The Simon Wiesenthal centre in
Jerusalem has criticised Hungary for organising Holocaust memorial
events instead of taking legal action against a WWII gendarme Sandor
Kepiro. The Wiesenthal centre alleges that he participated in a
massacre in Novi Sad in 1942. Continue »

The socialist-liberal coalition, which is due to
officially end on 30 April, squabbled last week over who was to blame for the
break-up with no deal to reunite the two sides in sight. Continue »

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) called on Hungary to stick to its efforts to cut the budget
deficit in the wake of the collapse of the coalition. A report released by the OECD said that Hungary must
cut its deficit – at 5.5% of GDP currently the highest among OECD countries –
to below 3% by 2010 to boost its potential for economic growth. Continue »