1,338 result(s) for slovak
Kirchhoff To Expand Capacity In Hungary
- 14 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- business
German car parts manufacturer Kirchhoff has announced plans to invest Ft 2.7 billion in expanding its capacity in Hungary. The project, to be completed in 2014, will add 150 jobs to the present 350 at the factory in Esztergom, subsidiary CEO Szabolcs Solyom told reporters. The job creation receives Ft 716 million in subsidies.
European Regulations Take Priority In The Csatáry Case In Hungary
- 1 Aug 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
In response to a statement on Monday by Slovakian Minister of Justice Tomas Borec, the Hungarian Ministry of Public Administration and Justice has stated that a framework decision on European arrest warrants exists between Hungary and Slovakia, and that this could be enacted if a Slovak court requests extradition from Hungary of the war crimes suspect László Csatáry. In Hungary also, it is the ...
Evidence Against Hungarian War Crimes Suspect Laszlo Csatary Mounts
- 1 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is considerably more evidence against war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary than against Sandor Kepiro, who was acquitted on war crimes charges last year, lawyer Adam Gellert told reporters. Gellert, head of a research team at the Holocaust Memorial Centre, yesterday presented Hungarian and Slovak archival material, including several documents featuring Csatary's signature as ghetto commander ...
Xpat Opinion: War Crime Suspect Under House Arrest
- 26 Jul 2012 10:35 AM
- current affairs
Far right and left wing observers seem to agree that the prosecutor has put a suspected war criminal under house arrest as a result of international pressure. The former contend that Mr Csatáry’s rights have been infringed, while the latter blame the authorities for not acting sooner. Mr Csatáry was the commander of a ghetto in Kassa (Košice in Slovak) and is reported to have excelled in the ...
Petrol Thief Leads Cops On 300 Kilometer Chase Across Hungary, Croatia
- 25 Jul 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
A Slovak driver led Hungarian and Croatian police on a chase from Székesfehérvár to Zagreb and onward to the Croatian-Slovenia border after speeding off from a filling station without paying. He drove his car through a barrier at Letenye border station and carried on towards Zagreb Sunday evening.
Hungarian Police Investigating Far-Right Website’s Reward For Information On Anti-Nazi Protesters
- 25 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have begun an investigation on suspicion of incitement against a community after far-right website Kuruc offered a Ft 100,000 reward to those who demonstrated outside the home of suspected war criminal László Csatáry on July 16. Many have since been harassed by far-right activists.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian Far Right And The National Security Forces: The Case Of Zoltán Bosnyák
- 22 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A few days ago I received a letter from a fellow Hungarian-American who regularly publishes in Hungarian newspapers. He is an excellent researcher who was struck by the ease with which László Csatáry and, before him, Sándor Képíró, another war criminal, managed to settle in Hungary. Both men, it turned out, were assured that no criminal proceedings would be brought against them. Képíró returned ...
Invitation: Lecsó & Fröccs Picnic, Mikszáth tér Budapest, This Weekend
- 19 Jul 2012 12:55 PM
- food & drink
The Lecsó & Fröccs Picnic will be held from Friday 20 July until Sunday 22 July in Budapest on Mikszáth tér where visitors can sample lecsó jelly, extremely hot-chilli lecsó and other like 100 different types of lecsó.
Invitation: Hegyalja Festival, Tokaj, Hungary, 18 - 22 July
- 18 Jul 2012 9:02 AM
- entertainment
New artists have expanded 'experience pack' of Borsodi Hegyalja Festival 2012, featuring world heritage tours, rowing, extreme sport shows, bathe by the bank of Tisza, and refreshing 'Furmint fröccs'.
Kirchhoff To Expand Capacity In Hungary
- 14 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- business
German car parts manufacturer Kirchhoff has announced plans to invest Ft 2.7 billion in expanding its capacity in Hungary. The project, to be completed in 2014, will add 150 jobs to the present 350 at the factory in Esztergom, subsidiary CEO Szabolcs Solyom told reporters. The job creation receives Ft 716 million in subsidies.
European Regulations Take Priority In The Csatáry Case In Hungary
- 1 Aug 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
In response to a statement on Monday by Slovakian Minister of Justice Tomas Borec, the Hungarian Ministry of Public Administration and Justice has stated that a framework decision on European arrest warrants exists between Hungary and Slovakia, and that this could be enacted if a Slovak court requests extradition from Hungary of the war crimes suspect László Csatáry. In Hungary also, it is the ...
Evidence Against Hungarian War Crimes Suspect Laszlo Csatary Mounts
- 1 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is considerably more evidence against war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary than against Sandor Kepiro, who was acquitted on war crimes charges last year, lawyer Adam Gellert told reporters. Gellert, head of a research team at the Holocaust Memorial Centre, yesterday presented Hungarian and Slovak archival material, including several documents featuring Csatary's signature as ghetto commander ...
Xpat Opinion: War Crime Suspect Under House Arrest
- 26 Jul 2012 10:35 AM
- current affairs
Far right and left wing observers seem to agree that the prosecutor has put a suspected war criminal under house arrest as a result of international pressure. The former contend that Mr Csatáry’s rights have been infringed, while the latter blame the authorities for not acting sooner. Mr Csatáry was the commander of a ghetto in Kassa (Košice in Slovak) and is reported to have excelled in the ...
Petrol Thief Leads Cops On 300 Kilometer Chase Across Hungary, Croatia
- 25 Jul 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
A Slovak driver led Hungarian and Croatian police on a chase from Székesfehérvár to Zagreb and onward to the Croatian-Slovenia border after speeding off from a filling station without paying. He drove his car through a barrier at Letenye border station and carried on towards Zagreb Sunday evening.
Hungarian Police Investigating Far-Right Website’s Reward For Information On Anti-Nazi Protesters
- 25 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have begun an investigation on suspicion of incitement against a community after far-right website Kuruc offered a Ft 100,000 reward to those who demonstrated outside the home of suspected war criminal László Csatáry on July 16. Many have since been harassed by far-right activists.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian Far Right And The National Security Forces: The Case Of Zoltán Bosnyák
- 22 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A few days ago I received a letter from a fellow Hungarian-American who regularly publishes in Hungarian newspapers. He is an excellent researcher who was struck by the ease with which László Csatáry and, before him, Sándor Képíró, another war criminal, managed to settle in Hungary. Both men, it turned out, were assured that no criminal proceedings would be brought against them. Képíró returned ...
Invitation: Lecsó & Fröccs Picnic, Mikszáth tér Budapest, This Weekend
- 19 Jul 2012 12:55 PM
- food & drink
The Lecsó & Fröccs Picnic will be held from Friday 20 July until Sunday 22 July in Budapest on Mikszáth tér where visitors can sample lecsó jelly, extremely hot-chilli lecsó and other like 100 different types of lecsó.
Invitation: Hegyalja Festival, Tokaj, Hungary, 18 - 22 July
- 18 Jul 2012 9:02 AM
- entertainment
New artists have expanded 'experience pack' of Borsodi Hegyalja Festival 2012, featuring world heritage tours, rowing, extreme sport shows, bathe by the bank of Tisza, and refreshing 'Furmint fröccs'.