Magyar Nemzet: OTP Bank files report linked to tax authority probe of Karacsony’s campaign financing
OTP Bank has filed a report in connection with an ongoing tax authority (NAV) investigation into the financing of Gergely Karacsony’s opposition 99 Movement, the daily Magyar Nemzet said on Wednesday.
Socialists urge broad rail upgrades over state’s airport purchase
The money the government plans to spend on the takeover of Liszt Ferenc International Airport could instead be invested in comprehensive upgrades to Hungary's rail network, the opposition Socialist Party said on Wednesday.
Official: 15 Hungarian universities among Europe’s top
The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) international ranking higher education institutions of 46 European countries includes 15 Hungarian universities among the among the top 690, a government official noted on Wednesday.
Fidesz MEP initiates child protection law enforcement
Balazs Hidveghi, an MEP of ruling Fidesz, has sent a written complaint to the government commissioner of Pest county over a book which he claimed violated Hungary's child protection law "with its openly homosexual content".
First Hungarian-Moroccan co-production wrapped up
The film shoot of Scirocco directed by Yassine Marco Marroccu and produced by Andrea Taschler, made with the support of the Hungarian Film Institute (NFI), has wrapped up in the Marrakesh area, and the film crew recently returned home from the earthquake-stricken location, NFI ...
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Szijjarto: ‘Terrorism, illegal migration form vicious circle’
Intensifying migratory waves towards Europe pose a great threat to the continent and reflect that terrorism and illegal migration form a "vicious circle", the Hungarian foreign minister said in New York on Wednesday.
Hungary signs deal on astronaut mission
Hungary on Tuesday signed an agreement with US-based Axiom Space that will see the country send another astronaut to space after several decades, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Austin on Tuesday.
President Novak in UNGA: ‘There is no alternative to peace’
There is no alternative to peace, President Katalin Novak said in her address to the 78th session of the United Nations' General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
Mi Hazank protests against Blackrock-backed state purchase of Budapest Airport
Opposition party Mi Hazank has strong misgivings about the reported planned takeover of Liszt Ferenc International Airport by the Hungarian state and US investment giant Blackrock, Laszlo Toroczkai, the party's parliamentary group leader, said on Tuesday.
Government official: Migration wave not abating
The migration wave shows no signs of easing, with the Hungarian authorities having prevented 125,000 people from crossing the country's southern border illegally so far this year, a senior interior ministry official said at a farewell ceremony to a Hungarian police contingent on Tuesday.
Jobbik urges tightening rules for Airbnb lets
The opposition Jobbik-Conservatives want rules for Airbnb-type short-term lets of apartments bought by foreign investors tightened, the party's deputy leader said on Tuesday.
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Fidesz MEP slams leftist opposition for thwarting proposal on Islamist terrorism
Leftist MEPs of the European Parliament, including those of Hungary's Democratic Coalition and Momentum parties, on Monday voted down a right-wing proposal to put issues around Islamist terrorism in Europe on the agenda, ruling Fidesz MEP Balazs Hidveghi told public media.
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