88 result(s) for appeals court in Current Affairs
Man Pushed A Woman Under A Tram In Budapest Gets 18 Years
- 19 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court of Appeals on Thursday sentenced to 18 years in prison the man who in 2014 pushed a woman under a tram in Budapest.
Top Court Rejects Complaints On EU Quota Referendum
- 15 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Constitutional Court has rejected complaints filed over the planned referendum on the European Union’s quota regime, two rulings published on the court’s website revealed on Thursday. All appeals on the referendum planned for October 2 have been rejected and there is no room for further appeal due to the expiration of the deadline, the court said.
Socialist MEP Turns To Top Court Over Migrant Quota Referendum
- 5 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist MEP Tibor Szanyi has filed a complaint to the Constitutional Court over the Hungarian supreme court’s decision to greenlight the government-initiated referendum on the European Union’s mandatory migrant quota plan. Szanyi said the referendum “severely violates” the EU’s sovereignty, as the bloc’s 2007 Lisbon Treaty declares asylum policy a common policy.
Student Camp Rapist Sentenced To Nine Years
- 23 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A man aged forty was sentenced to nine years imprisonment in a final ruling for raping a student at ELTE University’s student camp in Fonyódliget, in western Hungary, in August 2014. The Pécs court of appeals approved last November’s ruling by the Kaposvár court to lengthen a seven-and-a-half-year sentence issued by the Fonyód district court last June.
Portik And Hatvani Get 15 Years
- 27 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court of Appeals on Thursday sentenced Tamás Portik and the second defendant, István Hatvani, to 15 years in a penitentiary in the matter of the Prisztás murder. The sentences are binding.
Man Who Robbed Refugees Jailed
- 17 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Gyõr Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a ten-year prison sentence for a man who robbed Afghan refugees with a meat cleaver. The culprit, 41-year-old Ferenc Schaub, and an unidentified companion lured four Afghan men from Gyõr train station last June 9 and told them that he would take them to Vámosszabadi near the Slovak border.
Supreme Court Gives Green Light To Referendum On Migrant Quota
- 4 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, gave the all-clear to a governmentinitiated referendum about migrant quotas in a final ruling. The Kúria rejected appeals submitted against the National Election Committee’s decision to pass the referendum question.
Opposition Parties Lambast Migrant Quota Referendum
- 4 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s opposition parties slammed the government’s planned referendum on the European Union’s proposed mandatory migrant quota scheme after the supreme court approved the vote in a binding decision. The Kúria rejected appeals submitted against the National Election Committee’s decision to pass the referendum question.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
Man Pushed A Woman Under A Tram In Budapest Gets 18 Years
- 19 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court of Appeals on Thursday sentenced to 18 years in prison the man who in 2014 pushed a woman under a tram in Budapest.
Top Court Rejects Complaints On EU Quota Referendum
- 15 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Constitutional Court has rejected complaints filed over the planned referendum on the European Union’s quota regime, two rulings published on the court’s website revealed on Thursday. All appeals on the referendum planned for October 2 have been rejected and there is no room for further appeal due to the expiration of the deadline, the court said.
Socialist MEP Turns To Top Court Over Migrant Quota Referendum
- 5 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist MEP Tibor Szanyi has filed a complaint to the Constitutional Court over the Hungarian supreme court’s decision to greenlight the government-initiated referendum on the European Union’s mandatory migrant quota plan. Szanyi said the referendum “severely violates” the EU’s sovereignty, as the bloc’s 2007 Lisbon Treaty declares asylum policy a common policy.
Student Camp Rapist Sentenced To Nine Years
- 23 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A man aged forty was sentenced to nine years imprisonment in a final ruling for raping a student at ELTE University’s student camp in Fonyódliget, in western Hungary, in August 2014. The Pécs court of appeals approved last November’s ruling by the Kaposvár court to lengthen a seven-and-a-half-year sentence issued by the Fonyód district court last June.
Portik And Hatvani Get 15 Years
- 27 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court of Appeals on Thursday sentenced Tamás Portik and the second defendant, István Hatvani, to 15 years in a penitentiary in the matter of the Prisztás murder. The sentences are binding.
Man Who Robbed Refugees Jailed
- 17 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Gyõr Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a ten-year prison sentence for a man who robbed Afghan refugees with a meat cleaver. The culprit, 41-year-old Ferenc Schaub, and an unidentified companion lured four Afghan men from Gyõr train station last June 9 and told them that he would take them to Vámosszabadi near the Slovak border.
Supreme Court Gives Green Light To Referendum On Migrant Quota
- 4 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, gave the all-clear to a governmentinitiated referendum about migrant quotas in a final ruling. The Kúria rejected appeals submitted against the National Election Committee’s decision to pass the referendum question.
Opposition Parties Lambast Migrant Quota Referendum
- 4 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s opposition parties slammed the government’s planned referendum on the European Union’s proposed mandatory migrant quota scheme after the supreme court approved the vote in a binding decision. The Kúria rejected appeals submitted against the National Election Committee’s decision to pass the referendum question.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...