Civil oversight
Looking for venture capital
The success of the community social networking portal iWiW has inspired others to follow. Across Hungary ever more internet companies are seeking to take advantage of Web 2.0. But venture capitalists have little time for these projects, despite the popularity among bloggers.
The law professor Arpad Erdei
It makes little difference to the work of a Constitutional Court judge which political party nominates him or her, according to Arpad Erdei, the 68-year-old former deputy president of the CC. Though he was nominated by the Right, he believes that it has been two centuries since there was a serious criminal lawyer who was not a liberal on matters legal.
Not worth the paper
The Socialist-Free Democrat government has never been keen on the "national identity document" first issued by the Orban government to ethnic Hungarians in neighbouring countries. There was talk of abolishing it, but the prime minister's office has now announced plans to limit the ID document's duration. Kinga Goncz explained the change of heart, saying: "There was never a problem with the Hungarian identity document. It had only positive effects."
Not as simple as it looks
Buy two, get one three – the appointment of new health and environment ministers means a new parliamentary commissioner may also follow in the wake of the reshuffle. The prime minister is nonetheless reluctant to contemplate a radical reshaping of the cabinet.
The 2012 European Championships
The winning bid to host the 2012 UEFA cup will be announced in Cardiff on Wednesday. In the running are joint bids from Hungary and Croatia, another from Poland and Ukraine, and one from Italy. The decision will determine not just the location, but our future as well. An event on this scale has implications that go far beyond sport.
New environmental minister
There's no way of knowing what political advantage Gabor Fodor expects to gain from serving as environment minister. But we can guess what it means for Janos Koka: by bringing his rival into the tent, he is trying to neutralise his critics within the party. The Free Democrat leader does not want Fodor to steal an in any case rebellious party from beneath him.
