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Xpat Opinion: EU Gives Green Light To Citizens’ Initiative Against Hungary
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on a proposed European Citizen’s Initiative to punish Hungary for the alleged violation of basic democratic norms, a conservative columnist thinks that such ‘attacks’ will increase anti-European sentiments in Hungary.
Lázár Voices Approval For Recent Hungarian TEK Arrests
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s counter-terrorism force TEK is supposed to focus due attention to any extraordinary development, and did “nothing objectionable” when it apprehended six people last weekend, government office chief János Lázár told a press conference. Concerning the arrests, made under suspicion of terrorist activities, Lázár said that under such circumstances TEK must guarantee security and “it would ...
Socialist Leader: Only Left Capable Of Restoring Democratic Rule Of Law In Hungary
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Although European Union institutions can sometimes block some of the government’s measures, only Hungary’s Left is capable of restoring the democratic rule of law, Socialist leader József Tóbiás said. “Replacing the regime of [Prime Minister] Viktor Orbán is our job and responsibility,” Tóbiás said at a conference organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Táncsics Foundation. Over the ...
Hungary’s PM: ‘It’s A Fact: All The Terrorists Are Migrants’
- 26 Nov 2015 6:35 AM
- current affairs
All migrants pose a security threat, because their identities are not known, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with the online portal Politico.eu published on Monday. “Of course it’s not accepted, but the factual point is that all the terrorists are basically migrants,” Orbán said.
Orbán: Hungarians Masters Of Survival
- 26 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians are the masters of survival in Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in the Hungarian research centre of the Beijing International Studies University. If a country has been around for as long as China and has a population the size of China’s, then survival is a daily routine.
Xpat Opinion: PM Orbán’s Lonely Stance On Migration Seen As Vindicated
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In the light of the Paris terrorist attacks and statements by several European leaders suggesting that they have no reason to revise their migration policies, conservative analysts, whether pro-government or not, claim that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was right to argue against unfettered immigration from the start. Opinions diverge however on possible solutions to the problem.
RTL TV Banned From Hungarian Parliament
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaker László Kövér on Friday banned RTL Klub television from entering Parliament for an indefinite period, saying the crew from Hungary’s most popular channel had been filming in areas off-limits to the media. He did not say exactly where this had happened, but the ban comes after RTL attempted to record a press conference held in the building by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and ...
Hungary’s PM: Communism “Was An Insane Ideology”
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
No one today disputes that Communism, like National Socialism, was an insane ideology, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, said at a commemoration. At the event held to remember Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers deported to the Soviet Union, Orbán said that when the insane idea of National Socialism shook the world, and when a crippled western world recognised that its very ...
Hungary’s PM: Controls Of Migrants From War Zones Must Be Stepped Up
- 20 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The terrorist attacks against France highlight the need to take the arrival of migrants from war zones seriously, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. European Union member states are, to varying degrees, at war with countries from where such migrants originate from, Orbán told public media after meeting NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. It is conceivable that groups are being sent to Europe ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Gives Green Light To Citizens’ Initiative Against Hungary
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on a proposed European Citizen’s Initiative to punish Hungary for the alleged violation of basic democratic norms, a conservative columnist thinks that such ‘attacks’ will increase anti-European sentiments in Hungary.
Lázár Voices Approval For Recent Hungarian TEK Arrests
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s counter-terrorism force TEK is supposed to focus due attention to any extraordinary development, and did “nothing objectionable” when it apprehended six people last weekend, government office chief János Lázár told a press conference. Concerning the arrests, made under suspicion of terrorist activities, Lázár said that under such circumstances TEK must guarantee security and “it would ...
Socialist Leader: Only Left Capable Of Restoring Democratic Rule Of Law In Hungary
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Although European Union institutions can sometimes block some of the government’s measures, only Hungary’s Left is capable of restoring the democratic rule of law, Socialist leader József Tóbiás said. “Replacing the regime of [Prime Minister] Viktor Orbán is our job and responsibility,” Tóbiás said at a conference organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Táncsics Foundation. Over the ...
Hungary’s PM: ‘It’s A Fact: All The Terrorists Are Migrants’
- 26 Nov 2015 6:35 AM
- current affairs
All migrants pose a security threat, because their identities are not known, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with the online portal Politico.eu published on Monday. “Of course it’s not accepted, but the factual point is that all the terrorists are basically migrants,” Orbán said.
Orbán: Hungarians Masters Of Survival
- 26 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians are the masters of survival in Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in the Hungarian research centre of the Beijing International Studies University. If a country has been around for as long as China and has a population the size of China’s, then survival is a daily routine.
Xpat Opinion: PM Orbán’s Lonely Stance On Migration Seen As Vindicated
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In the light of the Paris terrorist attacks and statements by several European leaders suggesting that they have no reason to revise their migration policies, conservative analysts, whether pro-government or not, claim that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was right to argue against unfettered immigration from the start. Opinions diverge however on possible solutions to the problem.
RTL TV Banned From Hungarian Parliament
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaker László Kövér on Friday banned RTL Klub television from entering Parliament for an indefinite period, saying the crew from Hungary’s most popular channel had been filming in areas off-limits to the media. He did not say exactly where this had happened, but the ban comes after RTL attempted to record a press conference held in the building by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and ...
Hungary’s PM: Communism “Was An Insane Ideology”
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
No one today disputes that Communism, like National Socialism, was an insane ideology, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, said at a commemoration. At the event held to remember Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers deported to the Soviet Union, Orbán said that when the insane idea of National Socialism shook the world, and when a crippled western world recognised that its very ...
Hungary’s PM: Controls Of Migrants From War Zones Must Be Stepped Up
- 20 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The terrorist attacks against France highlight the need to take the arrival of migrants from war zones seriously, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. European Union member states are, to varying degrees, at war with countries from where such migrants originate from, Orbán told public media after meeting NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. It is conceivable that groups are being sent to Europe ...