107 result(s) for travel documents
Hungarian Passport Among The World’s Most Powerful, Study Finds
- 20 Apr 2015 9:02 AM
- current affairs
A study published by the financial consultancy firm Arton Capital has found that Hungary shares the ninth position with Australia and the Czech Republic on the list of the world’s “best” travel documents, or the number of countries a passport of a given country enables its holder to travel to without a visa.
Now On: Rippl-Rónai & Maillol, Hungarian National Gallery
- 10 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
József Rippl-Rónai had at least as great an impact on modern Hungarian art as Aristide Maillol had on modern European sculpture. The friendship between these two influential artists, and the artistic documents of their relationship, are the focus of an exhibition opened at the Hungarian National Gallery in December 2014.
Immigration: 250 Kosovar Migrants Taken Off From Munich-Bound Train
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
250 Kosovar migrants travelling without travel documents were taken down from a Munich-bound RailJet train at a railway station in Győr, western Hungary, this morning. The migrants, many of them children, were asked to produce their IDs, which they were unable to do.
70th Anniversary Of Raoul Wallenberg’s Disappearance Commemorated In Budapest
- 21 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The 70th anniversary of the disappearance of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was commemorated in Budapest on Monday. The Raoul Wallenberg awards were presented within the framework of the commemorative event.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Semjén: Hungarian Citizenship Procedure Under Strictest Authority Control
- 17 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The procedure of granting Hungarian citizenship is strictly controlled by the Hungarian state administration, and, if need be, police and the secret services are also involved in the process, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén said, in response to a press report on massive abuse of the system.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian Post Office
- 12 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
‘Why don’t you write about the Post Office?’ asked a friend this week, knowing only too well my fraught relationship with that particular institution over the last thirty years. Were I writing this by hand, the tension and frustration evoked in those memories would be discernible in my manuscript.
Hungary’s MEP Kovács Rejects Espionage Charges
- 4 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács on Monday repeatedly said that he had not worked for any domestic or foreign secret services and had not got any assignment or remuneration from any of them. Giving a press conference in Budapest, he called it evident that as a member of the joint committee of the EP and the Russian Parliament he had met Russian citizens, officials and diplomats.
Ceremonial Programs In Budapest On 15 March
- 13 Mar 2014 10:55 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, ruled by the Habsburg monarchy.
Hungarian Passport Among The World’s Most Powerful, Study Finds
- 20 Apr 2015 9:02 AM
- current affairs
A study published by the financial consultancy firm Arton Capital has found that Hungary shares the ninth position with Australia and the Czech Republic on the list of the world’s “best” travel documents, or the number of countries a passport of a given country enables its holder to travel to without a visa.
Now On: Rippl-Rónai & Maillol, Hungarian National Gallery
- 10 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
József Rippl-Rónai had at least as great an impact on modern Hungarian art as Aristide Maillol had on modern European sculpture. The friendship between these two influential artists, and the artistic documents of their relationship, are the focus of an exhibition opened at the Hungarian National Gallery in December 2014.
Immigration: 250 Kosovar Migrants Taken Off From Munich-Bound Train
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
250 Kosovar migrants travelling without travel documents were taken down from a Munich-bound RailJet train at a railway station in Győr, western Hungary, this morning. The migrants, many of them children, were asked to produce their IDs, which they were unable to do.
70th Anniversary Of Raoul Wallenberg’s Disappearance Commemorated In Budapest
- 21 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The 70th anniversary of the disappearance of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was commemorated in Budapest on Monday. The Raoul Wallenberg awards were presented within the framework of the commemorative event.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Semjén: Hungarian Citizenship Procedure Under Strictest Authority Control
- 17 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The procedure of granting Hungarian citizenship is strictly controlled by the Hungarian state administration, and, if need be, police and the secret services are also involved in the process, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén said, in response to a press report on massive abuse of the system.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian Post Office
- 12 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
‘Why don’t you write about the Post Office?’ asked a friend this week, knowing only too well my fraught relationship with that particular institution over the last thirty years. Were I writing this by hand, the tension and frustration evoked in those memories would be discernible in my manuscript.
Hungary’s MEP Kovács Rejects Espionage Charges
- 4 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács on Monday repeatedly said that he had not worked for any domestic or foreign secret services and had not got any assignment or remuneration from any of them. Giving a press conference in Budapest, he called it evident that as a member of the joint committee of the EP and the Russian Parliament he had met Russian citizens, officials and diplomats.
Ceremonial Programs In Budapest On 15 March
- 13 Mar 2014 10:55 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, ruled by the Habsburg monarchy.