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Longer novels, less time spent on reading?

"People who write great novels are the ones who can afford to," remarked the literary historian Mátyás Domokos sarcastically. Péter
... to write a long novel, because his three volume work Parallel Stories was published in
 His publisher, Jelenkor, is marketing it as a great novel of our times, hoping to both pre-empt and influence the critics' judgements
... took an even more elevated approach to his work when he said at the turn of the millennium: "You can only hope that there are still
... novels according to their own convictions, novels which say something new about human beings." Defining a great novel is no easy

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NATO radar

environmentalists, a success for the civil sector, a success also for Hungarian constitutional democracy, and proof of our commitment
The Medgyessy and Gyurcsány governments worked tirelessly to exclude public opinion and environmental movements. They tried
... accompli, to influence the media, to exploit economic arguments ("we'd have to pay for a change of plan"
... made to NATO. The Horn and Orbán governments did much the same. And next year's government would do the same too, whether it is red or

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Csaba László

Hungary does not know what it wants to achieve with its National Development Plan, according to the CEU
Slovakia - have a peculiar shared position. They have a common interest, for example in making sure regional development money goes to
...-sized countries to give voice to their desires. A common Visegrád Four position would go some way towards achieving this.
... was reached in Budapest. We missed an opportunity to put an end to the two-year-old running battle over the budget. The

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István Zvolenszky

For months, Paks nuclear power station has been placing full-page adverts in local and national papers testifying to the generator's
... bright future prospects, to its promise of carbon-free energy, and even about the cheapness of their
to satisfy our energy needs. For the next step, building two new reactors, they will need more than HUF1000bn in state subsidies. The
... nuclear energy dwell upon the fact that nuclear generation produces no greenhouse gasses. But the tens of thousands of tons of iron used
... - except the cooling water running out of the power station just pumps 2,500MW of heat into the Danube. That could be used to heat

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Median poll

The pollsters Medián scored a coup in our civil war-struck political environment. They managed to unite government and opposition
assembly." And suddenly a kind of national unity was achieved. The city assembly rose as one to support a condemnatory resolution moved
... question in the remaining cities then we could achieve the consensus for which so many yearn. But let's try to stay serious, however
... hissy fits.The questioners didn't ask whether the two politicans were violent or corrupt. All they wanted to know was whether residents

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On mission

Ferenc Somogyi, the foreign minister, has led a delegation of Hungarian diplomats to the Middle East. HVG.hu asked László Várkonyi, a
HVG: Hungarian diplomacy seems to have taken a renewed interest in the Middle East recently... Várkonyi: The Middle East has always
... anniversary of Rabin's death. We've managed to fit some other discussions in as well. The foreign ministers met in Jordan, and on
... was the Hungarian foreign minister invited to Bahrain? Várkonyi: The G8 countries met with the countries of North Africa and the Arab

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Bearers of truth

best propaganda," but it would be too much to say that propaganda and objectivity never came into conflict in its programmes
"The war has ended. What are we going to talk about now?" asked György Tarján, head of the BBC Hungarian Service in summer 1945. He was
... one: at the time, the BBC was seriously wondering whether it should shut down its smaller foreign-language services. They had been launched
...' capitulation, they seemed to have lost their purpose. The BBC's aim when it set up the broadcasts was to confront

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Family affairs

They had no example to follow, but when they became fathers, they started caring for their children full time. We talked with fathers
company. Money and career goals were the main factors. "We sensed that if my wife did not return to work they would get rid of her. I
... be nice - although I didn't get what I bargained for." Szabolcs and his wife are both doctors. They work hard, but to a flexible
... higher, as well. My wife continued to care for our daughter, taking the lead after work and at weekends." Both men were worried about

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Opinion

lessons to teach. Zsolt H Toót, the paper's editor, examines the reasons for its
gave it a chance of meeting some bold aims, revolutionising the Hungarian press market. I had a role to play of course. I was a member
... company assembled a team - and then gave them a pre-prepared template that the team had to work within. We accepted this, since we had
.... People who came to work at Reggel were forbidden from taking a creative approach to their own work. We had

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Field report from Lenovo

It was a year ago that IBM shocked the world by announcing that it was selling its PC business to Lenovo, a Chinese company unknown in
arrive to the minute: there is no space for them in the warehouses. Each year, five million notebooks, two million desktops and ten
... its managers, to Lenovo for $1.75bm. This was not a simple sale - it was more of a merger. Lenovo staff are present on the IBM board
... along with an international group of journalists, hoping to find out how successful this bold move hadbeen. We were near Hong Kong, a

