Amerikai Magyar Hírlap, 2017 (29. évfolyam, 1-50. szám)
2017-02-10 / 6. szám
AMERICAN -Hungarian Journal Hungary Praises Trump’s Travel Ban and Calls for Brussels to DITCH Sanctions against Putin THE Hungarian government has openly backed Donald Trump’s cabinet while trying to strengthen its bond with Vladimir Putin in a move that could be concerning for the European Union (EU). Hungary’s leaders believe that its essential to start pragmatic conversation with the powerhouse chiefs. The Eastern European country’s government has always followed its own route over migrant politics and has even backed controversial leaders in the best interest of the country - even if risked a rupture with Brussels. During his press conference in London, the Hungarian government’s spokesman Zoltán Kovács clarified that Hungary “has never been the most liberal of countries” and that it puts “liberty after security”. Mr Kovács also said the country wants to keep up with the new, pragmatic political era. He said: “Hungary belongs to the EU, therefore the EU comes first, but we believe that sanctions on Russia must be raised. “The EU should start open and detailed discussion with Russia.” The spokesperson also added that Hungary already has “serious financial losses” because of sanctions against Moscow as the country relies on Russian energy sources. Mr Kovács said: “Hungary’s interest is the security, above anything else energy security. “The EU has not provided any other alternative for energy supplies, so Hungary has maintained a proper and pragmatic conversation with Russia including a new nuclear station, Paks 2, which would be a resource not only for Hungary but for the whole region.” Mr Kovács stressed that Hungary’s relationship with Russia is not “friendly” and - after decades of Russian repression - prime minister Viktor Orbán thinks it’s safer to have a stable country in-between Hungary and Russia, express.co.uk “The U.S. Has the Right to Set Its Own Border Policy” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has expressed surprise at the “neurotic reactions” of European Union (EU) politicians to President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on ‘Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals’, noting that “it isn’t Europe’s business”. v “The United States is not a member of the European Union; it is an independent state and as such has the right to determine its own border, foreign and migration policies,” reads a statement on the Hungarian government’s official website. “[T]his is something the United States has a right to do,” the Fidez leader emphasised. “It makes absolutely no difference what we think about this ... We should be concentrating on ourselves and should be dealing with our own problems instead of criticising the United States.” The order, which has been described inaccurately as a “Muslim ban” by much of the European media, was intended to temporarily restrict the entry of asylum seekers and nationals of seven states identified as “countries of concern” by the Obama administration to the U.S. It has been heavily criticised by EU leaders such as Germany’s Angela Merkel, who invited migrants into Europe in unlimited numbers in 2015. However, leaders from Central and Eastern Europe, including Mr. Orbán and Czech President Milos Zeman, have tended to be more supportive. breitbart.com Royal Coach hovel A magyar utasaink szolgálatában MAGYAR UTAZÁSI IRODA 2841, Woodflower St, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 AJÁNLATAINK: CSOPORTOS ÉS EGYÉNI UTAZÁSOK HAJÓUTAK, TÚRÁK, REPÜLŐJEGYEK TENGERPARTI ÜDÜLÉSEK UTALVÁNYOK, UTASBIZTOSÍTÁS A,.,____________ . ■ ■ ------------------* Hívják Érseki Emőkét Phone: 805-523-7700 Toll-free: 877-207-0052 Skype: emoke.erseki Fax:310-317-7170 E-mail: emoke@hungariantravel.com Keressen minket az interneten; http://www.hungariantravel.com X* Február 10, 2017 ÍD Hungary to Push Ahead with Detention of Asylum Seekers Hungary is to introduce plans to detain asylum seekers as they await the result of their legal appeals in a move that is expected to bring fresh legal clashes with the EU institutions in Brussels. The new plans, which appear to contravene EU guidelines forbidding the detention of asylum seekers, are to be introduced “in weeks” according to the Hungarian government’s chief spokesman. “We are going to introduce new measures: no migrants, not even those who have already issued their request for asylum, can move freely. Whether