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Party finance

The Alliance for the Nation has managed to make itself one of the most successful money-raisers among the political foundations, but the
' Istvan Barankovics Foundation, which was set up this June, is fighting to get a government grant like the other four parliamentary
... the first round in June when the government distributed money to the parties according to the new parliamentary balance of
... division of spoils was most favourable to the Christian Democrats, because the party got into parliament on the back of a joint

hvg.hu English version

Lack of money and commitment from officials

that incited the crowd. It seems to me that Hungarian politics should not be held to less strict criteria than the
... football. But it would seem that centuries-old trees, stands, roofs are as nothing compared to the sturdiness of the politicians'
We are used to the idea that not even the most clumsy moves have no consequences for politicians mid-term. That there have been one or
... animal committed suicide and that he was just trying to resuscitate it. It is this kind of picture that looms before our eyes when we
... catastrophic celebration and the way the people in charge point to everyone and their underlings but never to themselves

HVG English version

Laszlo Lengyel

referendum. If Orban had managed quickly to clamber out of the hole, turning to the Europewards leading path of the civic
to paint Orban in the devilish colours of the potential dictator. But Orban was in a hurry. He could not believe that the Socialists
... that their Hungarian equivalents would follow. From week to week, from day to day he sat waiting for the Socialists
... the party to enter into a death struggle with the Liberals. He hoped the Socialists would repeat Gyula Horn's mistakes from 1998

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A Kadarist package

The parties may one day take a back seat, ceding their place to a government of experts, the historian Maria Schmidt believes. She said
...- and right-wing press was unable to recognise the real danger and distinguish between moderates and the real extremists. The political
? Nobody denies the need for these museums any longer. I'd like to think it was more than praise from abroad and winning some of the
... Hungarian prizes that led people to change their minds. The House of Terror Museum has had almost 2m visitors over the past four years
... museum. This is also a clear success. Every city should have a similar institution dedicated to unearthing the past and building a

hvg.hu English version

Changing figures

within the budget. This accounting change forced revisions to the 2007 and 2008 deficit plans and meant that the introduction of the
© Nemzeti Autópálya Rt. In the introduction to his government's programme, Gyurcsany wrote that the budget started running
... government debt was primarily the result of the motorway-building programme. In 1998, the Orban government promised to build 600km of
.... Whether this really is the case is open to question, but even if motorways were the key to bringing in foreign

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Grass and Istvan Szabo

sudden burst of honesty can have done little harm to sales of his recently published
taken the secret of his time in the Waffen SS to the grave. This contrasts with Istvan Szabo, who only confessed to
... press had found out. This is the first, but not the only difference. Grass is ashamed of himself, and does not lay claim to any
... to compare their experiences. If Goebbels had been born in America, he might have become a multimillionaire advertising guru or a

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Lufthansa

We would like to further enhance and expand our existing operational teams in Budapest, in which we are
We would like to further enhance and expand our existing operational teams in Budapest, in which we are recruiting candidates for

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Rate hikes across Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is undergoing a wave of interest rate hikes: following the US and the EU, the Hungarian, Czech and Slovak central banks have all
immediate change, but warned that a rise may yet come this year. The Hungarian National Bank was the first to move: the monetary
... unanimously decided to raise the lending rate from 6.25 per cent to 6.75 per cent, the highest rate in the EU. The markets
... hike in, taking their lead from the 19 June decision to bring about a 25 basis point rise. That hike had little effect, and the forint

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Hungarian and Greek banks in the race for Romanias CEC

Hungary's OTP and Greece's Ethniki Trapeza are the only contestants still standing in the battle to take control of the last large
10 foreign banks threw their hats into the ring when plans to privatise Romania's 150-year-old CEC Bank, the country's fourth largest
... announced last summer. Now only two remain in the running. They have until the end of August to come up with a winning bid. Bank
... EFG Ergasziasz have all withdrawn from the bidding. EFG's retreat was the biggest surprise, because their bid last autumn is believed

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Prostitutes in prison

accelerated procedures on Friday and Saturday. The Hungarian Prostitutes' Interest Group thinks the 20 to 30 day prison terms are
... sentences to be reduced. The group said prostitutes would turn up at the event every year, however drastic the
took 1000 police officers to arrest 10 prostitutes. On each of the two days, five prostitutes were caught offering their services, and
... sentenced to prison terms of between 25 and 30 days. Three Austrians and one Estonian were arrested for availing themselves of the
... not understand the severity of the punishments meted out to the prostitute, which would in any case not keep them from the trackside

