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24/03/2017

Government urges Heineken to resolve trademark dispute with Csíki Brewery through talks

Heineken case: Government office chief visited the Hungarian Csíki Brewery in Szeklerland (central Romania)
23/03/2017

Court lowers sentence of former broker Kulcsár to five years

Kulcsár was charged with embezzlement, money laundering, corruption, possessing stolen goods and serving as an accessory to crimes The court reduced Kulcsár's sentence...
17/03/2017

Appeals court acquits defendants in Moscow property case

The Hungarian state had sold the property for 23.7 million dollars but the buyer soon resold it for 100 million dollars
14/03/2017

Special GPs turn to Hungary top court, European Court

Special GPs turn to Hungary top court, European Court
01/03/2017

Syrian, Iraqi migrants convicted for border crossing riots

The court ruled that they were guilty of illegally crossing the border between Hungary and Serbia
20/02/2017

Suspect admits role in Budapest bomb attack last September

Budapest (MTI) – A man detained for his alleged involvement in a bomb attack carried out in Budapest last September has admitted his role in the […]
17/02/2017

Top court head calls for closer cooperation between courts in EU

Budapest (MTI) – Closer cooperation is needed between the constitutional courts of the European Union in order to handle problems concerning how EU law and member […]
14/02/2017

Court fines man vandalising opposition signature drive’s booth

Budapest, February 14 (MTI) – A Budapest court has fined a rowdy man 150,000 forints (EUR 487) for vandalising a stall at which signatures were collected […]
14/02/2017

Budaházy placed in home detention

Budapest (MTI) – György Budaházy, who last year was sentenced to 13 years in prison for carrying out terrorist activity almost a decade ago, has been […]
13/02/2017

Former Budapest police chief sentenced over 2006 violence – UPDATE

Budapest, February 13 (MTI) – The appeals court of Budapest on Monday fined Peter Gergényi, the former Budapest police chief, 400,000 forints (EUR 1,290) in a […]
10/02/2017

Charges raised against five Chinese for recruiting prostitutes to work in Budapest

Budapest, February 10 (MTI) – The metropolitan public prosecutor’s office has raised charges against five Chinese nationals for recruiting Chinese women to work in brothels in […]
09/02/2017

The banned Csíki beer is back under different name

After years of relentless campaign against the ethnic Hungarian beer manufacturer by Heineken, Romanian officials that are always ready to attack ethnic Hungarian businesses in Romania […]
08/02/2017

Supreme court rules against police in Roma discrimination case

Budapest, February 8 (MTI) – The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Wednesday threw out an earlier ruling and established that local police in northern Hungary had […]
07/02/2017

Almost 90 pc of inmates study or work in Hungarian prisons

  Budapest, February 7 (MTI) – More than 10,000 of Hungary’s prison inmates, or 88 percent, spend their sentence studying or working, national prison chief Tamás […]
06/02/2017

Appeals court orders retrial of red sludge case

GyÅ‘r, February 6 (MTI) – The appeals court of GyÅ‘r, in northwestern Hungary, threw out an earlier ruling in a case concerning Hungary’s 2010 red sludge […]
31/01/2017

Prosecution investigators probe alleged fraud at Hungarian counter-terrorism force

Budapest, January 31 (MTI) – Hungary’s central investigating prosecutor’s office has opened a probe into Hungary’s counter-terrorism force (TEK) on suspicion of misappropriation of funds, Andrea […]
30/01/2017

Socialist politician Hiszékeny acquitted of bribery charges

Budapest, January 30 (MTI) – Budapest’s court of appeals has upheld an earlier court ruling and acquitted Socialist MP DezsÅ‘ Hiszékeny of charges of bribery. Hiszékeny […]
24/01/2017

Former Socialist, liberal politicians sentenced over selling downtown properties

Budapest, January 24 (MTI) – The former Socialist deputy mayor of Budapest’s sixth district and 11 other defendants have been handed suspended prison sentences for selling […]
17/01/2017

Strasbourg court orders compensation to two Roma abuse victims

Strasbourg, January 17 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that the Hungarian state is to pay compensation to two Roma […]
17/01/2017

Prosecutor says camerawoman who kicked migrants should get tougher sentence

Budapest, January 17 (MTI) – The prosecutor has appealed for a tougher sentence in the case of a camerawoman who kicked migrants as they rushed across […]