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Socialists ask president to challenge land sales
Budapest (MTI) – The Socialist Party has sent a letter to President Janos Ader and Marcel Szabo, the deputy ombudsman in charge of sustainable development, asking them to challenge the government’s sales of state land. If the president values climate…
Röszke-Horgos border crossing reopened
Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter and his Serbian counterpart, Nebojsa Stefanovic, on Thursday reopened the Roszke-Horgos 2 border crossing. On September 16, Hungary closed the border crossing after a group of migrants attempting to forcefully cross into Hungary clashed with…
MOL chief sees legal option for fighting Croatia’s arrest warrant
Budapest, October 22 (MTI) – There is a legal possibility that in some countries the arrest warrant put out by Croatia on Zsolt Hernádi, chairman-chief executive of Hungarian oil and gas company MOL, could be ignored, Hernádi told business weekly…
Orbán: No solution to migrant crisis without Serbia
Madrid, October 22 (MTI) – There is no solution to the migrant crisis without Serbia, which has gained in importance over the past few months, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public news channel M1 late on Wednesday. Orbán, who is…
Refugee crisis: railmen refused to work out of fear of contamination
According to hvg.hu, day- and night shift yardmen refused to carry out commands at Gyékényes station, because they are afraid that the contamination endangers their health. The migrants have already left, but their thrash and faeces are still on the…
Slovakia sent Hungarian speaking officers to the Southern border
Fifty police officers have departed from Bratislava on Tuesday sent by Slovakia to help the work of the Hungarian officers at the Slovakian-Hungarian border. The officers went to Szeged with 17 land rovers and one bus, according to MTI’s information,…
Socialists want jail time for animal abusers
Budapest, October 22 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists have proposed that the criminal code should be amended to have animal cruelty be punishable by imprisonment. Laszlo Kiss, a member of parliament’s legislative committee, said that animal abusers should face prison…
British Airways is going to increase the number of flights between Budapest and London
British Airways is going to increase the number of flights between Budapest and London starting from next summer. Heathrow, the biggest airport on the Budapest-London line is going to have four flights per day instead of three from next March…
Matthias Church bell tower opens to public
Budapest (MTI) – The renovated bell and look-out tower of Budapest’s famous Matthias Church in the castle district is now open to the public, the church’s priest said. The tower was only open for visits to the gentility ever since…
Hungary to switch to winter time on Sunday
Budapest (MTI) – Winter time will begin in Hungary on Sunday, October 25, when clocks at 3am are set back an hour. Power transmission system operator Mavir estimates that switching to summer time saves enough electricity to meet demand for…