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Pitied minority

The Szekelys are to be pitied for many reasons, but most of all they are to be pitied for the 'Szekely anthem', which is
For a start, it is hard to imagine a less Hungarian song. Everything (the rhythm, the structure), that Kodaly and Bardos once taught
... in the Hungarian musical tradition - it can all be found in the anthem. And it is hard to imagine a more ugly song. You might call it
... text! It claims our nation is led along a dark, windy road not by God, but by Fate. We call King Csaba to aid us, but it is not clear

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Oops, diplomacy!

is supposedly trying to come up with a coherent, modern foreign policy strategy. This strategy supposedly calls for an effective and
... corps whose opinions are listened to by the decision-makers. Kinga Goncz has a huge task ahead of her: she must come up with this
How should Hungary react to the "catastrophe coalition" that has just taken the reins of government in Slovakia? A few years ago, it
... xenophobia. There has been no talk of an "educational" suspension of relations in Brussels this time, but Hungary should perhaps not have been so
... State, employing all the finely honed tools at a diplomat's disposal, lost no time in making clear to Istvan Hiller when he turned up

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Morvai v Peto

The war in Lebanon has drowned out the sound of another battle that has since come to an end. Krisztina Morvai, the Hungarian delegate
... organisation that fights discrimination against women, has managed to prevent her designated successor Andrea Peto, a historian and
Morvai has also failed to have her mandate extended for another four years. Thus, from January, Hungary will not be represented on the
... committee. On 9 June, national missions to the UN received an unusual letter: Krisztina Morvai, who teaches at the ELTE law faculty
... Andrea Peto, a Zionist women's group activist. She wrote: "I was surprised to receive a letter from my government informing me that

hvg.hu English version

Not such an excellency

After his first year in office, we know what kind of president Laszlo Solyom does not want to be. Over the summer, his influence and
... sunk to new lows. Up until now he has barely been able to show the positive sides of his presidential style
A visit by motorboat to Szigetkoz, a protest walk to Zengo near Pecs, a bicycle demonstration in Budapest as a member of
... opened memorial buildings in different villages, he has not opened trade fairs with dignified speeches and he has not troubled to
... not flooded his former workplace, the Constitutional Court, with referrals, and he has resisted the temptation to submit draft laws

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"Diplomacy is not the same as foreign policy"

It is wrong to see values and the national interest as being in opposition to each other in the field of foreign policy
is developing a new strategy. Where do you expect this to lead? The loss of confidence resulted from the fact that we achieved most
... policy goals that we set ourselves at the beginning of the 1990s. We have to ask ourselves if there are new goals. Saying, "We must
... taking this decision, instead of helping to build a consensus. It looks like we're going to face a similar decision soon

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Exclusive Interview with National Bank President Járai

taxes and prices instead of cutting expenditures. Zsigmond Járai, President of the Hungarian National Bank provided this picture in an ex exclusive
economy to the wrong direction, set back business activity, hurt competition, push companies in the black economy, speed up inflation
... only temporary solution.  No doubt, in the short run the plan could work:  by next year the budget deficit could shrink to 6 percent
...? Zs. J.: This is for the government to decide. I can’t give any advice on this. Nonetheless, a more equitable pension system

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Hungarian real estate

People are having to get used to the idea that their main asset, their house, flat or land, is declining in value in real
Commentators do not expect the property market to collapse, however. Balazs Kristof is selling a third-floor flat in Miskolc for
.... Unemployment is driving people away from the villages of Somogy county, but even houses there in a good condition take two or three years
... are nowhere to be found. Sellers at the premium end of the market are doing little better. Viranyos in Budapest's 12th district is one

reuters English version

Chickens May Be Infected With Deadly Strain

A strain of bird flu found in chickens in Thailand may prove to be the deadly H5N1 virus, senior Agriculture Ministry official Yukol
According to authorities, there is a high possibility that it is the N1 strain because of previous outbreaks in the area.
... test results were expected in a few days. Compared to its slow response to initial cases in 2003, Thailand now has one of
... culled all chickens in the affected area and restricted poultry movements within a 10 km radius for at least 30 days. An 11-year-old girl went

reuters English version

Civilian Death Toll Mounts in Iraq

Sectarian violence continues to kill about 100 civilians each day, but recently elected Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki says Iraq
later talks with American President George W. Bush. Attributing the violence to sectarian conflicts, Maliki said he expected local
... strengthen by the end of the year to allow for foreign forces to eventually pull out of the region. The prime minister

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