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Áder Meets IOC President, Lobbies For 2024 Olympics In Budapest
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Hungarian President János Áder has met International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach in New York to outline Hungary’s arguments which would justify that Budapest should host the Olympic Summer Games in 2024. Hungary was a founding member of the IOC and the only one among the top ten medal-winners that had never hosted the Olympic Games.
Migrant Arrested In Clashes In Hungary Terrorist Suspect
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Riot police’s investigation office heard on terrorism charges the Syrian man, who was taken in preliminary detention for his alleged role in clashes between migrants and police at the Serbian- Hungarian border last week, the Hungarian police said on its website. The preliminary detention of the suspect, known as Ahmed H, was ordered by a local court earlier this week for his alleged role of being ...
Hungarian Deportation Orders Unenforceable
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Verdicts ordering the deportation of refugees found guilty of entering Hungary from Serbia illegally cannot be enforced, Népszabadság observes, as Serbia refuses to take them back. To date, criminal proceedings have been launched against fewer than 250 people. A strange situation has evolved on the southern borders, Népszabadság adds, as refugees arriving from Serbia will be expelled from Hungary ...
Hungarian Gov’t Donates To Aid Organisations
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Human Resources Ministry is about to grant a total of Ft 199.5 million from the general government reserves to three aid organisations for performing tasks related to migration, the ministry stated on Friday. The Hungarian Maltese Charity Service, the Hungarian Red Cross and the Hungarian Ecumenical Aid Organisation will each receive Ft 66.5 million.
Interest Strong For New Homebuyers’ Subsidy In Hungary
- 28 Sep 2015 5:01 AM
- property
Clients of OTP Bank, Hungary’s biggest commercial lender, have so far submitted more than 2,500 applications for the state’s new home loan subsidy, deputy-CEO Antal Kovács said. More than 800 clients have already been awarded the subsidy, known by its Hungarian acronym “csok”. The government has already raised the csok allocation after interest exceeded the originally targeted 4,000 applications ...
Ministry Asks UN Reps To Understand Facts Before Judging Situation In Hungary
- 28 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Foreign Ministry asks representatives of the United Nations to stop assessing the situation in Hungary based on "one-sided media coverage", the ministry said. Its statement came in response to criticism by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, of the way the Hungarian government has handled the migrant crisis expressed in an interview with al-Jazeera published on ...
Over 24,000 Illegal Entrants Apprehended Over Weekend, Say Hungarian Police
- 28 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have launched proceedings against more than 24,000 migrants who crossed illegally to Hungary over the weekend, it said on its website police.hu. Fully 23,591 people were apprehended on the Hungarian-Croatian border and 636 on the border with Serbia, police said. Five people were taken into custody for suspected forgery. On Saturday and Sunday the Szeged District Prosecution brought 64 ...
World Press Photo Exhibit Opens In Budapest
- 25 Sep 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The World Press Photo exhibition displaying legendary press photographs of the past 60 years opens at the Museum of Ethnography today. It will run through October 25. The pictures on display were selected from nearly 100,000 sent in by 5,692 reporters.
Refugees Arson Plan Alleged In Hungary
- 25 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s secret services foiled a plan by migrants to set fire to refugee camps in Hungary last month, the tabloid Blikk reported on Thursday. Tapped telephone conversations indicated that some migrants called their contacts in the camps and instructed them to set fire to the camps.
Áder Meets IOC President, Lobbies For 2024 Olympics In Budapest
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Hungarian President János Áder has met International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach in New York to outline Hungary’s arguments which would justify that Budapest should host the Olympic Summer Games in 2024. Hungary was a founding member of the IOC and the only one among the top ten medal-winners that had never hosted the Olympic Games.
Migrant Arrested In Clashes In Hungary Terrorist Suspect
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Riot police’s investigation office heard on terrorism charges the Syrian man, who was taken in preliminary detention for his alleged role in clashes between migrants and police at the Serbian- Hungarian border last week, the Hungarian police said on its website. The preliminary detention of the suspect, known as Ahmed H, was ordered by a local court earlier this week for his alleged role of being ...
Hungarian Deportation Orders Unenforceable
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Verdicts ordering the deportation of refugees found guilty of entering Hungary from Serbia illegally cannot be enforced, Népszabadság observes, as Serbia refuses to take them back. To date, criminal proceedings have been launched against fewer than 250 people. A strange situation has evolved on the southern borders, Népszabadság adds, as refugees arriving from Serbia will be expelled from Hungary ...
Hungarian Gov’t Donates To Aid Organisations
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Human Resources Ministry is about to grant a total of Ft 199.5 million from the general government reserves to three aid organisations for performing tasks related to migration, the ministry stated on Friday. The Hungarian Maltese Charity Service, the Hungarian Red Cross and the Hungarian Ecumenical Aid Organisation will each receive Ft 66.5 million.
Interest Strong For New Homebuyers’ Subsidy In Hungary
- 28 Sep 2015 5:01 AM
- property
Clients of OTP Bank, Hungary’s biggest commercial lender, have so far submitted more than 2,500 applications for the state’s new home loan subsidy, deputy-CEO Antal Kovács said. More than 800 clients have already been awarded the subsidy, known by its Hungarian acronym “csok”. The government has already raised the csok allocation after interest exceeded the originally targeted 4,000 applications ...
Ministry Asks UN Reps To Understand Facts Before Judging Situation In Hungary
- 28 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Foreign Ministry asks representatives of the United Nations to stop assessing the situation in Hungary based on "one-sided media coverage", the ministry said. Its statement came in response to criticism by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, of the way the Hungarian government has handled the migrant crisis expressed in an interview with al-Jazeera published on ...
Over 24,000 Illegal Entrants Apprehended Over Weekend, Say Hungarian Police
- 28 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have launched proceedings against more than 24,000 migrants who crossed illegally to Hungary over the weekend, it said on its website police.hu. Fully 23,591 people were apprehended on the Hungarian-Croatian border and 636 on the border with Serbia, police said. Five people were taken into custody for suspected forgery. On Saturday and Sunday the Szeged District Prosecution brought 64 ...
World Press Photo Exhibit Opens In Budapest
- 25 Sep 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The World Press Photo exhibition displaying legendary press photographs of the past 60 years opens at the Museum of Ethnography today. It will run through October 25. The pictures on display were selected from nearly 100,000 sent in by 5,692 reporters.
Refugees Arson Plan Alleged In Hungary
- 25 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s secret services foiled a plan by migrants to set fire to refugee camps in Hungary last month, the tabloid Blikk reported on Thursday. Tapped telephone conversations indicated that some migrants called their contacts in the camps and instructed them to set fire to the camps.