Alexandra Béni
Spectacular animated Hungarian firewall – VIDEO
Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu recommends checking out the corner of Arany János Street and Sas Street, where you can see a special animation come to life. This year’s Colourful City Budapest Festival is a programme series that lasts for a month and builds…
Ombudsman, civil organisations lobby against CETA free trade deal with Canada
Budapest, October 4 (MTI) – Marcel Szabó, the deputy ombudsman in charge of future generations, as well as representatives of civil organisations on Tuesday called on Hungary’s government not to sign a planned free trade agreement between the European Union…
Strasbourg court again rules against Hungary on real life sentences
Strasbourg, October 4 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights has again ruled against Hungary concerning the real life sentences of two Hungarian inmates. The institution of the real life sentence, which carries a minimum of 40 years in…
Referendum – Fidesz pins hopes on majority for constitutional amendment
Budapest, October 4 (MTI) – Ruling Fidesz hopes to have its proposal for a constitutional amendment in light of the referendum result on European Union migrant quotas passed with “a decisive majority” of lawmakers, the party’s deputy leader said on…
Hungarian FM Szijjártó: Hungary-Netherlands ties ‘friendly’
Budapest, October 4 (MTI) – Ties between Hungary and the Netherlands are “friendly”, and on such foundations it will be possible to build the European Union’s future in related debates, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, said on Tuesday after meeting…
Referendum – DK: Orbán voted for quotas
Budapest, October 4 (MTI) – The president of the European Council has confirmed in a letter that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in February voted in favour of European Union migrant quotas, the spokesman of the opposition Democratic Coalition party said…
Pannon Takarék merges with peers to create second-biggest savings cooperation
Budapest, October 4 (MTI) – Savings cooperative integrator SZHISZ on Tuesday announced the merger of Pannon Takarék Bank with Lebeny-Kunsziget Takarékszövetkezet and Bakonyvidéke Takarékszövetkezet. The merger will bring Pannon Takarék’s assets to more than HUF 90bn and its network of…
Interior Minister: Hungary, US cooperation in internal security excellent
Washington, DC, October 4 (MTI) – Cooperation in internal security affairs between Hungary and the United States is “excellent”, Sándor Pintér, Hungary’s interior minister, said late on Monday in Washington, DC, after talks with Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security.…
POLL – Fidesz expands its lead
Budapest, October 4 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz party and its Christian Democrat ally expanded its lead by four percentage points since August, according to a Nezőpont Institute survey carried out for the daily Magyar Idők. The paper’s edition on…
Szijjártó: opinion of 3.3 million cannot be neglected
Budapest (MTI) – The will of the 3.3 million people who voted “no” in Sunday’s migrant quota referendum cannot be ignored in Hungary or in the wider European Union, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said at a press conference held…