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Socialists: Hungarian Govt Wants To Push Migrants Further West
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is trying to push the wave of migrants further to the west by building a fence on the Hungarian-Serbian border, the opposition Socialists said. The party’s Zala County deputy leader Balázs Góra told a press conference that this is why the government plans to build new reception centres in Baranya and Zala counties, in western Hungary. He said it was odd that the announcement to ...
Migrants Set Up Camp In Budapest Metro Stations
- 3 Aug 2015 1:00 AM
- video
Hundreds of migrants fleeing war, poverty and upheaval in the Middle East and Africa, have been setting up camp in Budapest's metro stations as they continue their journey for a better life in western Europe, Reuters reports.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán Is ‘No Black Sheep’ In Europe
- 30 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal commentator claims that PM Orbán’s critics are mistaken when they assume that the Hungarian Prime Minister’s views on migration are unusual and marginal.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Border Fence To Be Completed By Aug 31
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The construction of the 175-kilometre fence along Hungary’s border with Serbia will be completed by August 31, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the closing day of the summer university. He said experience has shown that such border closures result in a roughly 85% decrease in the number of illegal border crossers, adding that he expects the fence to bring about “a large-scale improvement”.
Hungarian Government Publishes List Of Safe Countries
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
The government has prepared a list of safe countries of origin and safe third countries that includes the Western Balkans where most illegal immigrants arrive from. The list of countries deemed as safe under the asylum law includes all EU member states and four candidates for EU membership, namely Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The fifth candidate, Turkey, does not feature on the list.
Date To Be Set For Budapest Conference On Migration
- 22 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Only the date needs to be finalised for a high-level European Union conference to be held on migration in Budapest this autumn, Interior Minister Sándor Pintér said. EU ministers have agreed in Brussels that the member states would receive on a voluntary basis 54,760 refugees and asylum-seekers from conflict zones as well as from Italy and Greece, the two EU member states in which most migrants ...
Hungarian Foreign Minister Urges Immediate Solution For Migration
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The pressure of migration on Hungary is also a European issue and an immediate pan-European solution is needed to tackle it, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Brussels. Recent experience shows that the pressure of migration on the EU will shift from Mediterranean routes to land routes during the autumn and winter. As a consequence, the number of illegal migrants crossing the ...
Budapest-Belgrade Rail Line Revamp Set To Start This Year
- 17 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The revamp of the Budapest-Belgrade rail line could begin this year once the necessary agreements between the Hungarian and Chinese governments are signed, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. The Hungarian-Serbian-Chinese working group dealing with the modernisation of the railway line held its third session at the foreign ministry on Thursday.
Xpat Opinion: European “Tolerance Towards Intolerance” Criticised In Hungary
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government author accuses the leaders of the continent of showing almost limitless tolerance towards illegal migrants and thus opening the gates of Europe to ‘Muslim conquest’.
Socialists: Hungarian Govt Wants To Push Migrants Further West
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is trying to push the wave of migrants further to the west by building a fence on the Hungarian-Serbian border, the opposition Socialists said. The party’s Zala County deputy leader Balázs Góra told a press conference that this is why the government plans to build new reception centres in Baranya and Zala counties, in western Hungary. He said it was odd that the announcement to ...
Migrants Set Up Camp In Budapest Metro Stations
- 3 Aug 2015 1:00 AM
- video
Hundreds of migrants fleeing war, poverty and upheaval in the Middle East and Africa, have been setting up camp in Budapest's metro stations as they continue their journey for a better life in western Europe, Reuters reports.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán Is ‘No Black Sheep’ In Europe
- 30 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal commentator claims that PM Orbán’s critics are mistaken when they assume that the Hungarian Prime Minister’s views on migration are unusual and marginal.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Border Fence To Be Completed By Aug 31
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The construction of the 175-kilometre fence along Hungary’s border with Serbia will be completed by August 31, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the closing day of the summer university. He said experience has shown that such border closures result in a roughly 85% decrease in the number of illegal border crossers, adding that he expects the fence to bring about “a large-scale improvement”.
Hungarian Government Publishes List Of Safe Countries
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
The government has prepared a list of safe countries of origin and safe third countries that includes the Western Balkans where most illegal immigrants arrive from. The list of countries deemed as safe under the asylum law includes all EU member states and four candidates for EU membership, namely Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The fifth candidate, Turkey, does not feature on the list.
Date To Be Set For Budapest Conference On Migration
- 22 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Only the date needs to be finalised for a high-level European Union conference to be held on migration in Budapest this autumn, Interior Minister Sándor Pintér said. EU ministers have agreed in Brussels that the member states would receive on a voluntary basis 54,760 refugees and asylum-seekers from conflict zones as well as from Italy and Greece, the two EU member states in which most migrants ...
Hungarian Foreign Minister Urges Immediate Solution For Migration
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The pressure of migration on Hungary is also a European issue and an immediate pan-European solution is needed to tackle it, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Brussels. Recent experience shows that the pressure of migration on the EU will shift from Mediterranean routes to land routes during the autumn and winter. As a consequence, the number of illegal migrants crossing the ...
Budapest-Belgrade Rail Line Revamp Set To Start This Year
- 17 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The revamp of the Budapest-Belgrade rail line could begin this year once the necessary agreements between the Hungarian and Chinese governments are signed, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. The Hungarian-Serbian-Chinese working group dealing with the modernisation of the railway line held its third session at the foreign ministry on Thursday.
Xpat Opinion: European “Tolerance Towards Intolerance” Criticised In Hungary
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government author accuses the leaders of the continent of showing almost limitless tolerance towards illegal migrants and thus opening the gates of Europe to ‘Muslim conquest’.