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The Times
March 31, 2018
As advertisements go, the leaflets landing in Hungarian letterboxes last week were distinctly unappealing: “Jihadist warlord Mohamed Hassan and his warriors are looking to rent or buy flats in your area! Allahu Akbar!” Alongside the picture of an Islamist militant with a gaggle of children toting AK-47s wereÃâà...
portfolio.hu
March 28, 2018
The Hungarian economy can grow by 4.5% in 2018, analysts at UniCredit projected on Wednesday. The upbeat prognosis is outstanding not only in Hungarian terms, but also in the entire Central and Eastern European region. If UniCredit is right, this year could be the first when Hungary's economic growthÃâà...
euronews
March 28, 2018
Since 2000, several attempts to introduce stricter regulation failed because of political factors or because they were deemed unconstitutional on the basis of the right to free speech, said Euronews' Hungary correspondent. In an email, the Hungarian government told Euronews that its communicationÃâà...
The Guardian
March 28, 2018
And yet, in this city of 160,000 inhabitants in north-east Hungary, a fierce election campaign is under way in which there is one overriding issue being discussed ahead of the vote on 8 April. It is not the recent series of corruption scandals involving government officials and vast sums of money. Nor is it theÃâà...
CNBC
March 19, 2018
The European Union (EU) has been "very unbalanced and very irresponsible" in its handling of the continent's migration crisis, Hungary's foreign minister told CNBC on Monday. Peter Szijjarto said Hungary "should be able to control and protect its own borders." Budapest's relations with the EU have beenÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 17, 2018
Hungary has announced that it wants to bring back tons of its gold reserves stored in the Bank of England in London. The move comes after Austrian, German, Dutch and Venezuelan central banks made similar decisions. Radio Sputnik discussed the statement by the Hungarian National Bank with a goldÃâà...
The Nation
March 17, 2018
Islamabad - Every year the 1848 Revolution is celebrated on 15 March in Hungary . The nation commemorates the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, which led to the war of independence from the Austrian rule. This day is a tribute to the struggle for democracy and freedom of all the Hungarian's involved inÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
March 15, 2018
Days later, in early March, Hungary's government declared war on the UN Migration Compact, a non-binding global policy currently being negotiated, designed to cover all sides of international migration. The government plans on using taxpayer's money to fund a so called “information campaign” on theÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 15, 2018
A Hungarian court has convicted a Syrian refugee of "complicity in an act of terror" and given him a sentence of seven years' imprisonment and a 10-year expulsion from Hungary. The refugee, referred to as Ahmed H in court proceedings, was also convicted on Wednesday of "illegal entry as part of a massÃâà...
Goal.com
March 3, 2018
Head coach Desiree Ellis made five changes to the team that drew 0-0 against Slovakia in the opening match, and the move paid dividends. Banyana Banyana looked fresh and had free flowing movements. Roxanne Barker came in for Andile Dlamini in goal, while Rachel Sebati, Kgaelebane Mohlakoana,Ãâà...
The Budapest Beacon
March 3, 2018
And the people who came to Miskolc came from inside the territory of Hungary. Now just imagine when a people with a completely different culture, habits and a view of life come here from outside our borders. And the people of Miskolc should know that migrants always go to the big cities — that's whereÃâà...
Emerging Europe
March 3, 2018
Voters in both Hungary and Poland go the polls this year: a parliamentary election will be held in Hungary in April, local elections in Poland later in the year. In both countries the populist ruling parties, in the absence of any real opposition, are likely to do very well. What chance then, of their governmentsÃâà...
Eyewitness News
March 2, 2018
JOHANNESBURG - Banyana Banyana will be chasing their first win in the Women's Cyprus Cup when they come up against Hungary in their second group game of the tournament on Friday evening. Coach Desiree Ellis' ladies played out to a goalless draw against Slovakia in their first match of theÃâà...
New York Times
March 1, 2018
“Our university is proud to have secured reaccreditation here in Hungary, where we belong,” the president and rector of the Central European University, Michael Ignatieff, said in a statement. The university became a focus last year of a broad campaign against Mr. Soros by the right-wing government ofÃâà...
NPR
February 16, 2018
And for Poland and Hungary, it might be a time to revisit an old alliance. Leaders of those countries say they want to team up to push back against what they see as meddling from Brussels, while the rest of Europe is asking, how committed are Poland and Hungary, really, to democracy? NPR's SorayaÃâà...
NPR
December 31, 1999
Poland is the biggest beneficiary of EU money among the bloc's 28 member states. But with Hungary on its side, there's only so much EU officials can do, because any punitive actions Brussels wants to take against one bloc member — including Article 7 — generally require unanimous backing by the rest.
New York Times
December 31, 1999
BUDAPEST, Hungary — In Budapest 1, a parliamentary district at the heart of the Hungarian capital, most voters will not support the party of Viktor Orban, the country's far-right prime minister, in a general election on April 8. Yet as things stand, Mr. Orban's party, Fidesz, will hold on to the seat — and itsÃâà...
CNBC
December 31, 1999
Orban, known for his anti-migrant views and populist rhetoric, is campaigning to serve a third consecutive term from April 8. However, a bellwether vote in southern Hungary backfired for Orban's Fidesz supporters on Sunday. Hungary's current prime minister is still widely expected to secure enough votes toÃâà...
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