terrorism

15/07/2016

Hungarian foreign minister: Nice attack confirms need for fight against terrorism

Ulaanbaatar, July 15 (MTI) – The Bastille Day terrorist attack in Nice confirms the need to step up joint efforts to fight terrorism, the Hungarian foreign […]
15/07/2016

Breaking news – Hungarian woman injured in Nice truck attack – UPDATE

[box] Budapest, July 15 (MTI) – The Hungarian foreign ministry so far knows of one Hungarian woman who was injured after a truck drove into a […]
09/07/2016

NATO summit – Hungary’s defence minister: NATO strengthens unity against threats from south

Warsaw, July 9 (MTI) – NATO has strengthened its unity in the fight against threats from the south, including illegal migration and people smuggling, Defence Minister […]
05/07/2016

Documentary video – Szekler activists accused with terrorism in Romania

It is important to inform international audiences about the violations of basic human rights of ethnic Hungarians in Romania. We release this video (Hungarian with English […]
02/07/2016

HVIM activists released from Romanian prison and placed under house arrest

Zoltán Szőcs and István Beke were released from a prison in Bucharest at midnight today. A legal expert told alfahir.hu that the Romanian court knew all […]
29/06/2016

Hungary’s parliament sends condolences over Istanbul airport attack

Budapest, June 29 (MTI) – Hungarian Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér has expressed condolences over Tuesday’s triple suicide bombing at Istanbul’s main international airport. Hungary extends its […]
29/06/2016

No Hungarians killed or injured in Istanbul airport attack

Budapest, June 29 (MTI) – The latest updates from Istanbul authorities indicate that no Hungarians were killed or injured in Tuesday’s attack on the city’s main […]
29/06/2016

Hungarians travelling to Turkey warned to take caution

Budapest, June 29 (MTI) – Hungary’s Foreign Ministry has asked Hungarians to exercise caution if travelling to Turkey after the bombing in Istanbul which claimed 36 […]
14/06/2016

EURO 2016 – TEK operates SMS service for Hungarian soccer fans

Budapest, June 14 (MTI) – Hungary’s counter-terrorism centre TEK is operating an emergency text service during the European football championships in Paris, so that fans can […]
10/06/2016

Euro 2016 – Anti-terror exercises in Lyon – Photos

The UEFA and the French are afraid of bombings, but in the meantime, millions of fans are going to France for Euro2016. The police hold anti-terror exercises […]
08/06/2016

Fidesz spox: No intelligence on terrorist threat against Hungary

Budapest, June 8 (MTI) – There is no current information to suggest any concrete terrorist threat against Hungary, the ruling Fidesz party spokesman said on Wednesday. […]
08/06/2016

Jobbik: Saudi businessman poses ‘national security risk’

Budapest, June 7 (MTI) – The activities of a Saudi businessman in Hungary, including alleged business deals with the family of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and […]
08/06/2016

LMP, Socialists submit constitutional amendment on ‘real deployment of army’

Budapest, June 7 (MTI) – The opposition Socialist and LMP parties have submitted a proposed amendment to the constitution so that “the armed forces can really […]
07/06/2016

Parliament approves changes to constitution on terror

Budapest, June 7 (MTI) – Parliament on Tuesday approved changes to the constitution which paves the way for new regulations designed to handle the threat of […]
06/06/2016

LMP opposes constitutional amendment

Budapest, June 6 (MTI) – The green LMP party continues to oppose the proposed terrorism-related amendments to the constitution, the party’s former co-leader András Schiffer said […]
03/06/2016

State of terrorist threat – Amendment proposal in a joint session of parliament’s defence and national security committees

Budapest, June 3 (MTI) – Amending the constitution to create the conditions to handle a terrorist threat is crucial for fighting terrorism and upholding security, the […]
26/05/2016

Counter Terrorism Centre to prepare Hungarian football players to the 2016 UEFA European Championship

In order to have maximum security and protect players and fans, members of TEK (Counter Terrorism Centre) will also be present at the 2016 UEFA European […]
24/05/2016

Jobbik: Romanian Americans better support imprisoned Szeklers than Hungarian Government

After his question addressed to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó in March, Jobbik’s vice president Tamás Sneider contacted the head of Hungarian diplomacy […]
21/05/2016

Young Szekler men are accused of committing terrorist acts

Two Transylvanian leaders of the Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement (HVIM) might be sentenced to life, nol.hu writes. The Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism […]
11/05/2016

Amnesty concerned about anti-terrorism changes restricting human rights

Budapest, May 11 (MTI) – Hungary’s constitutional and legal changes aimed at enabling the government to take anti-terrorism measures could also lead to a broad range […]