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		<title>Once denounced as Fidesz lackey, ombudsman draws government ire with deluge of constitutional appeals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary&#8217;s ombudsman for fundamental rights &#8211; Máté Szabó &#8211; has begun to pepper the country&#8217;s Constitutional Court with appeals pushing for legal review of new laws, in a sign that Fidesz may have misjudged Szabó&#8217;s loyalty to the government during a reshuffle that left him the only such watchdog to retain his original powers. Szabó [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fidesz-affiliated construction firm rejects allegations over European anti-fraud probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary’s Kozgep has rejected &#8220;hints and allegations&#8221; in connection with a probe the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has conducted at the holding company, the company told MTI. According to a Monday statement from Kozgep, OLAF &#8220;contacted Kozgep and all parties involved in connection with a city centre rehabilitation project part-financed from European Union funds&#8221;. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Socialists say new Fidesz motion aims to thwart Klubrádió</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new amendment proposal by an MP of the ruling Fidesz party to the media law aims to thwart the operation of Klubradio, MPs of the main opposition Socialist party said on Tuesday. Ildiko Lendvai and Laszlo Mandur said the proposal submitted by Fidesz MP Csaba Szabo late on Monday would give legal authorisation with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protester pours red paint on new Horthy memorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A protester has poured red paint on a memorial of Miklos Horthy, regent of Hungary between the two world wars, which was unveiled in the western Hungarian village of Kereki on Sunday, the mayor told MTI on Wednesday. The protester has identified himself as Peter Daniel, a lawyer, and has posted photos on Facebook showing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council of Europe maintains &#8220;serious concerns&#8221; over Hungary media law</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120516/council-of-europe-maintains-serious-concerns-over-hungary-media-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120516/council-of-europe-maintains-serious-concerns-over-hungary-media-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Serious concerns remain over Hungary’s media law but amendment proposals submitted to parliament are welcome, Thorbjorn Jagland, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) head, said on Tuesday. Jagland told MTI by phone that he would soon send a reply to Tibor Navracsics, the deputy prime minister, who had briefed him in writing about the planned amendments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University drops Gyurcsány plagiarism case due to lack of evidence</title>
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		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120516/university-drops-gyurcsany-plagiarism-case-due-to-lack-of-evidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 08:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whereas records show that Ferenc Gyurcsany’s graduation dissertation was the same number of pages as his brother-in-law’s, Pecs Universtiy (PTE), which awarded the degree, cannot give a final ruling on whether or not Gyurcsany plagiarised it because the dissertation has gone missing, the PTE head said on Tuesday. Jozsef Bodis told a news conference that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ombudsman slams gov&#8217;t proposal reducing age of punishability</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120516/ombudsman-slams-govt-proposal-reducing-age-of-punishability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fundamental rights ombudsman Máté Szabó finds the proposed lowering of the age of punishability unjustified. The problem of deviant children should be treated by joining forces with professionals who deal with children in areas such as child protection, education and health care, and by focusing on prevention and the rights of children rather than imposing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotable: Krisztina Morvai on Jobbik&#8217;s anti-austerity protest</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/quotable-krisztina-morvai-on-jobbiks-anti-austerity-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/quotable-krisztina-morvai-on-jobbiks-anti-austerity-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Here and today we&#8217;re protesting against not only a party or parties but a system, like millions of people across Europe.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Open Caption: When László Kövér met Nancy Pelosi</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/open-caption-when-laszlo-kover-met-nancy-pelosi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/open-caption-when-laszlo-kover-met-nancy-pelosi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary&#8217;s Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér greeting former US House Speaker (and current Minority Leader) Nancy Pelosi yesterday in Parliament, where Pelosi presented Kövér with a copy of a US-Hungary &#8220;treaty of friendship&#8221; signed in the 1920s. As for what the famously highbrow and cranky left-wing American politician and the famously middlebrow and cranky right-wing Hungarian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary will heed IMF/EU advice on economy policy, says Orbán</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/hungary-will-heed-imfeu-advice-on-economy-policy-says-orban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/hungary-will-heed-imfeu-advice-on-economy-policy-says-orban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary is ready to change economic policies in light of talks with the IMF and EU, and lawmakers will have to attend sessions until the middle of July because the situation in Europe could require a response by the Hungarian parliament, Viktor Orban, the prime minister, told journalists after a meeting of the ruling alliance’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister asks court chief to review judicial practice after public outcry