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Victims Of Communism Biographies To Be Published After October Revolution Anniversary
- 8 Nov 2017 7:50 AM
- current affairs
The Committee of National Remembrance, established by Hungary’s parliament, will publish on its website the short biographies of victims of Communism. The scheme is launched on the centenary of the October Revolution in Russia‘s Saint Petersburg, called Petrograd at the time, which marks the inception of the first communist government, the committee said in a statement.
Hungary Pulls Out Of German-Hungarian Forum After 26 Years
- 7 Nov 2017 3:00 AM
- business
For the past 26 years, an annual conference has brought together the foreign affairs ministers of Hungary and Germany, as well as numerous political, economic, scientific and cultural leaders from the two countries, to discuss their multi-faceted cooperation. The German-Hungarian Forum was, since 1992, an important foreign policy tool through which Hungary was able to regularly meet and negotiate ...
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’ ...
Hungary, Germany Natural Allies, Says Orbán In Passau
- 25 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary and Germany are natural allies and should remain as such in the future, too, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Passau on Tuesday. Orbán was speaking in part of a podium discussion on Euroscepticism. The prime minister visited the tomb of Gisela of Hungary, the country’s first queen consort, in the Kloster Niedernburg.
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 ...
V4 Countries Support Protection Of EU External Borders
- 19 Oct 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrad Group countries regard support for EU initiatives aimed at protecting its external borders as vitally important, the state secretary of the defence ministry told the press in Székesfehérvár, central Hungary.
Hungary Seeks To Restore Low-Capacity Rail Links With Slovakia
- 16 Oct 2017 1:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s government is committed to reopening low-capacity rail lines to Slovakia, foreign ministry state secretary Levente Magyar said on Friday. Addressing a free university of ethnic Hungarian mayors and councillors in Slovakia’s Velky Meder/Nagymegyer, he said the plan involves six existing railway lines that are currently out of operation.
Victims Of Communism Biographies To Be Published After October Revolution Anniversary
- 8 Nov 2017 7:50 AM
- current affairs
The Committee of National Remembrance, established by Hungary’s parliament, will publish on its website the short biographies of victims of Communism. The scheme is launched on the centenary of the October Revolution in Russia‘s Saint Petersburg, called Petrograd at the time, which marks the inception of the first communist government, the committee said in a statement.
Hungary Pulls Out Of German-Hungarian Forum After 26 Years
- 7 Nov 2017 3:00 AM
- business
For the past 26 years, an annual conference has brought together the foreign affairs ministers of Hungary and Germany, as well as numerous political, economic, scientific and cultural leaders from the two countries, to discuss their multi-faceted cooperation. The German-Hungarian Forum was, since 1992, an important foreign policy tool through which Hungary was able to regularly meet and negotiate ...
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’ ...
Hungary, Germany Natural Allies, Says Orbán In Passau
- 25 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary and Germany are natural allies and should remain as such in the future, too, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Passau on Tuesday. Orbán was speaking in part of a podium discussion on Euroscepticism. The prime minister visited the tomb of Gisela of Hungary, the country’s first queen consort, in the Kloster Niedernburg.
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 ...
V4 Countries Support Protection Of EU External Borders
- 19 Oct 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrad Group countries regard support for EU initiatives aimed at protecting its external borders as vitally important, the state secretary of the defence ministry told the press in Székesfehérvár, central Hungary.
Hungary Seeks To Restore Low-Capacity Rail Links With Slovakia
- 16 Oct 2017 1:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s government is committed to reopening low-capacity rail lines to Slovakia, foreign ministry state secretary Levente Magyar said on Friday. Addressing a free university of ethnic Hungarian mayors and councillors in Slovakia’s Velky Meder/Nagymegyer, he said the plan involves six existing railway lines that are currently out of operation.