Austria sends troops to border with Hungary
Austria has deployed army troops to the border with Hungary as it moves to tighten border controls in the face of Europe's worst refugee crisis in 70 years.
View ArticleHungary enforces tough new immigration law
Under a new immigration law which has come into effect following the failure of EU ministers to agree on a common strategy, refugees face deportation and jail terms if they enter Hungary illegally.
View ArticleTear gas at Hungarian border as crowd breaks in
Hungarian police have used tear gas after hundreds of migrants broke through a razor wire fence on the border with Serbia.
View ArticleHungarian police fire water cannon, tear gas at migrants
Hungarian police have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesting migrants demanding they be allowed to enter from Serbia.
View ArticleHungarian army Humvees approach Serbian border
Three Hungarian military Humvees mounted with guns, have approached the border with Serbia, near a crossing where police clashed with migrants trying to enter the country.
View ArticleHungary places ads to warn off migrants
The Hungarian government has published an advertisement in a Lebanese newspaper warning that those entering the European country illegally, could face jail.
View ArticleHungary OKs use of army in migration crisis
Hungary's parliament has passed a law to authorise the government to deploy the army to help handle a migrant crisis, which would include powers to use non-lethal force.
View ArticleHungary may consider 'corridor' for migrants
Hungary may consider the option of a "corridor" for migrants to pass through from Croatia by train or bus if Austria and Germany want one and take full responsibility, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's...
View ArticleGermany beefs up asylum rules
Germany has toughened rules for asylum seekers from the Balkans as Europe struggles to cope with a record surge in migrants.
View ArticleTired Croatian bus drivers ferry refugees at night
They usually chauffeur tourists or schoolchildren, but Croatian bus drivers are now working into the night ferrying thousands of migrants from one corner of their country to another.
View ArticleIslam was never part of Europe - Viktor Orban
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has defended his hard-line stance against refugees, the vast majority of whom are Muslim, saying in an interview that Islam 'has never been part of Europe'.
View ArticleHungary to seal border with Croatia to migrants
Hungary will is to seal its border with Croatia to migrants, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says.
View ArticleHungary seals border to refugees
Hungary has closed its border with Croatia to migrants and refugees, with Zagreb officials saying that they will next channel people toward Slovenia.
View ArticleCroatia channels refugees to Slovenia
Refugees have begun arriving in Slovenia after they were diverted from their course across the Balkans by Hungary's closure of its border with Croatia.
View ArticleTreatment of reporters in migrant crisis criticised
Media watchdog Reporters without Borders has condemned the "unacceptable pattern" of police mistreating journalists who are covering the migrant crisis.
View ArticleHungary will not open corridor for migrants - govt
Hungary has no intention of opening any corridor for migrants trying to get into the EU's passport-free Schengen zone, the government says.
View ArticleInvestors feel the impact of Hungary's brain drain
German technical services provider TUV Rheinland has left no stone unturned in its search for an engineer to fill a specialised auditing position in Hungary.
View ArticleSecret pact to settle 500 000 Syrians in EU - Hungarian PM
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he expects a German-led secret pact to be revealed soon that would bring up to 500 000 Syrians from Turkey directly into the European Union, but EU leaders...
View ArticleNo bomb on Berlin-Egypt flight diverted to Hungary
Hungarian police say no explosives have been found aboard an Egypt-bound plane that made an unscheduled landing in Hungary because of a bomb threat.
View ArticleHungarian gets 3yrs' probation for Holocaust denial
A Budapest court has sentenced a Hungarian man to 3 years' probation because he publicly denied that the Holocaust happened.
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