over reduced sentence in Romanian handballer murder case</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/minister-asks-court-chief-to-review-judicial-practice-after-public-outcry-over-lenient-sentence-in-romanian-handballer-murder-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/minister-asks-court-chief-to-review-judicial-practice-after-public-outcry-over-lenient-sentence-in-romanian-handballer-murder-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of a recent court ruling on the Cozma murder, Minister of Justice Tibor Navracsics asked Curia President Peter Darak to &#8220;review practices in the administration of justice&#8221;, the minister’s press chief told MTI. &#8220;As a minister, I am not allowed to influence the public view of a court ruling,&#8221; Navracsics told the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US House Minority Leader Pelosi raises Hungary concerns in talks with PM Orbán</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/us-house-minority-leader-pelosi-raises-hungary-concerns-in-talks-with-pm-orban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/us-house-minority-leader-pelosi-raises-hungary-concerns-in-talks-with-pm-orban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi, the minority (Democrat) leader of the US House of Representatives, congratulated Prime Minister Viktor Orban and House Speaker Laszlo Kover on Hungary’s achievements and exchanged views with them on certain US concerns on Monday. The concerns were related to the freedom of the press, the independence of the judiciary, and free and fair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parliament publishes report on 2011 Gyöngyöspata ethnic tensions</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/parliament-publishes-report-on-2011-gyongyospata-ethnic-tensions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/parliament-publishes-report-on-2011-gyongyospata-ethnic-tensions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parliament on Monday adopted a report assessing events related to ethnic-based tension in northern Hungary’s Gyongyospata last spring. The report, which condemns the radical nationalist Jobbik and small opposition LMP parties, as well as US businessman Richard Field in connection with the Gyongyospata developments, was passed with 250 votes in favour, 58 against, and two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU anti-fraud office conducts on-site audit at construction firm seen linked to Fidesz</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/eu-anti-fraud-office-conducts-on-site-audit-at-kozgep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120515/eu-anti-fraud-office-conducts-on-site-audit-at-kozgep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 07:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European anti-fraud office OLAF made an on-site audit last Tuesday at the Budapest offices of Közgép, the construction company owned by Lajos Simicska, news website hvg.hu reported. OLAF confirmed that they are running an audit in Hungary and investigating Közgép. Közgép denied that OLAF seized documents and PCs at the company, in an announcement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orbán urges ethnic Hungarians in Romania to join forces</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/orban-urges-ethnic-hungarians-in-romania-to-join-forces/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/orban-urges-ethnic-hungarians-in-romania-to-join-forces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a new situation for ethnic Hungarians in Romania and it is now time for them to join forces, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public Kossuth radio on Friday. &#8220;I call on ethnic Hungarian political organisations operating there (in Romania) to seek cooperation with each other,&#8221; said Orban. In politics rivalry is necessary but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobbik stages &#8220;Hungarian march of the living&#8221; to protest &#8220;treacherous austerity&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/jobbik-stages-hungarian-march-of-the-living-to-protest-treacherous-austerity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/jobbik-stages-hungarian-march-of-the-living-to-protest-treacherous-austerity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Radical nationalist Jobbik leader Gabor Vona called a demonstration of several thousand people staged by his party on Saturday afternoon a &#8220;Hungarian march of the living&#8221; and voiced sharp criticism of the &#8220;treacherous policies of austerity&#8221; during the previous Socialist and the incumbent Fidesz government. In front of the headquarters of the ruling Fidesz party, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Hungarian village erects Horthy memorial</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/west-hungary-village-erects-horthy-memorial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/west-hungary-village-erects-horthy-memorial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A memorial to Miklos Horthy, governor of Hungary between the two world wars, was unveiled in western Hungary’s Kereki on Sunday. The full-length, carved wooden statue of the controversial politician was inaugurated at a ceremony attended by some 500 people. The square in which the monument was erected was also re-named after the one-time governor. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orbán’s father said to be owner of former archduke’s manor house</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/orbans-father-owns-archdukes-manor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/orbans-father-owns-archdukes-manor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an open secret in the village of Felcsút that the manor built by Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary is now owned by Győző Orbán, the prime minister’s father, wrote Népszabadság on Saturday. CZG Ingatlanforgalmazó, a company owned by Győző Orbán, purchased the historic building and its surrounding 13 hectares in July 2011, reported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethnic Hungarians reportedly attacked by Slovak skinheads in Bratislava</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/ethnic-hungarians-reportedly-attacked-by-slovak-skinheads-in-bratislava/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/ethnic-hungarians-reportedly-attacked-by-slovak-skinheads-in-bratislava/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hungary