MIGRATORY PRESSURE SHOWING NO SIGNS OF EASING AS RECORD NUMBER OF ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS ARE REGISTERED ON TUESDAY
On Tuesday, a total of 1521 migrants, including 360 children, were caught by Hungarian police forces in cooperation with community policing officers in the southern area of Csongrád county on the border with Serbia alone, the spokesperson for the county police headquarters said. Linda Jászai disclosed that of the total of 55 groups intercepted, the largest was upheld at the […]
BUDAPEST THEN AND NOW: PICTURE OF THE DAY
Do you recognise this iconic Budapest intersection as it was at the turn of the century? Give it a try – and then use your mouse to “highlight” the invisible text below it to find out the answer! Would you guess that its ancient-sounding name has changed five times through the decades? The answer is: Oktogon, the square at the […]
JEWISH LEADERS REMAIN OPPOSED TO NEW HOLOCAUST MUSEUM’S APPROACH AS OPINIONS NEAR WITH GOVERNMENT ON HERITAGE CARE
The renovation and maintenance of Jewish cemeteries and synagogues in Hungary, Holocaust education and the House of Fates project were among issues discussed at a meeting between Minister of State for the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár and leaders of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz), including Hungary’s newly-elected chief rabbi Róbert Frölich. Mazsihisz leader András Heisler said that it would […]
KAZAN 2015: 95-YEAR-OLD HUNGARIAN MAN BREAKS SENIOR WORLD RECORD IN 200M BACKSTROKE
95-year-old Béla Bánki Horváth, the oldest participant of this year’s senior swimming world championships held in the aftermath of the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, has broken a 21-year record in 200m backstroke, crossing the finish line in 5.24:20. The Szeged resident won the Hungarian championship with an even better time in January, but his result then […]
IMMIGRATION: AFGHANISTAN “LETS DOWN” ITS REFUGEES BY CLOSING BUDAPEST EMBASSY, NGO’S CLAIM
The Afghan embassy in Budapest closed on 1 July citing austerity reasons, the online news portal hvg.hu has disclosed. The information has been confirmed by Hungary’s foreign ministry, which suggested that the Afghan government had trimmed its network of foreign representative offices in order to save money. The website cited Zsuzsa Zsohár, spokeswoman of Migration Aid, an organisation helping refugees, […]
ROMANIAN AMBASSADOR TO BUDAPEST CALLED INTO FOREIGN MINISTRY AS HUNGARY HITS OUT AGAINST ROMANIAN “GOVERNMENTAL ERUPTIONS”
Levente Magyar, State Secretary at Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations, has summoned Romanian ambassador to Budapest Victor Micula to his...
BUDAPEST THEN AND NOW: PICTURE OF THE DAY
Can you guess when this magnificent picture was taken and which Budapest landmark it depicts? Give it a try – and then use your...
IMMIGRATION: INTERIOR MINISTRY TO DRAFT 1358 ARMED SECURITY GUARDS TO SERVE AT NEW REFUGEE CAMPS
Hungary’s Ministry of Interior has begun recruiting armed security guards to serve at new refugee camps, the daily newspaper Népszabadság reports. According to an...
DIPLOMATIC TENSIONS MOUNT BETWEEN ROMANIA AND HUNGARY OVER HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR’S COMMENTS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS
The Romanian foreign ministry has summoned a Hungarian embassy official over remarks the ambassador made about Hungarian-Romanian relations. Romania expressed disagreement over Ambassador Botond...
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SZIGET 2015: ROBBIE WILLIAMS THROWS OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD GIG ON “DAY -1″ AT BUDAPEST’S TRADEMARK SUMMER FESTIVAL – VIDEO!
The twenty-second Sziget Festival kicked off yesterday with a jaw-dropping 1.5-hour show put on by British pop rock superstar Robbie Williams to a full-house audience in the evening of the one-week festival’s “Day -1″. The performer, who is famous for accepting invitations to perform at festivals only very occasionally, bagged the largest-ever single payment in the festival’s history, estimated between […]
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