Tag: #Hungary
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Eastern European countries announce plans to host refugees fleeing Ukraine
All Eastern European countries have announced plans to host millions of people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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US President invites Taiwan to virtual summit on democracy, potentially risking China’s ire
US President Joe Biden has invited Taiwan to a virtual summit on democracy with more than 100 countries – a move that is bound to anger China, which is not on the list
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Hungarian arts college offered ‘escape route’ degrees
Budapest, March 17 (AFP/APP):Students from Hungary’s top arts college opposed to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government said Wednesday that several European universities would recognise courses run by a breakaway institution they founded and grant them degrees. In September, students at the 155-year-old University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) accused the government of removing its…
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Hungarian hospitals feel strain as Covid third wave swells
Budapest, March 11 (AFP/APP):Hungary on Thursday reported record numbers of both Covid-19 infections and patients requiring hospital treatment as a surging third wave of the pandemic threatens to overwhelm hospitals. Officials said coronavirus hospital patient numbers reached a record high of 8,329, while a record 8,312 new infection cases was also posted. Around 16,500 Hungarians…
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Brussels warns on media freedom in Hungary, Poland, Slovenia
Brussels, March 10 (AFP/APP):The European Commission on Wednesday warned of “worrying developments” for media freedoms in eastern member states Hungary, Poland and Slovenia as lawmakers in Brussels debated the issue. “Strong leaders are those that gain respect through their actions, that accept diversity of opinions and that allow citizens to be duly informed, not those…
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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine takes key step to EU approval
: Europe’s drug regulator launched an in-depth review of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine
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Hungary became the first EU country to receive China’s Sinopharm vaccine
Budapest, Feb 16 (AFP/APP): Hungary on Tuesday became the first EU country to receive China’s Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine as an initial batch of 550,000 doses arrived in Budapest, the government announced. The vaccines — enough to protect 275,000 people against Covid-19 — were flown in aboard a Hungarian government plane which had left for Beijing on Monday and returned home…
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China, Central and Eastern Europe see growing effective cooperation
BEIJING, Feb 8 (XINHUA/APP):Dai Mingyou owns a home furniture manufacturing company in Fuyang, east China’s Anhui Province. With the Spring Festival holiday approaching, Dai’s staff are working around the clock to deliver a pile of export orders, mainly from the central and east European countries (CEECs). “Germany used to be the major export destination of…
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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine gets all-clear in Hungary
Budapest, Feb 7 (AFP/APP):Hungarian health authorities have approved Russia’s coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, the government said Sunday, with 40,000 doses of the jab already to be given. Official testing has been completed “and the vaccine may be administered”, Miklos Kasler, the human resources minister who is in charge of health, said on social media. The…
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Hungary Vetoed EU Budget over Migration ‘Blackmail’: Orban
Hungary has vetoed the EU budget over migration ‘blackmail’, says Orban.