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Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Humanity Delivers To Budapest
- 8 Sep 2015 5:30 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: What an incredible difference. Keleti station seemed largely vacant as we first entered the initial passageway. Further progressing into the vast area, tents were here and there, and people still lying on the ground. But something was distinctly different. Aside from the lack of bodies you had to sidestep through, there was a distinct feeling of elation. The intense, heaviness we ...
Hungarian, Intl Aid Groups Working At Röszke
- 8 Sep 2015 4:30 AM
- current affairs
Members of several Hungarian and international aid organisations are distributing aid at a reception centre for migrants at Röszke near the Serbian border, MTI’s correspondent reported from the site. Several hundred migrants on Tuesday morning were waiting to be transferred to points set up by the Hungarian immigration office for registering them. The aid organisations were distributing food, ...
EU Approves Euro 4m Fast Aid For Hungary
- 8 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has decided to hand over 4 million euros to Hungary in fast aid towards easing the refugee crisis. The funds are aimed at improving immigrant reception centres or building new ones, purchasing necessary equipment as well as increasing human resources and transport capacity in Hungary, the European Commission said in a statement.
Hungary's Railway Company MÁV Refuses Trains From Serbia
- 7 Sep 2015 11:30 AM
- current affairs
State railway company MÁV on Sunday refused to allow two trains carrying refugees to enter from Serbia. The trains were stopped at Subotica, the Serbian state railways said in a statement on Sunday. The trains were permitted to continue towards Budapest and Vienna only after all migrants on board were removed.
Refugees Keep On Coming To Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities continue to register 1,500-2,000 asylum seekers every day, Árpád Szép, the head of refugee affairs at the Immigration and Citizenship Office said yesterday. As of noon Sunday, there were about 3,000 people staying at collection centres. The number of illegal border entrants so far this year is 165,928, National Police border police official László Balázs told a press briefing in ...
More Britons And Less Russians Visit Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 9:04 AM
- travel
The number of overnight stays by foreign visitors in Hungarian hotels has kept rising in the first half of 2015, despite of the declining number of Ukrainian, Russian and German tourists. In the first six month of 2015 the number of domestic overnight stays rose exactly by 8.2% compared to the previous year; 3.547 million. The nights spent by foreigners has grown by 4.3% which is 4.783 million in ...
Hungary Reassures Tourists On Security
- 7 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
A top tourism official has issued reassurances that Hungary remains safe and that local authorities can guarantee the security of all tourists who arrive in the country. Deputy state secretary for tourism Ádám Ruszinkó told reporters in front of Saint Stephen’s Basilica, in the city centre, that Budapest’s tourist attractions are far from areas affected by the refugee crisis.
Hundreds Spend Night At Hungary’s Röszke Registration Point
- 7 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 migrants spent the night at the registration point at Röszke, on the southern border, public news channel M1 reported. Lines of tents around the registration point were interspersed with camp fires, and migrants who did not have tents spent the “very cold” night on the ground in blankets or sleeping bags, M1’s correspondent reported. Most migrants asked volunteers for blankets and ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Humanity Delivers To Budapest
- 8 Sep 2015 5:30 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: What an incredible difference. Keleti station seemed largely vacant as we first entered the initial passageway. Further progressing into the vast area, tents were here and there, and people still lying on the ground. But something was distinctly different. Aside from the lack of bodies you had to sidestep through, there was a distinct feeling of elation. The intense, heaviness we ...
Hungarian, Intl Aid Groups Working At Röszke
- 8 Sep 2015 4:30 AM
- current affairs
Members of several Hungarian and international aid organisations are distributing aid at a reception centre for migrants at Röszke near the Serbian border, MTI’s correspondent reported from the site. Several hundred migrants on Tuesday morning were waiting to be transferred to points set up by the Hungarian immigration office for registering them. The aid organisations were distributing food, ...
EU Approves Euro 4m Fast Aid For Hungary
- 8 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has decided to hand over 4 million euros to Hungary in fast aid towards easing the refugee crisis. The funds are aimed at improving immigrant reception centres or building new ones, purchasing necessary equipment as well as increasing human resources and transport capacity in Hungary, the European Commission said in a statement.
Hungary's Railway Company MÁV Refuses Trains From Serbia
- 7 Sep 2015 11:30 AM
- current affairs
State railway company MÁV on Sunday refused to allow two trains carrying refugees to enter from Serbia. The trains were stopped at Subotica, the Serbian state railways said in a statement on Sunday. The trains were permitted to continue towards Budapest and Vienna only after all migrants on board were removed.
Refugees Keep On Coming To Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities continue to register 1,500-2,000 asylum seekers every day, Árpád Szép, the head of refugee affairs at the Immigration and Citizenship Office said yesterday. As of noon Sunday, there were about 3,000 people staying at collection centres. The number of illegal border entrants so far this year is 165,928, National Police border police official László Balázs told a press briefing in ...
More Britons And Less Russians Visit Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 9:04 AM
- travel
The number of overnight stays by foreign visitors in Hungarian hotels has kept rising in the first half of 2015, despite of the declining number of Ukrainian, Russian and German tourists. In the first six month of 2015 the number of domestic overnight stays rose exactly by 8.2% compared to the previous year; 3.547 million. The nights spent by foreigners has grown by 4.3% which is 4.783 million in ...
Hungary Reassures Tourists On Security
- 7 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
A top tourism official has issued reassurances that Hungary remains safe and that local authorities can guarantee the security of all tourists who arrive in the country. Deputy state secretary for tourism Ádám Ruszinkó told reporters in front of Saint Stephen’s Basilica, in the city centre, that Budapest’s tourist attractions are far from areas affected by the refugee crisis.
Hundreds Spend Night At Hungary’s Röszke Registration Point
- 7 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 migrants spent the night at the registration point at Röszke, on the southern border, public news channel M1 reported. Lines of tents around the registration point were interspersed with camp fires, and migrants who did not have tents spent the “very cold” night on the ground in blankets or sleeping bags, M1’s correspondent reported. Most migrants asked volunteers for blankets and ...