285 result(s) for schengen
Haseloff: Hungary, Eastern Europe Vital To EU
- 28 Apr 2017 7:16 AM
- current affairs
Hungary and eastern European countries are crucial members of the European Union, Reiner Haseloff, prime minister of Germany’s eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, said after talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest. Europe has lived through a number of wars and conflicts among its nations, making it especially important that the EU now spans both the western and eastern parts of the ...
Government Office Chief: Hungary Won’t Leave EU
- 21 Apr 2017 7:09 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not intend to leave the EU but wants structural changes so all members can thrive, government office chief János Lázár told a conference. Speaking at the Hungarian Business Leaders Forum (HBLF), Lázár called Brexit a “historic mistake” that might nevertheless open new avenues to structural changes in EU integration. Hungary and the other members of the Visegrad Four group agree that ...
Orbán’s Advisor: Public Survey Needed Because Brussels, Budapest Disagree On Migration
- 10 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister’s security advisor has said Hungary’s forthcoming national consultation, a survey of citizens on a range of issues including mass illegal migration, is necessary because the public will have the chance to give their opinion on the government’s migration policy and signal its opposition to demands made by Brussels.
Border Fence Protects EU, Not Hungary
- 7 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s fence on its border with Serbia protects the European Union, not Hungary, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said at the Hungarian embassy in Vienna. If Hungary succeeds in stopping illegal migration into the EU with the fence, “then there is no need for the traffic jams on the Hungarian-Austrian border” caused by tightened controls there, as the fence would also protect Austria, Kovács ...
Defence CTTEE Approves Tightenining Asylum Rules, Extending State Of Emergency
- 2 Mar 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s defence committee has approved a draft amendment that would ban asylum-seekers from entering Hungary and so the EU until their case has been ruled on, Lajos Kósa, the head of the committee said on Wednesday.
Lawmakers Focus On Terror Threat, Security Of Schengen Visa System
- 15 Feb 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Terror threat and the security of the Schengen visa system stood in the focus of a session of parliament’s national security committee. The terrorist organisation ISIS seems to be losing control over all its territories, which might trigger a wave of thousands of jihadists returning to Europe, Socialist committee chair Zsolt Molnár said after the closed session.
Nézőpont Survey Shows German Press Critical Of Hungary
- 10 Feb 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
A survey by the Nézőpont Institute showed that 60 percent of reports about Hungary in the German press were critical in 2016, an unprecedentedly high figure compared with the institute’s earlier surveys.
Police: 2016 Public Safety Level Adequate
- 2 Feb 2017 7:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s police force achieved its primary goal of guaranteeing an adequate level of public safety last year, police chief Károly Papp said. The biggest challenge police faced in 2016 was dealing with illegal migration and the threat of terrorism, Papp told a press conference. He said police had registered a total of 278,263 crimes last year.
Hungary’s Justice Minister: EU’s External Borders Must Be Strengthened
- 30 Jan 2017 6:32 AM
- current affairs
Unless the external borders of the European Union are strengthened, the flood of migrants could lead to walls going up between EU member states, Hungary’s justice minister, László Trócsányi, said in an interview to The Times of Malta. “In 2015 Europe was perhaps naive but it is now confronting reality ... We believe in the border-free Schengen zone, but for this to work properly the EU’s external ...
Haseloff: Hungary, Eastern Europe Vital To EU
- 28 Apr 2017 7:16 AM
- current affairs
Hungary and eastern European countries are crucial members of the European Union, Reiner Haseloff, prime minister of Germany’s eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, said after talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest. Europe has lived through a number of wars and conflicts among its nations, making it especially important that the EU now spans both the western and eastern parts of the ...
Government Office Chief: Hungary Won’t Leave EU
- 21 Apr 2017 7:09 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not intend to leave the EU but wants structural changes so all members can thrive, government office chief János Lázár told a conference. Speaking at the Hungarian Business Leaders Forum (HBLF), Lázár called Brexit a “historic mistake” that might nevertheless open new avenues to structural changes in EU integration. Hungary and the other members of the Visegrad Four group agree that ...
Orbán’s Advisor: Public Survey Needed Because Brussels, Budapest Disagree On Migration
- 10 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister’s security advisor has said Hungary’s forthcoming national consultation, a survey of citizens on a range of issues including mass illegal migration, is necessary because the public will have the chance to give their opinion on the government’s migration policy and signal its opposition to demands made by Brussels.
Border Fence Protects EU, Not Hungary
- 7 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s fence on its border with Serbia protects the European Union, not Hungary, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said at the Hungarian embassy in Vienna. If Hungary succeeds in stopping illegal migration into the EU with the fence, “then there is no need for the traffic jams on the Hungarian-Austrian border” caused by tightened controls there, as the fence would also protect Austria, Kovács ...
Defence CTTEE Approves Tightenining Asylum Rules, Extending State Of Emergency
- 2 Mar 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s defence committee has approved a draft amendment that would ban asylum-seekers from entering Hungary and so the EU until their case has been ruled on, Lajos Kósa, the head of the committee said on Wednesday.
Lawmakers Focus On Terror Threat, Security Of Schengen Visa System
- 15 Feb 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Terror threat and the security of the Schengen visa system stood in the focus of a session of parliament’s national security committee. The terrorist organisation ISIS seems to be losing control over all its territories, which might trigger a wave of thousands of jihadists returning to Europe, Socialist committee chair Zsolt Molnár said after the closed session.
Nézőpont Survey Shows German Press Critical Of Hungary
- 10 Feb 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
A survey by the Nézőpont Institute showed that 60 percent of reports about Hungary in the German press were critical in 2016, an unprecedentedly high figure compared with the institute’s earlier surveys.
Police: 2016 Public Safety Level Adequate
- 2 Feb 2017 7:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s police force achieved its primary goal of guaranteeing an adequate level of public safety last year, police chief Károly Papp said. The biggest challenge police faced in 2016 was dealing with illegal migration and the threat of terrorism, Papp told a press conference. He said police had registered a total of 278,263 crimes last year.
Hungary’s Justice Minister: EU’s External Borders Must Be Strengthened
- 30 Jan 2017 6:32 AM
- current affairs
Unless the external borders of the European Union are strengthened, the flood of migrants could lead to walls going up between EU member states, Hungary’s justice minister, László Trócsányi, said in an interview to The Times of Malta. “In 2015 Europe was perhaps naive but it is now confronting reality ... We believe in the border-free Schengen zone, but for this to work properly the EU’s external ...