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Several thousand from China alone are expected to apply for legal residency under a fast-track scheme where the necessary papers are issued in exchange for buying 250 000 euro worth […]
The number of lorries entering Hungary from Slovakia has fallen by 25 per cent during the three months since customs officers began spot checks on fre ...
“Wanna split a cab?” could become a more popular end-of-evening question when new regulations stipulating minimum fares come into force in Septemb ...
The European Commission should release Hungary from its Excessive Deficit Procedure this year, provided it looks “only at the figures”, an Economy ...
The government needs the people to help defeat foreign-owned utilities firms that want to scotch a plan to lower bills, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on state-owned Kossuth Radio last […]
There has been a barrage of English-language communications from the government since this case put Hungary back on the news radar. The official line on the Fourth Amendment to Hungary’s […]
Romanian, Bulgarian officials unimpressed as UK newspapers make fun of government brainwave to put off would-be immigrants Recent weeks have seen Canada launch a billboard campaign in the eastern town […]
Budapest has already seen dozens of public places – notably Moszkva tér (Moscow Square) – renamed to eradicate any trace of the former communist dictatorship. It appears the process will […]
Backgrounder: Repatriation and release of jailed Azeri murderer threatens to reignite frozen conflict, raises questions of Hungarian realpolitik Hungary’s government was again in diplomatic hot water this week following the […]
Negotiators from the International Monetary Fund, European Union and European Central Bank are to arrive on Tuesday to begin talks over Hungary’s second multi-billion-euro bailout, a local IMF official has […]
