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Orban voted for EU migrant quota for second time, says DK
Budapest, March 8 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán voted in support of mandatory migrant quotas for the second time during the extraordinary summit of European Union and Turkey leaders on Monday, the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) said. According to…
EU-Turkey summit yields agreement to close down borders, says Orbán
Brussels, March 8 (MTI) – Leaders of the European Union have agreed to close off people smuggling routes in the Western Balkans, which means “restoring order on the borders”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told journalists following an extraordinary EU-Turkey summit…
Hungarian heritage authority gives Golgotha painting protected status – paper
Budapest, March 8 (MTI) – Hungary’s national heritage authority, the Forster Centre, has declared that Munkácsy’s Golgotha painting should come under national protection in a non-appealable ruling, daily Magyar Idők reported on Tuesday. As such, the painting cannot be exported…
Hungary supports European measures to promote women
Budapest, March 8 (MTI) – Hungary has voiced support for a document urging the European Union to define further tasks to improve the situation of women, the human resources ministry told MTI on Monday. Hungary firmly supports measures aimed at…
Al Habtoor Group Chairman Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Welcomes New Hungarian Ambassador to the UAE, HE Osama Naffa
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, Chairman, Al Habtoor Group held discussions with His Excellency Osama Naffa, the new Hungarian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday March 3, 2016. It marked the first meeting between the Al Habtoor Group Chairman…
Polish president Andrzej Duda to visit Hungary in mid-March
Warsaw, March 7 (MTI) – Polish President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda are scheduled to make a three-day visit to Hungary beginning on March 17, the Polish president’s office announced on Monday. The visit will be Duda’s second…
Orban vetoes EU-Turkey proposal on transferring refugees – UPDATE
Brussels, March 7 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Monday vetoed a proposal to make direct transfers of refugees from Turkey to Europe, and the European summit of heads of government and state has been aborted and separate bilateral…
Teacher union prepared to enter talks with government
Budapest, March 7 (MTI) – Teachers’ trade union PDSZ has initiated talks between its strike committee and the government with the aim of reaching an agreement on addressing problems in Hungary’s education system. The union has set an end-March deadline…
Interior ministry proposes tightening asylum, migration laws
Budapest, March 7 (MTI) – Hungary’s interior ministry on Monday proposed cutting social benefits received by asylum-seekers and reducing the amount of time migrants are allowed to stay at reception centres from two months to one month. The ministry said…
Government to seek joint stand with V4 on reducing internet VAT
Budapest, March 7 (MTI) – Hungary’s government aims to act together with the other Visegrad Group countries (the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia) to press Brussels for a reduced VAT rate on internet services, Tamás Deutsch, government commissioner for the…