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Budapest mayor calls for congestion charge 27 Aug 2013 | 02:25 pm
A congestion fee will have to be introduced in Budapest sooner or later, as the EU continues to insist on it, mayor István Tarlós told Inforádió on Monday. The previous city leadership agreed to intro...
Wiesenthal Center files complaint over soccer fans hailing war criminal 27 Aug 2013 | 02:12 pm
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has filed a complaint to European football federation UEFA in connection with Hungarian fans commemorating a recently died WWII war-crimes suspect at a football match on Au...
Hungary to police schools in drugs crackdown 27 Aug 2013 | 03:25 am
Hungary’s plan to install police officers in some schools to fight drug abuse could stigmatize and intimidate students in troubled areas while failing to get to the heart of the problem, its critics c...
Police investigate radical nationalist Guard activities 27 Aug 2013 | 03:23 am
The police have launched an investigation into details of an event the radical nationalist New Hungarian Guard movement organised in Solt (C), local police told MTI on Monday. According to news portal...
Foreign Ministry condemns poison gas attack in Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 03:21 am
Hungary’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria. In a statement sent to MTI on Monday, the ministry said that Hungary sharply condemned the poisonous gas attack th...
Lawmakers debate pay rise for teachers 27 Aug 2013 | 03:20 am
Hungarian lawmakers on Monday entered into a heated debate over an amendment to the public education law and a related pay rise for teachers. Antal Rogan, group leader of ruling Fidesz, said the pay r...
Officials to re-visit EU funding freeze in Brussels next month 27 Aug 2013 | 03:18 am
Representatives of Hungary and the European Commission will soon resume talks concerning the EU suspension of funds for major development projects in Hungary, a senior government official said on Mond...
E14-PM accepts Socialist proposal on constituencies but demands poll for PM-candidate selection 27 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
Gordon Bajnai, leader of the E14-PM opposition alliance, has said he will accept the Socialist party’s proposal on how to divide up the 106 individual constituencies between the two left-of-centre for...
Gov’t wants diaspora to preserve national identity 26 Aug 2013 | 02:32 pm
The government wants Hungarian diaspora communities abroad to preserve their national identity, language and culture, as well as their links to Hungary, deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said on ...
Energy security today’s biggest challenge, says foreign minister 26 Aug 2013 | 02:29 pm
Creating the conditions for energy security is among the biggest challenges facing countries today, Hungary’s foreign minister told an international conference in Budapest on Monday. The basis of Hung...
