Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – The foreign ministry has requested information from its Romanian counterpart in connection with an entry ban Romania has imposed on the deputy leader of Hungary’s radical nationalist Jobbik party. István Szávay was planning to visit…
Budapest, March 9 (MTI) – The ombudsman for fundamental rights has said the rights of infertile couples and single women seeking to have a child have been breached due to the unavailability of artificial insemination via a sperm donor. László…
Budapest, March 9 (MTI) – The government has launched its campaign ahead of a referendum against the European Union’s migrant quotas through declaring a state of emergency in connection with migration, the leftist Democratic Coalition said on Wednesday. The Socialist…
Budapest, March 9 (MTI) – If the European Union lifts its visa requirements for Turkish nationals, security risks in Hungary would increase, members of parliament’s national security committee said after a Wednesday session of the body. Socialist chairman of the…
Budapest, March 9 (MTI) – Hungary’s Constitutional Protection Office has launched an investigation into a recent incident in which a group of thugs allegedly prevented Socialist deputies from submitting a referendum initiative. Socialist head of parliament’s national security committee Zsolt…
Budapest, March 9 (MTI) – Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó discussed the migrant crisis and possible ways of tackling it with former Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber in Budapest on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said in a statement. Szijjártó told his partner that…
Budapest, March 9 (MTI) – The government has declared a nationwide migration crisis, the interior minister announced on Wednesday. Sándor Pintér noted that Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia had introduced special measures at the borders from midnight. He said these countries…
Budapest, March 9 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists are calling for an extraordinary session of the 6th district council with the aim of voting for its own dissolution and a new election. Ágnes Kunhalmi, the party’s Budapest leader, told a…
A couple of years ago Slovakians used to cross the border and work in Hungary, but this trend has just turned around; more and more Hungarians choose to work in Slovakia where the salary is higher and the work environment…
Budapest, March 9 (MTI) – The European Union must adopt a new approach to global challenges, Nándor Csepreghy, the state secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office, said at an international conference in Budapest on Wednesday. Europe’s strength in the world…