Around the Clock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slovak skinheads attacked eight ethnic Hungarian youths for speaking Hungarian outside the presidential palace in Bratislava early Sunday, Magyar Nemzet reports. Several of those attacked were hospitalised with injuries. According to the paper, the group of Hungarians was aged 17-21 who were going out on the town to celebrate the birthday of one of their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>Almost 100 policemen fired for abuses related to 2006 anti-government protests</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/policemen-fired-for-2006-abuses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120514/policemen-fired-for-2006-abuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hungary Around the Clock</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A total of 96 policemen have been sacked for their conduct in autumn 2006, according to a summary provided to the cabinet by Interior Minister Sándor Pintér. Ten uniformed policemen convicted by a court will shortly be removed from the force. The state has paid Ft 270.5 million in compensation to 149 victims for police [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rogán to replace Lázár as Fidesz parliamentary leader in larger government shakeup</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/rogan-to-replace-lazar-as-fidesz-parliamentary-leader-in-larger-government-shakeup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/rogan-to-replace-lazar-as-fidesz-parliamentary-leader-in-larger-government-shakeup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Current Fidesz parliamentary group leader János Lázár will take over as state secretary of the Prime Minister&#8217;s office and will be replaced as the head of ruling party&#8217;s caucus by Antal Rogán, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán revealed in a radio interview this morning. Meanwhile, Mihály Varga, who currently holds the role of &#8220;chief of staff&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent events in Romania cause for concern, says state secretary</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/recent-events-in-romania-cause-for-concern-says-state-secretary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/recent-events-in-romania-cause-for-concern-says-state-secretary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent developments in Romania, including government statements about the law on voting rights and the minority law, as well as the issue of the medical school of Targu Mures, are causes for concern, foreign ministry state secretary Zsolt Nemeth said on Thursday. Nemeth told MTI that in recent years Romanian-Hungarian relations had been characterised by [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/recent-events-in-romania-cause-for-concern-says-state-secretary/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Historians, politicians urge better legislation on secret agent past</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/historians-politicians-urge-better-legislation-on-secret-agent-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/historians-politicians-urge-better-legislation-on-secret-agent-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Historians and politicians urged the creation of better legislation on Hungary’s secret-agent past at a roundtable held on Thursday. Bence Retvari, the state secretary at the public administration ministry, said the issue is &#8220;a question of justice&#8221;. It is important that Hungarians should understand the past 40 years at all levels, he said. This must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary and U.S. linked by shared values, says Foreign Minister</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/hungary-and-u-s-linked-by-shared-values-says-foreign-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/hungary-and-u-s-linked-by-shared-values-says-foreign-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hungary and the United States are connected by numerous shared values such as democracy, freedom and respect for human rights, but they do not necessarily choose the same way to cope with challenges, Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi told a conference on Thursday. &#8220;Nevertheless, they belong to the same family of democracy and strive to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/hungary-and-u-s-linked-by-shared-values-says-foreign-minister/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Justice Minister submits changes to media law in line with Constitutional Court decision</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/justice-minister-submits-changes-to-media-law-in-line-with-constitutional-court-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/justice-minister-submits-changes-to-media-law-in-line-with-constitutional-court-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics on Thursday submitted an amendment proposal to Hungary’s media laws, designed to change their stipulations in line with a decision passed by the Constitutional Court last December. According to parliament’s website, the proposal is aimed at changing rules concerning the protection of information sources in that journalists or content providers could [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/justice-minister-submits-changes-to-media-law-in-line-with-constitutional-court-decision/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Orbán: Transaction tax to benefit people, curb speculation</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/orban-transaction-tax-to-benefit-people-curb-speculation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/orban-transaction-tax-to-benefit-people-curb-speculation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The proposed tax on financial transaction will be beneficial to residents while curbing speculation, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on public radio Kossuth on Friday morning. The government plans to spend the revenue from the tax on cutting tax on labour, Orban said. Asked whether the new taxes introduced by the government on Wednesday were [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/orban-transaction-tax-to-benefit-people-curb-speculation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Police