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Reconstruction Of World’s Fourth-Largest Synagogue, In Szeged, To Begin
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Reconstruction works have begun on Hungary’s second-largest and the world’s fourth-biggest synagogue in the city of Szeged in southern Hungary after the government appropriated HUF 950 million (USD 3.39m) to the renovation of the crumbling 1340-seat Jewish place of worship.
Migrant Smugglers In Pre -Trial Detention In Hungary
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Suspected migrant smugglers have been placed in pre-trial custody, the investigative prosecution service said. The service earlier pressed charges against three former police officers from Bács-Kiskun County, in southern Hungary, and two private individuals. A sixth suspected of smuggling migrants over the Hungary-Serbia border was arrested and questioned on Tuesday, and faces also pre-trial ...
Socialists Propose To Speed Up Birth Certificate Registration For Hungarians Abroad
- 3 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialists have proposed a law amendment enabling newborns to be registered for a Hungarian birth certificate at consulates abroad, which would speed up the procedure. The move is aimed at easing the administrative burden on Hungarians working abroad, the party said in a statement. Ágnes Kunhalmi and Ildikó Bangó Borbély, the bill’s proponents, said there were 8,000 children currently waiting ...
Hungarian Tax Agency Employees Suspected Of Smuggling
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Tax authority NAV should apply zero tolerance against its employees who break the law, the economy ministry said in a statement. The ministry issued its statement after reports that 18 tax officers are suspected of cigarette smuggling. All members of NAV, an agency which collects 93% of revenues to the central budget, must be irreproachable and fully abide with the law, the statement said.
Ombudsman Calls For Closure Of Psychicatric Ward In Budapest
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The ombudsman for fundamental rights has asked the human resources ministry to close down a mental asylum in Budapest’s Merényi Gusztáv Hospital. In his report, László Székely described the facility as a place where security guards are employed to intimidate patients and where some patients are “tied to radiators”. The ombudsman also suggested that patients whose documented status no longer ...
CEU Business School Launches New Business Analytics Master's Program
- 29 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Become a business decision maker who examines data and executes data & analytics strategies to drive business value. There is already a shortage of data scientists and business analysts due to the Big Data boom. Businesses and other organizations increasingly recognize the potential value of the huge amounts of data produced and archived each day, indeed every minute and second, if such data is ...
Most Hungarians Support Stricter Migration Rules
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The vast majority of Hungarians who returned the government’s questionnaire on migration said that tighter regulations are needed both on a national and a European level to stem the flow of illegal migrants into Hungary, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. A negligible amount of respondents disagreed with the statements in the questionnaire, Kovács told a press conference.
Hungarian Paramilitary Leader Suspected Of Promoting Illegal Immigration
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Róbert Kiss, head of the now defunct New Hungarian Guard, is suspected of “organising transportation for illegal immigrants to Budapest”, daily Napi Gazdaság reported. The paper associated Kiss and another person with a recent statement by counter-terrorism force TEK, which apprehended two people, unnamed in the report, in the act of negotiating a transfer with five Syrian immigrants in southern ...
Two Types Of Border Fence To Be Built On Serbian-Hungarian Border
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Government decided on the construction of two types of border fence at its Tuesday meeting; the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defence will build an almost four-metre-tall fence on the sections of the border which can be easily penetrated, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office informed the press at a press conference held during the break of the cabinet meeting.
Reconstruction Of World’s Fourth-Largest Synagogue, In Szeged, To Begin
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Reconstruction works have begun on Hungary’s second-largest and the world’s fourth-biggest synagogue in the city of Szeged in southern Hungary after the government appropriated HUF 950 million (USD 3.39m) to the renovation of the crumbling 1340-seat Jewish place of worship.
Migrant Smugglers In Pre -Trial Detention In Hungary
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Suspected migrant smugglers have been placed in pre-trial custody, the investigative prosecution service said. The service earlier pressed charges against three former police officers from Bács-Kiskun County, in southern Hungary, and two private individuals. A sixth suspected of smuggling migrants over the Hungary-Serbia border was arrested and questioned on Tuesday, and faces also pre-trial ...
Socialists Propose To Speed Up Birth Certificate Registration For Hungarians Abroad
- 3 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialists have proposed a law amendment enabling newborns to be registered for a Hungarian birth certificate at consulates abroad, which would speed up the procedure. The move is aimed at easing the administrative burden on Hungarians working abroad, the party said in a statement. Ágnes Kunhalmi and Ildikó Bangó Borbély, the bill’s proponents, said there were 8,000 children currently waiting ...
Hungarian Tax Agency Employees Suspected Of Smuggling
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Tax authority NAV should apply zero tolerance against its employees who break the law, the economy ministry said in a statement. The ministry issued its statement after reports that 18 tax officers are suspected of cigarette smuggling. All members of NAV, an agency which collects 93% of revenues to the central budget, must be irreproachable and fully abide with the law, the statement said.
Ombudsman Calls For Closure Of Psychicatric Ward In Budapest
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The ombudsman for fundamental rights has asked the human resources ministry to close down a mental asylum in Budapest’s Merényi Gusztáv Hospital. In his report, László Székely described the facility as a place where security guards are employed to intimidate patients and where some patients are “tied to radiators”. The ombudsman also suggested that patients whose documented status no longer ...
CEU Business School Launches New Business Analytics Master's Program
- 29 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Become a business decision maker who examines data and executes data & analytics strategies to drive business value. There is already a shortage of data scientists and business analysts due to the Big Data boom. Businesses and other organizations increasingly recognize the potential value of the huge amounts of data produced and archived each day, indeed every minute and second, if such data is ...
Most Hungarians Support Stricter Migration Rules
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The vast majority of Hungarians who returned the government’s questionnaire on migration said that tighter regulations are needed both on a national and a European level to stem the flow of illegal migrants into Hungary, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. A negligible amount of respondents disagreed with the statements in the questionnaire, Kovács told a press conference.
Hungarian Paramilitary Leader Suspected Of Promoting Illegal Immigration
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Róbert Kiss, head of the now defunct New Hungarian Guard, is suspected of “organising transportation for illegal immigrants to Budapest”, daily Napi Gazdaság reported. The paper associated Kiss and another person with a recent statement by counter-terrorism force TEK, which apprehended two people, unnamed in the report, in the act of negotiating a transfer with five Syrian immigrants in southern ...
Two Types Of Border Fence To Be Built On Serbian-Hungarian Border
- 23 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Government decided on the construction of two types of border fence at its Tuesday meeting; the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defence will build an almost four-metre-tall fence on the sections of the border which can be easily penetrated, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office informed the press at a press conference held during the break of the cabinet meeting.