54 result(s) for life sentences
Xpat Opinion: Axe Murderer Released In Azerbaijan After Being Transferred From Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators deplore the decision of the Hungarian government to transfer Ramil Shahib Safarov to Azerbaijan to serve his life sentence for the killing of an Armenian man in Budapest in 2004. Analysts believe Hungary should have suspected that despite Azeri assurances to the contrary, the man would be released upon his arrival in Baku.
Moneychanger’s Killer Gets Life Sentence In Hungary
- 23 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Szombathely court on Saturday sentenced József Hajba to life imprisonment after convicting him of robbing and killing an Arab moneychanger on Baross utca in Budapest on November 9, 2009. Two associates with whom Hajba mostly robbed casinos and gambling halls in Budapest and money-changing kiosks along the Austrian border, received sentences of 13 years, and a third 11 years in penitentiary. The ...
Hungarian Parliament Has Passed The New Penal Code
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The New Penal Code will enter into force on 1 July 2013; it was passed by the Hungarian Parliament on 25 June 2012 after several months of wide-ranging social and professional consultations and political debates. The new Penal Code also offers an effective response to the changes in crime patterns that have occurred in the past thirty years, since the entry into force of the Criminal Code ...
'Creative Problem Solving' Competion - Hungarian Winner
- 25 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- business
The winner of the region’s first Global Impact Competition will benefit from a 10-week $30,000 course at the Singularity University and software worth $10,000 from Autodesk, but thinks the most important thing she’ll get from it are contacts.
Looking Back On The Liszt Year In Hungary - In A Nutshell
- 27 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 2011 hundreds of concerts, sereval exhibitions, publications and commemorating events were dedicated to Ferenc Liszt, born 200 years ago. Although we could not be present everywhere, we have covered most of the events in narrative or in pictures.
Anti-Corruption Programme Soon To Be Debated By Hungarian Government
- 13 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"The first government-level anti-corruption programme has been completed. The Ministry of Public Administration and Justice has recently closed the relevant social consultations. The anti-corruption programme will be debated by the Government within weeks.
Csányi Blackmailers Get Suspended Sentences In Hungary
- 12 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"Pest Central District Court on Thursday handed down suspended prison sentences and imposed fines on three men for blackmailing OTP chairman Sándor Csányi in 2007. The three had threatened to make public a tax audit pertaining to the construction of the Bank Center in downtown Budapest, which they claimed would be embarrassing for Csányi.
Vona: Life Sentences For Bent Politicians In Hungary
- 1 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona would confiscate all the assets of politicians who damage state assets, as well as those of their family members, and would even imprison them for life, he told reporters on Thursday.
Xpat Interview: Pál Schmitt, Former President of Hungary
- 7 Feb 2006 11:00 AM
Introducing Pál Schmitt in a few sentences is not easy. Simply listing all his achievements, titles and positions would probably take up half of the available space.
Xpat Opinion: Axe Murderer Released In Azerbaijan After Being Transferred From Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators deplore the decision of the Hungarian government to transfer Ramil Shahib Safarov to Azerbaijan to serve his life sentence for the killing of an Armenian man in Budapest in 2004. Analysts believe Hungary should have suspected that despite Azeri assurances to the contrary, the man would be released upon his arrival in Baku.
Moneychanger’s Killer Gets Life Sentence In Hungary
- 23 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Szombathely court on Saturday sentenced József Hajba to life imprisonment after convicting him of robbing and killing an Arab moneychanger on Baross utca in Budapest on November 9, 2009. Two associates with whom Hajba mostly robbed casinos and gambling halls in Budapest and money-changing kiosks along the Austrian border, received sentences of 13 years, and a third 11 years in penitentiary. The ...
Hungarian Parliament Has Passed The New Penal Code
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The New Penal Code will enter into force on 1 July 2013; it was passed by the Hungarian Parliament on 25 June 2012 after several months of wide-ranging social and professional consultations and political debates. The new Penal Code also offers an effective response to the changes in crime patterns that have occurred in the past thirty years, since the entry into force of the Criminal Code ...
'Creative Problem Solving' Competion - Hungarian Winner
- 25 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- business
The winner of the region’s first Global Impact Competition will benefit from a 10-week $30,000 course at the Singularity University and software worth $10,000 from Autodesk, but thinks the most important thing she’ll get from it are contacts.
Looking Back On The Liszt Year In Hungary - In A Nutshell
- 27 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 2011 hundreds of concerts, sereval exhibitions, publications and commemorating events were dedicated to Ferenc Liszt, born 200 years ago. Although we could not be present everywhere, we have covered most of the events in narrative or in pictures.
Anti-Corruption Programme Soon To Be Debated By Hungarian Government
- 13 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"The first government-level anti-corruption programme has been completed. The Ministry of Public Administration and Justice has recently closed the relevant social consultations. The anti-corruption programme will be debated by the Government within weeks.
Csányi Blackmailers Get Suspended Sentences In Hungary
- 12 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"Pest Central District Court on Thursday handed down suspended prison sentences and imposed fines on three men for blackmailing OTP chairman Sándor Csányi in 2007. The three had threatened to make public a tax audit pertaining to the construction of the Bank Center in downtown Budapest, which they claimed would be embarrassing for Csányi.
Vona: Life Sentences For Bent Politicians In Hungary
- 1 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona would confiscate all the assets of politicians who damage state assets, as well as those of their family members, and would even imprison them for life, he told reporters on Thursday.
Xpat Interview: Pál Schmitt, Former President of Hungary
- 7 Feb 2006 11:00 AM
Introducing Pál Schmitt in a few sentences is not easy. Simply listing all his achievements, titles and positions would probably take up half of the available space.