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Man Who Robbed Refugees Jailed
- 17 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Gyõr Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a ten-year prison sentence for a man who robbed Afghan refugees with a meat cleaver. The culprit, 41-year-old Ferenc Schaub, and an unidentified companion lured four Afghan men from Gyõr train station last June 9 and told them that he would take them to Vámosszabadi near the Slovak border.
Hungarian Police Fine Afghan HUF 50.000 For Jaywalking
- 17 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police in Körmend have fined a young Afghan man HUF 50,000 (USD 180) for jaywalking. According to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the man was crossing the street around 8:30 pm on his way to Tesco when a police officer fined him for “a lesser infraction committed while commuting on a public road” for failing to use the designated crosswalk.
Guinea-Bissau Man Smuggles Cocaine Capsules In His Stomach To Hungary
- 13 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have launched an investigation concerning a man from Guinea-Bissau who had smuggled 110 cocaine capsules in his stomach to Hungary, police.hu reported. The man aged 30 arrived in Hungary on Monday from Lagos after changing flights in Dubai.
Refugee Shot Near Slovak Border
- 11 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Slovak border police shot and wounded a Syrian refugee yesterday as the car she was riding in failed to stop. The 26-year-old woman was operated on at Dunajska Streda hospital and the bullet was removed from her body. She was listed in a stable condition.
Balog: Hungary Not Confusing Migration With Terrorism
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is the terrorists and not the Hungarian government, who confuse migration with terrorism, Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister, told German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. A year ago, Hungary’s rejection of the European Union’s migrant quota scheme may have seemed like a populist policy, but the attacks in Paris and Brussels have demonstrated that there is indeed a link between ...
Uber States Its Case In Full-Page Ads
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
App-based taxi company Uber has taken out full-page advertisements in Népszabadság and Világgazdaság today, arguing against the government’s ban on its service. The ad states that Uber has 150,000 users in Hungary and provides work to 1,200 honest taxpaying people, arguing that it is wrong to ban something that is loved by users.
Tax Office Finds 20 Unregistered Uber Drivers, Levies HUF 3.6m In Fines
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Inspections of ride-hailing service Uber by the national tax office NAV since January 1 have uncovered 20 drivers with no tax numbers, the office said. NAV has so far conducted 250 inspections in the form of “test rides” and levied fines of 3.6 million forints (EUR 11,500) during the period, it said. Since April 25, the inspections have been carried out together with Budapest’s transport ...
Brussels Plan ‘Complete Mistake’
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called on Hungarians to line up against the Brussels plan, which he described as a “complete mistake”. The body is preoccupied with issues regarding refugees whereas “our problem does not concern the distribution of refugees but protecting the border.”
False Report On Refugees Stirs Tension
- 6 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister’s Office leader János Lázár told reporters yesterday afternoon that teenage girls had been molested and harassed by migrants in Körmend, before it turned out that the story was false. A report posted on the ATV website on Thursday morning said migrants in the newly opened detention centre in Körmend had smashed the window of a gymnasium through which they had been watching teenage ...
Man Who Robbed Refugees Jailed
- 17 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Gyõr Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a ten-year prison sentence for a man who robbed Afghan refugees with a meat cleaver. The culprit, 41-year-old Ferenc Schaub, and an unidentified companion lured four Afghan men from Gyõr train station last June 9 and told them that he would take them to Vámosszabadi near the Slovak border.
Hungarian Police Fine Afghan HUF 50.000 For Jaywalking
- 17 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police in Körmend have fined a young Afghan man HUF 50,000 (USD 180) for jaywalking. According to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the man was crossing the street around 8:30 pm on his way to Tesco when a police officer fined him for “a lesser infraction committed while commuting on a public road” for failing to use the designated crosswalk.
Guinea-Bissau Man Smuggles Cocaine Capsules In His Stomach To Hungary
- 13 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have launched an investigation concerning a man from Guinea-Bissau who had smuggled 110 cocaine capsules in his stomach to Hungary, police.hu reported. The man aged 30 arrived in Hungary on Monday from Lagos after changing flights in Dubai.
Refugee Shot Near Slovak Border
- 11 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Slovak border police shot and wounded a Syrian refugee yesterday as the car she was riding in failed to stop. The 26-year-old woman was operated on at Dunajska Streda hospital and the bullet was removed from her body. She was listed in a stable condition.
Balog: Hungary Not Confusing Migration With Terrorism
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is the terrorists and not the Hungarian government, who confuse migration with terrorism, Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister, told German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. A year ago, Hungary’s rejection of the European Union’s migrant quota scheme may have seemed like a populist policy, but the attacks in Paris and Brussels have demonstrated that there is indeed a link between ...
Uber States Its Case In Full-Page Ads
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
App-based taxi company Uber has taken out full-page advertisements in Népszabadság and Világgazdaság today, arguing against the government’s ban on its service. The ad states that Uber has 150,000 users in Hungary and provides work to 1,200 honest taxpaying people, arguing that it is wrong to ban something that is loved by users.
Tax Office Finds 20 Unregistered Uber Drivers, Levies HUF 3.6m In Fines
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Inspections of ride-hailing service Uber by the national tax office NAV since January 1 have uncovered 20 drivers with no tax numbers, the office said. NAV has so far conducted 250 inspections in the form of “test rides” and levied fines of 3.6 million forints (EUR 11,500) during the period, it said. Since April 25, the inspections have been carried out together with Budapest’s transport ...
Brussels Plan ‘Complete Mistake’
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called on Hungarians to line up against the Brussels plan, which he described as a “complete mistake”. The body is preoccupied with issues regarding refugees whereas “our problem does not concern the distribution of refugees but protecting the border.”
False Report On Refugees Stirs Tension
- 6 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister’s Office leader János Lázár told reporters yesterday afternoon that teenage girls had been molested and harassed by migrants in Körmend, before it turned out that the story was false. A report posted on the ATV website on Thursday morning said migrants in the newly opened detention centre in Körmend had smashed the window of a gymnasium through which they had been watching teenage ...