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Hungarian civic group to appeal to European court

on Jan 20, 2012 via YahooNews

PABLO GORONDI Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary A civic group said Friday it would file an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights because authorities are blocking it from holding a protest on the March 15 national holiday by reserving all likely locations in downtown Budapest for official use. Peter Juhasz, a spokesman for One Million for the Freedom of Press in Hungary, said the group ...

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Hungarian civic group to appeal to European court as govt reserves most protest locations

on Jan 20, 2012 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ? A civic group said Friday it would file an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights because authorities are blocking it from holding a protest on the March 15 national holiday by reserving all likely locations in downtown Budapest for official use.

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Hungary PM backs down

on Jan 20, 2012 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban abandoned plans on Friday to merge Hungary's central bank and markets regulator, the first concrete evidence that he is backing down in a dispute with the European Union that threatens to block a deal on financial aid.

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Hungary PM backs down, seeks fast aid deal

on Jan 20, 2012 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gave the first concrete evidence on Friday that he is backing down in a dispute with the European Union, aiming to free up talks on aid needed to prop up its battered financial markets. Orban's conservative Fidesz party has been criticized by the international community for introducing a swathe of measures that threaten the ...

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Austria urges Hungary to follow EU rules

on Jan 20, 2012 via YahooNews

(BUDAPEST ) - Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger urged Hungary to get in line with European law after a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Friday, .

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Hungary PM backs down

on Jan 20, 2012 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban abandoned plans on Friday to merge Hungary's central bank and markets regulator, the first concrete evidence that he is backing down in a dispute with the European Union that threatens to block a deal on financial aid. Orban's conservative Fidesz party has been criticized by the international community for introducing a swathe of measures ...

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Hungary to abandon planned central bank/regulator merger: PM

on Jan 20, 2012 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST : Hungary 's government will abandon a planned merger of the central bank and financial markets regulator PSZAF, one of the key points criticised by the European Commission in a legal row with Budapest , Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.

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Hungary launches Wallenberg memorial year

on Jan 20, 2012 via YahooNews

PABLO GORONDI Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary Government ministers from Hungary, Sweden and Israel on Tuesday launched the Raoul Wallenberg Year, commemorating the centennial of the birth of the Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. While serving as Swedish envoy in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, from July 1944, Wallenberg gave ...

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Hungarian victim of Italy disaster 'went back for violin'

on Jan 19, 2012 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST (AFP) - A Hungarian violinist employed on the stricken Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia died after going back for his instrument, a fellow band member was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Related Stories Videogame prompts UK woman's weight loss Suicide attack kills 6 at Afghan airport: Police Pope warns US against 'radical secularism' in society Jude Law among 19 new UK hacking ...

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Hungarian cruise ship victim was crew violinist

on Jan 19, 2012 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungary's foreign ministry says one of the bodies recovered from the wreck of the cruise ship that ran aground off Tuscany was a Hungarian man, a musician working aboard the ship. Ministry spokesman Jozsef Toth said Wednesday the body of Sandor Feher, a 38-year-old violinist, was found inside the wreck of the Costa Concordia and identified by his mother in the Italian ...

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Hungary must reach agreement on fiscal policy, central bank with EU before IMF begins talks

on Jan 19, 2012 via YahooNews

Representatives of the International Monetary Fund told Hungarian minister without portfolio Tamas Fellegi in Washington that Hungary had to reach an agreement with the European Union on matters of fiscal policy and the central bank before it would start official negotiations on financial assistance for the country, a summary of the talks obtained by internet portal Index.hu shows.

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Hungary plans changes to controversial legislation

on Jan 19, 2012 via YahooNews

Hungary plans to change legislation that has prompted EU threats of court action and sparked Western fears about democratic rights, a top European official said Wednesday, but the promise did nothing to ...

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Hungary gives way in dispute over contested law

on Jan 18, 2012 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST/STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Hungary's prime minister yielded on Wednesday in a dispute with the European Union that threatens aid for his country, saying he was willing to change contested laws tightening government control over institutions including the central bank. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's conservative Fidesz party has been criticized by the international community for ...

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Hungary Crisis Stokes Fears Of Debt Contagion

on Jan 18, 2012 via YahooNews

Dispute with EU comes as fears grow that Europe?s debt crisis is spreading east

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Hungary says EU concerns can be easily resolved

on Jan 18, 2012 via YahooNews

Hungary plans to change legislation that has sparked Western fears about democratic rights and prompted EU threats to take the country to court, a top European official said Wednesday, but the promise did nothing to appease critics.

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Hungarian cruise ship victim was crew violinist

on Jan 18, 2012 via YahooNews

Hungary's foreign ministry says one of the bodies recovered from the wreck of the cruise ship that ran aground off Tuscany was a Hungarian man, a musician working aboard the ship.Ministry spokesman Jozsef ...

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Hungarian president denies plagiarizing thesis

on Jan 18, 2012 via YahooNews

Hungary's president is denying allegations his 1992 doctoral thesis analyzing the modern Olympic Games was plagiarized from a similar work published in 1987. President Pal Schmitt said on state radio Tuesday that he hoped to clear himself of the charges, which he felt were solely motivated by "malice." Hungarian weekly magazine HVG last week reported that 180 of the 215 pages in...

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Nosedive In Budapest - The Political Origins Of Hungary's Economic Crisis

on Jan 18, 2012 via YahooNews

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb?n came into power on a wave of political disillusionment. But his policies have not only caused many to question his commitment to democracy, but have also steered Hungary to the brink of insolvency.

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Raoul Wallenberg Year launched

on Jan 18, 2012 via YahooNews

Government ministers from Hungary, Sweden and Israel on Tuesday launched the Raoul Wallenberg Year, commemorating the centennial of the birth of the Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

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Raoul Wallenberg Year launched

on Jan 17, 2012 via YahooNews

Government ministers from Hungary, Sweden and Israel on Tuesday launched the Raoul Wallenberg Year, commemorating the centennial of the birth of the Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

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