reject university appeal to open probe into missing essay of former PM Gyurcsány</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/police-rejects-university-appeal-to-open-probe-into-missing-essay-of-former-pm-gyurcsany/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/police-rejects-university-appeal-to-open-probe-into-missing-essay-of-former-pm-gyurcsany/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 07:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hungary Around the Clock</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Police on Thursday refused to order an investigation into the disappearance of former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány’s long essay written in college in 1984 because no suspicion of crime can be established. Pécs University (PTE) said it will lodge a complaint with the prosecutor’s office. PTE said on May 2 that it will file a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/police-rejects-university-appeal-to-open-probe-into-missing-essay-of-former-pm-gyurcsany/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Áder inaugurated as president</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/ader-inaugurated-as-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120511/ader-inaugurated-as-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 07:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hungary Around the Clock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I am ready to take my share of the great tasks facing the nation,” President János said in his inauguration speech outside the Sándor Palace on Thursday. “I stand ready to elevate the country in spirit. I stand ready to perform my duty to represent your interests,” he continued. As president of the republic, he [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hungarian PM not concerned about &#8220;getting sacked&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120510/hungarian-pm-not-concerned-about-getting-sacked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120510/hungarian-pm-not-concerned-about-getting-sacked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban knows what it’s like to be ousted from office and isn’t particularly concerned that it might happen again. Halfway into his second premiership, his governing Fidesz party is still comfortably ahead in the polls, but Mr. Orban will be given a run for his money if he wants to win [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Opposition attacks gov&#8217;t over new taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120510/opposition-attacks-govt-over-new-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120510/opposition-attacks-govt-over-new-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hungary’s opposition parties attacked the government’s new tax policies announced on Wednesday. The main opposition Socialists said the government was making poor people pay for the failure of its economic policies. Istvan Jozsa, deputy head of the party’s parliamentary group, told a press conference that the new insurance, telephone and transaction taxes meant a new [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>U.S. criticism aimed at helping Hungary, says Socialist leader</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120510/u-s-criticism-aimed-at-helping-hungary-says-socialist-leader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120510/u-s-criticism-aimed-at-helping-hungary-says-socialist-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Concerns raised by United States officials about developments in Hungary are aimed at helping the country, Socialist leader Attila Mesterhazy said in Washington, DC, on Wednesday evening. Speaking to MTI about his talks, Mesterhazy said officials at the State Department had indicated that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s letter outlining concerns about the independence of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Israeli ambassador cancels Eger visit over anti-Semitic remark</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120510/israeli-ambassador-cancels-eger-visit-over-anti-semitic-remark/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120510/israeli-ambassador-cancels-eger-visit-over-anti-semitic-remark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 07:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hungary Around the Clock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israeli Ambassador Ilan Mor cancelled a planned visit to Eger to protest allegedly anti-Semitic remarks made against actor József Székhelyi by a Fidesz local councillor. Mor assured Székhelyi of his solidarity. Mazsihisz and the Budapest Jewish Religious Community BZSH will hold an event to show solidarity with Székhelyi at Goldmark Hall near the Dohány utca [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Could Fidesz be planning a total takeover of broadcast television in Hungary?</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/could-fidesz-be-planning-a-total-takeover-of-broadcast-television-in-hungary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/could-fidesz-be-planning-a-total-takeover-of-broadcast-television-in-hungary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik D'Amato</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday evening, viewers of RTL Klub &#8211; Hungary&#8217;s most-watched television station &#8211; were surprised to discover that the regular prime time news show had been hastily replaced by an installment of the magazine show &#8220;Fókusz.