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Civil Activists Thwart Attempts To Exploit Refugees In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A glass of milk, a pair of new shoes, a couple of good words. A small group of volunteers are trying to make the situation of refugees stranded in Szeged’s train station more tolerable. Hungarian immigration authorities routinely transport registered border jumpers to the station right after the departure of the last Budapest-bound train. They were supposed to catch a train to their open refugee ...
“Europe & Hungary Are Experiencing A Refugee Crisis”
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a very real refugee crisis unfolding in Hungary, and nobody knows how long it will last. The government provides funding for everything except essentials: billions of forints squandered on billboard campaigns and a 175-kilometre border fence, while the migrant servicing system is overwhelmed. The answer has yet to be found on a European level, as well.
Hungary: Ideal Gateway For West-Bound Asylum-Seekers
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By mid-February 2015 more asylum-seekers had entered Hungary than the whole of the European Union by late March 2014. Where are they coming from? Of all the countries of the European Union, why are they converging on Hungary? Why is this country a prime destination for Kosovars? Why is the ostensibly impenetrable Schengen frontier full of holes?
Discussion About The Syrian Revolution, Gólya Budapest, 1 March
- 27 Feb 2015 8:10 AM
- community & culture
"From revolution to international proxy war. The Syrian revolution started in 2011 and after half a year of peaceful insurrection it turned step by step to a civil war, then to an international conflict.
Hungarian Police Detain Over 1,000 Illegal Immigrants At Serbia Border
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police detained 1,022 illegal immigrants during a single day at Hungary’s southern border with Serbia, a local police spokesman said on Sunday. A total of 991 of them were Kosovar nationals, 18 were Afghans, seven Iraqi, three Cuban, two Syrian and one a Somali national.
Hungary’s Police Chief: 2014 Crime, Public Security Situation Balanced
- 6 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Crime and public safety in Hungary last year was balanced and free of extremism, the national police chief told a general annual staff meeting. Assessing 2014, Károly Papp said the major focus areas were providing law enforcement duties during the three elections, improving public safety and public order in Hungary’s localities, ensuring external border control and tackling an increasing wave of ...
Kurds In Hungary Hold Demonstration
- 10 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Some fifty people joined a demonstration organised by the Kurdistani Information Centre in central Budapest in protest against acts of the Islamic State (IS) on Thursday afternoon. The participants, mostly Kurds living in Hungary, protested against the genocide committed against the Kurdish minority and attacks carried out by IS against the Syrian border town of Kobani populated by Kurds.
Depardieu To Recite Syrian Poems In Budapest On 1 September
- 28 Aug 2014 6:40 AM
- community & culture
French actor Gerard Depardieu and blues singer Hobo will recite poems by Syrian poet Adonis at a literary evening in Budapest on September 1.
Jobbik Urges Stricter Refugee Policies In Hungary
- 14 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party urges the government to tighten policies towards refugees, the party’s lawmaker said. Then number of asylum-seekers in Hungary has grown nine-fold over the past year, Mrs Lóránt Hegedűs told a news conference, citing a fresh report.
Civil Activists Thwart Attempts To Exploit Refugees In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A glass of milk, a pair of new shoes, a couple of good words. A small group of volunteers are trying to make the situation of refugees stranded in Szeged’s train station more tolerable. Hungarian immigration authorities routinely transport registered border jumpers to the station right after the departure of the last Budapest-bound train. They were supposed to catch a train to their open refugee ...
“Europe & Hungary Are Experiencing A Refugee Crisis”
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a very real refugee crisis unfolding in Hungary, and nobody knows how long it will last. The government provides funding for everything except essentials: billions of forints squandered on billboard campaigns and a 175-kilometre border fence, while the migrant servicing system is overwhelmed. The answer has yet to be found on a European level, as well.
Hungary: Ideal Gateway For West-Bound Asylum-Seekers
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By mid-February 2015 more asylum-seekers had entered Hungary than the whole of the European Union by late March 2014. Where are they coming from? Of all the countries of the European Union, why are they converging on Hungary? Why is this country a prime destination for Kosovars? Why is the ostensibly impenetrable Schengen frontier full of holes?
Discussion About The Syrian Revolution, Gólya Budapest, 1 March
- 27 Feb 2015 8:10 AM
- community & culture
"From revolution to international proxy war. The Syrian revolution started in 2011 and after half a year of peaceful insurrection it turned step by step to a civil war, then to an international conflict.
Hungarian Police Detain Over 1,000 Illegal Immigrants At Serbia Border
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police detained 1,022 illegal immigrants during a single day at Hungary’s southern border with Serbia, a local police spokesman said on Sunday. A total of 991 of them were Kosovar nationals, 18 were Afghans, seven Iraqi, three Cuban, two Syrian and one a Somali national.
Hungary’s Police Chief: 2014 Crime, Public Security Situation Balanced
- 6 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Crime and public safety in Hungary last year was balanced and free of extremism, the national police chief told a general annual staff meeting. Assessing 2014, Károly Papp said the major focus areas were providing law enforcement duties during the three elections, improving public safety and public order in Hungary’s localities, ensuring external border control and tackling an increasing wave of ...
Kurds In Hungary Hold Demonstration
- 10 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Some fifty people joined a demonstration organised by the Kurdistani Information Centre in central Budapest in protest against acts of the Islamic State (IS) on Thursday afternoon. The participants, mostly Kurds living in Hungary, protested against the genocide committed against the Kurdish minority and attacks carried out by IS against the Syrian border town of Kobani populated by Kurds.
Depardieu To Recite Syrian Poems In Budapest On 1 September
- 28 Aug 2014 6:40 AM
- community & culture
French actor Gerard Depardieu and blues singer Hobo will recite poems by Syrian poet Adonis at a literary evening in Budapest on September 1.
Jobbik Urges Stricter Refugee Policies In Hungary
- 14 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party urges the government to tighten policies towards refugees, the party’s lawmaker said. Then number of asylum-seekers in Hungary has grown nine-fold over the past year, Mrs Lóránt Hegedűs told a news conference, citing a fresh report.