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Schmitt is Hungary's president

on Jun 30, 2010 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST - THE Hungarian parliament elected Pal Schmitt, a leading figure of the governing Fidesz party and currently speaker of parliament, as the country's next president on Tuesday. Out of 322 valid votes in the 386-seat parliament, Mr Schmitt received 263 votes, while his Socialist challenger Andras Balogh got 59 votes.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-02 12:28 UPDATE 1-Next Hungary PM plans wage, pension, subsidy cuts (Interactive Investor)

on Apr 02, 2009 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST, April 2 (Reuters) - Hungarian prime minister designate Gordon Bajnai is seeking parliamentary support for measures including cuts in wages, pensions, family allowances and state subsidies according to a document obtained by Reuters. Bajnai, now economy minister, wants Socialist MPs, who rule in minority, and those of the opposition Free Democrats to sign the document about crisis ...

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