1,930 result(s) for western hungary
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 ...
Hungarian Police Arrest Migrants On Train To Vienna
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian police have arrested 26 illegal migrants—four of them children—on a train from Budapest to Vienna. Police ejected the migrants at the station of Győr, in western Hungary, public television news channel M1 reported. The Immigration Office will launch proceedings against the migrants. Recently Hungarian, German and Austrian police have been gradually stepping up inspections of ...
'Valley of Arts' Festival, Kapolcs, Until 2 August
- 30 Jul 2015 10:37 AM
- entertainment
Founded by composer István Márta 25 years ago, the highly successful arts and crafts festival (named “Művészetek Völgye” in Hungarian) is a folklore venue spreading out over seven villages in the picturesque countryside north of Lake Balaton in western Hungary. Organisers promise an especially broad array of programmes this year to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the festival, which was ...
13th Century Mikveh Opens To Visitors In Budapest
- 30 Jul 2015 10:35 AM
- health & wellness
A Jewish ritual bath or mikveh built in the 13th century and excavated eight years ago will open to visitors in the Buda Castle district from August. The small mikveh in the western tunnels can be visited during guided underground tours every Monday, the asset manager said. The shallow bath which was carved in stone during the middle ages is supplied by underground water and has remained intact ...
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”.
Hungary Faces Tropical Heat
- 24 Jul 2015 9:04 AM
- current affairs
After a weeklong heatwave with daily highs reaching 37-38 degrees Hungary is to face tropical weather conditions in the next few days, the national weather service said. Intense summer heat pulling in from the south and southwest will continue to grip the country with humidity increasing day by day, the service said. Daily highs over the next three days will hover around 36-37 degrees Celsius and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hungarian Police Arrest Migrants On Train To Vienna
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian police have arrested 26 illegal migrants—four of them children—on a train from Budapest to Vienna. Police ejected the migrants at the station of Győr, in western Hungary, public television news channel M1 reported. The Immigration Office will launch proceedings against the migrants. Recently Hungarian, German and Austrian police have been gradually stepping up inspections of ...
'Valley of Arts' Festival, Kapolcs, Until 2 August
- 30 Jul 2015 10:37 AM
- entertainment
Founded by composer István Márta 25 years ago, the highly successful arts and crafts festival (named “Művészetek Völgye” in Hungarian) is a folklore venue spreading out over seven villages in the picturesque countryside north of Lake Balaton in western Hungary. Organisers promise an especially broad array of programmes this year to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the festival, which was ...
13th Century Mikveh Opens To Visitors In Budapest
- 30 Jul 2015 10:35 AM
- health & wellness
A Jewish ritual bath or mikveh built in the 13th century and excavated eight years ago will open to visitors in the Buda Castle district from August. The small mikveh in the western tunnels can be visited during guided underground tours every Monday, the asset manager said. The shallow bath which was carved in stone during the middle ages is supplied by underground water and has remained intact ...
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”.
Hungary Faces Tropical Heat
- 24 Jul 2015 9:04 AM
- current affairs
After a weeklong heatwave with daily highs reaching 37-38 degrees Hungary is to face tropical weather conditions in the next few days, the national weather service said. Intense summer heat pulling in from the south and southwest will continue to grip the country with humidity increasing day by day, the service said. Daily highs over the next three days will hover around 36-37 degrees Celsius and ...
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 ...