107 result(s) for macedonia in Current Affairs
Report: Hungarian Prisons Most Overcrowded In Europe
- 10 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has the most overcrowded prisons in Europe, according to penal statistics released on Tuesday by the Council of Europe. According to the report, based on Council of Europe statistics for the year 2014, overcrowding has been slowly declining in European prisons since 2011, although it remains a problem in one in four prison administrations across the continent.
Hungarian Cabinet Chief Slams Greece Over “Forcing Migration Onto Hungary”
- 5 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Greece is trying to force migration onto Hungary by interfering in the lawsuit Hungary has filed with the EU over its mandatory migrant quota scheme, government office chief János Lázár said. Greece’s interference in the case is “anti-Hungarian”, Lázár told a regular government news conference held on Thursday afternoon.
Bakondi: Migrants Arriving In Hungary Not Syrian
- 18 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A new record number of migrants have turned up in Hungary this year but they are not Syrian, Afghan or Iraqi, the prime minister’s chief security advisor told public television late on Tuesday.
Xpat Opinion: Visegrád Summit Calls For A Fence On The Macedonian Border
- 17 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator accuses German Chancellor Merkel of “moral imperialism” for opposing the ‘sealing off’ of the Schengen zone to migrants. The leading left-wing daily suggests that leaders of The Visegrád countries are unlikely to support the German Chancellor’s proposals at the EU summit on migration on Thursday.
Europe Needs Second Line Of Defence To Stem Migrant In Flow
- 16 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union has so far failed in its management of the migration crisis as it has failed to protect the Schengen Area’s external borders, which is why the bloc is in need of a second line of defence, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Prague on Monday after a Visegrad Four summit on migration.
Hungarian President Rules Himself Out Of Running For Top UN Job
- 15 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s President has rejected press rumours that he planned to run for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations. János Áder told journalists that he is striving to “fully” fulfil duties that voters and parliament entrusted in him and he would do so in the future, too.
UNHCR Calls On V4 Leaders To Show Solidarity With Refugees
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The UNHCR has called on leaders of the Visegrad Group of countries to show greater solidarity with refugees who are trying to find safe harbour in Europe from wars and extremism.
Hungary’s PM On Europe’s Migrant Crisis
- 9 Feb 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
On the topic of Europe’s migrant crisis, Orbán said Europe’s southern external borders remain unprotected and Greece is incapable of protecting the continent, which is why the Hungarian government believes that a new line of defence is needed along the Greek- Macedonian and Greek-Bulgarian borders.
Migrants Reappear At Sealed-Off Hungarian-Serbian Border
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Smaller groups of migrants, numbering up to sixty people, have started to resurface at Hungary’s sealed-off southern border with Serbia. The migrants are believed to have travelled to Hungary’s southern neighbour across Bulgaria, according to a local Hungarian-language television channel.
Report: Hungarian Prisons Most Overcrowded In Europe
- 10 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has the most overcrowded prisons in Europe, according to penal statistics released on Tuesday by the Council of Europe. According to the report, based on Council of Europe statistics for the year 2014, overcrowding has been slowly declining in European prisons since 2011, although it remains a problem in one in four prison administrations across the continent.
Hungarian Cabinet Chief Slams Greece Over “Forcing Migration Onto Hungary”
- 5 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Greece is trying to force migration onto Hungary by interfering in the lawsuit Hungary has filed with the EU over its mandatory migrant quota scheme, government office chief János Lázár said. Greece’s interference in the case is “anti-Hungarian”, Lázár told a regular government news conference held on Thursday afternoon.
Bakondi: Migrants Arriving In Hungary Not Syrian
- 18 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A new record number of migrants have turned up in Hungary this year but they are not Syrian, Afghan or Iraqi, the prime minister’s chief security advisor told public television late on Tuesday.
Xpat Opinion: Visegrád Summit Calls For A Fence On The Macedonian Border
- 17 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator accuses German Chancellor Merkel of “moral imperialism” for opposing the ‘sealing off’ of the Schengen zone to migrants. The leading left-wing daily suggests that leaders of The Visegrád countries are unlikely to support the German Chancellor’s proposals at the EU summit on migration on Thursday.
Europe Needs Second Line Of Defence To Stem Migrant In Flow
- 16 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union has so far failed in its management of the migration crisis as it has failed to protect the Schengen Area’s external borders, which is why the bloc is in need of a second line of defence, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Prague on Monday after a Visegrad Four summit on migration.
Hungarian President Rules Himself Out Of Running For Top UN Job
- 15 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s President has rejected press rumours that he planned to run for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations. János Áder told journalists that he is striving to “fully” fulfil duties that voters and parliament entrusted in him and he would do so in the future, too.
UNHCR Calls On V4 Leaders To Show Solidarity With Refugees
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The UNHCR has called on leaders of the Visegrad Group of countries to show greater solidarity with refugees who are trying to find safe harbour in Europe from wars and extremism.
Hungary’s PM On Europe’s Migrant Crisis
- 9 Feb 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
On the topic of Europe’s migrant crisis, Orbán said Europe’s southern external borders remain unprotected and Greece is incapable of protecting the continent, which is why the Hungarian government believes that a new line of defence is needed along the Greek- Macedonian and Greek-Bulgarian borders.
Migrants Reappear At Sealed-Off Hungarian-Serbian Border
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Smaller groups of migrants, numbering up to sixty people, have started to resurface at Hungary’s sealed-off southern border with Serbia. The migrants are believed to have travelled to Hungary’s southern neighbour across Bulgaria, according to a local Hungarian-language television channel.