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Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán To Give A Speech In Tusnádfürdő
- 24 Jul 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Press Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office Bertalan Havasi has informed kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be travelling to Transylvania in Romania, where he will give a presentation at the 26th Bálványos Summer University. The Prime Minister’s presentation will start on Satruday at 10.30 AM Eastern European Summer Time (9.30 in Hungary), and will be broadcast live on Hungarian ...
Hungary’s PM Accepted Tax Chief Resigning For Personal Reasons
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accepted the resignation of tax authority (NAV) chief Ildikó Vida due to her family and personal reasons, András Giró-Szász, state secretary for government communications, said. Vida first offered her resignation amid the unfounded US accusations late last year, but at that time the prime minister rejected it, Giró-Szász said.
Hungary's PM @ Bálványos Summer University In Szeklerland
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 26th annual Bálványos Summer University opened in Băile Tușnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Szeklerland, central Romania, on Wednesday. The ideas discussed at the summer university over the years laid the foundations for the most significant achievements in Hungary’s policy for Hungarian communities abroad, State Secretary Árpád János Potápi said in his opening address.
OLAF Confirms Inquiry Into Hungarian Company Elios
- 22 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) yesterday confirmed that it has started an official inquiry into EU-financed public procurement contracts awarded to a company until recently owned in part by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz.
Civil Activists Thwart Attempts To Exploit Refugees In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A glass of milk, a pair of new shoes, a couple of good words. A small group of volunteers are trying to make the situation of refugees stranded in Szeged’s train station more tolerable. Hungarian immigration authorities routinely transport registered border jumpers to the station right after the departure of the last Budapest-bound train. They were supposed to catch a train to their open refugee ...
Hungarian Opposition: Fence No Solution To Migrant Problem
- 2 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Leftist opposition parties urged the government to find different solutions to migration problems than the ones it has been advocating. Commenting on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s press conference after a Serbia-Hungary intergovernmental meeting, opposition parties with the exception of Jobbik, expressed dislike for the plans to build a fence on Hungary’s southern border with Serbia.
Hungarian Parliament Passes Bill In Asylum Law
- 1 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawmakers approved a decree which mandates the government to identify “safe” countries from where asylum requests would be rejected. The ruling Fidesz decree passed with 140 MPs in favour and 14 against and 27 abstentions. Governing parties and radical nationalist Jobbik party voted in favour, LMP and independents against and Socialist lawmakers abstained.
Refugees Should Not Be Sent Back To Hungary
- 29 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to the presidents of the European Commission and the European Parliament asking that migrants scheduled to be returned to Hungary should be sent back to Greece, PMO Minister János Lázár told his regular Thursday press briefing.
Refugees Should Not Be Sent Back To Hungary
- 26 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to the presidents of the European Commission and the European Parliament asking that migrants scheduled to be returned to Hungary should be sent back to Greece, PMO Minister János Lázár told his regular Thursday press briefing. He said EU member states want to return 16,000 refugees who first entered the EU in Hungary as a “first step,” but Hungary is not ...
Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán To Give A Speech In Tusnádfürdő
- 24 Jul 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Press Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office Bertalan Havasi has informed kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be travelling to Transylvania in Romania, where he will give a presentation at the 26th Bálványos Summer University. The Prime Minister’s presentation will start on Satruday at 10.30 AM Eastern European Summer Time (9.30 in Hungary), and will be broadcast live on Hungarian ...
Hungary’s PM Accepted Tax Chief Resigning For Personal Reasons
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accepted the resignation of tax authority (NAV) chief Ildikó Vida due to her family and personal reasons, András Giró-Szász, state secretary for government communications, said. Vida first offered her resignation amid the unfounded US accusations late last year, but at that time the prime minister rejected it, Giró-Szász said.
Hungary's PM @ Bálványos Summer University In Szeklerland
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 26th annual Bálványos Summer University opened in Băile Tușnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Szeklerland, central Romania, on Wednesday. The ideas discussed at the summer university over the years laid the foundations for the most significant achievements in Hungary’s policy for Hungarian communities abroad, State Secretary Árpád János Potápi said in his opening address.
OLAF Confirms Inquiry Into Hungarian Company Elios
- 22 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) yesterday confirmed that it has started an official inquiry into EU-financed public procurement contracts awarded to a company until recently owned in part by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz.
Civil Activists Thwart Attempts To Exploit Refugees In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A glass of milk, a pair of new shoes, a couple of good words. A small group of volunteers are trying to make the situation of refugees stranded in Szeged’s train station more tolerable. Hungarian immigration authorities routinely transport registered border jumpers to the station right after the departure of the last Budapest-bound train. They were supposed to catch a train to their open refugee ...
Hungarian Opposition: Fence No Solution To Migrant Problem
- 2 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Leftist opposition parties urged the government to find different solutions to migration problems than the ones it has been advocating. Commenting on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s press conference after a Serbia-Hungary intergovernmental meeting, opposition parties with the exception of Jobbik, expressed dislike for the plans to build a fence on Hungary’s southern border with Serbia.
Hungarian Parliament Passes Bill In Asylum Law
- 1 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawmakers approved a decree which mandates the government to identify “safe” countries from where asylum requests would be rejected. The ruling Fidesz decree passed with 140 MPs in favour and 14 against and 27 abstentions. Governing parties and radical nationalist Jobbik party voted in favour, LMP and independents against and Socialist lawmakers abstained.
Refugees Should Not Be Sent Back To Hungary
- 29 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to the presidents of the European Commission and the European Parliament asking that migrants scheduled to be returned to Hungary should be sent back to Greece, PMO Minister János Lázár told his regular Thursday press briefing.
Refugees Should Not Be Sent Back To Hungary
- 26 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to the presidents of the European Commission and the European Parliament asking that migrants scheduled to be returned to Hungary should be sent back to Greece, PMO Minister János Lázár told his regular Thursday press briefing. He said EU member states want to return 16,000 refugees who first entered the EU in Hungary as a “first step,” but Hungary is not ...