&#8221; While it turned out that the sudden switch was due to a last minute technical glitch resulting from an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attacks on ethnic Hungarians equal to &#8220;holocaust,&#8221; says Jobbik MP at rally for man slain by Roma family</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/attacks-on-ethnic-hungarians-equal-to-holocaust-says-jobbik-mp-at-rally-for-man-slain-by-roma-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/attacks-on-ethnic-hungarians-equal-to-holocaust-says-jobbik-mp-at-rally-for-man-slain-by-roma-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of Jobbik and several uniformed nationalist radical groups held a protest on Saturday against &#8220;gypsy crime&#8221; in the east Hungarian village of Berzék, where on April 21 a middle-aged local man was beaten to death by members of a Roma (Gypsy) family as he was having a drink in a local pub. Supporters of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budapest conference to mark 90th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Hungary and the US</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/budapest-conference-to-mark-90th-anniversary-of-diplomatic-ties-between-hungary-and-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/budapest-conference-to-mark-90th-anniversary-of-diplomatic-ties-between-hungary-and-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Budapest&#8217;s Central European University will host a one-day conference to mark the 90th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Hungary and the United States, on Thursday. The conference will be opened by Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Bay Fang. Lecturers at the conference will include Peter Sztaray, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotable: Sándor Pintér on being caught taking a handicapped parking space</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/quotable-sandor-pinter-on-being-caught-taking-a-handicapped-parking-space/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/quotable-sandor-pinter-on-being-caught-taking-a-handicapped-parking-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The first question is whether the driver got out of his car and if a car with a handicapped driver was coming by. Even if the answer is no, I do not approve of it&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Ombudsman seeks annulment of media law provisions</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/ombudsman-seeks-annulment-of-media-law-provisions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/ombudsman-seeks-annulment-of-media-law-provisions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politics.hu/?p=11422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ombudsman for fundamental rights Mate Szabo has requested the Constitutional Court to annul several sections of the media law, Szabo’s office told MTI on Tuesday. Szabo said provisions of the medial law stipulating the election of the Media Council’s chair and members and the termination of their appointment are impossible to collectively interpret and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU lacks sufficient competence to defend media freedom in member states, says Kroes</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/eu-lacks-sufficient-competence-to-defend-media-freedom-in-the-member-states-says-kroes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/eu-lacks-sufficient-competence-to-defend-media-freedom-in-the-member-states-says-kroes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expectations of the European Union in protecting media freedom exceed its ability to do so, Neelie Kroes, the commissioner in charge of media affairs, told a conference on Tuesday. Speaking at a debate about Hungary’s contested media law, Kroes said many had condemned the European Commission for raising objections to the law purely on technical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobbik presses for probe into state contracts won by firms &#8220;close to Fidesz&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/jobbik-presses-for-probe-into-state-contracts-won-by-firms-close-to-fidesz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/jobbik-presses-for-probe-into-state-contracts-won-by-firms-close-to-fidesz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called for an investigation committee to set up and examine the state commissions received by businesses close to the Fidesz government, Jobbik leader Gabor Vona said on Tuesday. Vona told a press conference that the committee should determine whether contracts won by the companies of Lajos Simicska and Zsolt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MP warns Hungarians without autonomy disappearing from neighboring countries</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/mp-warns-hungarians-without-autonomy-disappearing-from-neighboring-countries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/mp-warns-hungarians-without-autonomy-disappearing-from-neighboring-countries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the absence of autonomy, ethnic Hungarians will disappear from neighbouring countries, a lawmaker of the ruling Fidesz said on Tuesday. Since the post-WWI Trianon Peace Treaty, ethnic Hungarian minorities have undergone an great deal of assimilation in the neighbouring countries, Gyorgy Csoti said after the founding session of parliament’s autonomy sub-committee. The illusion that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish group reports Eger councilor over racist remark</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/jewish-group-reports-eger-councilor-over-racist-remark/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/jewish-group-reports-eger-councilor-over-racist-remark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 07:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hungary Around the Clock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mazsihisz, the Federation of Jewish Religious Communities in Hungary, has filed a report with Heves County prosecutors on suspicion of incitement against a community and abuse of office. In recent days a sound recording has surfaced according to which Eger municipal council would not allow actor József Székhelyi to perform in the town due to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Oligarch” new buzzword of the Hungarian Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/oligarch-new-buzzword-of-the-hungarian-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120509/oligarch-new-buzzword-of-the-hungarian-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 05:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[József Ángyán, the former Hungarian State Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development, started his own fight against corruption. Ángyán resigned in January and since then he has been raising concern [hu] about the shady relations between the government and some Hungarian ‘oligarchs&#8217; &#8211; Lajos Simicska and Zsolt Nyerges [en], who are often referred to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotable: János Áder on his nomination as president</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120508/quotable-janos-ader-on-how-he-sees-his-duty-as-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120508/quotable-janos-ader-on-how-he-sees-his-duty-as-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 08:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think few people were more surprised than me. I&#8217;d been a MEP for three years and I was planning to remain one in the future.