israel

February 08, 2010, 10:15 CET

Ex-PM Gyurcsány meets Netanjahu, Blair, IMF chief in Israel

Hungary's former Socialist prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany held a 45-minute consultation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu in Israel on Thursday, a senior adviser to the Prime Minister's Office told the commercial channel ATV. Gyurcsany informed Netanjahu about Hungary's domestic... [read complete entry]

January 28, 2010, 09:59 CET

Israeli FM calls for Hungarian hate speech law

The Hungarian parliament should pass a hate speech law to prevent anti-Semitism from further spreading, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, said in Budapest on Wednesday. Lieberman spoke at a ceremony marking Holocaust Memorial Day, and noted... [read complete entry]

January 26, 2010, 03:16 CET

Vona reveals Jobbik's "enemies list": IMF, United States, Israel, Slovakia and terrestrial commercial television stations

In a speech held in Esztergom over the weekend, Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona (also the party's prime ministerial candidate) revealed what can be considered to be the party's "enemies list", origo.hu reports. If the party were to come into power,... [read complete entry]

November 06, 2009, 09:59 CET

Hungary votes in UN against "Goldstone" report on Israel

In a United Nations General Assembly vote on Thursday, Hungary voted to reject the Goldstone Report, which urged Israel and the Palestinians to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the Gaza conflict almost a year ago, Hungary's UN Ambassador Gabor... [read complete entry]

June 24, 2009, 09:51 CET

Bajnai visits Israel, calls it "one of Hungary's closest friends" in region

Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai started a two-day official visit to Israel on Tuesday, marking the 20th anniversary of re-establishing diplomatic ties between the two countries. Bajnai met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed with him topical issues including the... [read complete entry]

June 18, 2009, 10:26 CET

Bajnai to make official visit to Israel next week

Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai is scheduled to leave for an official visit to Israel on Monday evening, the government spokesman announced on Wednesday. The two-day visit will mark the 20th anniversary of the renewal of diplomatic ties between Hungary... [read complete entry]

April 22, 2009, 08:39 CET

Balázs condemns Iranian president's remarks on Israel

The Iranian president's remarks attacking Israel made at a United Nations anti-racism conference in Geneva were "unacceptable", Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Balazs told journalists on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]

March 18, 2009, 08:30 CET

Israeli ambassador warns of growing anti-Semitism in Hungary

It is important to call the attention of the public to the rising anti-Semitism in Hungary, Israel's Ambassador Aliza Bin-Noun told MTI on Tuesday, ahead of a two-day conference on the subject.... [read complete entry]