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16/09/2015

Hungary expels Iraqi man for illegally crossing border

Budapest, September 16 (MTI) – A Szeged court on Wednesday found an Iraqi man guilty of illegally crossing Hungary’s border and expelled him from the country […]
16/09/2015

Socialists accuse Fidesz over court decision rejecting referendum

Budapest, September 16 (MTI) – The Constitutional Court’s rejection of a supreme court ruling which would have allowed a referendum to go ahead on the question […]
15/09/2015

Top court rules referendum initiative on early retirement unconstitutional

Budapest, September 15 (MTI) – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that a decision by the Kuria, Hungary’s supreme court, approving a referendum initiative on allowing […]
15/09/2015

Szeged court denies illegal migrant trials to be held in containers

Budapest, September 15 (MTI) – The Szeged Court has denied that criminal trials of illegal migrants or anyone caught damaging Hungary’s border fence would be held […]
07/09/2015

Three suspects arrested for robbing migrants

Budapest, September 7 (MTI) – Three men have been taken into custody in Szeged, southeast Hungary, in connection with the theft of 2,000 euros from four […]
30/08/2015

Court orders preliminary detention of suspected human traffickers

Budapest (MTI) – A court in Kecskemet, central Hungary, has initiated the preliminary detention of three Bulgarians and one Afghan citizen in connection with the deaths […]
14/08/2015

Serbian people smugglers sentenced to 3 years in South Hungary

Budapest, August 14 (MTI) – A Szeged court found three Serbian nationals guilty of human smuggling and sentenced them to three years in prison, a spokesman […]
10/08/2015

Serbian man sentenced to 3 years for human smuggling

Budapest, August 10 (MTI) – A Szeged court found a Serbian man guilty of human smuggling and sentenced him to three years in prison, a spokesman […]
30/07/2015

Jobbik: Top court could oblige govt to pass decree on local Sunday shopping law

Budapest, July 30 (MTI) – The Constitutional Court could oblige the government to pass a decree on the exemption of local shops from the Sunday shopping […]
16/07/2015

Strasbourg court calls on Hungary to shorten civil proceedings

Brussels, July 16 (MTI) – Based on European Commission data Hungary’s court system is efficient, an official judicial body said in response to a Strasbourg ruling […]
02/07/2015

Supreme Court maintains possibility of real life sentence in Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – The Kuria, Hungary’s supreme court, ruled on Wednesday that the possibility of meting out real life sentence without parole should be maintained in […]
15/06/2015

Courts to be in charge of registration of churches, says justice minister

Budapest, June 15 (MTI) – The drafting of an amendment to the church law is nearing completion, under which the registration of churches will be the […]
08/06/2015

Roma murders task force says perpetrators acted alone

Budapest, June 8 (MTI) – A task force of seven law enforcement agencies investigating the Roma murders of 2008-2009 have found that the four men sentenced […]
01/06/2015

Prosecutor highlights role in tackling graft

Budapest, June 1 (MTI) – The tendency in tackling corruption cases by the Hungarian authorities has been favourable in recent years, but work in this respect […]
08/05/2015

Roma murders – Appellate court upholds first-instance ruling

Budapest, May 8 (MTI) – The Municipal Court of Appeal on Friday upheld first instance rulings in the case of Hungary’s notorious Roma murders. The verdicts […]
05/05/2015

Supreme court rules in bribe cases of obstetricians, gynaecologists

Budapest, May 5 (MTI) – Hungary’s supreme court, the Kuria, on Tuesday ruled against state-sector obstetricians and gynaecologists for soliciting gratuity payments from patients. According to […]
25/04/2015

Country Assembly Movement: Protest camp is over at Kossuth square

The Country Assembly Movement (OGYM) must remove all items of its encampment from the centre of Kossuth square by the end of April after the court, […]
19/03/2015

Constitutional Court rejects complaints regarding exchange rate margins

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday said that provisions in borrowers’ relief legislation declaring banks’ practice to use exchange rate margins when calculating (re)payments […]
19/03/2015

Prosecutor seeks life sentence for former Communist minister

Budapest (MTI) – The prosecutor has asked for life imprisonment for Bela Biszku, Hungary’s interior minister in Communist times, for the role he played in the […]
11/03/2015

Gyurcsany testifies on 2006 anti-government riots

Budapest (MTI) – Ferenc Gyurcsany, prime minister during anti-government riots in 2006, said in a court testimony on Tuesday that the officers accused in connection with […]