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CORONAVIRUS: Here's the latest

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

Responding to the UN: If you are unable to help us in the current crisis, please at least refrain from obstructing our defense efforts

False claims of a power grab in Hungary are just that. Such insinuations are not only incorrect but defamatory, and impede the government’s efforts in slowing down the spread of the coronavirus.

CORONAVIRUS: 408 infected, 71 in quarantine, 34 recovered, 13 deceased

If you have a question call + 36-80-277-455 and + 36-80-277-456 or email koronavirus@bm.gov.hu.

Röszke

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Migrants sentenced by Szeged court after storming Hungary-Serbia border

Jan 31, 2020

Police prevented more than 60 migrants from entering Hungary, but a handful managed to cross the border. Five have been sentenced.

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Two Turkish men expelled from Hungary after attacking border police

Aug 12, 2019

Two Turkish men have been expelled from Hungary in a fast-track court procedure after they attacked border police in Röszke.

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Hungary's government spokesperson says "Röszke attack” in 2015 is linked to the “Soros network”

Mar 27, 2018

Zoltán Kovács said the government is paying particular attention to the various pieces of information that are coming to light with almost daily regularity in relation to the operations of the “Soros network”

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Hungary appeals EU ruling on compensation for Bangladeshi asylum seekers

Jun 15, 2017

Pál Völner, Justice Ministry state secretary, said that rulings like this could “tear down the Schengen system” and generate “business human rights protection”

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Hungary says European Parliament should review measures that exonerate terrorists

Jun 08, 2017

“International and European Union organizations must provide concrete replies to the question of whether a terrorist can be exonerated," Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said

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Hungarian court convicts seven Syrian and Iraqi men for taking part in migrant riots

Mar 01, 2017

The Court of Appeal in the southern city of Szeged has convicted seven Syrian and Iraqi men for their role in a migrant riot at the Röszke border crossing in 2015