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People-Smuggler Gets 25 Years
- 15 Jun 2018 9:43 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
Kecskemét Court sentenced an Afghan people-smuggler to 25 years in prison on Thursday.
Opinion: New Bill May Make Aiding Migrants A Crime In Hungary
- 6 Jun 2018 6:17 PM
- current affairs
A revised draft bill published by the Hungarian government on May 29, 2018, would criminalize efforts to help migrants and asylum seekers and curb their access to protection, says Human Rights Watch.
Kalunba To Organize Hungarian Language Classes For Expats
- 4 Jun 2018 8:10 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- community & culture
Kalunba, an organization dedicated to providing assistance to refugees, is to organize language courses for the expat community, as its funding dwindles.
Open Society Foundations To Close International Operations In Budapest
- 15 May 2018 9:24 AM
- current affairs
Faced with an increasingly repressive political and legal environment in Hungary, the Open Society Foundations are moving their Budapest-based international operations and staff to the German capital, Berlin, OSF told the press today.
Foreign Professors Stand Against 'Stop Soros' Bill
- 10 May 2018 8:46 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
A total of 77 foreign university professors and academics released a statement on Wednesday to express solidarity with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and independent Hungarian civil society in relationship with the Stop Soros legislative package that the Parliament is set to pass soon, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee said.
Opinion: BBC’s Nick Thorpe vs. Historian Mária Schmidt
- 26 Apr 2018 9:20 AM
- current affairs
Recently the BBC commissioned a Ipsos MORI survey that showed that Hungarians are a pretty intolerant lot, among the citizens of 27 countries at least, writes Eva S. Balogh. Less than half of the adult population in Hungary believe that people across the world have more things in common than things that make them different, she reports.
FT: Hungary May Lose EU Cohesion Funds
- 26 Apr 2018 7:19 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- finance
The European Commissionʼs draft 2021-2027 EU budget, which will be released in May, plans to shift EU cohesion funding away from Central and Eastern Europe to countries hit harder by the financial crisis, the Financial Times reported Monday. The EC wants to shift the criteria away from GDP per capita towards core EU values.
Völner: Hungary Won’t Fall Victim To ‘Migration Business’
- 19 Apr 2018 7:58 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Just as it has done until now, Hungary will continue to protect its borders in the future, too and will not allow itself to become a victim of “the migration business”, a justice ministry official said.
Fidesz Calls On Govt To Take Tough Stance At ECtHR Hearing
- 19 Apr 2018 7:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz and Christian Democrat parties have called on the government to adopt a tough stance on border protection at Wednesday’s hearing before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of two Bangladeshi asylum seekers who were detained and then deported from Hungary in 2015.
People-Smuggler Gets 25 Years
- 15 Jun 2018 9:43 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
Kecskemét Court sentenced an Afghan people-smuggler to 25 years in prison on Thursday.
Opinion: New Bill May Make Aiding Migrants A Crime In Hungary
- 6 Jun 2018 6:17 PM
- current affairs
A revised draft bill published by the Hungarian government on May 29, 2018, would criminalize efforts to help migrants and asylum seekers and curb their access to protection, says Human Rights Watch.
Kalunba To Organize Hungarian Language Classes For Expats
- 4 Jun 2018 8:10 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- community & culture
Kalunba, an organization dedicated to providing assistance to refugees, is to organize language courses for the expat community, as its funding dwindles.
Open Society Foundations To Close International Operations In Budapest
- 15 May 2018 9:24 AM
- current affairs
Faced with an increasingly repressive political and legal environment in Hungary, the Open Society Foundations are moving their Budapest-based international operations and staff to the German capital, Berlin, OSF told the press today.
Foreign Professors Stand Against 'Stop Soros' Bill
- 10 May 2018 8:46 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
A total of 77 foreign university professors and academics released a statement on Wednesday to express solidarity with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and independent Hungarian civil society in relationship with the Stop Soros legislative package that the Parliament is set to pass soon, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee said.
Opinion: BBC’s Nick Thorpe vs. Historian Mária Schmidt
- 26 Apr 2018 9:20 AM
- current affairs
Recently the BBC commissioned a Ipsos MORI survey that showed that Hungarians are a pretty intolerant lot, among the citizens of 27 countries at least, writes Eva S. Balogh. Less than half of the adult population in Hungary believe that people across the world have more things in common than things that make them different, she reports.
FT: Hungary May Lose EU Cohesion Funds
- 26 Apr 2018 7:19 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- finance
The European Commissionʼs draft 2021-2027 EU budget, which will be released in May, plans to shift EU cohesion funding away from Central and Eastern Europe to countries hit harder by the financial crisis, the Financial Times reported Monday. The EC wants to shift the criteria away from GDP per capita towards core EU values.
Völner: Hungary Won’t Fall Victim To ‘Migration Business’
- 19 Apr 2018 7:58 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Just as it has done until now, Hungary will continue to protect its borders in the future, too and will not allow itself to become a victim of “the migration business”, a justice ministry official said.
Fidesz Calls On Govt To Take Tough Stance At ECtHR Hearing
- 19 Apr 2018 7:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz and Christian Democrat parties have called on the government to adopt a tough stance on border protection at Wednesday’s hearing before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of two Bangladeshi asylum seekers who were detained and then deported from Hungary in 2015.