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PM Viktor Orbán Thanks Heads Of Hungarian Aid Organisations
- 9 Sep 2015 9:30 AM
- current affairs
At a meeting held on Tuesday with Director of Hungarian Interchurch Aid László Lehel and Head of the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta Imre Kozma, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán thanked the organisations for their work in helping migrants.
Hungarian Government Launches Information Campaign Along Migrant Transit Routes
- 9 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has published the first image of its information campaign launched along migrant transit routes to the south of Hungary warning would-be immigrants that illegally crossing the country’s borders is a criminal offense punishable with a prison sentence.
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”.
PM Viktor Orbán Thanks Heads Of Hungarian Aid Organisations
- 9 Sep 2015 9:30 AM
- current affairs
At a meeting held on Tuesday with Director of Hungarian Interchurch Aid László Lehel and Head of the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta Imre Kozma, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán thanked the organisations for their work in helping migrants.
Hungarian Government Launches Information Campaign Along Migrant Transit Routes
- 9 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has published the first image of its information campaign launched along migrant transit routes to the south of Hungary warning would-be immigrants that illegally crossing the country’s borders is a criminal offense punishable with a prison sentence.
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”.