252 result(s) for protection efforts
COE Delegation Inspects Hungary Transit Zones
- 6 Jul 2017 8:42 AM
- current affairs
A Council of Europe delegation has arrived in Hungary to inspect the living conditions of 14-18 year-old migrants in Hungary’s transit zones near the southern border towns of Röszke and Tompa. Claude Janizzi, who heads the CoE’s Lanzarote Committee and is in charge of the delegation, told a press conference on Wednesday that the delegation had been invited by the Hungarian government to verify ...
Meeting Of Visegrad Four Heads Of Government And The Egyptian President In Budapest
- 5 Jul 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Visegrad Group leaders expressed their recognition of and respect for the work Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has done to stabilise the region around Egypt, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after a meeting of V4 heads of government and the Egyptian president on Tuesday.
Századvég Survey: Europeans Want Border Security
- 30 Jun 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
The majority of Europeans want more effective protections of the bloc’s external borders, according to a survey of citizens in 28 European Union member states by the Századvég Foundation. Fully 77% believed that the EU should be doing a better job of protecting the external border, Századvég said, adding that the same opinion was represented by 80-90% of centrists in Germany.
Public Space Crime Halved Over Last Seven Years
- 26 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Criminal activity in public spaces has been halved over the past seven years thanks to the joint efforts of Hungary’s civil guard patrol officers and police forces, the interior minister said in Nyíregyháza, in northeast Hungary, on Saturday.
Salzburg Forum Ministers Discuss Migration, Security In Budapest
- 21 Jun 2017 8:58 AM
- current affairs
Members of the ministerial conference of the Salzburg Forum held in Budapest discussed issues around migration, border control and security. The Salzburg Forum partnership was launched on an Austrian initiative in 2000 and its members are Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Balog: Germany ‘Grateful’ For Hungary’s Border Protection Efforts
- 6 Jun 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
German officials are “grateful” for Hungary’s efforts to protect the European Union’s external border, because these efforts also help protect Germany’s borders, Hungary’s minister of human resources said after talks with leading German officials in Berlin
Digitalisation A Pathway To Reducing Poverty, Says Hungarian Foreign Minister In NY
- 18 May 2017 9:00 AM
- tech
Digitalisation is not something to be wary of, as it contributes greatly to reducing poverty and improving living conditions, Hungary’s foreign minister said in New York at a UN high-level event on innovation and digital connectivity. Péter Szijjártó said in his address to the meeting on Wednesday afternoon that a new phase of competition was unfolding in the global economy.
Hungarian Govt Condemns Egypt Terrorist Attacks
- 11 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government “categorically condemns” the terrorist attacks committed on Sunday, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. It is “worrisome” that these attacks once again targeted Christians, he said.
EU Has To Change For Europe To Stay ‘Best Place On Earth’
- 31 Mar 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union has to change in order for Europe to remain the “best place on Earth”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the congress of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Malta. If the EPP intends to be the one to lead this change, it too will have to change, Orbán said in his address.
COE Delegation Inspects Hungary Transit Zones
- 6 Jul 2017 8:42 AM
- current affairs
A Council of Europe delegation has arrived in Hungary to inspect the living conditions of 14-18 year-old migrants in Hungary’s transit zones near the southern border towns of Röszke and Tompa. Claude Janizzi, who heads the CoE’s Lanzarote Committee and is in charge of the delegation, told a press conference on Wednesday that the delegation had been invited by the Hungarian government to verify ...
Meeting Of Visegrad Four Heads Of Government And The Egyptian President In Budapest
- 5 Jul 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Visegrad Group leaders expressed their recognition of and respect for the work Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has done to stabilise the region around Egypt, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after a meeting of V4 heads of government and the Egyptian president on Tuesday.
Századvég Survey: Europeans Want Border Security
- 30 Jun 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
The majority of Europeans want more effective protections of the bloc’s external borders, according to a survey of citizens in 28 European Union member states by the Századvég Foundation. Fully 77% believed that the EU should be doing a better job of protecting the external border, Századvég said, adding that the same opinion was represented by 80-90% of centrists in Germany.
Public Space Crime Halved Over Last Seven Years
- 26 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Criminal activity in public spaces has been halved over the past seven years thanks to the joint efforts of Hungary’s civil guard patrol officers and police forces, the interior minister said in Nyíregyháza, in northeast Hungary, on Saturday.
Salzburg Forum Ministers Discuss Migration, Security In Budapest
- 21 Jun 2017 8:58 AM
- current affairs
Members of the ministerial conference of the Salzburg Forum held in Budapest discussed issues around migration, border control and security. The Salzburg Forum partnership was launched on an Austrian initiative in 2000 and its members are Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Balog: Germany ‘Grateful’ For Hungary’s Border Protection Efforts
- 6 Jun 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
German officials are “grateful” for Hungary’s efforts to protect the European Union’s external border, because these efforts also help protect Germany’s borders, Hungary’s minister of human resources said after talks with leading German officials in Berlin
Digitalisation A Pathway To Reducing Poverty, Says Hungarian Foreign Minister In NY
- 18 May 2017 9:00 AM
- tech
Digitalisation is not something to be wary of, as it contributes greatly to reducing poverty and improving living conditions, Hungary’s foreign minister said in New York at a UN high-level event on innovation and digital connectivity. Péter Szijjártó said in his address to the meeting on Wednesday afternoon that a new phase of competition was unfolding in the global economy.
Hungarian Govt Condemns Egypt Terrorist Attacks
- 11 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government “categorically condemns” the terrorist attacks committed on Sunday, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. It is “worrisome” that these attacks once again targeted Christians, he said.
EU Has To Change For Europe To Stay ‘Best Place On Earth’
- 31 Mar 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union has to change in order for Europe to remain the “best place on Earth”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the congress of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Malta. If the EPP intends to be the one to lead this change, it too will have to change, Orbán said in his address.