3,958 result(s) for prime minister orbán
Szijjártó: Swedish PM’s Remarks On Hungary ‘Unacceptable’
- 9 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s recent remarks about Hungary in connection with the migrant crisis are “hypocritical and unacceptable,” Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said. “I consider it extremely hypocritical and unacceptable when somebody confuses the transfer of European Union resources with the issue of immigration, one of the greatest challenges facing the European Union,” he told ...
Hungarian Opposition Parties Demand Reasons For Defence Minister’s Resignation
- 8 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Opposition parties on Monday demanded to know the reason for Defence Minister Csaba Hende’s resignation and called for a new direction from the government in its handling of the migrant crisis. The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it demands “an immediate explanation” for Hende’s move. The party said they wanted to know the reason for the minister’s departure because Hungarian borders are ...
Construction Of The Hungarian Border Barrier Must Be Accelerated
- 8 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
“The refugees are not seeking political asylum in Europe, but have instead left their home countries in the hope of a better life”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared in an interview with Austrian public media network ORF.
Együtt: Hungary Should Take In 15,000 Refugees By 2016
- 8 Sep 2015 9:03 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Együtt party demands that Hungary should take in 10,000 refugees this year and 5,000 next year, on a voluntary and longterm basis. Viktor Szigetvári, the party’s leader, said that while Hungary is a homogeneous country, it needs new work force to make its pension and welfare systems sustainable. It is also Hungary’s moral duty to take in migrants.
Hungarian Minister Of Defence Quits After Meeting About Refugee Fence
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Defence Minister Csaba Hende has tendered his resignation, the Government Information Centre told MTI in a statement on Monday. According to the statement, Prime Minister Viktor Orban accepted Hende’s resignation and asked Istvan Simicsko to manage the defence portfolio.
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
DK Holds Orbán Responsible For Refugee Crisis
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is responsible for the rising number of migrants arriving in Europe. Zsolt Gréczy, the party’s spokesman, called on Orbán to stop “leading Hungarians on, promising to protect the borders, when just the opposite is happening”.
Hungary Should Not Be Criticised For Doing Its Duty
- 7 Sep 2015 10:10 AM
- current affairs
Hungary should not be criticised for doing its duty; it should instead be left to do what it has to do, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday in Brussels, after a meeting on the migrant crisis with Martin Schultz, President of the European Parliament. The Prime Minister requested that the EP President relay this request to the members of the European Parliament. He said that “We Hungarians ...
Xpat Opinion: Thousands Of Undocumented Migrants Leave Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
An agreement with Germany and Austria has allowed Hungary to transfer asylum seekers to the Austrian border. Weeklies and dailies ponder the implications of the crisis and the prospect of its resolution. On Friday, groups of migrants from Keleti railway station and from several refugee camps left for Austria on foot after the Budapest-Vienna train line was shut down because of the presence of ...
Szijjártó: Swedish PM’s Remarks On Hungary ‘Unacceptable’
- 9 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s recent remarks about Hungary in connection with the migrant crisis are “hypocritical and unacceptable,” Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said. “I consider it extremely hypocritical and unacceptable when somebody confuses the transfer of European Union resources with the issue of immigration, one of the greatest challenges facing the European Union,” he told ...
Hungarian Opposition Parties Demand Reasons For Defence Minister’s Resignation
- 8 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Opposition parties on Monday demanded to know the reason for Defence Minister Csaba Hende’s resignation and called for a new direction from the government in its handling of the migrant crisis. The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it demands “an immediate explanation” for Hende’s move. The party said they wanted to know the reason for the minister’s departure because Hungarian borders are ...
Construction Of The Hungarian Border Barrier Must Be Accelerated
- 8 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
“The refugees are not seeking political asylum in Europe, but have instead left their home countries in the hope of a better life”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared in an interview with Austrian public media network ORF.
Együtt: Hungary Should Take In 15,000 Refugees By 2016
- 8 Sep 2015 9:03 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Együtt party demands that Hungary should take in 10,000 refugees this year and 5,000 next year, on a voluntary and longterm basis. Viktor Szigetvári, the party’s leader, said that while Hungary is a homogeneous country, it needs new work force to make its pension and welfare systems sustainable. It is also Hungary’s moral duty to take in migrants.
Hungarian Minister Of Defence Quits After Meeting About Refugee Fence
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Defence Minister Csaba Hende has tendered his resignation, the Government Information Centre told MTI in a statement on Monday. According to the statement, Prime Minister Viktor Orban accepted Hende’s resignation and asked Istvan Simicsko to manage the defence portfolio.
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
DK Holds Orbán Responsible For Refugee Crisis
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is responsible for the rising number of migrants arriving in Europe. Zsolt Gréczy, the party’s spokesman, called on Orbán to stop “leading Hungarians on, promising to protect the borders, when just the opposite is happening”.
Hungary Should Not Be Criticised For Doing Its Duty
- 7 Sep 2015 10:10 AM
- current affairs
Hungary should not be criticised for doing its duty; it should instead be left to do what it has to do, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday in Brussels, after a meeting on the migrant crisis with Martin Schultz, President of the European Parliament. The Prime Minister requested that the EP President relay this request to the members of the European Parliament. He said that “We Hungarians ...
Xpat Opinion: Thousands Of Undocumented Migrants Leave Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
An agreement with Germany and Austria has allowed Hungary to transfer asylum seekers to the Austrian border. Weeklies and dailies ponder the implications of the crisis and the prospect of its resolution. On Friday, groups of migrants from Keleti railway station and from several refugee camps left for Austria on foot after the Budapest-Vienna train line was shut down because of the presence of ...