they are entitled to political asylum, refugee status or anything else,” said Zoltán Kovács on a visit to London. Mr Kovács said he expected the move to go off “like a bomb” in Brussels, but would press ahead anyway in order to protect the EU’s external borders and stop the abuse of the borderfree Schengen Area that has enabled hundreds of thousands of migrants to travel through Europe since 2015. “What we’ve seen in the past is asylum seekers abusing the legal framework of Hungarian and EU law,” he added, “Instead of waiting for the final decision they head for Germany and the Nordic countries and within Schengen it is impossible to stop this.” telegraph.co.uk http://www.kovacsrealtor.com/ Olympics: Budapest Puts Finishing Touches to 2024 Bid as Opposition Grows Hungary’s bid organizers for the 2024 summer Olympics in Budapest plan to engage the public in dialogue to quell a growing popular movement opposing the campaign to host the Games. Budapest, one of three cities competing to stage the event, is bidding to become the first Eastern European country to host the summer Games in the post-Communist era and is hoping to fulfill the International Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 frugal Games program. It remains in the contest and will submit the third and final candidature file along with rivals Paris and Los Angeles on Feb. 3. The Hungarian government and the city of Budapest have both supported the bid vocally, but the city rejected calls for a referendum in 2015. Plebiscites are usually risky for Olympic bids. Hamburg pulled out of the race after a negative referendum result in 2015 while Rome mayor Virginia Raggi ended her city’s bid last year to honor an election promise. In Budapest, a nascent political party called Momentum Movement has launched a month-long campaign to collect 138,000 signatures needed to force a referendum. They have collected close to 100,000 in less than two weeks. “Right now, signatures are being collected in Budapest to force a referendum aiming to withdraw the bid,” the Budapest 2024 bid committee said in an emailed statement. “This is a challenge that ultimately will make the bid stronger. In this period the bid team focuses on domestic dialogue taking place in our capital city.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has backed the bid wholeheartedly, but on Monday he said he would wait and see what the people of Budapest had to say. “If the people want to decide about (the Olympics) then they will decide,” Orbán told a press briefing. “The government will accept that it would make a decision in the fashion that people want it to.” Although it opposes the 2024 bid, Momentum does not want to kill off the idea of Budapest hosting the Games some time in the future. The party advocates spending the multi-billion dollar budget elsewhere, and postponing the Olympic dream until Hungary is more prosperous. “Hungary does not need an Olympic Games in 2024,” Momentum chairman András Fekete-Gyor told Reuters in his group’s headquarters in a decrepit central Budapest basement. “The Olympics is a great thing, so we can organize it in 2036 if you want but we have to use this money for other purposes.” Momentum’s pop-up stands, strewn all around central Budapest, are drawing in a constant throng of people signing to demand a chance to vote. “It is ridiculous that they didn’t ask the people,” Fekete-Gyor said. “This is a mega project in Hungary, and they just forgot about the people. It seems (like) it is going to be a Fidesz Olympics and not the Olympics of Hungary.” Passers by stopped at a stand in a central Budapest underpass seemingly every minute on a recent afternoon. “I am mighty pissed off that the government never asked the people but went ahead and decided on its own, clearly out of some self-interest,” said student András Eszes after signing the sheet. “I hope they collect the required signatures.” Judit Nagy, a 60 year-old housewife, stopped at the stand to have a conversation but did not give her signature. “I do think this would be a great investment for Hungary,” she said. “Many people would profit from it, many people would be able to find work, earn their living, and the investment would stay here afterwards if they manage it right.” reuters.com Advertise your business in the HÍRLAP, widely read by the Hungarian community Morris Williams realty ANDRAS KOVÁCS Greater Los Angeles Area 818.445.1229 INGATLAN ELADAS/LIZING AMERIKAI Afagy ar Hírlap
