327 result(s) for southern border
Hungarian Army Spends HUF 4.5bn On Border Protection Logistics
- 11 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 4.5 billion forints (EUR 14.5m) has been spent so far from the Hungarian army’s resources on logistics connected to border protection tasks, daily Magyar Idők reported. Nearly 1.7 billion forints has been spent on the deployment of staff and equipment required for building and guarding the fence along the southern border, the paper said citing figures from the defence ministry.
Xpat Opinion: Strange Times (In Hungary)? We’ve Been Here Before
- 10 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The news may sound surprising, but it really isn’t. We have been here before. In what has become an annual tradition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to his party’s summer retreat in Baile Tusnad, Romania, and gave a speech designed to shock. This time Orbán endorsed the American presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the ...
German Police To Help Patrol Hungarian Border
- 5 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will receive a contingent of German police officers to help patrol its southern border from the second half of August, the national police headquarters ORFK told MTI, confirming earlier reports by German daily Bild. ORFK said the German contingent will assist their Hungarian colleagues for a period of one month as part of a border protection operation organised by European border agency ...
Slovak Police Arrive In Budapest To Help Patrol Hungary-Serbia Border
- 2 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Twenty-five police officers sent from Slovakia at Hungary’s request to help patrol the border with Serbia were welcomed at a ceremony in Budapest. Interior ministry state secretary Károly Kontrát said at the event that Hungary and Slovakia shared the same view and acted together in response to illegal migration.
US Ambassador Visits Migrant Transit Zone At Serbia Border
- 30 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador to Hungary Colleen Bell and US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott visited a migrant transit zone in Röszke, in southern Hungary, on Thursday and they were shown the facility and local procedures by the regional director of the migration office.
Migrants Continue Hunger Strike At Serbia-Hungary Border
- 28 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 90 migrants have been holding a hunger strike at the Serbia- Hungary border near Horgos for the fourth consecutive day, demanding that Hungary open its border to them, an MTI correspondent reported from the site. According to unconfirmed reports, another 100 migrants wanted to join the protest at the Subotica reception centre early on Wednesday, but police prevented it.
PM: Austria Benefits From Hungary’s Border Policy
- 27 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
If Hungary can keep stopping illegal entrants on its southern border, it can also protect Austria from illegal immigration, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after talks with Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern. He said Hungary had now fully sealed its border with Serbia, noting that under the country’s criminal code, no one is allowed to stay illegally in Hungary.
Hungary’s Border Fence ‘Functioning Well’
- 19 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s fence along its southern border has stood the test of time, and measures taken on July 5 to tighten border controls have proven effective, ruling Fidesz’s parliamentary group leader Lajos Kósa said. “No one coming from Serbia to Hungary can enter the EU’s territory illegally,” the head of parliament’s defence and law enforcement committee told a press conference after a committee ...
Jobbik Deputy Leader Calls For ‘Paramilitary Type’ Border Guard Force
- 15 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Radical nationalist Jobbik calls for reinstalling a stand-alone border guard force to help stem the flow of illegal migration, a deputy leader of the party said. The burden at Hungary’s southern border has been increasing as migrants are on their way en masse to western Europe to join their relatives already there, László Toroczkai, a mayor of the border village of Ásotthalom, said.
Hungarian Army Spends HUF 4.5bn On Border Protection Logistics
- 11 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 4.5 billion forints (EUR 14.5m) has been spent so far from the Hungarian army’s resources on logistics connected to border protection tasks, daily Magyar Idők reported. Nearly 1.7 billion forints has been spent on the deployment of staff and equipment required for building and guarding the fence along the southern border, the paper said citing figures from the defence ministry.
Xpat Opinion: Strange Times (In Hungary)? We’ve Been Here Before
- 10 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The news may sound surprising, but it really isn’t. We have been here before. In what has become an annual tradition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to his party’s summer retreat in Baile Tusnad, Romania, and gave a speech designed to shock. This time Orbán endorsed the American presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the ...
German Police To Help Patrol Hungarian Border
- 5 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will receive a contingent of German police officers to help patrol its southern border from the second half of August, the national police headquarters ORFK told MTI, confirming earlier reports by German daily Bild. ORFK said the German contingent will assist their Hungarian colleagues for a period of one month as part of a border protection operation organised by European border agency ...
Slovak Police Arrive In Budapest To Help Patrol Hungary-Serbia Border
- 2 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Twenty-five police officers sent from Slovakia at Hungary’s request to help patrol the border with Serbia were welcomed at a ceremony in Budapest. Interior ministry state secretary Károly Kontrát said at the event that Hungary and Slovakia shared the same view and acted together in response to illegal migration.
US Ambassador Visits Migrant Transit Zone At Serbia Border
- 30 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador to Hungary Colleen Bell and US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott visited a migrant transit zone in Röszke, in southern Hungary, on Thursday and they were shown the facility and local procedures by the regional director of the migration office.
Migrants Continue Hunger Strike At Serbia-Hungary Border
- 28 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 90 migrants have been holding a hunger strike at the Serbia- Hungary border near Horgos for the fourth consecutive day, demanding that Hungary open its border to them, an MTI correspondent reported from the site. According to unconfirmed reports, another 100 migrants wanted to join the protest at the Subotica reception centre early on Wednesday, but police prevented it.
PM: Austria Benefits From Hungary’s Border Policy
- 27 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
If Hungary can keep stopping illegal entrants on its southern border, it can also protect Austria from illegal immigration, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after talks with Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern. He said Hungary had now fully sealed its border with Serbia, noting that under the country’s criminal code, no one is allowed to stay illegally in Hungary.
Hungary’s Border Fence ‘Functioning Well’
- 19 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s fence along its southern border has stood the test of time, and measures taken on July 5 to tighten border controls have proven effective, ruling Fidesz’s parliamentary group leader Lajos Kósa said. “No one coming from Serbia to Hungary can enter the EU’s territory illegally,” the head of parliament’s defence and law enforcement committee told a press conference after a committee ...
Jobbik Deputy Leader Calls For ‘Paramilitary Type’ Border Guard Force
- 15 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Radical nationalist Jobbik calls for reinstalling a stand-alone border guard force to help stem the flow of illegal migration, a deputy leader of the party said. The burden at Hungary’s southern border has been increasing as migrants are on their way en masse to western Europe to join their relatives already there, László Toroczkai, a mayor of the border village of Ásotthalom, said.