163 result(s) for unlawful
Jobbik Urges Parlt Response To ‘Unlawful’ Actions Against Szeklerland Hungarians
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has urged parliament to respond to what it says are “anti-Hungarian” and “unlawful” actions against Szeklerland Hungarians by Romanian authorities. Gábor Vona, the party’s leader, said he has requested that parliament’s foreign affairs and national cohesion committees hear at a joint session the Romanian ambassador in connection with “a series of anti- ...
Hungarian Ökotárs Foundation To Be Excluded From Norway Fund Support
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Ökotárs Foundation will not be a part of the distribution of Norway Funds in the future, the Prime Minister’s Office said. As a result of talks with Norway about the future handling of funding from the country, it was agreed that Ökotárs should not be involved in the distribution of funding, the office said. The Hungarian government considers its earlier concerns raised about Ökotárs still ...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: EU Policies ‘Ritual Suicide’
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It has become clear over the past year that Europe is incapable of giving the right responses to its challenges, since its policies have been “the policies of ritual suicide”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in his annual hearing before parliament’s foreign affairs committee. Europe’s policies over the course of the year have been “eye-catching but harmful”, endangering the security and ...
Lázár Voices Approval For Recent Hungarian TEK Arrests
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s counter-terrorism force TEK is supposed to focus due attention to any extraordinary development, and did “nothing objectionable” when it apprehended six people last weekend, government office chief János Lázár told a press conference. Concerning the arrests, made under suspicion of terrorist activities, Lázár said that under such circumstances TEK must guarantee security and “it would ...
Quotas Would Put Unacceptable Burden On Welfare System , Says Hungarian State Secretary
- 26 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union’s mandatory migrant quota scheme would put an unacceptable burden on Hungary’s welfare, education and health-care systems, the human resources state secretary said. The migrant relocation scheme, if implemented, would be unlawful, dangerous and would go against Hungary’s interests, Bence Rétvári said.
Xpat Opinion: Former Police Chiefs Reprimanded Over 2006 Riots In Budapest
- 2 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on the sentences handed down to police commanders for mishandling political violence in September 2006. Leftist authors celebrate the ruling as proof that the police were innocent, while conservatives find the blame apportioned astonishingly light.
Hungarian Minister: Refugees Should Be Helped To Stay Where They Are
- 10 Sep 2015 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Refugees should be helped to stay where they are and a clear distinction should be made between economic migrants and those refugees whom we have always helped and will continue to do so, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog told national news agency MTI on Tuesday in Paris.
Budapest Police Accused Of Harassing Homeless Hungarians
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Homeless people’s identity documents are checked twice a month by police on average according to a study prepared last autumn by the Helsinki Committee and The City is for Everyone, a homeless rights advocacy group. With the help of homeless people, the two organizations conducted an examination called a test and a survey called an observation.
New Tent Camps For Refugees In Hungary
- 22 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The first tent camps for migrants will be built near Nagybaracska, Borsod county and Nagyfa, Napi Gazdaság has learnt. This will be necessary as existing refugee stations are filled to capacity. Fidesz MP Zoltán Tessely asked the cabinet on Monday to draw up a plan for moving refugee detention centres out of towns.
Jobbik Urges Parlt Response To ‘Unlawful’ Actions Against Szeklerland Hungarians
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has urged parliament to respond to what it says are “anti-Hungarian” and “unlawful” actions against Szeklerland Hungarians by Romanian authorities. Gábor Vona, the party’s leader, said he has requested that parliament’s foreign affairs and national cohesion committees hear at a joint session the Romanian ambassador in connection with “a series of anti- ...
Hungarian Ökotárs Foundation To Be Excluded From Norway Fund Support
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Ökotárs Foundation will not be a part of the distribution of Norway Funds in the future, the Prime Minister’s Office said. As a result of talks with Norway about the future handling of funding from the country, it was agreed that Ökotárs should not be involved in the distribution of funding, the office said. The Hungarian government considers its earlier concerns raised about Ökotárs still ...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: EU Policies ‘Ritual Suicide’
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It has become clear over the past year that Europe is incapable of giving the right responses to its challenges, since its policies have been “the policies of ritual suicide”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in his annual hearing before parliament’s foreign affairs committee. Europe’s policies over the course of the year have been “eye-catching but harmful”, endangering the security and ...
Lázár Voices Approval For Recent Hungarian TEK Arrests
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s counter-terrorism force TEK is supposed to focus due attention to any extraordinary development, and did “nothing objectionable” when it apprehended six people last weekend, government office chief János Lázár told a press conference. Concerning the arrests, made under suspicion of terrorist activities, Lázár said that under such circumstances TEK must guarantee security and “it would ...
Quotas Would Put Unacceptable Burden On Welfare System , Says Hungarian State Secretary
- 26 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union’s mandatory migrant quota scheme would put an unacceptable burden on Hungary’s welfare, education and health-care systems, the human resources state secretary said. The migrant relocation scheme, if implemented, would be unlawful, dangerous and would go against Hungary’s interests, Bence Rétvári said.
Xpat Opinion: Former Police Chiefs Reprimanded Over 2006 Riots In Budapest
- 2 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on the sentences handed down to police commanders for mishandling political violence in September 2006. Leftist authors celebrate the ruling as proof that the police were innocent, while conservatives find the blame apportioned astonishingly light.
Hungarian Minister: Refugees Should Be Helped To Stay Where They Are
- 10 Sep 2015 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Refugees should be helped to stay where they are and a clear distinction should be made between economic migrants and those refugees whom we have always helped and will continue to do so, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog told national news agency MTI on Tuesday in Paris.
Budapest Police Accused Of Harassing Homeless Hungarians
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Homeless people’s identity documents are checked twice a month by police on average according to a study prepared last autumn by the Helsinki Committee and The City is for Everyone, a homeless rights advocacy group. With the help of homeless people, the two organizations conducted an examination called a test and a survey called an observation.
New Tent Camps For Refugees In Hungary
- 22 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The first tent camps for migrants will be built near Nagybaracska, Borsod county and Nagyfa, Napi Gazdaság has learnt. This will be necessary as existing refugee stations are filled to capacity. Fidesz MP Zoltán Tessely asked the cabinet on Monday to draw up a plan for moving refugee detention centres out of towns.