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Liberals Demand W Hungary Refugee Camp To Be Closed For Winter
- 12 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Liberal Party has called on the government to close down a migrant tent camp in Körmend, in western Hungary, during the winter. Migrants should be placed in more humane conditions and civilians should be allowed to help them, the party’s foreign affairs spokesman István Szent-Iványi said.
Hungarian President Commemorates 1867 Compromise In New Year Address
- 2 Jan 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder noted the upcoming 150th anniversary of Hungary’s historic Compromise with its Habsburg rulers in his address broadcast on public television in the first minutes of 2017.
Opinion: Iconic Left-Wing TV Star Switches To HírTV
- 29 Dec 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As Olga Kálmán decides to leave ATV for the formerly pro-Fidesz channel, commentators suggest that in his anti-Orbán drive, HírTV owner Lajos Simicska wants to overtake ATV from the left.
Monday Terror Suspects No Threat To Hungary, Says Interior Ministry
- 22 Dec 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The suspects in Monday’s terrorist incidents in Berlin, Brussels and Zurich do not pose a threat to Hungary, according to data gathered by Hungary’s national security services, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry released a statement in response to an enquiry about Hungary’s security situation by Zsolt Molnár, the (Socialist) head of parliament’s national security committee.
Opinion: President Áder To Serve Another Five Years?
- 20 Dec 2016 8:50 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing columnist believes that as the President’s term in office expires next year, both he and the Prime Minister may change their minds and opt for extending his stay in Buda’s Sándor Palace.
President Áder Receives Ethnic Hungarian Church Leaders
- 11 Dec 2016 6:13 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder hosted a formal lunch for ethnic Hungarian church leaders at Sándor Palace on Thursday. Ethnic Hungarian church leaders help ensure that “our compatriots living as minorities” do not lose “their Hungarian identities”, Áder said at the event. The president said churches play an “irreplaceable” role in the lives of Hungarians living beyond the borders, he said.
Remote Court Hearings From 2018
- 5 Dec 2016 6:28 AM
- current affairs
Authorities will institute long-distance court hearings with the help of video technology by 2018, head of the Budapest Court Sándor Fazekas announced on Friday.
Hungary To Conceal Data On Certain Public Investments For 30 Years Citing “Terror Risk”
- 23 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s interior minister Sándor Pintér has submitted a proposal to parliament which would allow data related to large government investments to be classified for 30 years, citing national security concerns and risks of terrorism, reports 444.hu. The law would obscure amounts invested by the government in large-scale projects, and could be used to hide how much the government will spend on ...
Three Hungarian Counties Dealing With Bird Flu Threat
- 17 Nov 2016 12:35 AM
- current affairs
Seven non-EU-member countries have banned the import of poultry from Hungary following an H5N8 outbreak at a Hungarian turkey farm in Békés at the beginning of the month. So far Canada, Serbia, the Republic of South Africa, Israel, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore announced a full or partial ban of Hungarian poultry imports.
Liberals Demand W Hungary Refugee Camp To Be Closed For Winter
- 12 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Liberal Party has called on the government to close down a migrant tent camp in Körmend, in western Hungary, during the winter. Migrants should be placed in more humane conditions and civilians should be allowed to help them, the party’s foreign affairs spokesman István Szent-Iványi said.
Hungarian President Commemorates 1867 Compromise In New Year Address
- 2 Jan 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder noted the upcoming 150th anniversary of Hungary’s historic Compromise with its Habsburg rulers in his address broadcast on public television in the first minutes of 2017.
Opinion: Iconic Left-Wing TV Star Switches To HírTV
- 29 Dec 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As Olga Kálmán decides to leave ATV for the formerly pro-Fidesz channel, commentators suggest that in his anti-Orbán drive, HírTV owner Lajos Simicska wants to overtake ATV from the left.
Monday Terror Suspects No Threat To Hungary, Says Interior Ministry
- 22 Dec 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The suspects in Monday’s terrorist incidents in Berlin, Brussels and Zurich do not pose a threat to Hungary, according to data gathered by Hungary’s national security services, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry released a statement in response to an enquiry about Hungary’s security situation by Zsolt Molnár, the (Socialist) head of parliament’s national security committee.
Opinion: President Áder To Serve Another Five Years?
- 20 Dec 2016 8:50 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing columnist believes that as the President’s term in office expires next year, both he and the Prime Minister may change their minds and opt for extending his stay in Buda’s Sándor Palace.
President Áder Receives Ethnic Hungarian Church Leaders
- 11 Dec 2016 6:13 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder hosted a formal lunch for ethnic Hungarian church leaders at Sándor Palace on Thursday. Ethnic Hungarian church leaders help ensure that “our compatriots living as minorities” do not lose “their Hungarian identities”, Áder said at the event. The president said churches play an “irreplaceable” role in the lives of Hungarians living beyond the borders, he said.
Remote Court Hearings From 2018
- 5 Dec 2016 6:28 AM
- current affairs
Authorities will institute long-distance court hearings with the help of video technology by 2018, head of the Budapest Court Sándor Fazekas announced on Friday.
Hungary To Conceal Data On Certain Public Investments For 30 Years Citing “Terror Risk”
- 23 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s interior minister Sándor Pintér has submitted a proposal to parliament which would allow data related to large government investments to be classified for 30 years, citing national security concerns and risks of terrorism, reports 444.hu. The law would obscure amounts invested by the government in large-scale projects, and could be used to hide how much the government will spend on ...
Three Hungarian Counties Dealing With Bird Flu Threat
- 17 Nov 2016 12:35 AM
- current affairs
Seven non-EU-member countries have banned the import of poultry from Hungary following an H5N8 outbreak at a Hungarian turkey farm in Békés at the beginning of the month. So far Canada, Serbia, the Republic of South Africa, Israel, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore announced a full or partial ban of Hungarian poultry imports.