-scale legal aid to those affiliated with the Hungarian nation, deputy prime minister Zsolt Semjén announced on Thursday.
Hungarian Lawyer Fined For Ketchuping Basic Law
- 8 Jun 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
The Second and Third District Court reprimanded lawyer Péter Dániel on Thursday and ordered him to pay Ft 407 in procedural costs for having poured ketchup on the Basic Law in the Second District mayoral office last year. The verdict can be appealled within eight days. Dániel admitted the act, but said it was not a misdemeanour but a way of expressing political opinion.
Hungary Rejects EU Red Star Decision
- 4 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics has declared that Hungary disagrees with a European court verdict and will not pay up in the case of János Fratanolo. The Hungarian government had fined Fratanolo, former president of the Hungarian Workers Party, for wearing the red star in 2006.