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Hungary PM seeks president as loyal as predecessoron Apr 05, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's prime minister will try to select a president as pliant and loyal as his ally Pal Schmitt, who quit because of a plagiarism scandal that critics say undermined the post and dented the ruling party's support.See details
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Hungary PM seeks president as loyal as predecessoron Apr 03, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's prime minister will try to select a president as pliant and loyal as his ally Pal Schmitt, who quit because of a plagiarism scandal that critics say undermined the post and dented the ruling party's support. The opposition Socialists have called for an independent candidate to restore prestige to the largely ceremonial presidency but Prime Minister Viktor Orban is ...See details
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Hungarian president quits after plagiarism rowon Apr 03, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's president resigned on Monday, bowing to pressure over a plagiarism scandal which saw him stripped of his university doctorate.See details
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Hungarian president quits after plagiarism rowon Apr 02, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST, April 2 ? Hungary?s president resigned today, bowing to pressure over a plagiarism scandal which saw him stripped of his university doctorate. Pal Schmitt became the first president in post-communist history to quit the largely symbolic post. The resignation poses no risk to the government and his rapid departure might benefit his ally, ...See details
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Scandal-hit Hungary president to address parliamenton Apr 02, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt, who was stripped of his doctorate last week in a plagiarism row, is expected to speak at a parliament session later on Monday, according to a schedule posted on parliament's website.See details
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Hungary President Schmitt resigns after plagiarism rowon Apr 02, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt, who was stripped of his doctorate last week in a plagiarism row, announced on Monday that he will resign from his post. "Based on Hungary's constitution, which I have signed, the president expresses the unity of the nation," he told parliament. "The provision means that in this situation when my personal issue divides my beloved nation rather ...See details
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Anti-Semitism takes the stage in Hungaryon Apr 02, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST ? A political tug-of-war over an historic theater in the Hungarian capital has reignited concerns about growing anti-Semitism in this Eastern European nation. read moreSee details
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Orban's patriotism seen by some as last refuge of a scoundrelon Apr 02, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST LETTER:Nationalist Poles admire the Hungarian prime minister, but his defiance of Brussels and the IMF is testing creditors? patienceSee details
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Hungary president cancels plans amid plagiarism scandalon Mar 31, 2012 via YahooNews AFP/Budapest Hungarian President Pal Schmitt cancelled all his engagements yesterday, news agency MTI reported, amid speculation he could resign after he was stripped of his university doctorate over plagiarism.See details
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Embattled Hungarian president vows to stay on: TVon Mar 31, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt said on Friday there was no link between a plagiarism row that cost him his doctorate and his role as head of state, pledging to defend his honor by writing a new thesis. "These issues are not related in my view, even though many interpret it this way," the 69-year-old Schmitt said in a taped interview on television when asked whether he had ...See details
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Hungarian president vows to stay onon Mar 31, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt resisted pressure on Friday to quit, saying there was no link between a plagiarism row that cost him his doctorate and his role as head of state, pledging to defend his reputation by writing a new thesis. The controversy comes at a sensitive time for Hungary as it tries to resolve a lengthy dispute with the European Union on contested new laws ...See details
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Hungarian president vows to stay onon Mar 30, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt resisted pressure on Friday to quit, saying there was no link between a plagiarism row that cost him his doctorate and his role as head of state, pledging to defend his reputation by writing a new thesis. The controversy comes at a sensitive time for Hungary as it tries to resolve a lengthy dispute with the European Union on contested new laws ...See details
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Hungary president stays put despite plagiarism rowon Mar 30, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (AFP) - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, rejected late Friday calls to resign despite being stripped of his doctorate title for plagiarism.See details
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Embattled Hungarian president vows to stay on: TVon Mar 30, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt said on Friday there was no link between a plagiarism row that cost him his doctorate and his role as head of state, pledging to defend his honor by writing a new thesis. "These issues are not related in my view, even though many interpret it this way," the 69-year-old Schmitt said in a taped interview on television when asked whether he had ...See details
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Romanian-Hungarian business leaders, gov't officials meet in Budapeston Mar 30, 2012 via YahooNews Participants at a conference organized by the Hungarian Business Forum of Romania in Budapest on Friday stressed the importance of strengthening economic ties between the two countries.See details
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Scandal-hit Hungarian president mulls resignation: mediaon Mar 30, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt cancelled appointments on his schedule on Friday, a day after being stripped of his doctorate following a months-long plagiarism row which opposition parties say made him unworthy of the job. The controversy comes at a sensitive time for Hungary as it tries to resolve a lengthy dispute with the European Union on contested new laws to unlock ...See details
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Embattled Hungary president cancels Friday scheduleon Mar 30, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt cancelled appointments on his schedule on Friday, a day after being stripped of his doctorate following a months-long plagiarism row which opposition parties say made him unworthy of the job. The controversy comes at a sensitive time for Hungary as it tries to resolve a lengthy dispute with the European Union on contested new laws to unlock ...See details
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Hungarian president stripped of doctorate titleon Mar 30, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (AFP) - Hungary's President Pal Schmitt was stripped of his 1992 doctorate title on Thursday for plagiarism, as opposition parties called for his resignation. Related Stories 13 dead in new Honduras prison fire Canada government to take penny out of circulation Assad backs Annan peace plan, Arabs urge dialogue Palestinian detainee ends 43-day hunger strike: Minister Spaniards pour into ...See details
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Hungarian kids go to mass as churches take over schoolson Mar 29, 2012 via YahooNews BUDAPEST (AFP) - Financially strapped Hungarian towns are handing over the running of their schools to churches, which means that the constitutional guarantee of a religious-free education is no longer possible.See details
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Hungarian president loses doctorate in plagiarism scandalon Mar 29, 2012 via YahooNews Budapest (dpa) - Hungary?s president was stripped of his doctorate Thursday, days after the issuing university had found that his thesis was largely plagiarized.Thirty-three members of a special council of Semmelweis University voted to strip President Pal Schmitt of his doctorate. Four voted against the move.The vote came two days after a university investigative commission found that Schmitt ...See details
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