A married couple accused of involvement in a scam that tricked pensioners out of £3million by claiming their loved ones had been in car crashes will be extradited back to Hungary. Csaba Nemeth, 42, and wife Maria Lakatos, 41, allegedly conned victims into transferring cash over the phone by telling them their relatives needed money to … Read more
A married couple accused of involvement in a scam that tricked pensioners out of £3million by claiming their loved ones had been in car crashes will be extradited back to Hungary. Csaba Nemeth, 42, and wife Maria Lakatos, 41, allegedly conned victims into transferring cash over the phone by telling them their relatives needed money to … Read more
Hungary is set to receive its first shipment of the Chinese coronavirus jab Sinopharm by the end of the month Hungary plans to start administering doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine this week It has ordered enough supplies from Beijing to inoculate 2.5 million people Comes after its PM, Viktor Orban, criticised EU’s rollout for … Read more
The Supreme Court will on Monday look into cases against both Germany and Hungary over atrocities committed against Holocaust victims by the Nazis. In the case involving Germany, the descendants of a group of Jewish art dealers say their ancestors were forced to sell a collection of religious art, known as the Guelph Treasure and called the … Read more
Poland has warned that an escalating funding row could cause ‘a break-up of the EU’ after it teamed up with ally Hungary to block the coronavirus rescue budget that ‘blackmailed countries into accepting migrants’. On Monday, the two countries blocked the 2021-2027 budget and the recovery plan, worth a combined 1.85 trillion euros (£1.65 trillion), because … Read more
Hungary and Poland plunged the EU into political crisis by blocking a £1.65 trillion coronavirus rescue budget that they claimed ‘blackmailed countries into accepting migrants’. On Monday, the two countries blocked the 2021-2027 budget and the recovery plan, worth a combined 1.85 trillion euros (£1.65 trillion), because access to the funds would be conditional on respecting … Read more
Portugal and Hungary are taken off quarantine exemption list – meaning holidaymakers must get home by 4am on Saturday or self-isolate for two weeks By Faith Ridler For Mailonline Published: 17:17 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 17:41 BST, 10 September 2020 Portugal and Hungary have today been removed from the quarantine exemption list, meaning … Read more
The EU demanded that Hungary ‘immediately retract’ its new border rules today after foreigners were shut out to tackle a resurgence in coronavirus cases. Hungary closed its borders last night except for Hungarians returning from abroad, who will have to quarantine unless they can produce two negative tests, and visitors from Poland, the Czech Republic … Read more
Deputy British ambassador to Hungary dies aged 37 after contracting coronavirus By Joe Middleton For Mailonline Published: 17:32 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 17:37 GMT, 25 March 2020 The deputy British ambassador to Hungary has died after contracting coronavirus. Steven Dick, 37, is understood to have died yesterday after getting the disease, as reported … Read more