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Hungary’s PM: Immigration Wave Jeopardises European Lifestyles
- 16 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The current influx of immigrants could compromise European lifestyles, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. In an interview broadcast by commercial TV2, he insisted that “Europe as it is can be maintained if we do not allow everybody in”. Voter pressure made Europe’s governments quickly change their positions and introduce border controls: “Europe is a democracy after all. You cannot act against the ...
Govt Supporters Rally Against Liberal Weekly’s Cover Comparing Hungary’s PM To Hitler
- 14 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 2500-3000 pro-government demonstrators held a protest yesterday in front of the editorial office of the liberal news magazine Magyar Narancs against the cover design of its Thursday issue that featured Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with a barbed-wire moustache, a joint reference to the border fence and the late German dictator Adolf Hitler.
Hungary's PM: We All Feel Sympathy For The Migrants, But We Must Act
- 14 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
German daily Bild published an interview with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Saturday under the title “Why Hungary is building a fence”. Mr. Orbán said it was natural to feel sympathy towards the migrants, but also said that sympathy is not enough. “We must act”, he declared.
Hungarian Minister: Refugees Should Be Helped To Stay Where They Are
- 10 Sep 2015 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Refugees should be helped to stay where they are and a clear distinction should be made between economic migrants and those refugees whom we have always helped and will continue to do so, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog told national news agency MTI on Tuesday in Paris.
Organisers Of People Smuggling Can Be Sentenced To Up To Twenty Years In Prison In Hungary
- 10 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Organisers of people smuggling could receive prison sentences of ten to twenty years, according to a proposed amendment tabled by the Legislative Committee of the Hungarian Parliament. At the Committee’s meeting on 3rd September 2015, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice Róbert Répássy said that the increased responsibility of gang leaders and organisers justified more serious categories ...
Refugees Keep On Coming To Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities continue to register 1,500-2,000 asylum seekers every day, Árpád Szép, the head of refugee affairs at the Immigration and Citizenship Office said yesterday. As of noon Sunday, there were about 3,000 people staying at collection centres. The number of illegal border entrants so far this year is 165,928, National Police border police official László Balázs told a press briefing in ...
Hungary’s Problem Is Not The Refugees But Itself
- 6 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Orbán is the most harmful Hungarian politician in the history of the Hungarian system change. He has not given the country anything that would have made it sustainably successful. To the contrary, led by his own self-interest, vanity, and ignorance of consequences, he has led the country from aberration to aberration.
Xpat Opinion: Political Background Of The Refugee Crisis In Hungary
- 3 Sep 2015 10:50 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz and the ‘average Hungarian’ - There is no politician in Hungary with such an amazing knack for what the Hungarian public wants – or is at least willing to tolerate – as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He might have narrowly lost two winnable elections in 2002 and 2006, but at the same time he built a marginal and culturally ill-fitting party into one that is fundamentally attuned to the ...
Hungary’s Police Say They Are Abiding By Schengen Rules
- 3 Sep 2015 10:05 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian national police headquarters (ORFK) has said in a statement that officers are seeing to border control duties in complete accordance with regulations prescribed by the Schengen codex. The statement added that the police presence in and around Budapest’s Keleti railway station is being beefed up with civil guards since the number of migrants has grown dramatically over the past five ...
Hungary’s PM: Immigration Wave Jeopardises European Lifestyles
- 16 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The current influx of immigrants could compromise European lifestyles, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. In an interview broadcast by commercial TV2, he insisted that “Europe as it is can be maintained if we do not allow everybody in”. Voter pressure made Europe’s governments quickly change their positions and introduce border controls: “Europe is a democracy after all. You cannot act against the ...
Govt Supporters Rally Against Liberal Weekly’s Cover Comparing Hungary’s PM To Hitler
- 14 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 2500-3000 pro-government demonstrators held a protest yesterday in front of the editorial office of the liberal news magazine Magyar Narancs against the cover design of its Thursday issue that featured Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with a barbed-wire moustache, a joint reference to the border fence and the late German dictator Adolf Hitler.
Hungary's PM: We All Feel Sympathy For The Migrants, But We Must Act
- 14 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
German daily Bild published an interview with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Saturday under the title “Why Hungary is building a fence”. Mr. Orbán said it was natural to feel sympathy towards the migrants, but also said that sympathy is not enough. “We must act”, he declared.
Hungarian Minister: Refugees Should Be Helped To Stay Where They Are
- 10 Sep 2015 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Refugees should be helped to stay where they are and a clear distinction should be made between economic migrants and those refugees whom we have always helped and will continue to do so, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog told national news agency MTI on Tuesday in Paris.
Organisers Of People Smuggling Can Be Sentenced To Up To Twenty Years In Prison In Hungary
- 10 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Organisers of people smuggling could receive prison sentences of ten to twenty years, according to a proposed amendment tabled by the Legislative Committee of the Hungarian Parliament. At the Committee’s meeting on 3rd September 2015, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice Róbert Répássy said that the increased responsibility of gang leaders and organisers justified more serious categories ...
Refugees Keep On Coming To Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities continue to register 1,500-2,000 asylum seekers every day, Árpád Szép, the head of refugee affairs at the Immigration and Citizenship Office said yesterday. As of noon Sunday, there were about 3,000 people staying at collection centres. The number of illegal border entrants so far this year is 165,928, National Police border police official László Balázs told a press briefing in ...
Hungary’s Problem Is Not The Refugees But Itself
- 6 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Orbán is the most harmful Hungarian politician in the history of the Hungarian system change. He has not given the country anything that would have made it sustainably successful. To the contrary, led by his own self-interest, vanity, and ignorance of consequences, he has led the country from aberration to aberration.
Xpat Opinion: Political Background Of The Refugee Crisis In Hungary
- 3 Sep 2015 10:50 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz and the ‘average Hungarian’ - There is no politician in Hungary with such an amazing knack for what the Hungarian public wants – or is at least willing to tolerate – as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He might have narrowly lost two winnable elections in 2002 and 2006, but at the same time he built a marginal and culturally ill-fitting party into one that is fundamentally attuned to the ...
Hungary’s Police Say They Are Abiding By Schengen Rules
- 3 Sep 2015 10:05 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian national police headquarters (ORFK) has said in a statement that officers are seeing to border control duties in complete accordance with regulations prescribed by the Schengen codex. The statement added that the police presence in and around Budapest’s Keleti railway station is being beefed up with civil guards since the number of migrants has grown dramatically over the past five ...