Budapest, February 19 (MTI) – Joint patrols by Hungarian, Austrian and German police officers have been launched to help identify illegal immigrants at major railway stations, a head of department of Hungary’s riot police told a press conference on Thursday.…
Budapest, February 11 (MTI) – Police have launched proceedings in the case of 668 illegal migrants who entered Hungary from Serbia into the southern county of Csongrad, the local police spokesman told MTI on Wednesday. Among them were 630 Kosovars,…
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Budapest, February 10 (MTI) – The largest illegal cigarette factory exposed in Europe so far has been shut down in Vecses near Budapest, the tax authority NAV told a press conference on Tuesday. Tax investigators seized 22 tonnes of tobacco…
Police are testing a new traffic control system. István Jámbor, the head of the traffic olice department announced that 160 movable cameras has been distributed throughout the country, and 130 fixed cameras will be installed by the end of the…
Budapest, February 2 (MTI) – Counter terrorism force TEK has closed down the streets surrounding Andrassy University in central Budapest due to an upcoming visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, TEK announced on its website. The area behind the National…
Budapest, January 29 (MTI) – The riot police violated the law when its anti-corruption unit searched the headquarters of the Okotars Foundation and the home of its head in September last year, a court in Budapest ruled on Thursday. In…
Budapest, January 28 (MTI) – Two Bulgarian men have been arrested in Budapest for alleged bank card fraud causing damage of tens of million forints, police said on its website on Wednesday. The men aged 49 have been collecting bank…
According to Index.hu, Zsaru Magazine wrote an interesting story, where a less comforting turn happens. On January 11 night, a 17 year-old has been found by the police next to the Road 5, in the near of the Roszke border…
According to Index.hu, the speedometer showed 336 too in the Czech Lamborghini Huracan, which rushed on M7 between Hollad and Savoly even last year 5 September. This was recorded by the car’s passenger. The driver suddenly lost control of the…
Budapest (MTI) – The leadership of the Hungarian Islamic Community demanded millions of forints from a welfare service provider in return for ensuring their eligibility for state financing, the online edition of daily Magyar Nemzet reported on Sunday. The portal…
Budapest, January 16 (MTI) – A judicial council has suspended an appeal hearing concerning the case of Bela Biszku, who is suspected of committing war crimes following the 1956 revolution. Last summer a court of first instance sentenced 92-year-old Biszku…
According to Index.hu, Irish police has detained a young woman who was suspected of operating brothels in Ireland, Independent.ie says. The newspaper says that the woman, who is in her early thirties, was caught in Budapest and would be taken…
Budapest, January 12 (MTI) – Police at Budapest’s international Ferenc Liszt airport have seized a large haul of cocaine worth well over 300,000 euros from two Portuguese nationals. Police said on their website on Monday that a man and woman…
Budapest (MTI) – In December two French male youths attempted to cross Hungary with the intention of reaching the Middle East in order to join the Islamic State, the head of Hungary counter-terrorism centre (TEK) told commercial broadcaster TV2 on…
Budapest (MTI) – The Hungarian prime minister sent his condolences to French President Francois Hollande in a telegram over the terrorist attack at a magazine’s offices in Paris. Viktor Orban said he most resolutely condemns the attack carried out in…
Budapest, January 7 (MTI) – The Hungarian foreign ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack committed by gunmen on the Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The ministry said it was shocked to learn about the ruthless attack…
Pressing a knife to her face, the 28 year-old man raped a 17 year-old girl in Gyor. Balazs M. was took by the father of the teen. The former policeman beat the desecrator of his daughter, Borsonline.hu says. A man,…
Budapest (MTI) – The government will spend a total 44 billion forints (EUR 139m) on the introduction of career models for the armed forces and law-enforcement staff in 2015, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday. Orban also announced that…
Budapest, December 10 (MTI) – Reported crimes and the number of perpetrators have more or less stagnated between 2009 and 2013, averaging between 400,000-450,000 cases each year, the chief public prosecutor told parliament today. In his report on the past…