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Hungarian government to send aid to earthquake-hit Syria
The aid package includes generators, clothing, protective gear and other medical equipment.
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Syrian detained for organizing people smuggling racket through Hungary
Budapest’s deputy chief prosecutor said the 37-year-old man is suspected of acting as a leader of an international human smuggling ring and is being held in custody for a month.
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PM Orbán: It is in Hungary’s interest that Turkey releases migrants towards Syria rather than Europe
The Prime Minister said that if Turkey “opens the gates to Europe”, hundreds of thousands of migrants will flood into Greece, the Balkans and eventually all the way to the...
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Hungary Helps provides further assistance to rebuild Syria
The Hungarian government fundamentally believes that help must be taken where there is trouble, rather than bringing problems to Europe.
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Hungary donates 5 million euros towards building a hospital in Syria
Hungary Helps has provided 3.6 billion HUF (11.6 million EUR) on programs helping Middle Eastern refugees stay at home and return home
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PM Orbán meets patriarch of Syrian Orthodox Church to help Christians in Middle East
PM Orbán promised assistance aimed at establishing university facilities in Syria, while in Iraq it is to contribute to the reconstruction of villages destroyed by war
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Key to settlement in Syria is better relations between Russia and USA
According to Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, chances of a settlement in Syria since the war broke out have never been as good as they are today, but there will be no solution if Russia and the United States fail to come to terms on the conditions
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Chocolatier who fled Syrian war to open factory in Hungary
The Hungarian government contributed 5 million euros and a tax subsidy. The factory will give jobs to 540 people and produce about 7,500 tons of chocolate per year
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PM Orbán sends letter of condolence to President Putin following shooting of Russian Ambassador in Turkey
“Hungary utterly condemns all forms of terrorism and all manifestations of violence," PM Orbán wrote
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Bataclan terrorists made their way to Paris through Hungary
Hungarian authorities have ascertained that over ten terrorists involved in terror attacks travelled through or stayed in Hungary between July and November 2015
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Hungary helps 170 Syrian students with academic scholarships
After 170 applicants succeeded in the entrance tests, a government decision was made to raise the number of grants from 50 to 170, making Hungary the European nation to grant the largest number of scholarships to Syrians
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Refugee runs successful business in Budapest
Ibrahim's story just goes to show that Hungary can be accepting of other cultures
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U.S. Ambassador to Hungary: Assad is key to Syria's civil war and Russia must restore Ukraine's sovereignty
U.S. Ambassador has delivered a speech before a closed session of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament