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DK dep leader demands Trocsanyi apology over alleged Roma radicalisation comments
Budapest (MTI) – The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on Justice Minister Laszlo Trocsanyi to apologise after comments he is reported as having made yesterday that the Roma might radicalise. The Justice Ministry has denied Trocsanyi made the remarks…
Hungarian-Croatian border is closed for 30 days
According to hvg.hu, the temporary border closure will last for 30 days; the enactment came into effect from 17 October and will be repealed on the 31st day after it was introduced. As the recent EU Summit on Thursday could…
Strasbourg court condemns Hungary over failure to investigate racist attack
Strasbourg, October 20 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Hungarian authorities in 2011 violated the European Convention on Human Rights when they failed to properly investigate a racially-motivated attack. The suit was filed by a…
DK distances itself from violent Facebook group
Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) on Tuesday denied any connection with a Facebook group which has recently suggested that the prime minister should be killed. In a statement sent to MTI, DK said that the…
Parliament authorises mandatory medical checks for migrants
Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – Lawmakers on Tuesday voted to amend the health-care law to allow the chief medical officer to order asylum seekers to undergo medical screenings at a time of crisis. The bill, submitted to the legislative body…
Orban calls on Ukraine Hungarians to participate in local elections
Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday called on ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine to vote for Hungarian lists in Ukraine’s local elections set for this weekend. It is important that Hungarians are represented in Ukraine’s local…
Kover addresses 1956 commemoration in Paris
Paris (MTI) – House Speaker Laszlo Kover on Monday addressed a commemoration in Paris marking the anniversary of Hungary’s failed anti-Soviet revolution in 1956. At the ceremony, held in the Hungarian Institute, Kover said that the victory of the revolution…
Hungary, Saudi Arabia sign nuclear pact
Budapest (MTI) – Hungary and Saudi Arabia on Monday signed an agreement in Riyadh on cooperating in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the national development ministry told MTI. The deal envisages an exchange of scientific and technical data, technology,…
Szijjarto, MKP leader discuss Slovak elections, ethnic Hungarian minority
Budapest (MTI) – Tension caused by provocations in Slovakia’s election would be detrimental to both bilateral ties and Slovakia’s ethnic Hungarian minority, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Jozsef Berenyi, the head of the Party of the Hungarian Community (MKP) in…
Head of new Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office takes oath
Budapest (MTI) – Antal Rogan, the head of the newly established Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office, took his oath of office in parliament on Monday. Rogan was appointed to the office by President Janos Ader effective October 17. Parliament approved the…