Hungary, Factors to watch, Aug 31
BUDAPEST, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Following is a list of events in Hungary and the region, as well as news stories and press reports which may influence financial markets.
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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HUNGARY (ALL TIMES GMT)
BUDAPEST - Q2 investments data (0700)
BUDAPEST - Producer prices PPI data July (0700)
IN THE REGION
CZECH - money supply data
IN THE NEWS REUTERS
Migrants in Hungary seek traffickers on trip "from death to death"
BUDAPEST, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Ahmed, a Syrian man, and his wife wait with hundreds of other migrants at a railway station in central Budapest hoping to find a smuggler to take them to Germany, the final destination in an exhausting and dangerous journey.
UPDATE 1-Hungarian police detain fifth suspect for migrant deaths in truck
BUDAPEST, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Hungarian police said on Sunday they had arrested a fifth suspect, a Bulgarian citizen, in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants whose bodies were found in an abandoned refrigeration lorry on a highway in Austria last week.
UPDATE 2-Hungary detains three Bulgarians, one Afghan in migrant lorry deaths
KECSKEMET, Hungary, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Three Bulgarians and an Afghan arrested in Hungary in connection with the deaths of 71 refugees found in a truck in Austria made their first appearance in court on Saturday, where they were given one month's detention to allow for an investigation.
WRAPUP 2-Unprecedented migrant crisis forces EU to seek answers
BRUSSELS, Aug 30 (Reuters) - European Union ministers were summoned on Sunday to meet in two weeks' time to seek urgent solutions to a migration crisis unprecedented in the bloc's history, as the mounting death toll on land and sea forced governments to respond.
More than 70 bodies found in Austrian refugee lorry - gov't
VIENNA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Investigators have found more than 70 bodies in a lorry full of refugees discovered abandoned on an Austrian motorway on Thursday, the interior ministry said on Friday.
CEE MARKETS 2-Assets mixed, zloty pares loss after Q2 GDP details
BUDAPEST/WARSAW, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The Polish zloty pared losses and the Czech crown firmed slightly after detailed second-quarter figures confirmed continuing strong growth in the two Central European economies.
UPDATE 1-Hungary to tighten migrant laws, set up holding camps at border )
BUDAPEST, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Hungary plans to tighten laws on migration next week and set up holding camps near Serbia but would only send soldiers to help police at its southern border as a last resort, a Hungarian lawmaker said on Friday.
(Reporting by Krisztina Than)
