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Hungary Launches Wallenberg Memorial Year


"Government ministers from Hungary, Sweden and Israel on Tuesday launched the Raoul Wallenberg Year, commemorating the centennial of the birth of the Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust."
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Forint Gains As Hungary Exceeds Auction Plan Under Aid Pressure


"The forint rebounded from a two-day drop against the euro and Hungary raised more debt than planned at an auction today as pressure rose for the European Union’s most indebted eastern member to meet conditions for a bailout."
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Germans, Hungarians And Austrian Dead In Ethiopia Attack


"wo Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian were killed in an attack by gunmen on tourists in north-east Ethiopia, government spokesman Bereket Simon confirmed to dpa on Wednesday, changing information he had given earlier."
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Amnesty International Keeps Up Pressure On Hungary Over Human Rights


"The Hungarian government needs to intervene in the ongoing constitutional crisis in Hungary, global human-rights organisation Amnesty International has stated. In a letter sent to the European Commission on 13 January, Amnesty International (AI) have asked for a full human rights assessment of the Hungarian constitution, including its national media laws, including several based on the Hungarian constitution, which the letter claims discriminate against same-sex couples."
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Hungarian Writer Konrad Calls For Orban Resignation, FAZ Says


"Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban needs to resign as he’s responsible for the country’s economic problems and its political isolation, writer Gyorgy Konrad said in Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "
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European Handball Championship: Hungary-Russia Draw Concludes Matchday Two


"A record-breaking number of spectators, constituting a full house of over 4.000 Hungarian fans and about 1.000 Russian supporters welcomed the two teams for the evening's closing match in Novi Sad."
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The Aftertaste Of Hungarian Goulash Communism


"The National Gallery at Buda Castle, once the residence of Hungarian kings, provided an apt location for the official celebration of Hungary’s new constitution. The government had requested 100 artworks defining 1,000 years of Hungarian statehood “to hold our ancestors as a shield against cynicism,” as Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared in his opening speech."
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Second Hungarian Uprising Is As Inspirational As The First


"When all the usual suspects – the European Union, the United Nations, the IMF, the leftist commentariat, Hillary Clinton et al – are hand-wringing and getting their underpinnings in a twist over some alleged affront to the New World Order, it is a pretty reliable indication that someone, somewhere is doing something uncharacteristically constructive."
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Are Hungary's Reforms A Step Too Far?


"As Hungary's new constitutional and financial reforms meet with strong opposition, the BBC's Nick Thorpe considers the government's record in office since April 2010. The Hungarian prime minister receives us, the cream - or perhaps, for some observers, the dregs - of the foreign press corps, in a first-floor salon of the parliament building."
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Profile: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban


"Viktor Orban forged the strongest government in Hungary since the fall of communism but his democratic and economic credentials are increasingly in question. As a young lawyer, he attracted attention on 16 June 1989 by publicly demanding the withdrawal of Soviet forces and the holding of free elections."
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Hungary Will Take Needed Steps On Budget, Csefalvay Tells M1


"The Hungarian government will take all necessary steps to address any potential budget slippage and meet its spending goal because a recession is possible, a government official said today."
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A Washington Wipe-Out


"The honeymoon was brief and halting, and now it is over. Tamás Fellegi, Hungary’s chief negotiator, met Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the IMF, yesterday in Washington DC for talks about financial aid."
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The Gresham, An Art Deco Palace On The Danube, Is Budapest’s Finest Hotel


"Budapest is sometimes compared to Paris. While very pleasant indeed – especially if you go in the summer and lounge by the vast 19th century public baths in the scorching sun – the city doesn't really compete with Paris in terms of beauty, architecture or cultural riches. With its history of hardship and decimation, how could it?"
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European Body Threatens To Sue Hungary Over Its Policies


"The European Commission warned the Hungarian government on Wednesday that it would face legal action unless it modified by Tuesday policies that undermined the national central bank’s independence and threatened to tip the country toward authoritarianism."
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Hungary’s Orban Finds Unlikely EU-IMF Foe


"Orban is trying to secure loans to avert a debt default this year after saying as recently as November that Hungary could cope alone. The International Monetary Fund and the European Union are balking because of the 48-year-old leader’s increasing control over the courts and the central bank."
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