terrorism

January 11, 2010, 12:55 CET

Hungary claims doing its best to counter anti-Slovak incidents

The Hungarian authorities are sparing no effort to investigate the recent incidents targeted against Slovakia's diplomatic representation and cultural institute in Budapest, the Foreign Ministry told MTI on Friday. The ministry responded to remarks by Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak... [read complete entry]

January 07, 2010, 10:47 CET

Hungary Roma council receives "white powder" terror threat

Hungary's national Roma self-government (OCO) received an envelope containing white powder and a threatening message at its central office on Wednesday, an OCO official told MTI. Police are investigating the content of the envelope, which included the text "You can... [read complete entry]

January 05, 2010, 03:36 CET

US-Hungarian oil-for-troops-and-terrorists deal best unfounded conspiracy theory of 2009

While we made a strategic decision not to bother with the traditional retrospective pieces looking back at 2009, we feel it's only necessary to tip our hats to what must be the best unsubstantiated political conspiracy theory reported as... [read complete entry]

December 21, 2009, 10:49 CET

Controversial mayor receives death threat from "Roma Angels"

The mayor of the northeastern Hungarian town of Edeleny, known for his anti-Roma and anti-Semitic remarks, has received another death threat, the local mayor's office told MTI on Thursday. The mayor received a letter from the Roma-Hungarian Chapter of the... [read complete entry]

December 03, 2009, 12:05 CET

Amnesty International welcomes Hungary's reception of Guantanamo inmate

Amnesty International welcomed Hungary's decision to receive a detainee from Guantanamo prison camp, which it said would contribute to the closing of the facility, a statement from AI on Wednesday said. Amnesty International asks Hungarian authorities to create the necessary... [read complete entry]

December 02, 2009, 09:16 CET

Bolivian MPs to investigate alleged terrorist group in Hungary

Two opposition MPs from Bolivia will visit Hungary on Wednesday to investigate the links of an alleged terrorist group whose Hungarian members were killed in a standoff in Santa Cruz last April, the Podemos party announced in La Paz on... [read complete entry]

October 22, 2009, 09:50 CET

Arrests made in assault on opposition-supporting TV personality

The police have arrested four individuals connected with the assault nearly two years ago of Hír TV television personality Sándor Csintalan, who before becoming a public figure on Hungary's right was a Socialist Party vice-chairman in the 1990s. Blikk reports... [read complete entry]

October 19, 2009, 09:34 CET

Esztergom mayor alleges assassination plot, claims Socialist involvement

Esztergom's mayor Tamás Meggyes claimed on Friday that unidentified people riding motorcycles and carrying automatic pistols intended to assassinate him. Speaking at a rally organised in favour of him the Fidesz MP said the assailants are "paid by the Socialist... [read complete entry]

October 05, 2009, 09:57 CET

Experts say Hungarian-Romanian shot in Bolivia was "executed"

Hungarian forensic experts believe that Arpad Magyarosi, an ethnic Hungarian Romanian citizen shot dead by Bolivian police during an alleged anti-terrorist attack in April, was executed, a police official said on Sunday. The experts prepared a virtual reconstruction of the... [read complete entry]

September 30, 2009, 09:30 CET

Hungary chooses Palestinian from Guantanamo "shortlist"

Hungary has chosen to receive a Palestinian national from a shortlist of three Guantanamo inmates, national daily Nepszabadsag reported on Wednesday. Although no official decision has yet been announced, the paper said that the Palestinian inmate has been chosen over... [read complete entry]

September 17, 2009, 11:44 CET

Radical nationalist activist gets one year suspended prison term

Radical nationalist activist Gyorgy Budahazy was sentenced to one year prison, suspended for three years, by a Budapest court on Wednesday. Budahazy has been charged with "making preparations to overturn constitutional order by force." A court had previously acquitted him... [read complete entry]

September 16, 2009, 09:51 CET

Hungary to take in single former Guantanamo inmate

Hungary will receive one former inmate from the Guantanamo prison camp, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai announced on Wednesday. Hungary will choose from a list the name of the prisoner who will be allowed to settle permanently in the country after... [read complete entry]

August 04, 2009, 02:55 CET

Another minister drops another terror bombshell dud

It's hard to believe this could possibly be true, but just a few days after the Justice Ministry was forced to issue a humiliating apology for its minister's use of bogus video to dramatize the government's efforts to clamp down... [read complete entry]

August 03, 2009, 10:01 CET

Justice Ministry issues apology over bogus "terror" video

The Justice and Law Enforcement Ministry apologises for erroneously claiming that a video recording showed a test detonation by far-right terrorists, the government spokesman's office announced after the ministry briefed Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on the footage on Friday. The... [read complete entry]

July 28, 2009, 10:29 CET

PM backs minister over allegedly bogus "terror video"

Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai continues to have full confidence in Justice and Law Enforcement Minister Tibor Draskovics, government spokesman Domokos Szollár told reporters on Monday. He spoke after Fidesz demanded that Bajnai fire Draskovics, calling him "a burden on the... [read complete entry]

July 27, 2009, 03:10 CET

Fidesz tells PM to sack justice minister over video row

Hungary's main opposition Fidesz party on Monday demanded that the prime minister sack Justice Minister Tibor Draskovics, who, according to press reports, presented old video footage in the context of an ongoing criminal investigation of far-right activities. Draskovics presented video... [read complete entry]

July 27, 2009, 11:41 CET

Doubt cast over authenticity of bomb plot video used by Justice Minister

On Friday, Justice and Law Enforcement minister Tibor Draskovics presented a video of an explosion in a field, which he was said was committed by the "Hungarian Arrows National Liberation Army" (Magyarok Nyilai Nemzeti Felszabadító Hadsereg), hirtv.hu reports. The opposition-friendly... [read complete entry]

July 27, 2009, 10:35 CET

Gov't to allocate extra funding for fight against domestic "terrorism"

The government has decided to allocate further funds for efforts to fight terrorism, Justice and Law Enforcement Minister Tibor Draskovics said on Friday. "More attention, money and energy" is needed to prepare the country against such incidents as recent Molotov... [read complete entry]

July 15, 2009, 09:44 CET

Three radical nationalists "arrows" arrested on terrorism charges

The Central Investigative Prosecutors Office and the National Investigation Office detained two men and a woman on Tuesday, accusing them of terrorism and other crimes, the Defence Ministry announced. All three are suspected members of the Hungarian Arrows National Liberation... [read complete entry]

June 25, 2009, 09:59 CET

Planned attack on Hungarian embassy in Pakistan said foiled

Pakistani authorities have foiled planned attacks on several embassies, including the Hungarian office, in Islamabad. According to diplomatic sources, bomb attacks were formulated against the Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Italian and South African embassies. The Hungarian Foreign Ministry confirmed the report,... [read complete entry]

June 19, 2009, 09:28 CET

US officially requests Hungary take Guantánamo inmates

US special envoy Daniel Fried officially asked Hungary to receive inmates from Guantánamo prison on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zsuzsanna Mátrai told state news agency MTI. "The cabinet is ready to closely study any requests and options, but parliamentary consultations... [read complete entry]

May 20, 2009, 09:27 CET

No decision yet on moving Guantánamo inmates to Hungary

No decision has yet been reached in Hungary on whether to receive prisoners from Guantánamo, as the US has not yet made a definite offer, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zsuzsanna Mátrai told reporters on Tuesday. Mátrai was speaking after US chargé... [read complete entry]