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Police commemorate victims of Hableány and Verőce boat accidents
A motorboat accident at Verőce on the night of May 18, 2024, claimed the lives of seven people. Five years ago, the Hableány tragedy claimed 27 lives.
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Third anniversary of Budapest boat tragedy marked
Park Chul-min, the ambassador of Korea, and Péter Sztáray, State Secretary for Security Policy, laid wreaths at the spot to commemorate the Korean and Hungarian victims.
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Memorial with names of Hableány victims unveiled at Margaret Bridge
The Viking Sigyn cruise ship collided with the Hableány sightseeing boat, which had 33 South Korean tourists on board and a crew of two Hungarians. Only five survived.
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Ukrainian boat captain trial resumes
The trial of the Ukrainian boat captain, charged in connection with the deadly boat collision on the River Danube last May that resulted in the deaths of 27 people, has...
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Ukrainian captain of cruise ship disaster placed under house arrest
Ferenc Rab said the court’s ruling went against the prosecution’s position and the prosecutor’s office has “exhausted all its procedural options for the time being”.
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Ukrainian ship disaster captain held in custody over fears of fleeing
A Budapest court ordered the defendant’s arrest due to “a possibility of fleeing among other reasons”.
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Captain of Viking cruise ship charged with criminal misconduct
The charges relate to criminal misconduct leading to mass casualties and 35 counts of failing to provide assistance after the collision.
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Viking cruise ship captain to remain in custody
The captain of the Viking cruise ship which collided with a sightseeing boat in central Budapest in May is to remain in custody for at least another three months under a non-binding court ruling.
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South Korea bids farewell to boat crash victims
South Korean ambassador to Hungary Choe Kyoo-Sik said at the ceremony that Hungarian authorities gave every assistance possible in the search-and-rescue operation.
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Captain of the Viking Sigyn cruise ship taken into custody for a second time
Hungarian police have confirmed that the captain of the Viking Sigyn cruise ship had been taken into custody again and was being interrogated on suspicion of abandoning the passengers and crew of the Hableány sightseeing boat after the crash.
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Ukrainian captain charged in river cruise tragedy bailed and must remain in Budapest
The captain is being investigated for reckless endangerment of river traffic and causing a mass accident.
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PM Orbán: We can only support EU leaders who respect Central Europe
The Visegrád Group is unified in terms of both personnel- and content-related questions, PM Orbán said in his radio interview this morning, adding that he thinks it’s possible to find the right candidate for European Commission president “within one or two weeks”. In the remainder of the interview, the prime minister touched upon the relationship between Fidesz and the European People’s Party, Hungary’s priorities in the next five years, economic policy and the aftermath of the Hableány boat accident.
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South Korea thanks Hungary for its support over Hableány boat tragedy
South Korea’s President and Prime Minister have expressed their thanks to Hungarian authorities for their relentless efforts to recover bodies from the sightseeing boat tragedy.