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A regularly updated feed of the latest information about coronavirus in Hungary.

CORONAVIRUS: 3,954 infected. In compulsory home quarantine: 10,985. Recovered: 2,205. Deceased: 539.

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Mainstream media vs. reality, Part 3: Hungary’s economic response to coronavirus

The Hungarian government has been doing everything it can to help the country’s economy return to growth. And we’re doing it as we always have: by focusing on jobs.

Bank card for migrants

News in Brief

EU bigwigs have spent over 1.5 billion euros on migrant credit cards

Apr 26, 2019

“Over two million people have received anonymous migrant cards, and the equivalent of 500 billion forints (1.55 bn euros) has been spent in this manner,” György Bakondi said

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Brussels admits that suspected Syrian terrorist F. Hassan received EU-funded bank card

Apr 08, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács

At the end of February, in its response to the Hungarian Government’s information campaign, the European Commission admitted that it “funds a program run by the UNHCR for prepaid debit cards for refugees and asylum seekers”.

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Brussels must stop granting prepaid bank cards to migrants, says official

Apr 05, 2019

Gergely Gulyás points out that it is “worrying that terrorists can get the bank cards” and it is “unacceptable” that the European Union and the United Nations financially aided their travel arrangements and accommodation in Europe

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Suspected Syrian terrorist arrested in Budapest received one of the EU’s prepaid debit cards

Mar 30, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács

It’s outrageous. And through the payments to the card, according to reports, he was getting paid more than a minimum wage earner in Hungary.

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Hungarian government demands answers from European Commission over migrant bank cards

Mar 29, 2019

Did Brussels know that a Syrian terrorist leader had been given a migrant bank card? Were they aware that they were “funding an executioner of the Islamic State?” István Hollik asks

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Fidesz proved right about prepaid bank cards for migrants after detained IS leader received one

Mar 27, 2019

János Halász called for a change of direction in Brussels’ migration policy, arguing that “the current pro-migration majority” was putting the safety of Europeans at risk