The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has expressed concern over Hungary’s removal of illegal migrants seeking asylum from Hungarian territory to the Serbian side of the border between the two countries and called on Hungary to submit an action plan by June next year aimed at eliminating the practice, the CoE said.
Minister addresses academic year opener at Hungarian college in Transcarpathia
Culture and Innovation Minister Janos Csak spoke at an event marking the start of the academic year at the II Rakoczi Ferenc Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education in Berehove (Beregszasz), Ukraine, on Saturday.
State secretary participates at EU transport ministers meeting
State secretary Nandor Csepreghy participated at an informal meeting of European Union transport ministers in Barcelona on Friday, the Construction and Transport Ministry said on Saturday.
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This is the motherload – well, partly. Sergeant’s first memoir in 2021 detailed his upbringing in the 1960s and 1970s outside Liverpool up to his first year as amateurish guitarist in Echo and the Bunnymen. And there, frustratingly, it ended, leaving we aficionados in ...
Russian FM pledges to guarantee Hungary’s energy supply
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pledged to guarantee Hungary's energy supplies, so the delivery of gas, crude oil and nuclear fuel from Russia will be uninterrupted, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after talks with his Russian counterpart in New York on Friday.
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The United Nations General Assembly session held in New York this week has failed as an opportunity to bring the peace in Ukraine closer, as large and strong countries decided it was not the time to start talks, the Hungarian foreign minister, said in ...
Rosatom head: All obstacles to Paks II construction removed
With all preparatory work completed and permits obtained over the past years, there are no obstacles standing in the way of the expension of the Paks nuclear power plant, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said at the site which he visited together with Hungarian Foreign ...
DK leader Gyurcsany: ‘There is an alternative to incumbent government’
Opposition parties need to show Hungarians that there is an alternative to the incumbent government and that it is possible to build a different state, the leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) told a rally on Friday.
Agriculture Ministry official in talks on FAO grant programme expansion
Oszkar Okros, a deputy state secretary of the agriculture ministry, on Friday met Beth Bechdol, the Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, to discuss the expansion of a joint grant programme.
Orbán: Civic circles key to Hungary’s current success, strength
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday praised grassroots civic circles and local communities, and said they were key to the strength and success of Hungary and to ruling Fidesz's entering into power, the PM's press chief said.
Finance ministry: Budget ensures resources even during wartime
The budget ensures the resources necessary to maintain the regulated utilities price scheme for households, protect the security of the country, and defend family subsidies and pensions, even during wartime, the finance ministry said on Friday.
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