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Migrants May Cost Hungary’s Budget HUF 60bn
- 21 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Economy Minister Mihály Varga has recommended that the budget be modified by adding Ft 60 billion to government reserves, due to the extra costs caused by the influx of migrants, including the fences at the borders with Serbia and Croatia.
Majority Of Hungarians Want Referendum On 2024 Olympic Bid
- 21 Sep 2015 9:02 AM
- sport
Only 46% of Hungarians back Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics while 51% want to have the opportunity to vote on the matter in a referendum, according to a survey by Ipsos commissioned by the opposition Együtt party published in Népszabadság daily. The paper noted that in Ipsos’s February survey 60% supported the idea of Budapest’s bid.
Serbian - Hungarian Border Crossing Roszke Open Again
- 21 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Serbia has provided Hungary with guarantees concerning controls on the border, the prime minister’s domestic security advisor said on Sunday. In an interview to public television’s news channel M1, Gyorgy Bakondi said that the Hungarian interior minister had negotiated with Serbian officials, which led to a decision to open the Roszke border serving the motorway from 11am.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's New Border Regime Threatens Asylum Seekers
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Press Release: Hungary’s new border regime denies access to asylum and exposes vulnerable people to violence and prosecution, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have been trapped in Serbia as a result of the de facto closure of the Hungarian border since September 15, 2015, when a new border regime came into force and a border fence was completed.
Hungarian Charities Help Migrants At Croatian, Austrian Borders
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian charities are continuously helping migrants on the Croatian and Austrian borders, providing them with food, drinks, clothing, blankets and bandages. Boáz Kis of the Ecumenical Charity said the charity on Friday night set up a large heated tent on the border with Croatia to accommodate migrants arriving there by train.
Over 217,000 Migrants Have Crossed Into Hungary So Far
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By 6am on Sunday police had rounded up 217,382 migrants who had entered Hungary illegally since the start of the year, the police headquarters (ORFK) said. Fully 201,335 had been picked up at the Serbia-Hungary border while 15,833 had been rounded up at the Croatian-Hungarian border, the ORFK said on its website. On Saturday 166 were picked up at the Serbian border while 4,740 had arrived at the ...
Hungary To Spend HUF 1,000bn On Transport Development By 2020
- 21 Sep 2015 5:10 AM
- getting around
The government plans to spend 1,000 billion forints (EUR 3.21bn) on developing Hungary’s transport system by 2020, the foreign minister said. Péter Szijjártó addressed the inauguration of the first, 4.4 km section of a new road that will bypass the city of Győr in north-western Hungary.
Tanker Accident Causes Oil Spill, Death Of Driver In C Hungary
- 21 Sep 2015 5:06 AM
- current affairs
Oil started spilling from a tanker truck which slipped off the road into a ditch near Százhalombatta, central Hungary, on Monday morning, a spokesman of the local disaster management agency said. The driver of the tanker died in the accident, said Attila Csámpai. The accident happened on the offslip connecting highway 6 with motorway M6. Some 200-300 litres of oil may have spilled onto the road ...
Survey: Vast Majority Of Hungarians Believe Rejecting Migrants Not Racism
- 21 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 84% of Hungarian adults believe that rejecting migrants is not racism, a representative survey made on commission by new online news portal 888.hu showed. Only 13% said that rejecting migrants is racism, 888.hu reported citing the results of the national survey carried out on Sept. 10-15. Some 73% of left-wing voters do not consider rejecting migrants racism, and 81% of centrist voters ...
Migrants May Cost Hungary’s Budget HUF 60bn
- 21 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Economy Minister Mihály Varga has recommended that the budget be modified by adding Ft 60 billion to government reserves, due to the extra costs caused by the influx of migrants, including the fences at the borders with Serbia and Croatia.
Majority Of Hungarians Want Referendum On 2024 Olympic Bid
- 21 Sep 2015 9:02 AM
- sport
Only 46% of Hungarians back Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics while 51% want to have the opportunity to vote on the matter in a referendum, according to a survey by Ipsos commissioned by the opposition Együtt party published in Népszabadság daily. The paper noted that in Ipsos’s February survey 60% supported the idea of Budapest’s bid.
Serbian - Hungarian Border Crossing Roszke Open Again
- 21 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Serbia has provided Hungary with guarantees concerning controls on the border, the prime minister’s domestic security advisor said on Sunday. In an interview to public television’s news channel M1, Gyorgy Bakondi said that the Hungarian interior minister had negotiated with Serbian officials, which led to a decision to open the Roszke border serving the motorway from 11am.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's New Border Regime Threatens Asylum Seekers
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Press Release: Hungary’s new border regime denies access to asylum and exposes vulnerable people to violence and prosecution, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have been trapped in Serbia as a result of the de facto closure of the Hungarian border since September 15, 2015, when a new border regime came into force and a border fence was completed.
Hungarian Charities Help Migrants At Croatian, Austrian Borders
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian charities are continuously helping migrants on the Croatian and Austrian borders, providing them with food, drinks, clothing, blankets and bandages. Boáz Kis of the Ecumenical Charity said the charity on Friday night set up a large heated tent on the border with Croatia to accommodate migrants arriving there by train.
Over 217,000 Migrants Have Crossed Into Hungary So Far
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By 6am on Sunday police had rounded up 217,382 migrants who had entered Hungary illegally since the start of the year, the police headquarters (ORFK) said. Fully 201,335 had been picked up at the Serbia-Hungary border while 15,833 had been rounded up at the Croatian-Hungarian border, the ORFK said on its website. On Saturday 166 were picked up at the Serbian border while 4,740 had arrived at the ...
Hungary To Spend HUF 1,000bn On Transport Development By 2020
- 21 Sep 2015 5:10 AM
- getting around
The government plans to spend 1,000 billion forints (EUR 3.21bn) on developing Hungary’s transport system by 2020, the foreign minister said. Péter Szijjártó addressed the inauguration of the first, 4.4 km section of a new road that will bypass the city of Győr in north-western Hungary.
Tanker Accident Causes Oil Spill, Death Of Driver In C Hungary
- 21 Sep 2015 5:06 AM
- current affairs
Oil started spilling from a tanker truck which slipped off the road into a ditch near Százhalombatta, central Hungary, on Monday morning, a spokesman of the local disaster management agency said. The driver of the tanker died in the accident, said Attila Csámpai. The accident happened on the offslip connecting highway 6 with motorway M6. Some 200-300 litres of oil may have spilled onto the road ...
Survey: Vast Majority Of Hungarians Believe Rejecting Migrants Not Racism
- 21 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 84% of Hungarian adults believe that rejecting migrants is not racism, a representative survey made on commission by new online news portal 888.hu showed. Only 13% said that rejecting migrants is racism, 888.hu reported citing the results of the national survey carried out on Sept. 10-15. Some 73% of left-wing voters do not consider rejecting migrants racism, and 81% of centrist voters ...