ABUJA – A first batch of more than 400 Nigerians who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion were flown home on Friday. The group, most of whom were students, arrived shortly after 0630 GMT on a chartered flight from Romania’s capital Bucharest, one of the hubs from where African governments are scrambling to extract stranded … Read more
WARSAW: More than 100,000 people have died in Poland from Covid since the start of the pandemic, the government said Monday, as the mortality rate in the country is among the highest in the world. “It’s another sad day but particularly so today because we have crossed the threshold of 100,000 deaths,” Health Minister Adam Niedzielski told … Read more
PARIS: Brothers Elias and Mikael Ymer helped Sweden sweep aside Canada, France fought back to down the Czech Republic and Croatia crushed Australia as the revamped Davis Cup opened on Thursday. Holders Spain suffered a blow to their title defence before hitting a ball in anger with Carlos Alcaraz in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19. The … Read more
VIENNA: Anti-Semitism has grown during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly online, a new EU report said on Tuesday, but gaps in data make it difficult to measure how bad the problem really is. As well as old lies being revived, “new anti-Semitic myths and conspiracy theories that blame Jews for the pandemic have come to the … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar held meetings with the Hungarian ministers, officials of the Foreign Office, members of the European Parliament and representatives of the Austrian business community, who assured him of supporting Pakistan in GSP Plus status extension. Pakistan and Hungary agreed to enhance ties in various fields, including higher education. According to … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Hungary have expressed the desire to further strengthen cooperation in economic and trade, investment, industry, agriculture, water resource management, information technology, energy, healthcare and pharmaceutical, sports, culture, education and parliamentary exchanges. This desire was expressed by the two sides during the fifth round of Pakistan-Hungary Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) held in Budapest. … Read more
Countries have made COVID-19 vaccinations compulsory for health professionals and other high-risk groups owing to a substantial increase in new coronavirus infections caused by the highly infectious Delta variant and a slowdown in vaccination rates. Here are some countries’ vaccine mandates: CANADA According to CBC News, Canada’s Treasury Board Secretariat is examining whether COVID-19 vaccinations … Read more
Peru has now become one of the hardest-hit nations during the pandemic relative to the population as new COVID-19 death toll in Peru surfaces. Peru has become one of the hardest-hit nations during the pandemic relative to its population as the country said that its COVID-19 death toll is almost three times as high as … Read more
Peter Szijjarto, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary will pay an official visit to Pakistan on Friday. According to the details, the visiting dignitary will be accompanied by a high-level business delegation to explore business opportunities in Pakistan. As per the reports, a one-on-one meeting will be held between Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the … Read more
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday discussed bilateral relations, cooperation in various sectors and matters of mutual interest with Ambassador of Hungary to Pakistan Béla Fazekas in Islamabad. According to the details, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Pakistan deeply values its relations with Hungary, adding that the growing bilateral trade, investment and economic cooperation … Read more
Qatar has transferred three warm-up matches of the World Cup 2022 from Austria to Hungary over Coivid-19 travel restrictions, the Qatari Football Association (QFA) confirmed on Monday. As per reports, as the host nation, Qatar already qualified for the tournament but was called by UEFA the sport’s governing body in Europe to get match practice … Read more
An agreement was signed between Pakistan and Hungary to promote tax cooperation. According to the statement, the agreement is between Pakistan and Hungary to prevent double taxation and avoidance of income tax. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”trump-begins-process-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-world-health-organization”] Pakistan and Hungary have amended the Article of Information Exchange to bring administrative cooperation in tax matters up to date. … Read more
