Hungary in the news - via HVG
Gergenyis farewellon Nov 28, 2006 via HVG In Hungary, it is customary to pity those who resign or are pushed, and this sympathy often obscures the true reasons for a senior figure's departure.See details
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Police and protesterson Nov 28, 2006 via HVG The criminal psychologist Jozsef Vegh is a busy man, known for his frequent media appearances. I bumped into him in the foyer of the television building, where he was waiting to give an interview. Even now, you can only enter the former Stock Exchange Palace from the rear entrance on Nador utca - the main entrance still bears the scars of the siege. Jozsef Vegh's work means he knows the leaders of the police, and he is also a specialist in hostage negotiations.See details
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But what comes next?on Nov 28, 2006 via HVG Non-residential property investment levels could hit new highs this year in Central and Eastern Europe, but the growth in speculative purchases could lead to crisis some years down the line.See details
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The Free Democrat party is on the wrong tackon Nov 28, 2006 via HVG Istvan Szent-Ivanyi, a senior Free Democrat, has condemned the direction his party is being led in by Gabor Kuncze, Gabor Demszky and Balint Magyar. The MEP talked to hvg.hu from Brussels.See details
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Orbans eye on Kosaon Nov 28, 2006 via HVG On Sunday, the Fidesz congress will modify the party's constitution, incorporating local councillors into the party's highest decision-making bodies. Their leader will be Viktor Orban, not Lajos Kosa. What a surprise.See details
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Orbans eye on Kosaon Nov 27, 2006 via HVG On Sunday, the Fidesz congress will modify the party's constitution, incorporating local councillors into the party's highest decision-making bodies. Their leader will be Viktor Orban, not Lajos Kosa. What a surprise.See details
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But what comes next?on Nov 15, 2006 via HVG Non-residential property investment levels could hit new highs this year in Central and Eastern Europe, but the growth in speculative purchases could lead to crisis some years down the line.See details
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The Free Democrat party is on the wrong tackon Nov 15, 2006 via HVG Istvan Szent-Ivanyi, a senior Free Democrat, has condemned the direction his party is being led in by Gabor Kuncze, Gabor Demszky and Balint Magyar. The MEP talked to hvg.hu from Brussels.See details
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Police and protesterson Nov 13, 2006 via HVG The criminal psychologist Jozsef Vegh is a busy man, known for his frequent media appearances. I bumped into him in the foyer of the television building, where he was waiting to give an interview. Even now, you can only enter the former Stock Exchange Palace from the rear entrance on Nador utca - the main entrance still bears the scars of the siege. Jozsef Vegh's work means he knows the leaders of the police, and he is also a specialist in hostage negotiations.See details
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Ferenc Koszegon Nov 09, 2006 via HVG The departing depute of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee calls for provost duty regime change with the civil control of the armed forces.See details
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Gergenyis farewellon Nov 09, 2006 via HVG In Hungary, it is customary to pity those who resign or are pushed, and this sympathy often obscures the true reasons for a senior figure's departure.See details
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Belfast and Budapeston Nov 06, 2006 via HVG The implacable hatred held by both left and right for the other side in Hungarian politics can only be compared to that which rages between protestant nationalists and catholic unionists in Belfast. We are in the middle of a 'cold civil war' which has since mid-September been breaking out into 'hot conflicts' in the form of demonstrations and street battles.See details
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We insiston Oct 31, 2006 via HVG Are the police allowed to gather information about rioters in Budapest from hospital lists of the injured? Civil rights activists are not sure.See details
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Many, but smallon Oct 31, 2006 via HVG Police have received a wave of applications to hold demonstrations on the 50th anniversary of the crushing of the 1956 revolution. Kossuth ter remains off-limits to demonstrators, but other parts of the centre are open.See details
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"I have no talent for political hysteria"on Oct 25, 2006 via HVG "Someone who, like me, has lived through several historical storms where one would be quite enough, is no longer afraid of anyone or anything." These are the words of the 89-year-old novelist Magda Szabo, who has just been made an honorary citizen of Budapest. She regretted the fact that society seemed to have returned to the problems from which it seemed to have escaped.See details
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"An expression of will"on Oct 25, 2006 via HVG The Socialist Party has suffered a historic defeat in the local elections, according to Viktor Orban, who claimed the people had unseated Hungary's prime minister.See details
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On the sceneon Oct 25, 2006 via HVG Tamas Molnar, one of the leaders of the Kossuth ter demonstrations, told hvg.hu that Orban would not deliver a speech on the square before parliament. Earlier, there had been rumours that Viktor Orban would head to the square this evening.See details
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Solyoms press conferenceon Oct 25, 2006 via HVG It is for Parliament to choose a prime minister, said Laszlo Solyom, the president of the republic on Sunday. He added that the task of regaining society's trust belonged to the parliamentary majority.See details
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Gyurcsany tables a confidence voteon Oct 25, 2006 via HVG Ferenc Gyurcsany has tabled a vote of confidence against himself while simultaneously congratulating the opposition on its local election victory. Gyurcsany has had Parliament recalled on Friday. The leader of the opposition labelled the move a deceitful trick. People had voted on Sunday, Viktor Orban said, and withdrawn their confidence in Gyurcsany.See details
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Marketingcentrumon Oct 25, 2006 via HVG Sunday's local elections have overturned all previous assumptions, according to Marketingcentrum's head of research. Bela Marian told HVG.hu that the events of recent weeks have driven left-wing voters away from the polls. With his speech on Sunday evening, furthermore, the president of the republic had become a political figure.See details
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