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Transylvania’s Hungarian Parties Reject Proposal To Strip Ethnic Hungarians Of Voting Rights
- 3 Nov 2017 7:52 AM
- current affairs
All parties of the ethnic Hungarian minority in Romania’s Transylvanian region have rejected the Democratic Coalition’s proposal to ban those who have never lived in Hungary from voting in the country’s election. The party leaders’ comments were published by the Transylvanian Hungarian daily Krónika on Thursday.
DK Launches Signature Drive To Ban Votes From Beyond Border
- 2 Nov 2017 7:42 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is launching a signature drive to bar Hungarian citizens who have never lived in the country from voting, Ferenc Gyurcsány, the party’s leader, said. Those who have never lived in Hungary do not bear the consequences of their votes, Gyurcsány argued, adding that his party was not aiming to strip them of their citizenship.
Hungary, Slovakia Sign Declaration Of Intent For Construction Of North-South Gas Pipeline
- 31 Oct 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary and Slovakia signed a declaration of intent to build a north-south gas pipeline in Kosice/Kassa, Slovakia, on Monday. Speaking at a press conference after the signing ceremony, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Slovak Economy Minister Peter Ziga, who signed the pact in the presence of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, both said the new pipeline could reduce their countries’ ...
1956 – Orbán: ‘If Freedom Is Lost, So Are We’
- 24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
“If freedom and national independence are lost, then so are we,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 in front of Budapest’s House of Terror Museum on Monday. “Soviet rule tossed us into a space without history; it wanted to destroy our past and our culture,” Orbán said.
PM Orbán: Hungarian Way Of Life Under Threat Again
- 24 Oct 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Thirty years after the fall of communism, there is once again a global power that seeks to make European nations identical, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti- Soviet uprising of 1956. “Now, three decades later, everything we consider the Hungarian way of life is under threat again,” he said. “After achieving freedom in 1990, we have again come to a ...
Hungary To Play In League C Of New UEFA Nations League
- 18 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- sport
With the qualification groups for the 2018 World Cup now finished, UEFA has announced the seedings for the inaugural 2018/19 Nations League. Hungary will participate in League C, the draw being made on 24 January next year. Hungary, seeding 25th in the UEFA coefficient rankings will play in League C of the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League after being edged out of a League B spot at the last-gasp by ...
Local Opinion: Lessons Of The Catalan Referendum For Hungarian Minorities
- 16 Oct 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal analyst deplores the unilateral move by Catalonia’s leaders towards independence, while a pro-government commentator is more sympathetic. Both agree, however, that it has created further difficulties for trans-border Hungarians seeking autonomy.
Fighter Jets Alerted Due To Bomb Threat
- 13 Oct 2017 11:32 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Gripen fighter jets were alerted by a NATO air command centre in Italy at around 11.30 a.m. Thursday because of a bomb threat affecting a passenger plane flying over Hungary en route from Canada to Dubai, the Defence Ministry announced.
Top Diplomats: V4 Backs EU Enlargement
- 12 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrad Group (V4) strongly advocates the further enlargement of the European Union to include the countries of the western Balkans, the V4’s top diplomats said.
Transylvania’s Hungarian Parties Reject Proposal To Strip Ethnic Hungarians Of Voting Rights
- 3 Nov 2017 7:52 AM
- current affairs
All parties of the ethnic Hungarian minority in Romania’s Transylvanian region have rejected the Democratic Coalition’s proposal to ban those who have never lived in Hungary from voting in the country’s election. The party leaders’ comments were published by the Transylvanian Hungarian daily Krónika on Thursday.
DK Launches Signature Drive To Ban Votes From Beyond Border
- 2 Nov 2017 7:42 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is launching a signature drive to bar Hungarian citizens who have never lived in the country from voting, Ferenc Gyurcsány, the party’s leader, said. Those who have never lived in Hungary do not bear the consequences of their votes, Gyurcsány argued, adding that his party was not aiming to strip them of their citizenship.
Hungary, Slovakia Sign Declaration Of Intent For Construction Of North-South Gas Pipeline
- 31 Oct 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary and Slovakia signed a declaration of intent to build a north-south gas pipeline in Kosice/Kassa, Slovakia, on Monday. Speaking at a press conference after the signing ceremony, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Slovak Economy Minister Peter Ziga, who signed the pact in the presence of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, both said the new pipeline could reduce their countries’ ...
1956 – Orbán: ‘If Freedom Is Lost, So Are We’
- 24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
“If freedom and national independence are lost, then so are we,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 in front of Budapest’s House of Terror Museum on Monday. “Soviet rule tossed us into a space without history; it wanted to destroy our past and our culture,” Orbán said.
PM Orbán: Hungarian Way Of Life Under Threat Again
- 24 Oct 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Thirty years after the fall of communism, there is once again a global power that seeks to make European nations identical, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti- Soviet uprising of 1956. “Now, three decades later, everything we consider the Hungarian way of life is under threat again,” he said. “After achieving freedom in 1990, we have again come to a ...
Hungary To Play In League C Of New UEFA Nations League
- 18 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- sport
With the qualification groups for the 2018 World Cup now finished, UEFA has announced the seedings for the inaugural 2018/19 Nations League. Hungary will participate in League C, the draw being made on 24 January next year. Hungary, seeding 25th in the UEFA coefficient rankings will play in League C of the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League after being edged out of a League B spot at the last-gasp by ...
Local Opinion: Lessons Of The Catalan Referendum For Hungarian Minorities
- 16 Oct 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal analyst deplores the unilateral move by Catalonia’s leaders towards independence, while a pro-government commentator is more sympathetic. Both agree, however, that it has created further difficulties for trans-border Hungarians seeking autonomy.
Fighter Jets Alerted Due To Bomb Threat
- 13 Oct 2017 11:32 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Gripen fighter jets were alerted by a NATO air command centre in Italy at around 11.30 a.m. Thursday because of a bomb threat affecting a passenger plane flying over Hungary en route from Canada to Dubai, the Defence Ministry announced.
Top Diplomats: V4 Backs EU Enlargement
- 12 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrad Group (V4) strongly advocates the further enlargement of the European Union to include the countries of the western Balkans, the V4’s top diplomats said.