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On mission

Ferenc Somogyi, the foreign minister, has led a delegation of Hungarian diplomats to the Middle East. HVG.hu asked László Várkonyi, a
HVG : Hungarian diplomacy seems to have taken a renewed interest in the Middle East recently... Várkonyi : The Middle East has
... tenth anniversary of Rabin's death. We've managed to fit some other discussions in as well. The foreign ministers met in Jordan, and on
... : Why was the Hungarian foreign minister invited to Bahrain? Várkonyi : The G8 countries met with the countries of North Africa and

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Answer for an early campaign start

Orbán, who spoke in parliament on Monday for the first time since the elections three years ago, hopes to win the 2006 elections on a
Viktor Orbán must be grateful to the Socialists for their early campaign start, because end-October polls have made clear something that
... Fidesz were reluctant to acknowledge: if the Socialists make an effort, they could defeat their rivals. The gap between the two major
... in recent weeks to within the statistical margin of error - with the Socialists leading in polls by Tárki and Gallup. The forecasts

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An old obsession...

The National Security Office (NBH) is preparing to file charges of violating state secrets in the Szatmári spying scandal. The HVG
... one of their employees filed a lie-detector test, raising the possibility that he or she played a role in the leaking of classified documents
the Hungarian civil service, were both working for foreign interests. They collected information and worked to sour the relationship
... interests in Hungary. In his report to Ferenc Gyurcsány, the prime minister, András Tóth, the state secretary in charge of the civil
... Szatmári "actively contributed to the preparation of the dual nationality referendum and Fidesz's campaign strategy. After the

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Opinion: Péter Kóczián

In 1988, Gyurcsány called for Fidesz to be "squeezed out politically." In 1988, using the word "political" signalled that democratic
pluralism. Under Kádár's soft dictatorship, totalitarianism came to an end, but even after 1956, state power was based on suppressing
...". Suppression was based on the application of "administrative means". The Kádár dictatorship considered "political life" to be
... diversity. The Kádárists argued that once a workers' government had been established there was no need to reconcile different

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With six months to go until the elections

With six months to go until the elections, it's worth looking back to the run-up to the 1994, 1998 and 2002
share power with the governing majority, but it can return to power at any moment, at the latest at the next elections. This prospect
... power was god-given and their defeat would lead to a localised Armageddon. Those in government can certainly dream about surviving
... parliamentary cycle, and there is much they can do to hold on to power. (They could govern well, for example). And there

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Crowded out

The number of unemployed career-beginners has almost doubled over the past two years, despite the government's decision to focus on
"Check-out manager, butcher manager, bakery manager." With these imposing titles, one of the supermarket chains is trying to recruit
...-out lines, ensuring that shoppers do not have to wait and ensuring the warehouse is tidy" are all tasks that could be carried out by
... is increasingly hard to find. The number of unemployed first job seekers has jumped from 40,000 in December 2004 to

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Hungarians working

Eighteen months after accession to the EU, the number of Hungarians working in western Europe is about the same as the population of a
... Hungary. Whilst the positive and negative impacts of this are still unclear, one thing is certain: the outflow is set to
country. The number of illegal workers is a matter for guesswork. An Employment Ministry civil servant, who did not wish to be
... deadline is open to question. Hungarians are less mobile than their neighbours, and young people's dreams of foreign adventures should
... urbanites, whose prospects would be good at home. Hungary's position in the EU is similar to that of a village or a small town within

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Minority issue

Parliament is likely to have the final say on whether Jews should be recognised as a nationality in Hungary. But the Electoral
signed by four individuals that has been submitted to the Electoral Commission (OVB). They chose the OVB because the 1993 law on
... minorities says that if another group wishes to join the ranks of the 13 other recognised national minorities, the OVB has
... because of the Jews. Some Jewish public figures have been trying to have the Jews of Hungary recognised as a nation since the end of

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Opinion - László Dobszay

A new law being drafted by the Education Ministry would mean that only people with university degrees could teach. The draft in question is meant
... bring Hungarian law in to line with the Bologna agreement, but it contains an extra rule that would radically change the structure of
regulations for technical education. The draft would mean that all teachers would need a five-year masters degree. It is possible that people
...: they would be unable to give their students a teaching diploma. To survive they would need to obtain
... international standard. But if they are allowed to become universities, perhaps out of pity, then there would be 15-20 new fake

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