Tag: Hungary

Hungary seeks to improve ties with Pakistan: Mayor Franka Tibor

ISLAMABAD: Through a proactive approach and improved engagement, bilateral relations between Hungary and Pakistan can be enhanced, said Franka Tibor, the Mayor of Kerepes,...

Russia to start building two nuclear reactors in Hungary soon: Putin

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Russian state atomic energy firm Rosatom would start the construction of two new reactors at...

Hungary to quit UN migration pact, says minister

BUDAPEST: Hungary will quit the United Nations migration pact before its final approval, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday, adding that the accord...

EU migration policies seen building blocks for ‘Fortress Europe’

BRUSSELS: Deals on migration agreed in the European Union and Germany may end up more about rhetoric than reality but they indicate a shift...

Hungary says has not signed migrant repatriation deal with Germany

BUDAPEST: A spokesman for Hungary's government on Saturday said it has not entered into any agreement about repatriating asylum seekers after a German government...

Hungary to levy tax on aid groups supporting immigrants

BUDAPEST: Hungary stepped up its anti-immigration measures on Tuesday with plans to introduce a 25 percent special tax on aid groups which support migration. Prime...

Hungary will defend traditional families, stop demographic decline: Orban

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s government will launch measures to stop and then reverse a demographic decline by 2030, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday, as...

PM Orban vows to preserve Hungary’s Christian culture

BUDAPEST: Viktor Orban said on Monday the main task of his new government will be to preserve Hungary’s security and Christian culture, sticking to...

Soros foundations to quit Hungary amid political hostility

BUDAPEST: George Soros’ Open Society Foundations will close their office in Budapest and move their eastern European operations to Berlin, Austria’s Die Presse newspaper...

Hungary anti-immigration PM Orban basks in election glory

BUDAPEST: Hungary's anti-immigration Prime Minister Viktor Orban basked Monday in a bulldozer election triumph that delighted other nationalists but sent a chill through civil...

Hungarians expected to grant third term to nationalist PM Orban in...

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s Viktor Orban, a hard-liner on immigration in Europe, pledged to “fight” for his country after casting his vote on Sunday in an...

Hungary PM to visit Austria’s right-wing government, seeking allies

VIENNA: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday will meet the leaders of Austria’s new ruling coalition of conservatives and the far right, who...

Paintings created by Indian elephant auctioned off in Hungary

BUDAPEST: Paintings created by an Indian elephant who enjoys wielding a brush were auctioned off by a Hungarian travelling circus on Saturday. Three of 42-year-old...

Pakistani man wanted for 70 murders arrested in Hungary

A Pakistani man wanted by Interpol for “70 contract murders” has been arrested in Hungary among a group of migrants caught trying to reach...

Pakistani suspect arrested in Hungary for ’70 contract murders’

BUDAPEST: A Pakistani man wanted by Interpol for "70 contract murders" has been arrested in Hungary among a group of migrants caught trying to...

Belgium crush Hungary to set up Wales quarter-final

  Eden Hazard knew the question was coming and he did not miss a beat. Had this been his best match for Belgium? “Yes,” was...

Iceland score own goal in 88th minute to draw 1-1 with...

AN own-goal by Iceland’s Birkir Savarsson in the dying seconds rescued a draw for Hungary in a frenetic Euro 2016 clash that keeps both...