Hungary plans tougher measures against border jumpers
The government will move to change Hungary’s criminal code to make illegal migration a criminal offence rather than a misdemeanour,
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Amnesty International criticises Macedonia and Serbia over refugees
Increasing numbers of refugees and migrants are travelling through the western Balkans to the European Union in search of safety
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Hungary suspends migrant processing due to overload
Hungary says it will suspend processing of asylum seekers registered within its borders because a rising tide of refugees has
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Hungary’s anti-immigrant fence widely condemned
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Cécile Pouilly has joined voices condemning Hungary’s announced plan to build a fence
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Orban threatens to close border with Serbia
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatened that his government would close the border with Serbia in order to stop the flow
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Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania sign gas grids interconnection memorandum
Foreign ministers from four Eastern European countries – Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania – signed a memorandum on cooperation in
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Orbán and the death penalty: Hanging on to a dream
The issue of whether to restore capital punishment should “stay on the agenda”, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has said
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Taxis protest Uber in Budapest
Uber, for the uninitiated, is an “uber”-successful American tech company that connects users with amateur drivers, usually at a fraction
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Nine Bulgarians running huge illegal cigarette factory near Budapest held in international operation
Nine Bulgarians allegedly running a large-scale illegal cigarette factory near Hungary’s capital Budapest were arrested in a police operation that
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