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Time will show public approval of new constitution, says former Constitutional Court judge</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120508/time-will-show-public-approval-of-new-constitution-says-former-constitutional-court-judge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120508/time-will-show-public-approval-of-new-constitution-says-former-constitutional-court-judge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 08:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary’s new constitution serves to overcome the crisis that started in 2006 and only time can tell if it gets the public’s approval, former constitutional court judge and Hungary’s ambassador to France Laszlo Trocsanyi said in Potsdam on Monday. Trocsanyi told a conference organised by the legal department of Potsdam University and the Hungarian embassy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orbán pooh-poohs Fidesz oligarchy charges, defends &#8220;Hungarian capital&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120508/orban-pooh-poohs-fidesz-oligarchy-charges-defends-hungarian-capital/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120508/orban-pooh-poohs-fidesz-oligarchy-charges-defends-hungarian-capital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 08:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Viktor Orban rejected criticism by an official of the opposition LMP party in parliament on Monday that oligarchs and businesses close to the ruling Fidesz party enjoyed the government’s favours. Orban said the system of national cooperation had no room for oligarchs, but added that Hungary did need &#8220;large-scale investors, successful millionaires and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Majority of Hungarians want to stay in EU, says PM</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120508/majority-of-hungarians-want-to-stay-in-eu-says-pm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120508/majority-of-hungarians-want-to-stay-in-eu-says-pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 08:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Membership of the European Union yields over 1,000 billion forints (EUR 3.5bn) for Hungary annually, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Parliament on Monday, stating his conviction that the majority of Hungarians want to stay within the EU. &#8220;There were more arguments in favour of joining the EU [in May 2004] than against it,&#8221; Orban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Socialists call on gov’t to disclose Chinese accords, details of IMF talks</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120507/socialists-call-on-govt-to-disclose-chinese-accords-details-of-imf-talks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120507/socialists-call-on-govt-to-disclose-chinese-accords-details-of-imf-talks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 09:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The opposition Socialist Party has called on the government to disclose the details of its recent bilateral agreements with China and its informal talks with the International Monetary Fund and the European Union. The cabinet should make it public what investment projects will be financed from the one-billion-euro loan granted by the China Development Bank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former PM Bajnai said to be mulling alliance with Hungarian Solidarity Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120507/former-pm-bajnai-said-to-be-mulling-alliance-with-hungarian-solidarity-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120507/former-pm-bajnai-said-to-be-mulling-alliance-with-hungarian-solidarity-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 08:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Bajnai, the former prime minister who headed a largely technocratic government before Fidesz swept to power in 2010, and Peter Konya, the head of the Hungarian Solidarity Movement, met recently for talks on how to unseat the government at the next election, Magyar Nemzet daily said on Monday. The paper cited Solidarity’s Facebook page, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. does not prescribe how to build democracy, says US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Melia in Hungarian TV interview</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120507/u-s-does-not-prescribe-how-to-build-democracy-says-us-deputy-assistant-secretary-of-state-melia-in-hungarian-tv-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120507/u-s-does-not-prescribe-how-to-build-democracy-says-us-deputy-assistant-secretary-of-state-melia-in-hungarian-tv-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 08:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to build a democracy; the United States does not prescribe to any country which path to choose, and it does not wish to tell Hungary what it should do in terms of its lawmaking or constitution, Thomas Melia, a US deputy assistant secretary of state, said in a television interview on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orbán: Successful nations pull together</title>
		<link>http://www.politics.hu/20120507/orban-successful-nations-pull-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politics.hu/20120507/orban-successful-nations-pull-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 08:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nations whose members pull together and organise fellowship, solidarity and help for each other will be successful, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview published in Novi Sad, Serbia, on Saturday. Speaking to Hungarian daily Magyar Szo, Orban said dual citizenship was a reassuring symbol. Ten years ago it appeared that European policymakers would [...]]]></description>
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